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Sangeet with Rungun

Jan 31, 2022 2:00 AM – 5:00 AM

With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)

Classical and Folk Music from the Indian Subcontinent, on WPRB since 1986 with a rotating cast of DJs

2:00 AM		AIR Signature Tune Shivaranjani Walter Kaufmann N/A Private Collection Walter Kaufmann composed thisas the opening signature for All India Radio in 1936 in ragam Shivaranjai.
2:02 AM		M S Subbulakshmi & Radha Vishwanathan (Vocal) Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram - Vishnu Digambar Paluska N/A Private Collection Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 Sept 1916 - 11 Dec 2004) - popularly known as MS was an exacting purist and a leading exponent of classical music of all times.
2:10 AM		Bismillah Khan (Shehnai) Raghupathi Raghava Raja Ram - Vishnu Digambar Paluska N/A Private Collection Ustad (master) Bismillah Khan Sahib (March 21, 1916 in Dumraon, India – August 21, 2006 in Varanasi, India) was an Indian Shehnai maestro.
2:17 AM		Geetha Ramanathan (Veena) Viribhoni - Bhairavi Pachimirium Adiyappaiya N/A Private Collection Geetha Ramanathan (1950 - 2018) a veena exponent was the daughter of Dr. S. Ramanathan. Her husband Frank was also a veena player and they both have performed at many venues
2:29 AM		Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Vocal) Mei Kehi Samjhaun Kabirdas N/A Private Collection Dr. Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (Oct 7 1960) belongs to Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Born in Mumbai, she has a PhD in Biochemistry. She started her music career after her PhD
2:48 AM		Aruna Sairam (Vocal) Allah - Keervani Subramania Bharathiyar N/A Private Collection Aruna Sairam with Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. She recorded this song in Keeravani specially for Dr. Kalam. In her own words, she imagined how the Hindustani singer Nusrat Fatehali Khan (Quawali singer) would sung this and recorded her rendition. https://soundcloud.com/aruna-sairam/allah
3:00 AM		Irshad Khan (Sitar) Farsi Dhun - Bhairavi N/A N/A Private Collection Irshad Khan a surbahar and sitar exponent is a Canadian based Indian Classical artist. He is the second son of Imrat Khan and nephew of Vilayat Khan
3:15 AM		P Unnikrishnan (Vocal) Annaiye en Annaiye Abdul Kalam Oriental Records Private Collection Unni as he is popularly known is both a Carnatic and playback singer. With a law degree behind him, he worked for Parry's Confectionery before quitting and pursuing a music career.
3:28 AM		Purbayan Chatterjee (Sitar) Dayo Karo He Giridhar Gopal - Multani N/A N/A Private Collection Sitar player who resides in Mumbai is known for amalgamating traditional Hindustani music with contemporary world music genres. Here he is playing a traditional hindustani piece
3:42 AM		Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal) Eti Janmamidhi - Varali Thyagaraja N/A Private Collection Abhishek (1985) comes from a family of notable musicians. Grandson of Palghat Raghu, he started by learning Mrudangam with his grandfather. His grandmother guided him to vocal and he has not looked back from then.
3:55 AM		Veena Sahasrabuddhe Hey Durge Daya Karo - Durga N/A N/A Private Collection Veena (Sept 14, 1948 - June 29, 2016) was from Kanpur singing in the Gwalior gharana. She also borrowed from Jaipur and Kirana gharana. Sahasrabuddhe was known as a singer of khyal and bhajan.
4:25 AM		T M Krishna (Vocal) Yarukkagilum Bhayam - Begada Subbrama Iyer N/A Private Collection Thodur Madabusi Krishna (Jan 22, 1976) popularly known as TMK is a vocalist, that has made a large number of innovations in both the style and substance of his concerts, thereby inviting controversy from some quarters. He is also a writer and activist and has "stirred many a pot" in the Indian culture in many walks of life. His grandfather TT Krishnamachari was a freedom fighter.
4:46 AM		O S Arun (Vocal) Romu Mujumdhar (Flute) Vaishnava Janato - Khamaj Narhsin Mehta N/A Private Collection