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Sangeet

Aug 13, 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

Take some tea with Dave ☕️

9:02 AM		Maharajapuram Santhanam Varnam Sunodhavindodhini Adi N. S. Ramachandran Sukhalayam V/A Geethanjali 2006 Maharajapuram Santhanam, (20 May 1928-24 June 1992) was born in Sirunangur, a village in Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a renowned Carnatic vocalist.
9:09 AM		Veena Sahasrabuddhe Raga Bhoopal Todi - Khyal In Madhya Lay Teental A Morning Raga - Bhoopal Todi Navras Records 1994 Veena Sahasrabuddhe (14 September 1948 – 29 June 2016) was from Kanpur. She was trained in the Gwalior gharana, but like many modern classical singers borrowed from others - in her case, the Jaipur and Kirana gharanas.
9:26 AM		T. R. Mahalingam (flute) & Dr. L. Subramaniam (violin) Evarimata Tyagaraja One and the Only Mali AVM 1996
9:42 AM		Kedar Bodas Raga Malashri Kedar Bodas Raga Malashri 2016 Kedar Bodas was trained in the Gwalior gharana by his father Narayanrao Bodas. Raga Malashri is an ancient 3-note raga.
9:54 AM		T. N. Seshagopalan Haruguna (Meera Bhajan) Meera Master of Swaras Vol. 2 Sangeetha 1995 Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan (born, 5 September 1948) is a Carnatic singer, musician and composer.
10:02 AM		Vilayat Khan (sitar) & Munir Khan (sarangi) Raga Bilaskhani Todi R Melodies of Masters Alankar 1987 Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928 – 13 March 2004), is regarded as one the all-time greatest sitar players. He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of 6, and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75. He was born in Gouripur, Mymensingh in then East Bengal in British India and current Bangladesh. Munir Khan was based in Delhi, and accompanied many vocalists. He had his musical education in sarangi and vocal music under the guidance of his father Nazir Khan (1882-1975).
10:34 AM		Bombay S. Jayashri Ananda Mrita Karshini (Amritavarshini) M. Dikshitar South Indian Classical Saican 1996 "Bombay" Jayashri Ramnath is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and musician. She was trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T R Balamani.
10:50 AM		Vijay Raghav Rao Amrut Varshini Myriad Melodies EMI 1994 Vijay Raghav Rao (3 November 1925 – 30 November 2011) was an Indian flutist, composer, choreographer, musicologist, and poet.
11:02 AM		Set Break: Rising Stars 2022 *Nominations for 2022 Rising Stars* are now open. It is a great opportunity for senior students of Hindustani vocal music to perform with and for your peers. If you are interested, please visit http://iapausa.org/rising-stars/ Senior students from all across the United States are eligible. You can self-nominate or ask your guru to nominate you. Guru's nominations have a little more weight. Deadline is August 31st. For more information or questions, you can reach out to IAPA Rising Stars <risingstarsiapa@gmail.com>**
11:02 AM		Sheik Chinna Moulana (Nadaswaram) Mayilvahana Mayavaram Viswanatha Sastri Nadhaswaram EMI 1992 Sheik Chinna Moulana (12 May 1924, – 13 April 1999), hailed from a family of legendary nadhaswaram player.
11:13 AM		Samarth Nagarkar Bhajan - Janaki Nath Sahaya Pranali Chhandayan Inc 2013 Samarth Nagarkar received trainman from Dinkar Kaikini and Ulhas Kashalkar.
11:25 AM		Emani Sankara Sastry Maa Mava Meenakshi (Varali) M. Dikshitar Maha Mahopadhyaya INRECO 2003 Emani Sankara Sastry (23 September 1922 – 1987), was a renowned veena player. The music was originally released on this double LP in 1980. While the CD reissue inexplicably does not identify the accompanying artists, Discogs shows the original LP, which identifies the mridangam player as Yella Venkateswara Rao, and veena accompaniment by Dr. Sastry's daughter Kumari E. Kalyani.
11:49 AM		Mehdi Hassan Abke Hum Bichre To Ahmed Faraz In Concert, Vol. 2 EMI 1976 Mehdi Hassan (18 July 1927 - 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal and movie playback singer. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing. He had classical training with his father Ustad Azeem Khan and uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were both traditional Dhrupad singers.

Chat is archived.

Good morning. ☕️🫖 Welcome to Sangeet.

Regrettably, this is only an excerpt of Raga Bhoopal Todi, since her entire performance is about an hour long.

yeoooo DTO!

Good morning, Jimbeaux! Finally a comfortable summer day for us.

Good morning all!

Good morning, Padma!

Raga Malashri is very similar to Amritavarshini Raagam in the Carnatic style

Amritavarshini is the “rain maker” ragam. It is believed to bring about rain when performed.

Yes. And I will be featuring Raga Amritavarshini after 10:30, with Carnatic and Hindustani presentations.

M. Dikshitar is said to have made it rain.

I think today's forecast will not cooperate, unfortunately.

Amritavarshini is such a nice raga, Hindustani musicians have borrowed it directly.

@Dave, great that you will be playing Amritavarshini!

@Dave as you said, there is a legend about Muttuswami Dikshitar bringing about rain with his composition “Anandamrutan..” in a village called Ettayapuram in Tamil Nadu. I grew up around those parts. I can vouch for that area to be arid and often drought-stricken. Any rain would have been more than welcome!

Yes, that's the story I read about. If only performances of ragas could control the weather! Maybe the glaciers wouldn't be melting.