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Sangeet

Mar 5, 2022 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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

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9:01 AM		Geeta Javadekar Main birahana baithi jagun Meera Vocalist Extraordinaire Neelam Audio & Video 2000 Geeta Javadekar is another singer from the Dharwad area, representing the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was trained by R. P. Hugar, Panchakshari Mattigatti, Ratnakar Pai and Padmavati Shaligram. She also received guidance from Mallikarjun Mansoor.
9:12 AM		Kadri Gopalnath & V. Narasinhalu Wadvati Mohana - Bhoopali Jugalbandi - Classical Confluence Sangeetha 1989 Kadri Gopalnath (6 December 1949 - 11 October 2019) pioneered the saxophone in Indian Classical Music. Narasimhalu Vadavati was born in 1942 in Vadavati, Raichur district in Karnataka. His grandfather was a shehnai player. He learned Hindustani classical music from the late Pandit Siddarama Jambladinni a vocalist belonging to the Gwalior and Jaipur Gharanas.
9:38 AM		Nazakat Ali Khan & Salamat Ali Khan Gavti In Memoriam - The Ali Brothers SaReGaMa 2001 Singing in the Sham Chaurasia gharana, Nazakat Ali Khan (1928-1984) and Salamat Ali Khan (1934-2001) had their debut performance on All India Radio, Delhi in 1942, when Salamat was only 8. Their father is Vilayat Ali Khan. This is the original LP from 1964.
9:51 AM		V. G. Jog & Jnan Prakash Ghosh Jhinjhoti Jugalbandi SaReGaMa 1999 Vishnu Govind Jog, better known as V. G. Jog (Bombay: 22 February 1922 – 31 January 2004), was the foremost exponent of the violin in the Hindustani music tradition in the 20th century, and is credited for introducing this instrument into Hindustani music. The violin was already well established in Carnatic music before then. Jnan Prakash Ghosh (Kolkata: 8 May 1909 – 18 February 1997) often known as 'Guru' Jnan Prakash Ghosh was an Indian harmonium and tabla player from Farukhabad gharana of Hindustani classical music and musicologist. \ The original LP from 1985
10:05 AM		Nithyasree Mahadevan Konjik Konjik Periyasamy Turan Murugan Paamalai Amutham Music 2000 Nithyasree Mahadevan was born 25 August 1973). Her paternal grandmother, D. K. Pattammal, and her grand-uncle, D. K. Jayaraman, were prominent Carnatic vocalists. Her maternal grandfather was the mridangam maestro, Palghat Mani Iyer.
10:12 AM		Mustafa Raza & Rash Behari Datta Raga Charu-Keshi Raga Charu-Keshi for Sitar & Veena ARCMUSIC 2008 Rash Behari Datta from Amritsar (sitar) learnt music of the Patiala gharana, and trained under Uma Shanker Mishra. Mustafa Raza from Delhi (vichitra veena) is the son of Ahmed Raza Khan. The total playing time is 64 minutes, so I had to trim most of the alap. 😞
10:57 AM		Abida Parveen Dachi Waliya Mor Muhar Ve Mahi Dil Wich Oriental Star Agencies Ltd. Born on 20 February 1954 in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan, she is a legendary singer of ghazals, qawwali, and other Sufi music.
11:01 AM		G. S. Sachdev Punjab Folk Amar Sangit The Relaxation Company 1996 G. S. Sachdev (born Gurbachan Singh Sachdev, in Lyallpur, Punjab, 1935 – June 24, 2018) was an Indian performer of the bansuri (bamboo flute). This is a classical presentation of the Punjabi folk tune "Dachi Waliya Mor Muhar Ve".
11:13 AM		Mambalam Sisters Vellai thamarai - Bhimpalas Bharatiyar Devi Krithis The Mambalam Sisters, R. Vijayalakshmi and R. Chitra, are daughters of kanjira player K.S. Rangachari, and learnt from B.V. Raman and B.V. Lakshmanan.
11:22 AM		M. Balamuralikrishna Duduku Gala Thyagaraja Carnatic Vocal EMI 1992 Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was a Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. A success in every field he entered. The original LP from 1972.
11:33 AM		L. Shankar Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi Who's to Know ECM Records 1981 Born in Madras on 26 April 1950, he is the son of violinist V. Lakshminarayana, and brother of L. Subramaniam and L. Vaidyanathan. While attending college at Wesleyan University, he met jazz musicians like Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Garrison, and John McLaughlin. With McLaughlin, Shankar founded the group Shakti in 1975, one of the early groups in which Eastern and Western musical traditions met. This is the debut recording of his custom double-neck electric violin, which soon found its way onto numerous crossover collaborations.
11:56 AM		Mahuya Bandyapadhyay Track 9 Rabindranath Tagore Nitya Deoa Phurae Na Je The CD, all in Bengali. Her full-time job is math professor at IIT Kanpur.

Chat is archived.

Good morning, all.

Good morning Sangeet!Dave.

Good morning, TAndy.

Delicious overcast morning out, relaxing in my recliner to some Sangeet before retiring into the bed pretty soon 😇

Good sleeping weather, for sure.

If I were a daywalker I would be sleeping in to this wonderful sax sound right about now. This one is definitely going into my "sweet dreams" music playlist.

It gets a bit more active, as Hindustani classical music typically does.

Morning Dave - enjoying the Sax and Clarinet jugalbandhi. Your first piece with Geeta was also very nice to hear.

Good morning, MC.

Hah, I can still sleep to more uptempo music. I've accidentally fallen asleep to some aggressive drum & bass before, as long as it isn't unpredictable or has harsh vocals I can rest to it!

