Friday, December 10, 2010

58th Sawai: Pt. Jasraj (Vocal)

Main Artist: Pt. Jasraj (Vocal)
Tabla: Satyajit Talwalkar
Harmonium: Mukund Petkar
Mridangam: Shridhar Parthasarathi
Tanpura/Vocal Support: Ratan Mohan Sharma, Ankita Joshi, Suresh Patki,
Simantini Thakar

Panditji started his performance with raga Darbari (bada khyal in
vilambit Ektaal - jai jai shree durge, chhota khyal in madhyalaya
Teentaal - ajab teri duniya malik).

While it took a few minutes of initial singing mixed with mic related
issues for Panditji's voice to warm up, after that it was a treat to
ears as usual. That too with impeccable range of kharaj to tar tar
shadja! The meends were at their silky best. I especially love
Panditji's arohi approach to the komal gandhar in Darbari.

During the madhyalaya Teentaal bandish there was a small jugalbandi
between Satyajit Talwalkar and Parthasarathy. This was quite well done
and did not disturb the mood of the raga.

Panditji continued his performance with raga Bahar (bandish in Teental
- kaliyan chitak chitak naye naye ras).

Panditji followed this with a bhajan om namo bhgawate vasudevay.

Mukund Petkar on harmonium, Satyajit Talwalkar on tabla and
Parthaasarathi on mridangam provided good sangat.

Overall yet another performance that will stay in the mind for a long time.

- Bansuriwala

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5 comments:

  1. Mr. Bansuriwala, Your blog really helps on understanding what we novice folks listen to and like! Keep up the great work

    -Niranjan

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  2. Thanks, Niranjan! It feels great to know that people actually read the stuff that I write!

    Regards,
    Bansuriwala (Abhinav)

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  3. where i can download the bandish kaliyan chitak chitak naye naye ras

    Sandip Purohit

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  4. I am Daya. Can I get contact of Seemantani Thakar who accompanied Panditji on tanpura and vocal support? Am an old friend of her and my daughter learned classical music from from her some time back!! Pl mail me at dayavyaghra@gmail.com if you can. Thank you bansuriwala!

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  5. It's a pleasure to read about the great Sangeet Martand. What a great musician! He visited our town (USA) last year and sang Darbari Kanada - simply put, he converts the concert hall into a universal temple. I was blessed to be there.

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