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Jan 6, 2024 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).
9:01 AM |
| Prasanna Varnam (Abhogi) Patnam Subramania Iyer Natabhairavi INRECO 2000 R. Prasanna (better known as Guitar Prasanna), was born on 2 October 1970, and grew up in Chennai. He is a pioneer in performing Carnatic music on the electric guitar. He also plays jazz, progressive rock, and world fusion. |
9:09 AM |
| Mausumi Kundu Thumri Saawariya Neelam Audio & Video 2015 Mausumi Kundu is a semiclassical vocal teacher at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi. |
9:21 AM |
| V K Raman Endaro Mahanubhavaulu - Sri - Adi Thyagaraja Magic Bamboo Aananda Audio Video 2011 Raman Kalyan, also known as V. K. Raman and as Flute Raman, studied under Dr. N. Ramani. |
9:36 AM |
| Sulalit Sinha & Manfred Junius Miyan Ki Malhar An Anthology of North Indian Classical Music vol. III UNESCO 1975 This is another example of rare instruments in Indian Classical Music that I did not have time to present last November. This recording was issued in 1975 but probably recorded much earlier. It features Manfred Junius on the surbahar (a larger, deeper version of the sitar), and Sulalit Sinha on the surashringar (similar to the sarod, but larger). I was not able to find a decent photo of Sulalit Sinha. Manfred Junius - - - - - - - - - - - -- Sulalit Sinha |
9:53 AM |
| A. Kanyakumari "Vishweshwara darshan kar" - Sindhu Bhairavi) Swati Tirunal Violin Trio - A. Kanyakumari Nadham Music Media 2006 Avasarala Kanyakumari is a native of Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh, and has lived in Chennai for more than 5 decades. The two accompanying violinists are Hemalatha and Hemamalini. |
10:00 AM |
Set Break:
Tribute to O. S. Thyagarajan
Ombathiveli S. Thiagarajan was born in Tanjavur on 3 April 1947 - died 31 December 2023. He was the son and disciple of O.V. Subrahmanyam. He learnt music from T. M. Thiagarajan, with mentorship from Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. | |
10:02 AM |
| O. S. Thyagarajan Rama Raghu Kula (Raga: Kapi; Tala: Roopakam) Thyagaraja All Time Best Classics: O.S. Thyagarajan O.S. Thyagarajan was an ‘A-Top’ graded artist of the All India Radio and of Doordarshan, he gave a large number of concerts, and was considered one of the eminent artists of his generation. This was originally released on cassette in 1994, and is the earliest recording of OST that I could locate. |
10:15 AM |
| O. S. Thyagarajan Bantureethikolu (Raga: Hamsanada; Tala: Adi) Thyagaraja Natana Prakasam Nathan 2010 O. S. Thyagarajan is the father of Aparna Balaji, a vocal teacher in the Boston area. |
10:27 AM |
| O. S. Thyagarajan Nadhadinamata (Raga: Janaranjani / Tala: Misrachapu) Thyagaraja Raga Varshini, Vol. 2 Nadham Music Media 2006 |
10:53 AM |
| U. Srinivas Devadi Deva Shri Vasudeva - Sunadavinodini Mysore Vasudevachar Mandolin Ecstasy Oriental Records 1986 Uppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) was a mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer. Because he was a child prodigy, he was sometimes called the Mozart of classical Indian music. Rudraraju Subbaraju (disciple of Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar) taught U. Srinivas by singing, and U. Srinivas developed his phenomenal style of playing entirely his own, since mandolin had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before. Srinivas started out on the acoustic mandolin, but neither the size nor plucking required of the acoustic mandolin was suited for long, sustained notes. He then switched to the electric mandolin. |
11:04 AM |
| Hafizullah Khan Anaek Ranjini Khalifa Kirana Gharana Just Dreams 2000 Hafizullah Khan (1946-2002) was the only son of Abdul Wahid Khan (1871-1949), co-founder of the Kirana gharana with his cousin Abdul Karim Khan (1872-1937). "Anaek Ranjini" is a raga created by Hafizullah Khan, combining multiple ragas. Recorded in May 2000. |
11:29 AM |
| M. L. Vasanthakumari “Ennadu Nee” - Vachaspati Patnam Subramanya Iyer Cascades of Carnatic Music Oriental Records 1980 Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990), was a contemporary of D.K. Pattammal and M.S. Subbulakshmi, and was a prime disciple of G.N. Balasubramaniam. |
11:49 AM |
| Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Dadra ("Saiyan Gaye Pardes") AIR Vol. 10 T-Series Bade Ghulam Ali Khan was born in 1902 in Kasur, Punjab Province (part of Pakistan since 1947). An influential vocalist in Hindustani music, he combined elements of dhrupad with Jaipur and Gwalior gharanas, into what would be known as the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He lived mainly in India after 1957, and died in Hyderabad in 1968. |
11:58 AM |
| Shubha Mudgal Expulsion (Sajan Begha Ghar Aiye Ho) Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love V/A TVT Soundtrax 1997 |