Today, we start the show with a little bit of sitar. Our first track is Raag Kirwani by Pandit Nikhil Banerjee from the album Immortal Sitar, accompanied by Pandit Anindo Chatterjee on the tabla. Following that, we have Raag Jaijaivanti by Pandit Buddhadev Dasgupta on the sarod. He's a well-known sarodiya from the Shahjahanpur Gharana, famous for his unique style on the sarod.
After that, some more sitar, we move on to a performance by Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Alla Rakha, this track is called Raag Marwa, taken from their concert in New York in 1967. Our final song for the day is a wonderful vocal track by Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar called Raag Durga.
Playlist:
1. Nikhil Banerjee - Raag Kirwani (15:37)
2. Buddhadev Dasgupta - Raag Jaijaivanti (15:02)
3. Ravi Shankar - Raag Marwa (17:43)
4. Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Durga(10:41)
Avinash Sastry
Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Ustad Vilayat Khan
Welcome back, loyal listeners! It's been a long, eventful summer, hot as hell too, but here we are at the beginning of a new semester. This is the same old Gharana music though, bringing you your weekly dose of Indian classical music.
The first two tracks today are by a Hindustani vocalist named Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar from the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra. He is one of the prime representatives of the Gwalior and Jaipur Gharanas. He is said to be very strong on the traditional styles of singing, yet his performances always incorporate very interesting interpretations of his own. His voice is just beautiful - crisp and clear, and his vocal control is breath-taking. Here are the tracks:
1. Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Alhaiya Bilawal (20:15)
2. Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Hindol (10:28)
Our next artist for the day is Ustad Vilayat Khan - a sitar maestro from Bengal. He has been playing the sitar for over 60 years now, and he is defintely one of the bigger names in Hindustani Classical music, alongside the likes of Pandit Ravishankar. There is quite some controversy associated with his life though. Rumour has it that he there was quite a bit of rivalry between Ustad Vilayat Khan and Pandit Ravishankar, though I don't think it was anything serious. His animosity towards political institutions in India was no rumour. He routinely rejected National Awards every time he was awarded one, stating that the awards committee was not suited to judge his work, and that "it is always a story of the wrong awards given to the wrong people at the wrong time". It turned him into a not-so-media-friendly figure at one point of time and things went so far that he even boycotted All-India Radio - which was, for a long time, the main promoter for classical music in India. Regardless of all that, his music is simply divine, and his performances are legendary.
3. Ustad Vilayat Khan - Raag Marwa Drut (25:01)
Avinash Sastry
Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
The first two tracks today are by a Hindustani vocalist named Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar from the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra. He is one of the prime representatives of the Gwalior and Jaipur Gharanas. He is said to be very strong on the traditional styles of singing, yet his performances always incorporate very interesting interpretations of his own. His voice is just beautiful - crisp and clear, and his vocal control is breath-taking. Here are the tracks:
1. Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Alhaiya Bilawal (20:15)
2. Ulhas Kashalkar - Raag Hindol (10:28)
Our next artist for the day is Ustad Vilayat Khan - a sitar maestro from Bengal. He has been playing the sitar for over 60 years now, and he is defintely one of the bigger names in Hindustani Classical music, alongside the likes of Pandit Ravishankar. There is quite some controversy associated with his life though. Rumour has it that he there was quite a bit of rivalry between Ustad Vilayat Khan and Pandit Ravishankar, though I don't think it was anything serious. His animosity towards political institutions in India was no rumour. He routinely rejected National Awards every time he was awarded one, stating that the awards committee was not suited to judge his work, and that "it is always a story of the wrong awards given to the wrong people at the wrong time". It turned him into a not-so-media-friendly figure at one point of time and things went so far that he even boycotted All-India Radio - which was, for a long time, the main promoter for classical music in India. Regardless of all that, his music is simply divine, and his performances are legendary.
3. Ustad Vilayat Khan - Raag Marwa Drut (25:01)
Avinash Sastry
Gharana Music
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
Monday, August 31, 2009
August 31st, 2009
The fall semester begins, and it's great to have a campus full of people! This semester will see more musicians come in to the studio (Georgia Tech students, and otherwise) and have a chat with us. Also, stay tuned to get updates about Indian Classical concerts happening on and off campus.
Tonight's show included artists that we hadn't played before, and I'm now wondering why. Here's the playlist:
1. Pandit Suresh Talwalkar (tabla) - Drut Teental (album: Laya Kalpana, Rhythmic Bliss of Tabla)
2. Ustad Vilayat Khan (sitar) with Akram Khan (tabla) - Raag Jaijaiwanti
3. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute) - Raag Marwa
You can listen to the show here until the 7th of Sept:
Or here between the 7th and the 14th:
Do your best to make it to the Georgia Tech campus on the morning of the 19th of September, an contribute by walking for charity:
http://wiki.vibha.org/Dream_Mile:2009_Atlanta_Home
If you would like to volunteer for the event, please visit:
http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg956v/vibha%20volunteering.htm
Hope to see you there!
WREK Atlanta, 91.1 FM
Mondays, 8-9 p.m.
www.wrek.org
(+1) 404-894-2468
Email: gharanamusicatlanta@gmail.com
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