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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

Feb 11, 2023 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).

Honoring the late C. Lalitha of the Bombay Sisters

C. Lalitha (26 August 1938 - 31 January 2023)

The Bombay Sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, were born in Trichur, Kerala. The sisters were brought up and trained in Carnatic music in Bombay.

Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

9:01 AM		Bombay Sisters Enna Punniyam - Reeti Gowala - Misra Chapu Oothukadu Venkatakavi Although born in Trichur, Kerala, the sisters were brought up in Bombay. Saroja and Lalitha had their education in the S.I.E.S Matunga, passed their intermediate privately from Bhopal, M.P. and completed their graduation from Delhi University. They had their musical training with H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao.
9:10 AM		Gauri Pathare Rag Basant Gauri Pathare trained initially under Gangadharbuwa Pimpalkhare of Kirana gharana, and later from Jitendra Abhisheki and Padmatai Talwalkar for several years. Since 2010, she has been receiving Jaipur gharana training under Arun Dravid. So she has training in three Gharanas: Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, Gwalior gharana and Kirana Gharana.
9:28 AM		Bombay Sisters kamalajAsya - rAgamAlikA Swathi Tirunal As part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and Soolamangalam Sisters, Bombay Sisters began singing in 1963 when they started with light classical music, subsequently progressing to classical Carnatic music.
9:56 AM		Vinayak Torvi A Marati bhajan: zhAla mahAre pandarinATha in Raga YamunkalyAN Vinayak Torvi was born on 4 September 1948 in Ranebennur, in Karnataka. His father Malharrao Torvi was a Harikatha (musical discourse) exponent. He first learned Hindustani music from Gururao Deshpande, and later from Bhimsen Joshi of the Kirana gharana.
10:17 AM		Bombay Sisters EvarUrA NinnuvinA Gati - MOhanam Thyagaraja The Bombay Sisters sang in multiple languages including Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi.
10:32 AM		Irshad Khan Farsi Dhun in Raga Bhairavi Irshad Khan (born in 1963) is the son of Imrat Khan, and nephew of Vilayat Khan. Like his father, he plays sitar and surbahar.
10:45 AM		Bombay Sisters HimAdri SutE PAhimAm - KalyANi Shyama Shastri The duo got their name when Mouna Swamigal of Ambattur addressed them as 'Bombay Sahodarigal' (transl. Bombay Sisters) and the name stuck.
11:10 AM		Nandini Shankar Raga Yaman Nandini Shankar (born in 1993) is a violinist, the daughter of Sangeetha Shankar, and granddaughter of N. Rajam. Although South Indian, they all play violin in the Hindustani style.
11:28 AM		Bombay Sisters ShrI KAntImathIm - HEmavati Mutthuswami Dikshitar The Bombay Sisters grew up in Mumbai along with 5 siblings. One of their sisters lives here in New Jersey.
11:42 AM		Shashank Maktedar Raga Sohni Dr. Shashank Maktedar learned Hindustani vocal music from Nath Neralkar and Ulhas Kashalkar. "Janu Mei Sab Tumhari Baat" & "Kahe Ab Tum Aaye Ho"

Chat is archived.

Good morning, and welcome to Sangeet. Ramaprasad is hosting the show this morning, but it is Dave sitting in the chat room. ☕️🫖

Good morning, sirs.

Good morning, TAndy.

Good morning all!

Good morning, Padma.

Good morning Padma, Ram, DTO and TAndy 🌺🏵️💮🌸🌼

Good morning, Jimboo.

Good morning jimboo

Many delightful ragas are weaved into the Ragamalika composition being sung by Bombay Sisters right now

Ramaprasad will be announcing which ragas were sung after the piece is over.

There is another popular Ragamalika “Bhavayami” composed by Swati Tirunaal. That is THE magnum opus IMHO :-)

Ah yes, Bhavayami Ragaburamam. I have a rendition of that sung by MS Subbulakshmi

The way this hits the ear and how sync it is with the bowing is mind boggling.

@Dave, classic recording of M. S

@ Rofflestomp, this is a skill that reflects a lifetime of dedication and practice. And of course natural talent.

@Padma, I can probably air that recording next time I host Sangeet in March.

Definitely amazing. I have seen recitals in Paul Hall that were far less remarkable for sure.

Of course the Bombay Sisters are top level artists.

@Dave thanks I look forward to hearing Bhavayami in March.

Only if Rungun and Jayashri promise not to broadcast it first 😉

@Dave all the hosts can broadcast it :-)). Then we listeners can hear it again and again :-))

True. But we do try not to repeat musical selections, as good as they are

@PADMA GANESH, catching the things most wonderful and putting them to note is the biggest challenge of listening to WPRB, lol. No song rotation exists here other than there is no regular rotation per say whatsoever. Quite lovely really.

That's what keeps me listening for sure.

Serendipity?

👍

Tani Avartanam, the percussion solo for South Indian Classical (Carnatic) Music is played with great sophistication. As good as if not better than Buddy Rich or a Beethoven symphony timpani.

True. I don't think I have heard any percussion as complex as Carnatic rhythms.

But the drawback is this: now that I have become habituated with Indian rhythms, simple pop music beats annoy me with their simplicity.

The poly semitones and rhythms are really crazy and tough for western ears. But, I could never go back to listening to AM after discovering FM when I was a kid, so that makes sense.

Thanks Sangeet Team folks. Outside the box is rather refreshing sometimes indeed.

I dwell perpetually outside that box

Oh yes!

Thanks for listening this morning, everyone, and joining the chat. Have a good day.