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Sangeet with Ramaprasad

Dec 12, 2020 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

With Sangeet Team (Dave, Jayashri, Ramaprasad, Rungun & Padma)

Indian Classical Music for the Indian Subcontinent

9:59 AM		Maharajapuram Santhanam Evarichirira in raga Madhyamavathi Thyagaraja
10:10 AM		T S Ramaa Venuganaloluni in raga Kedaragowla Thyagaraja
10:17 AM		S Rajam Ninnu Vinaye Gati in raga Shakuntala Thirupathi Narayanaswamy
10:22 AM		R K Sriramkumar on violin Padavini in raga Salagabhairavi Thyagaraja
10:27 AM		Musri Subramania Iyer Samukhana Nilva in raga Kokilavarali Thyagaraja
10:50 AM		T Mukta Vagaladi, a javali in raga Behag Thirupathi Narayanaswamy
10:58 AM		Shyamala Bhave Sakee Manena Mohana in raga Rishab ki Kalavathi
11:10 AM		Venkatesh Kumar Mohana ki Murali Bhaaje in raga Brindavanisaranga
11:24 AM		Manjusha Kulkarni Patil A Bandish in raga Sohoni
11:35 AM		Kalyani Roy on Sitar A Bandish in raga Durga
11:49 AM		Pannalal Ghosh on flute A Thumri in raga Bhairavi

Chat is archived.

This fine kriti is rarely sung these days

T S Ramaa was a very talented musician, hardly known outside Karnataka. To quote Thomas Grey: "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air"

Good morning! Enjoying the wonderful music this Saturday morning

Nice to hear from you, Dude

What you are hearing is the only composition in this very rare raga (or scale)

Kokilavarali and this composition are again the only raga/composition pair.

Ok cool, yeah it's great to hear more information about different ragas as you listen to them, thank you!

And it's nice to hear these compositions!

The accompanying violinist, T Chowdiah, designed his own 7-stringed instrument to improve the tonal qualityand "loudness" of the violin (during pre-mike concerts)

Brindavanisaranga is found in both the Hindustani and Carnatic systems. There are some variations in the renderings

Durga has its equivalent in Karnatic music - raga Shudha Saveri

@ Dude - we chatted briefly last week about how to gain familiarity with different ragas. Some ragas last have a 'sound' that you can recognize with experience. Durga is one of them. If you hear various artists perform Durga, you can begin to recognize it. Other common (Hindustani) ones are Darbari and Malkauns.

Listening regularly is a good way to learn to recognize the ragas. There are many other ragas that, like Malkauns, become easily familiar as you listen. I can mention Bhimpalasi, Puriyadhanashree, etc. Enjoy

And of course the Hindustani Bhairavi / Sindhu Bhairavi. That one is very appealing.

You are right on the dot

Don't you agree that that Carnatic music with a more elaborate composition construct helps remember ragas easier?

Hi evaD, since you mentioned Bhairavi, I can't disappoint you. Here it is

That hasn't been my experience. But my listening history was heavily tilted towards Hindustani music for many years, mainly due to its availability in the west versus Carnatic music.

This song...wow. love it. Definitely old and full of spirit.

and played by one of great flautists of the 20th century. He learnt music from the same guru as Ravi Shankar, etc, namely, Allauddin Khan of Maihar gharana

Sangeet hopes to see you all next Saturday. Stay safe.