HINDUSTANI VOCAL COCERT BY MR. WARREN SENDERS ON 26.3.2016

[S.NAGESWARAN]

DEAR RASIKAS,

HINDUSTANI VOCAL CONCERT BY. MR. WARREN SENDERS.
VIOLIN. SRI B.ANANTHARAMAN.
TABLA.SRI INDERJITH.
ON 26.03.2016; FROM 6.00 PM TO 8.00 PM
AT SRI UDAY SANKAR'S HOME.

THE LIST OF RAAGS SUNG WERE;
1. MARU BEHAG.
2. DURGA [OBVIOUSLY BY THE REQUEST OF THE U/S]
3. NAYAKI KANADA.
4.PARAJ.
5. SIVARANJANI RAAG AND THARANA.
6.KHAMAJ.
7. BAIRAVI.

IT WAS AN ENTERTAINING CONCERT WITH ALL THE ARTISTS GIVING THEIR BEST.

MR. NICK AND HIS WIFE, THE U/S WITH MY WIFE AND OTHER HINDUSTANI RASIKAS WHO ATTENDED THE CONCERT ENJOYED THE MUSIC.

YOU MAY WAIT FOR THE AUDIO AND VIDEO UPLOADS BY SRI UDAY SANKAR.

UDAY SANKAR AND HIS FAMILY WERE THE BEST HOSTS PROVIDING SNACKS ANS SOFT DRINKS DURING THE BRIEF INTERVAL.

S.NAGESWARAN.
27.03.2016.

[rajeshnat]

uday /nageswaran sir/nick and others
Sorry I could not make it .apologies. Is nayaki kanada a combo raga where it has shades of nayaki and kanada or does the raga have its own raga swaroopam.

[mahavishnu]

Wow! Warren Senders was quite a regular on the rec.music.indian.classical in the early days of the bitnet (pre-internet) circa 1992-93. Isn't he a khyal singer based out of Pune?

Very happy to hear of this event at Uday & Radhika's house. Would love to see a recording/video!

[Nick H]

Wow! Warren Senders was quite a regular on the rec.music.indian.classical in the early days of the bitnet (pre-internet) circa 1992-93.

As a result of that I got to meet him when he visited London and had an afternoon conversation with him, sometime back in 1990-something. This is the first time that I have seen him sing.

A major feature was the absolute joy he has in the music and its performance, which he has been doing for forty years now.

In a non-musical interlude, he spoke of the generations of guru-shishiya tradition, how important it is to him, and how it has affected his life in ways above and beyond music. Paraphrased and and abbreviated: "It is important that my students sing my guru's songs; it is important that their students sing my guru's guru's songs; it is important my my student's 10-thousandth students sing my gurus's 10-thousandth guru's songs." Tradition is a top-favourite word in the carnatic community, but I have never heard it spoken of with such warmth, depth and passion. He went on to say how the future of the tradition will not happen if we spoil our planet, and it has been music that has directly influenced him to see the point of environmental issues, and how vital they should be to each one of us.

No, it was not a long speech, and it did not at all spoil the music. Nor was it just deadly serious: Warren made us all laugh, several times.

Our Nageswaran is known for the breadth of his musical horizons, which extend far beyond India, let alone beyond carnatic. Apart from him and his wife, Ram Narayanan, and a lady whose name I can't bring to mind, who I think sings both CM and HM, there were no faces known to me from the CM Chennai world. There was a good turnout. Uday's main hall is perfect in size and shape for concerts.

Thanks enormously to Uday and Rhadika for bringing this event about and hosting it.

I have only one regret: that I had to miss Jaysri and Jayaraj.

[Rsachi]

[ram1999]

Nick,

A lovely write up by you. Another musician I got to hear by chance yesterday. Amazing stuff. And I see the passion the hard work that these guys have put in to master the art. Absoolutely brilliant stuff !

Riccardo Battaglia & Federico Sanesi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnARbp- ... e=youtu.be

[varsha]

Apologies Uday
Had to miss for very important reasons.
I know you will hate me for this

[uday_shankar]

Thanks everybody !

Varsha, what nonsense ! I have not known you do anything that's not important and meaningful (i.e., no "vetti" !) and that's what inspires me. So it is for selfish reasons that I invite you . Will share video soon and perhaps catch up sometime.

[varsha]

Is nayaki kanada a combo raga where it has shades of nayaki and kanada or does the raga have its own raga swaroopam.

case of sweetmeat being sweet and not meat.Pl see
http://www.parrikar.org/hindustani/kanada-page2/
The work that will be a beacon to folks like you and myself for hundreds of years

I once put Sasikiran into great embarassment by asking him to request sruti sadolkar to sing this, in an evening concert.
I should have known better . A late night melody , the suggestion of which rankled the artist.
But thats the way with HM.I still feel sorry for putting him through that.Wonder if he has forgiven me
youtube has all the famous versions.
heirloom of jaipur atrauli school and rampur sahswan school.
ghulam mustafa khan can be a great starter. You are advised to keep your watch and notebook/pen aside.
And the ultimate is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDDoGt2UM84