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Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India

Jun 1, 2023 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

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).

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Happy Memorial Day Weekend !!

Sangeet - Classical and Folk Music of India
3:01 AM
Rama Ravi and Nanditha Ravi - Yukhthamugadu in Shri Raga
Rama Ravi and Nanditha Ravi Yukhthamugadu in Shri Raga Thyagaraja

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Rama Ravi and Nanditha Ravi

[Mother/Daughter - Teacher/Disciple]

The veteran musician, Rama Ravi, studied

at Kalakshetra under giants of Carnatic

Music. In addition she learnt padams and

javalis from T Brinda

3:10 AM
Gauri Pathare - Piya Sang Khelu Holi in raga Basant
Gauri Pathare Piya Sang Khelu Holi in raga Basant

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Gauri Pathare

Trained under many gurus. Initially under

Gangadharbuwa Pimpalkhare (Kirana). Later

under Jitendra Abhisheki and Padmatai Talwalkar.

More learning under Arun Dravid (Jaipur)

3:29 AM
G. N. Balasubramaniam - Pranamamyaham Shri Gaurisutam in raga Gaula
G. N. Balasubramaniam Pranamamyaham Shri Gaurisutam in raga Gaula Mysore Vasudevachar R

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G N Balasubramaniam [1910 - 1965]

A stellar artist of his time, died young.

Known for his brigas, he was a musician,

composer and the teacher of many students

who themselves became famous during

his lifetime

3:36 AM
Bangalore S Shankar - Enneramum Un Namam Uraippade in raga Purvikalyani
Bangalore S Shankar Enneramum Un Namam Uraippade in raga Purvikalyani Shyama Shastri

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Bangalore S Shankar

A performer for more than five decades,

he hails from a family of musicians. Learnt

music from his mother, Rajamma Shastri

and also from Nagaratna Bai and Vallabham

Kalyana Sundaram

3:53 AM
Aniruddha Bhattacharya - Raga Jog
Aniruddha Bhattacharya Raga Jog

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Aniruddha Bhattacharya

Initially learnt from his mother Gauri Bhattacharya.

Later studied under A Kannan and Malavika Kannan

4:18 AM
M S Gopalakrishnan with Narmadha (Violin) - Seve Srikantam in raga Mohanakalyani
M S Gopalakrishnan with Narmadha (Violin) Seve Srikantam in raga Mohanakalyani Swathi Thirunal

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M S gopalakrishnan [1931 - 2013] and M Narmadha

[Father/Daughter - Teacher/Disciple]

He learnt from his father,Parur Sundaram Iyer, both

both Carnatic and Hindustani genres. The violin

trinity comprised of Lalgudi Jayaraman, T N Krishnan

and M S Gopalakrshnan

4:35 AM
Anupam Mahajan (Sitar) - Raga Yaman
Anupam Mahajan (Sitar) Raga Yaman

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Anupam Mahajan

Hailing from Amritsar in Punjabk, she

learnt music at Delhi University and

in due course became the head of the

music department at Delhi Univrsity.

Has many books and research papers

to her credit. Also invented the 17 fret

sitar of the Jaipur Senia gharaana

5:00 AM
Amrutha Venkatesh - Pahimam Brihannayike - A Swarajati in raga Huseni
Amrutha Venkatesh Pahimam Brihannayike - A Swarajati in raga Huseni Swathi Thirunal

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Amrutha Venkatesh

At age four, she started training under

M T Selvanarayanan. Later, she also

studied under Charumathi Ramahandran.

Currently she is a studnent Prince Rama

Varma

5:13 AM
Purnima Sen - Raga Shudh Kalyan
Purnima Sen Raga Shudh Kalyan

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Purnima Sen

Belongs to the Agra-Atrauli

gharana. Trained under

Vilayat Hussein Khan. Later

under Ata Hussein Khan and

Sharafat Hussein Khan

5:34 AM
Ramakrishnan Murthy - Dhyaname Varamaina i raga Dhanyasi
Ramakrishnan Murthy Dhyaname Varamaina i raga Dhanyasi Thyagaraja

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Ramakrishnan Murthy

A senior among the young musicians, initially learnt

Padma Kutty of Irvine, CA. Later under Delhi Sunder

Rajan, Vairamangalam Lakshminarayanan and

Chengalpet Ranganathan. Currently he is learning from

R K Shriramkumar

5:55 AM
B N Suresh (Flute) - A Thillana in raga Dhanashri
B N Suresh (Flute) A Thillana in raga Dhanashri Swathi Thirunal

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B N Suresh [1946 - 1990]

Considered a child prodigy, he

learnt under T R Mahalingam.

Died at the age of 44.