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Sangeet

Dec 4, 2021 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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

Classical and Folk Music from the Indian Subcontinent, on WPRB since 1986 with a rotating cast of DJs

Tea time with Dave

9:00 AM		AIR Signature Tune Shivaranjani Walter Kaufmann AIR All India Radio
9:02 AM		Prasant Radhakrishnan Vathapi M. Dikshitar Swara Sudha Lotus Enterprises Inc. 2000 "Vatapi Ganapatim Bhajeham" in raga Hamsadhwani, is a common opener at Carnatic concerts. https://prasantmusic.com Prasant Radhakrishnan is equally at home with jazz music.
9:18 AM		Bidur Mallik & Sons Rag Ramkali The Fast Side of Dhrupad wergo 2004 The Mallik family traces its musical roots to the late 18th century, in the court of Dharbanga, in northeast India near Nepal.
9:31 AM		T. N. Seshagopalan Abhimanamennadu galgu - Raga Begada Patnam Subramania Iyer CMANA Live Concert CMANA Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan was born on 5 September 1948 in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. He first learnt under his mother, and later under Ramanathapuram C. S. Sankarasivan. He holds a degree in science from Madras University and a degree in music from Madurai Kamaraj University where he later served as professor of music.
9:43 AM		Prabha Atre Raga Mishra Pilu: Kajri - "Ghir Ke Aayee Badariya Ram" Chaitanya N A Classical 1999 Prabha Atre (born in Pune on 13 September 1932) is a vocalist from the Kirana gharana. She learnt classical music from Sureshbabu Mane and Hirabai Badodekar.
10:00 AM		Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Tarun Bhattacharya, Ramesh Mishra, Ronu Majumdar Raga Nat Bhairav Jeevan: Music For Life N A Classical Audio Cassettes Co. 1994 This hour-long performance features the top instrumentalists of their generation, respectively: slide guitar, santoor, sarangi, and bansuri. Mainly issued on cassette, so there is 30 minutes of Alap, and 30 minutes of Gat in Teental. I have discussed this on Sangeet before, how the Indian music industry has been dominated by cassettes. Even on CDs, note how tracks usually can be split evenly to fill 45 or 60 minute cassettes.
11:00 AM		Nithyasree Mahadevan Mohanakkara Koteswara Iyer Murugan Paamalai Amutham Music 2000 "Mohanakkara mutukumara" is in Raga Neethimathi. Nithyasree was born on 25 August 1973 to Lalitha Sivakumar and Iswaran Sivakumar. Her paternal grandmother is D. K. Pattammal, and her grand-uncle is D. K. Jayaraman. Her maternal grandfather is the mridangam maestro, Palghat Mani Iyer.
11:06 AM		Gayathri Nagumomu Ganaleni Thyagaraja Veena - Classical by Gayathri T-Series 1991 Echampati Gayathri born 9 November 1959. She first trained under her parents and later under T. M. Thyagarajan, a vocalist and composer.
11:17 AM		Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Nee Dayarada Amba - Poorvikalyani Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna Carnatic - Vocal EMI 1992 Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was a Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. A success in every field entered.
11:34 AM		Meher Ali Maro nara Haideri, "ya Ali!" Musique du monde : Qawwali, expression de l'essentiel désir Buda musique 2005 Mehr Ali & Sher Ali are two Pakistani brothers who lead this Qawwali music group.
11:51 AM		Ghulam Ali Humko Kisike Gham Ne Maara (Live) Ghulam Ali The Golden Collection EMI 1996 Ghulam Ali (born 5 December 1940) is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala Gharana. He was a disciple of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (elder Ghulam Ali Khan). Ali was also trained by Bade Ghulam Ali's younger brothers – Barkat Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan. The ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. In the Subcontinent, ghazals are usually sung in Urdu. Ghazals range in style from pop to light classical, where they can be considered analogous to Thumris, but with a stronger emphasis on lyrics. On this spectrum, Ghulam Ali mostly tends towards the classical side (particularly in a live setting). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal

Chat is archived.

Good morning, and welcome to Sangeet on WPRB.

Yeooo Sangeet The Obscure!

Good morning, zeuhlbeaux. We missed you in yesterday's TNA chatroom.

This pesky "work" thing interferes with my full-time vocation of WPRB listening :(

I know the feeling. That's why I'm blowing all my allotted vacation time on Friday mornings.

