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Nov 12, 2022 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Music
With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)
Presenting Indian Classical Music from the Indian sub-continent and anywhere else in the world too. We are four different DJs that present from our personal collections with our own introduction to the songs. We broadcast every Saturday 9:00 am to 12:00 on 103.3 FM (NJ,NY and PA).
| 9:00 AM |
| AIR Signature Tune Shivaranjani Walter Kaufmann AIR Private Collection
All India Radio, officially known since 1957 as Akashvani, is the national public radio broadcaster of India and is a division of Prasar Bharati. It was established in 1936. It is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, an Indian television broadcaster. |
| 9:02 AM |
| Allepey Venkatesan (Vocal) Sri Sathyanarayanam - Subhapanturavali - Rupakam Muthuswami Dikshitar N/A Private Collection
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| 9:15 AM |
| Pran Nath (Vocal) Nain tho Nain Milaye - Darbari N/A N/A Private Collection
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| 9:27 AM |
| T Brinda & T Muktha (Vocal) Kanakana Ruchira - Varali - Adi Thygaraja N/A Private Collection  Thanjavur Brinda (Nov 5, 1912 - Aug 6, 1996) was one of the representatives of the Veenai
Dhanammal school of Carnatic Music. She was primarily a vocalist,
although she also played the Veena. She is affectionately referred to as
'Brindamma', by her fans Thanjavur Muktha, (1914 - 2007) often referred as
Mukthamma, was one of the foremost representatives of the Veena
Dhanammal school of Carnatic Music. She, along with her elder sister T.
Brinda, formed one of the first women duo singers in Carnatic Music. |
| 9:41 AM |
| Balram Pathak (Sitar) Rag Deshkar - Madhyalaya & Drut Teental N/A Radio Sangeet Sammelan - 1997 Radio Sangeet
Sitar maestro Pandit Balaram Pathak (Nov 5, 1926 - Feb 15, 1991) hailed from an refined musical stock, tracing the family tradition to his great grandfather, the late Pandit Dinanath Pathak, renowned sitar and surbahar player of the dhrupadi style. His father, the late Pandit Ramgovind Pathak and his uncle, Rameshwar Pathak, illustrious musicians and singers, helped the young Balaram become fluent in the sitar, surbahar, sursingar and vocal Hindustani classical music. |
| 10:00 AM |
| Rudrapatnam Brothers - Thyagarajan & Tharanathan (Vocal) Bala Sarasa Murali - Kiravani - Adi Ootukkadu Venkata Kavi N/A Private Collection
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| 10:14 AM |
| Sunanda Patnaik (Vocal) Rag Jayjaywanti N/A Sunanda Patnaik HMV
Sunanda Patnaik (Nov 7, 1934 - Jan 19, 2020) was an Indian classical singer of Gwalior gharana from Odisha. Popularly known as "guruma", she was considered one of the grande dames of Hindustani music. She was the daughter of Odia poet Baikunthanath Patnaik. She started singing at All India Radio in Cuttack in 1948 at the age of 14. |
| 10:36 AM |
| R Vedavalli (Vocal) Dakshinamurthe - Shankarabharanam - Misra Jhmpa Muthuswami Dikshitar N/A Private Collection
Scholar and performer of Carnatic vocal music, R.Vedavalli was born in 1935 in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, to Ramaswami Iyengar and Padmasani Ammal. At the age of five, the gift of a harmonium from Srirangam Iyengar initiated her into the world of music. A few years later in Madras, Vedavalli became a disciple of Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer. |
| 10:56 AM |
| C R Vyas (Vocal) Khabariya Le ho more Khayal - Gauri - Madhyalaya Teental N/A Eternal Rhapsody Navas Records Ltd
Chintaman Raghunath Vyas, (Nov 9, 1924 - Jan 10, 2002) popularly known as C. R. Vyas, was an Indian classical singer. He was known for singing khyal style. |
| 11:13 AM |
| T R Mali (Flute) Sukhi Evaro - Kanada - Adi Thygaraja T R Mali All India Radio Archives
As musicologist P. Sambamurthy (19-01- 73) notes, “It was the eighth and extra hole that helped provide Mali with the extraordinary control he has on the instrument.” |
| 11:33 AM |
| Bhajan Sopori (Santoor) Rag Bhairavi N/A N/A Private Collection
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| 11:49 AM |
| T L Venkatarama Iyer (Vocal) Ela Ni Dayaradu - Atana - Adi Thygaraja Sangeeth Kalanadhi Series 1949 Radio Recording
T. L. Venkatarama Iyer (25 November 1893 - 2 January 1971) was a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, a Carnatic musician and a musicologist. |
