Indian Classical Music

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

... one of the many things there could be a lot more of on R3 [there used to be when i was a lad] is Indian Classical Music .....

one of the great originals [also a compser and fil music writer] is Pandit Pannalal Ghosh master of the transverse flute .... an Indian friend played some of his albums to me way back and have never lost the thrill of hearing him, this is a short piece and i much prefer the more extended improvisations in longer recitals but it gives a flavour of his sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNTKhdH3hL8

also a selection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjLcKn2vCH8&playnext=1&list=PL5EC291AC89521781&index=14

Ghosh is a player from earlier times, HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA is a contemporary flautist who curls my toes and who has featured on xover ecm albums with jazz artists...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8PhmmQaZmM&feature=related

are there any fans of such music here?

[french frank]

are there any fans of such music here?

Yes! I remember Vikram Seth hosted a summer replacement programme for CD Review one Saturday (celebs choosing their fave music). He was apologetic and defiant about playing part of an Indian rag which lasted all of 30 minutes. Seemed to think there would be shoals of complaints at having such music 'inflicted' on people ...

[Bryn]

Indeed there are. I first heard Hariprasad Chaurasia at the 1982 all night Prom and was immediately captivated by his playing. I have several recordings of his work including a 3 disc set based on one of his all night open air rooftop performances at his home:



Three copies of that turned up in Windsor charity shops a few years ago. I snapped them up and two of them went on to other Radio 3 Message Board contributors.

[Paul Sherratt]

There could easily be much more played outside of dear old Late Junction , I'd agree. As I've detected a slight bias towards the music being treated as late nite listening for late nite folks, I think they should make an effort to select a piece or two for the flagship Breakfast Show

Serving suggestion to go with the oatcakes :
' Raga Malkus ' Deobrat Mishra, Shivnath Mishra.

[Lateralthinking1]

Serene and with depth, like a good library. How do we find the lines here - classical, jazz, folk, roots, spiritual - or does this, in some senses, detract?

[Globaltruth]

Well Baluji Shrivastav gets my vote in this category.

Here's his website

http://www.baluji.com/

I saw him a couple of years ago at Musicport (fill in yourown rave review words here) - a multi-instrumentalist, he does some x-over work too, but is firmly rooted in the classic genre.
Now resident in the UK.