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Sangeet

Apr 2, 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

☕️ Tea time with Dave

9:01 AM		Farida Khanum Sajan lagi tori lagan Ahmad Rahi Pakistan, Vol. 2 : Musiques du Penjab Arion 2010 She was born in 1929 in Calcutta. Their whole family moved from Amritsar, in eastern Punjab (india) to Lahore, Pakistan when she was 18 years old. She learnt Khayal, Thumri and Dadra from Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan of Patiala gharana. Her sister is the singer Mukhtar Begum.
9:13 AM		Nikhil Banerjee Raga Rageshree Fond Memories vol. 1 T-Series 1995 Originally broadcast on All India Radio on 8 May 1962. Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. A student of the legendary Allauddin Khan, Nikhil Banerjee was known for his technical virtuosity and clinical execution. Along with Ravi Shankar and Vilayat Khan, he was one of the leading exponents of the sitar.
9:44 AM		Sowmya Evarikai Tyagaraja CMANA Live Concert 2002 CMANA 2002 S. Sowmya (born 16 April 1969) is a Carnatic music singer. She learnt music initially from her father Dr. Srinivasan, and later from Dr. S. Ramanathan and Smt.T. Muktha.
10:04 AM		Kumar Gandharva Raga Alhaiya Bilawal Vocal The Gramophone Company Of India 1985 Born Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath on 8 April 1924 in the Belgaum District of Karnataka state. Kumar Gandharva was an Indian classical singer, well known for his unique vocal style and for his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana. He overcame tuberculosis in his 20's, but the damage to his lungs affected his style.
10:12 AM		Ganesh - Kumaresh Kamakshi - Raga Simhendramadhyamam M. Dikshitar Ganesh Kumaresh in Concert SaReGaMa 2000 Ganesh and Kumaresh were born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in 1964 and 1967 respectively, where their father T.S. Rajagopalan worked. The children grew up watching Carnatic and Hindustani musicians in their home as local Hindustani musicians and Carnatic musicians from the faculty of Benares and Delhi Universities’ music department frequented Rajagopalan’s house.
10:26 AM		Channulal Mishra Dadra 'Tore Naina Khilade Katar Sajani' Spirit of Benares Sense World Music 2005 Channulal Mishra (born 3 August 1936) is a Hindustani classical singer from Varanasi, an exponent of the Kirana gharana.
10:38 AM		Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar Nidhichala - Kalyani Tyagaraja Classical Live Concert Inreco 1997 Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar a.k.a. Vaidyanatha Iyer (28 August 1896 – 16 October 1974) was a Carnatic music singer from Palakkad (state of Kerala).
10:56 AM		N. Ramani Chandra Sekara - Sindhu Bhairavi Madurai G.S. Mani Fabulous Flute Melodies Oriental Records Dr. Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramani, was a Carnatic flautist. Ramani was born into a family of flautists, his maternal uncle was T. R. Mahalingam.
11:02 AM		Ashwini Bhide Deshpande Bhajan: "Sakal Brij Dhoom Machi Hai" - Holi Bhajan In Misra Tilak Kamod Sandhya Sense World Music 2007 Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (born 7 October 1960) is a Hindustani classical music vocalist from Mumbai. She belongs to the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Bhide-Deshpande holds a Master's degree in Microbiology and earned a doctorate in Biochemistry from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
11:14 AM		Farooque Latif Khan Raga Saraswati Sarangi Musician's Guild Farooque Latif Khan is the son of sarangi maestro Abdul Latif Khan.
11:45 AM		U. Srinivas Ranganathude - Sourashtram Ponniah Pillai The Magical Fingers of Mandolin U. Srinivas Oriental Records 1993 Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) pioneered the mandolin in Carnatic classical music.
11:54 AM		Smita Mohalonobis Amaar shakol niye boshay aachhi Rabindranath Tagore Antara V/A Rhyme Records 1999

Chat is archived.

Good morning, and welcome to Sangeet.

Good morning Sangeet!Dave! Always love hearing the enthusiasm from each DJ in that ID for this program :)

Thanks, TAndy. That's something we put together during last year's fundraising drive.

I like it! I'll likely be tuned in for the next hour or so then falling asleep, busy night at work earlier. Keeping my radio locked however >:)

Hi Dave and TAndy

Good morning, MusicChallenged.

Sleep well, TAndy.

I love the way Nikhil Banerjee explores the lower register of the sitar. Almost like a surbahar.

And that is something most sitarists don't bother with.

So nice and so true about the low register observation you make.

This sitar piece is just too enchanting...

I tell you, Nikhil Banerjee is my favorite. Consistently superb.

Maybe I am way too old fashioned, but I like to hear just the instruments without all the "electronic effects" that can added by sound systems...

Nothing wrong with that preference.

Good morning to all!

Good morning, Padma.

@Dave you do have an enviable 60s collection!

Well, my collection is at the point of being ridiculous.

Good morning Sangeet, Dave, Padma, Music Challenged, TAndy! ☕ Hope everyone is enjoying some tea, chai, or coffee with these pieces.

Good morning, Christine. Yes, I had my first mug of chai.

Good morning Christine, Padma, MusicChallenged!

