Aah...am blogging about this after so many days...lazy,lazy meeee...
Last Saturday, there was a hindustani vocal recital (again organised jointly by IIT and SPICMACAY) by the renowned artiste brothers- Rajan and Sajan Misra, belonging to the Benaras vocal gharana I learnt. They are the recipients of numerous awads, like the Sanskrit Award for musical excellence from the Prime Minister of India,Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1998, Sangeet Bhushan award to name a few.
The concert was for an hour and a half.
They started with Yaman Kalyani-explored all possible intricacies of the raaga...their aalap was spell binding!
The entire piece was for about 40 minutes.
Next was a piece in Durga (requested by someone in the audience).
They ended with a bhajan in what I think was Tansen Peelu (coz it sounded like the carnatic Keeravani)
It was a great concert, but somehow, like many 'lay' carnatic listeners, I felt a little 'Hindustanically challenged' :P Could not enjoy the slowness and repetitive elaboration of the same words to the extent I would have liked :(
3 comments:
good post. pretty honest about being challenged..have felt the same thing at odd places in life.
Hi Sinduja,
Thanks for visiting my space and listening to my renditions.
Nice to see mention of SPIC MACAY in your blog. I studied in REC/NIT Silchar and was the general secy of the Silchar chapter of Spic Macay for an year. Didn't have much funds so we could not bring too many artists, But then we used to have our own share of Bhaitaks and cultural events with a lot of local talents.
Loved reading tthis thanks
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