Vocal and instrumental music from India.
Voacal and instrumental music from India. Both classical raga music and popular music will get a chance.
Legendary singer Bhimsen Josh died in 2011 at age 88. He was one of the great performers of 20th century Northern Indian raga. We will play a masterful performance of the morning raga Ramkali by Bhimsen Josh.
Bhimsen Josh
Next a recording of Kaushiki Chakrabarty. This singer, who was born in 1980 in Calcutta, is one of the most famous raga performers of the younger generation. Recently, she also has made excursions to popular music, such as Bollywood music. With her sweet voice she sings the devotional song Shyam Bansuria Bajaye in popular style.
Gayatri Asokan
Singer Gayatri Asokan, born in 1979, is familiar with both classical raga singing and popular music. She is very well known as a film song singer. She recently released an album with romantic repertoire, titled Ghazal Gaze. On the album are so called ghazals, poetic songs about pain and longing in love. You will hear Gayatri Asokan in the song Tukde Utha Rahe Hai, accompanied among others by her husband Purbayan Chatterjee, a world famous sitar player.
Anoushka Shankar
Musician Anoushka Shankar (London, 1981) is the daughter of world famous sitar player Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012. She is familiar with classical raga music but made a name for herself with fusion based on classical Indian music. In 2007 she recorded the album Breathing Underwater with American-Indian musician/producer Karsh Kale. We will play the eponymous track: Breathing Underwater.
Charumathi Raghuraman
We will finish this broadcast with the extremely refined violin playing of Charumathi Raghumaran. She was born in 1987 in Mumbai and can be considered one of the best violin players of India. She has been praised and showered with music awards from a young age. For years, Charumathi Raghumaran was taught by the legendary violinist T.N. Krishnan, a musical giant in Southern Indian Carnatic music, and she has obviously learned a lot from him. In a beautifully constructed solo Charumathi performs the piece Ardhanarishwaram in the raga Kumudakriya. This is a composition by Muthuswami Dikshitar, a composer who lived in the late 18th, early 19th century and whose repertoire is considered one of the important pillars of Carnatic music. Charumathi Raghumaran’s violin performance is accompanied by her husband Anantha R. Krishnan on mridangam-drum.
playlist:
During the introductory explanation:
Breathing Under Water – Anoushka Shankar
Next:
Bhimsen Joshi – Raag Ramkali
Kaushiki Chakrabarty – Shyam Bansuria Bajaye
Gayatri Asokan – Tukde Utha Rahe Hai
Anoushka Shankar – Breathing Under Water
Charumathi Raghuraman – Ardhanarishwaram in Raag Kumudakriya
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