Wo3 - Concert of Indian ragas

[french frank]

World On 3
Friday 3 June
11.00pm-12.45am BBC RADIO 3

Lopa Kothari introduces a special concert recorded in Chennai [Madras] by South Indian singer Aruna Sairam, who is this year's World Routes Academy mentor.

The whole of this programme is devoted to the concert, a chance to hear full-length Indian ragas sung by one of India's top performers. Aruna is accompanied by violinist HN Bhaskar, J Vadyanadhan playing the mridangham drum, and S Kardnick on the ghatam, the clay pot.

In the World Routes Academy scheme, a year-long project that culminates in a joint late-night BBC Promenade Concert in July, Aruna Sairam is mentoring young UK veena player Hari Sivanesan.

Presenter/Lopa Kothari, Producer/Roger Short

[amateur51]

World On 3
Friday 3 June
11.00pm-12.45am BBC RADIO 3

Lopa Kothari introduces a special concert recorded in Chennai [Madras] by South Indian singer Aruna Sairam, who is this year's World Routes Academy mentor.

The whole of this programme is devoted to the concert, a chance to hear full-length Indian ragas sung by one of India's top performers. Aruna is accompanied by violinist HN Bhaskar, J Vadyanadhan playing the mridangham drum, and S Kardnick on the ghatam, the clay pot.

In the World Routes Academy scheme, a year-long project that culminates in a joint late-night BBC Promenade Concert in July, Aruna Sairam is mentoring young UK veena player Hari Sivanesan.

Presenter/Lopa Kothari, Producer/Roger Short

Thanks for the heads-up, ff!

[Globaltruth]

In a similar vein, there are still 3 days left to listen to Saturday's World Routes which presented brief highlights from the Darbar Festival - second part this week.

Here's the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112crr

Whilst Alam Khan's virtuoso performance was excellent, the interview with him covering his influences whilst growing up in California was also fascinating - at one point playing guitar in rock n roll bands, he then moved to the tanpura (a drone) before eventually accompanying his father on sarode at the age of 16. Bear in mind that it can take up to 12 years to learn a raga, and the acqusition of the emotional intelligence necessary to interprete a raga may not necessarily ever be learnt.

The highlight of this too brief programme for me was Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, a rich voice impossible to capture in words.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yes ta for the pointer for this all too rare presentation of Indian Classical Music on R3 ...

[amateur51]

In a similar vein, there are still 3 days left to listen to Saturday's World Routes which presented brief highlights from the Darbar Festival - second part this week.

Here's the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0112crr

Whilst Alam Khan's virtuoso performance was excellent, the interview with him covering his influences whilst growing up in California was also fascinating - at one point playing guitar in rock n roll bands, he then moved to the tanpura (a drone) before eventually accompanying his father on sarode at the age of 16. Bear in mind that it can take up to 12 years to learn a raga, and the acqusition of the emotional intelligence necessary to interprete a raga may not necessarily ever be learnt.

The highlight of this too brief programme for me was Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, a rich voice impossible to capture in words.

Cheers for this Global!

We'll be getting such big brownie points from ff for all this 'programme talk'

[MrGongGong]

Shame we don't have another all night concert at the Proms
having been to several in different places its a really wonderful musical experience

thanks for the link though

[Globaltruth]

Cheers for this Global!

We'll be getting such big brownie points from ff for all this 'programme talk'

it happens occasionally.