I applaud your dedication!

Yeah, I kinda like music. A bit.

I have a passing interest myself

Good morning, Dude.

A very good morning to you and Mr. Beaux as well

Is there a way I can get paid to listen? Like a twitch streamer but for radio?

If you are in central Jersey today, don't be surprised by the booming noises. The Joint base will be firing howitzers today.

None of us here have figured out how to monetize WPRB listening.

good morning! I like the call and response of this one

Good morning, Li Maria. Yes, that call and response is a great feature in a lot of Indian classical performances.

Ideas I have would include work beyond just listening...that's the tricky part.. kinda defeat the point... and yeah I've heard sax before on this program and it's really cool, this track is great

At 10:00 today, I am featuring a performance of 4 instrumentalists performing together. There should be a lot of interplay there.

Last week, Jayashri featured a lot of saxophone, along with the similar sounding indigenous double reed instrument, nadaswaram.

Dikshitar has other compositions on Ganesh. But for decades, I find musicians sing only Vatapi Ganapathim

That "Vatapi" composition has probably been rendered by every Carnatic musician. An evergreen classic.

Audiences seem to respond to familiar melodies. Good morning, Ram.

Dhrupad dates back, my reading informs me, to very ancient times and was the face of Hindusani music. Later, around the start of the Mogul era, it was superceded by Khayal. Drupad needs more serious immersion in it.

Yes. For most casual listeners, it strains their patience. These days, most people like fast jangly tunes.

These long pieces put me in the zone...have a 3-hr full-show one for the future?

And howdy dude, Li Maria, and Ram!

At the 10 o'clock hour, the performance lasts a full hour. 30 minutes without percussion, 30 minutes with. Mostly fast playing though. Not austere and measured like dhrupad.

Thanks for asking. Just floating in music. You people who drop in and chat make the experience of bringing music to listeners an indescribable experience for the Sangeet team. Thanks

Most of my dhrupad performances last over 1 hour. Hard to program into the show. Also, I fear the slowness would drive most listeners away. Would fit better on Music With Space.

Hi Zbeaux and everyone! I love music with space--I will definitely have to check out the 10am performance

The 10:00 recording has slide guitar, santoor, bansuri and sarangi trading leads.

This Prabha Atre CD is an example of how I get tricked by repackaging of music. The copy I bought was called "Celebrity Selection", but the same music was also issued on the same label as "Chaitanya". So I picked that up too, thinking it had different content. Oh well.

This is lovely

I'm glad you are enjoying it.

After 15 minutes of free form "alap", now is the "jor" portion, which includes a rhythmic pulse.

The "jor" now becomes very fast, called the "jhalla".

This is lovely!

This alap-jor-jhalla is a standard progression in Hindustani performances, all before the tabla percussion begins.

Now with tabla, the whole progression starts again. It's called the "gat", and begins with "vilambit" (slow), "madhyalaya" (medium tempo), and "drut" (fast).

There will be loads of improvisation in the raga, but you'll hear them return to a composed melody occasionally, ending on the "one" beat, in this 16 beat rhythm cycle (teental).

Loving this!

Interesting about the cassettes. Are cassette players still widely produced/used in India?

Forgive me if you already discussed

Until recently, yes, cassettes were common. I think they've finally been supplanted by digital/online music.

The masses might not have had CD players, but they all have cell phones.

ah, yes

Good morning, Sangeet team! You are truly kicking it up a notch this morning! BAM

Good morning, Chef! We're cooking' now!

Building to the big finish.

Saying hello in the chat as someone suggested. A great idea. Sounds really nice this a.m.

Hello Brian D. "Oh good", as we say here now. Thanks for checking in.

HA!

What’s up sangeet team?! I’m here listening every Saturday morning while I clean the house. That’s why I’m never in the chat. Keep up the great tunes, I gave you all a shout out when I made my monthly pledge.

Hey, good morning, and thanks Jarret! Nice bright day to clean house.

Really amazing variety today. So much spirit. Thank you.

Of course, if you don't understand Urdu (or at least Hindi), you won't appreciate the clever 'turn of phrase' that elicits those appreciative outbursts from the audience.

Oh good morning, DubNP. Thanks for dropping in.

Been here all morning!

No better place to be, imho.

Thank you all for listening, and keeping me company in the chat today!