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Sangeet with Rungun
Apr 16, 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
9:00 AM |
| AIR Signature Tune Shivaranjani Walter Kaufmann N/A Private Collection |
9:02 AM |
| Sugana Purushothaman (Vocal) Hiranmayim Lakshmim - Lalita Mutthuswami Dikshitar N/A Private Collection Suguna Purushothaman was an Indian Carnatic music vocalist, composer and teacher. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic music vocals in 2010. Suguna was born in Ponvilainthakalathur in Chengalpattu in 1941. |
9:09 AM |
| Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) Nirbhay Nirgun Kabirdas N/A Private Collection Pandit Kumar Gandharva, originally known as Shivaputra Siddharamayya Komkalimath 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. |
9:21 AM |
| A K Palanivel (Thavil) Thani N/A N/A Private Collection Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel is an artist of the Indian drum thavil. A. K. Palanivel first learnt thavil drumming under the tutelage of his father S. Kumaravel. From 1959 onwards, he was given extensive training to T.G. Muthukumara Swamy Pillai. |
9:27 AM |
| Sabri Khan (Sarangi) Rag Darbari N/A N/A Private Collection Ustad Sabri Khan was an Indian sarangi player, who was descended on both sides of his family from a line of distinguished musicians. |
9:40 AM |
| Musiri Subramanya Iyer (Vocal) Enthani Ne - Mukhari Thygaraja N/A Private Collection Musiri Subramania Iyer was a Carnatic vocalist whose stage performing career spanned the 1920s to the 1940s. After retirement from the stage, he remained an iconic figure in Carnatic music as a dedicated teacher and leader in the Carnatic community. |
10:00 AM |
| Bade Gulam Ali Khan (Vocal) Ab Tohe Jaane Nahi Doongi N/A N/A Private Collection Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist, from the Patiala gharana. |
10:11 AM |
| S Ramanathan (Vocal) Mariyadakadayya - Bhairavam Thygaraja Sowkyama Amutham Music S.
Ramanathan was a Carnatic music singer and musicologist. He was awarded
the Sangeetha Kalanidhi title in 1985 by Madras Music Academy. He
learned music from Tiger Varadachariar, Sabesa Iyer, Ponniah Pillai, and
Sathur Krishna Iyengar. |
10:20 AM |
| Kishori Amonkar (Vocal) Ghat Ghat Me Panchi Bolta Hai N/A N/A Private Collection Kishori Amonkar was a leading Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style. She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres thumri and bhajan. |
10:37 AM |
| M S Subbalakshmi (Vocal) Karthikeya Gangeya Papanasam Sivan MSS Neelam Audio Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. |
11:02 AM |
| Sultan Khan (Sarangi & Vocal) & Rekha Bhardwaj (Vocal) Aankhon Se Khwab Rooth Kar N/A Superstar T-Series Ustad Sultan Khan was an Indian sarangi player and classical vocalist belonging to Sikar Gharana. He was one of the founding members of the Indian fusion group Tabla Beat Science, with Zakir Hussain and Bill Laswell. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2010. |
11:12 AM |
| Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) Sri Ramana Vibho - Arabhi Swathi Thirunal N/A Private Collection Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1978. |
11:29 AM |
| Ravishankar (Sitar) & Alla Rakha Khan Rag Desh N/A Raga Redeye Distributions |
11:41 AM |
| Sugana Purushothaman (Vocal) Valli Nayake Nive - Shanmukhapriya Harikesanallur Bhagavathar N/A Private Collection Suguna Mami was known for her sense of humour and light heartedness. She once narrated an incident when she was invited to sing at the Anjaneya temple in Alamelumangapuram, Mylapore. “It was raining heavily that day. There were hardly ten rasikas in the auditorium when I reached the venue. I started singing a composition of mine, ‘Ramabhakta Hanuman.’ People slowly started coming in and soon, the hall was full. That kriti became my USP for bringing in the crowds,” said Mami with a smile. She had trained a number of disciples – K. Gayatri, Saranya, Karthik and Kishore (U.S.), Deepak, Vignesh, Nikhila, Nivedita, Mythili Krishnamurthi, Anusha, Sampath and Mukund, to name a few. |
11:53 AM |
| Mahesh Kale & Kaushiki Chakraborty (Vocal) Kanada Raja Pandharicha N/A N/A Private Collection Mahesh Kale is an Indian Classical vocalist renowned for his specialization in Indian Classical, Semi-Classical, Devotional music including Natya Sangeet. Mahesh Kale won the 63rd National Film Award as the Best Playback Singer, for classical piece in the film Katyar Kaljat Ghusli. Kaushiki Chakraborty is an Indian classical vocalist. She attended Sangeet Research Academy, and was one of the exponents of Patiala gharana. Her repertoire covers Khyals and semi-classical Thumris. She is the recipient 2005 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in the Asia-Pacific category. |