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Aug 27, 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 & Sangeet Signature Shivaranjani Walter Kaufmann N/A Private Collection
This piece was recorded many decades ago - many many Indians have woken up to this as their daily alaram!! |
| 9:02 AM |
| Tiger Varadacharya (Vocal) O Jagadamba - Anandabhairavi Syama Sastry N/A Private Collection
Tiger Varadachariar was a Carnatic music vocalist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. M. D. Ramanathan was his student. |
| 9:10 AM |
| Amir Khan (Vocal) Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje - Adana N/A N/A Private Collection
Ustad Amir Khan was one of the greatest and most influential
Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition. He was the
founder of the Indore gharana. Although his singing style was an
amalgamation of Kirana and Bhendibazaar Gharanas. |
| 9:20 AM |
| Vellore Ramabhadran (Mrudangam) Thaniavardanam N/A N/A Private Collection
Vellore G. Ramabhadran was a Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu,
India. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in
2004 |
| 9:33 AM |
| Ronu Majumdar (Flute) Raghupathi Raghava - Desh Vishnu Digambar Paluskar N/A Private Collection
Ronu Majumdar is an Indian flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition. |
| 9:42 AM |
| Vikku Vinayakram (Ghatam) Thaniavardanam N/A N/A Private Collection
Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, also known as Vikku Vinayakram, is an Indian percussionist. He is also known as the God of ghatam. He plays Carnatic music with the ghatam, an earthen pot, and is credited with popularising the ghatam. |
| 10:01 AM |
| Rashid Khan & Kaushiki Chakraborty (Vocal) Dadra - Naona More N/A N/A Private Collection
From their Indian Oil Diwali celebration. |
| 10:16 AM |
| T Vishwanathan (Flute & Vocal) Shree Kamalambikayam - Sahana Muthuswami Dikshitar N/A Private Collection
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| 10:29 AM |
| Vilayat Khan (Sitar) & Bismillah Khan (Vocal & Shehnai) Mohe Pangar Pe Nandalal N/A N/A Private Collection
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| 10:41 AM |
| Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar (Flute) Shri Krishnam Bhaja Manasa Muthuswami Dikshitar N/A Private Collection
Daughter of the Sikkil sisters who also played the flute |
| 11:02 AM |
| B Krishnamurthy (Vocal) Kankanda Deivame - Begada Oothukadu Venkata Kavi N/A Private Collection
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| 11:12 AM |
| Sanjay Subrahmanayan (Vocal) Parama Pavana Rama - Purvikalyani Poochi Srinivas Iyengar N/A Private Collection
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| 11:29 AM |
| T N Rajarathnam Pillai(Nadaswaram) Upacharamu - Bhairavi Thyagaraja N/A Private Collection
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| 11:44 AM |
| Kala Ramanth (Violin) Rag Behag N/A N/A Private Collection
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