@Padma, however, my music acquisition has slowed down quite a bit over the past decade or so, so I do not have many recordings of the younger artists.

@Padma - I agree with you and Dave's enviable collection. It may have slowed down @Dave, but you have a superb collection indeed.

Good morning @Christine - yes first cup of Joe done, probably heading for the Chai next with all the spices and milk!!

@MC on “electronic effects” … T M Krishna has this article “In the quest for a perfect recording, a note of falsehood” - in other words - Do you want to know how sausage is made?

@Padma - I think I have read that article (I will have to dig it up again to review). His article hit on the recording aspect (and the how sausage is made). I still remember a conversation with an artist after a live concert. The artist said they could fix a couple of lines if the recording was done on individual tracks... but the organizer did not have that.

Regarding the music collection, I fear that it does not have the same value anymore. Most of what I have in physical format can be downloaded from websites. So anyone can duplicate my collection. Plus orders of magnitude more.

Yes Dave you are right about what is there to download, but quality is not good for many of them.

I agree. There is a case for rips of analog recordings since digital recordings are mastered differently. Typically they are recorded or made louder, and with more loudness comes more compression and loss of quality. VWestlife on YouTube has spoken about it in some of his videos, I think Techmoan as well.

@Padma & @MusicChallenged, that sounds like a good plan. When I get home from these errands I plan to make some nice strong chai. And also, for intrinic and musical value, physical recordings > digital files, imo.

But the way most people listen to their music (via tiny cheap earbuds), maybe audio quality is not noticed or appreciated.

I am sure there are people out there that have never heard analog music and it will probably sound strange when compared to the highly digitized and compressed music they are used to listening all their life. Not sure if I should say it is sad or this is life :-)

With Bluetooth audio, quality is pretty much an afterthought unfortunately. I can personally live with 128k music files, but I prefer Mp3 V0 or .ogg if ever possible. Most DJ mixes I have are potato quality unfortunately 😜

Maybe this is life. Similarly, analog music never can match the live concert experience.

'Tis the way of the world presently.

@Dave I missed hearing the Raga of this GK violin piece when you may have announced it. What is it? Thanks

CD says Simhendramadhyamam.

@Dave, of course.

But I misannounced the accompanists and CD title!

Loved that Channulal Mishra - he is so conversational as he is singing. I know MD Ramanathan did that a bi, Winder who else does this?

I have heard others do that in concert as well.

@Dave this piece by Chembai is a gem.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, Padma.

My parents introduced me to Chembai and he is another I love.

Nice selection Dave. You know there lived a composer TN Bala in Havertown, PA. He had interviewed TR Mali when he lived here in Chalfont,PA. One question he had asked him was "Who will be your troch bearer?". Mali refused to identify anyone on this question. Sadly TN Bala's website with all these interview passed along with him :-(

Not many know, but TN Bala also had an Indian Classical Music show with ABC in the 1980's I think

I absolutely LOVED his radio show "Magazine India", "with your friend and host TN Bala."

The highlight of my week, I think it was on WRTI in Phila.

Good morning! Love Saturday mornings with Sangeet! BAM!

He organized a concert by a very young U. Srinivas, which I saw in the 80's.

Hey, Chef. Good to have you join us.

Yes Dave - I only know about it as I arrived here in 1990

Back in the early 80's it was the ONLY Indian music on the radio.

And I was STARVING for Indian music.

And Dave you took the steps to bring Sangeet to live in your starvation in 1986 - I know you are one of the "founding DJ's"

Not founding DJ. I was brought in as their first substitute DJ. Met them at a Hariprasad Chaurasia concert where the old SASA was selling records. Bought a pile of LPs, and chatted with them.

They had taken trips to NY, Lexington Ave., where Nagma House had imported HMV LPs. Once I figured that out, I went there directly with loads of cash.

Oh - so who was there before you Dave? Are they still around?

They were graduate students that moved on. One, K. Balasubramaniam, had been living in NJ for a while, but I lost touch with him.

This all predates email and cellphone.

Is this the guy? https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbalasubramanian

Hey! That's Bala! Good detective work!

Thanks Dave. His linkedin account is Premium to connect with. It would be so nice to have an interview with him on Sangeet.

Good idea. He might recall the origins better than I.

And speaking of U. Srinivas, here he is now.

It's great to learn some of these tidbits from the origins of Sangeet. I would love to hear more about how Sangeet was established at WPRB, the founders, the music scene etc. It seems that ever since I'be been a listener & supporter, there has always been Sangeet, but of course that's not the case.

The show started in 1986 I believe.

@Christine - so agree with you. Feels like Sangeet has and is there always. Wonder if Sangeet can put a show with some of the other DJs of the past!!

Comprehensive DJ station ID ✨ Thank you DTO & Sangeet team. Everybody take care & have a good weekend!

Thanks, Christine.

All have a great weekend too and great show Dave as always

Rabindrasangeet, songs of Rabindranath Tagore, isn't strictly classical, but his melodies were always raga-based.

Thanks for joining the chat, MusicChallenged.

Yes and it is nice to hear. I think Rungun played some on his show too

Thanks, everybody! Until next time!