Some may think of falling asleep to a song is an insult... I believe that it's a clear sign that the music definitely has a positive mental effect to relax one to the point of dozing off.

I agree. It helps clear the mind of all the circus chatter.

This leisurely pace - vilambit - best suited for a spring morning hour. Both Bade Gulam Ali Khan and G N Balasubramanian have sung in this raga, a slightly different -faster- pace

Good morning, Ram. Yeah, I also like when the musicians don't rush into the fast jangly presentation.

Good morning

Good morning, Padma.

Hi Padma, Ram and TAndy

Hi MusicChallenged!

The violin-harmonium combo is very good

Good morning everyone 😁

I do not recall listening to many violin- harmonium jugalbandhi

Radio plays a major part in introducing music to listeners when live concerts are not availble. I have listened to V G Jog a lot on All India Radio

Q: the wonderful previous recording (the Ali Brothers) - reminds me of dhruphad. What makes it jugalbandi?

We are all here to day at the village fountain that is gently spouting music

Not many such recordings, MC.

Good ear, Karen S. That gharana (music 'school') has strong roots in dhrupad. "Jugalbandi" is just a duet.

ahhh.. Jugalbandi is a duet? thank you!

@Dave I remember someone introducing “Concerto” to me as the Jugalbandi between the piano/violin/flute/clarinet and the orchestra.

The Indo-European origin "yug", has found its way into words like yoga, and conjugal.

@Karen jugalbandhi literally means "entwined twins" and yes you nailed it - it is a a duet

Also "yoke" harnessing together of draft animals.

@ Padma, they released several of VG Jog's AIR broadcast recordings.

Enjoyed the sound of the harmonium in that one. Good morning everyone. I have no idea if it's cold or warm out there yet.

David, Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning "attainment". Kshema goes with it, which means keeping or maintaining it. Yogakshema - Getting to the top and staying there. Apologize for this diversion

@DSM, still a chilly 37 in this area, getting up to 51 eventually.

Thanks Dave, I will gladly wait for the 51 while enjoying Sangeet

Looking forward to this longer, more expansive piece. ☕ Good morning everybody, DTO, Ram, DSM, MusicChallenged, Parma Ganesh, Karen S., amd the likely snoozing TAndy.

Good morning, Christine. I wish I didn't need to edit this piece, but 64 minutes is a bit much. I have many such recordings that I can't fit on the show due to time constraints.

Just like Bhoopali, this is another raga common to both Hindustani and Carnatic systems. Wiki says that Charukesi like structures are to be found in Franz Schubert's Impromptu C minor composition

"Common" only because the Hindustani musicians took it from Carnatic music.

Did not want to say that. Shared?😂

Incorporated.

This piece by G. S. Sachdev is beautiful. The sound of the bansuri is captivating; just draws you in.

@Christine, I was reminded to play some G.S. Sachdev after hearing his music on 2 other WPRB shows this past week or two.

@Christine I saw that, good morning! You as well DSM, Ramaprasd. I'm not asleep yet but I'm getting there... I agree, that flute piece was just superb.

G.S. Sachev is particularly mellow.

If you heard The New Abnormal yesterday, you might remember I played a modernized version of this composition.

Hey TAndy! Good morning Christine!

@Dave, the Primus version, correct?

@DSM, LOL. By Balmurali Balu & friends.

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Greetings and Salutations, to One and All!

Hey, Mr. Malcontent, you made it! You're here!

Good morning MrM!

I tuned in about 40 mins ago. Where is the rewind button ⏪❓❗️ Start over??

Good morning MrM.

Prius, lol

Mr. M, this link should take you to Sangeet's archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Who's to Know is one of my all tme faves, it just carries you off to another place.

Same, Andy Wing.

This piece is dragging me abord the Dreamland express. Have a good day everyone, I'll be seeing some of you in Commie Francis's and CJ's shows later tonight 😇

@DTO, it's coming back; that was the piece you played before (or after) the Berklee Indian Ensemble yeaterday.

I am entering Zen mode 💤

Thanks for hanging out, TAndy.

i need to own this recoding so i can hear it again... and again.

Wow DTO, lmao

This has been a great vibe this morning. Thanks!

Later TAndy!

I got RICK Rolled?!? 👼🧠💥💃💃💃

And hello Addie!

@TAndy, you may be asleep, but that cat will forever be groovin' hypnotically.

It is an essential recording, Karen S. His later recordings didn't quite reach the same ecstatic level.

Good morning, and welcome, Addie.

@MrM 💀, priceless

never gonna make me cry

@Christine, yes, before the Berklee one.

I've listened to this L. Shankar's recording a hundred times, and I'm still astounded.

this is beautiful 😭😭😭

Get ready for the drums

Hey, Mr.M, I said I'd never make you cry!

Now I’m giggle

Bonkers

L. Shankar used to come every year and play at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia every year in the late 80s- early 90s.

Hey, Finnegans Mok, good morning.

Sometimes, I think they must have sped up the tape to quadruple speed when they pressed the record.

But I saw these guys live, and they COOK.🔥🔥🔥🔥

How is L. Shankar doing all this in real time? This is ecstatic!

Yeah this is great!

Many thanks for sharing all these Perfect GEMS! Cheers! Kind regards!

a superb show... thank you for sharing the music with us.

Thanks for listening and joining the chat.

Thank you, Dave the Obscure😶‍🌫️ and all the Sangeet team. 🙏

Thanks and have a great weekend!