Tabla: Ramdas Palsule
Tanpura: Vinay Chitrav and Ms. Bhuskute
The performance started Harsh Narayan playing Shree (alap, gat in
vilambit Teental, gat in madhyalaya Jhaptal).
It was a very good presentation of Shree. Right from the start Harsh
created a great atmosphere of Shree. The tonal quality of Harsh's
playing was excellent and pitch absolutely perfect. The r-P and P-r
meends were very well presented. I was also very impressed by the way
komal rishabh and komal dhaiwat were played. The taans were very clear
and tuneful.
After this Pt. Ram Narayan and Harsh Narayan together played raga
Yaman (alap, gat in vilambit Teental, gat in madhyalaya Jhaptal, gat
in drut Teental). While this was an excellent performance by all
standards. My expectations were a bit hightened after Harsha's
performance of Shree and I felt a bit disappointed.
After this Panditji played a ragamala starting with Khamaj. He played
elaborate alaps in different ragas and then started with a Teental
based composition.
Ramdas Palsule provided very good tabla sangat.
Overall a memorable concert!
- Bansuriwala
PS:
Pt. Bhimsen Joshi came on the stage with Pt. Ram Narayan and greeted
him with flowes. Pt. Ram Narayan spoke a few words about Pt. Bhimsen
Joshi. He also stayed in the pandal in his car and listened to Pt. Ram
Narayan's performance.
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Pt. Ram Narayan gave an extraordinary performance of Raag Emen.
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Part of the performance on YouTube:
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I think Yaman (would fit with your description of them playing together). The recording quality is very uneven but one gets an idea.
Thanks for the information surrounding the performances and the performances themselves on your blog, it's really interesting.
Chris - thanks for the good words. I love to attend classical music concerts and write about them. I wish I could do both a bit more regularly (especially the writing part).
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