The classical music lovers of the city witnessed a mild evening adorned with the tunes of sarangi and clarinet (shehnai) recital. The programme was conducted on Thursday at Shaheed Bhawan as a part of two-day event ‘Durlabh Vagh Prasang’ organised in the memory Ustad lateef Khan, a noted sarangi maestro.
On the first day of the event, the disciples of great sarangi player Ustad Abdul lateef Khan gave a mesmerising performance. Before the performance, noted classical musician Pushpraj Koshti from Mumbai was honoured with Ustad lateef Khan Award 2013-14. Director of Culture Department, Ram Tiwari was present as the chief guest at the show.
Beginning with the classical concert 12 disciples of Ustad lateef Ahmed Khan staged a wonderful Jugalbandi of Sarangi and tabla. As many as eight artists played sarangi and four artists were on table. The artists began with sarangi dhuand in Raga Megh followed by Tarana in ek taal. Noticeably, the artists played one of the most popular Ragas of Ustad lateef Khan teen taal sarangi dhuand.
The programme was further adorned with the rhythms of Indian Classical Clarinet (Shehnai) played by the flute and shehnai maestro Pt. Rajendra Prasanna. Hailing from Banaras (Varanasi) Pt. Rajendra Prasanna has mastered playing the Indian Classical flute (Bansuri) and Clarinet (Shahnai). As he began playing the shehnai, the rhythms created a magical ambiance which enthralled the audiences. His ragas were flourished with an unknown magic leaving the audiences in the world of classical flute rhythms.
He began the programme with playing Maro Bihag in extended Alap which explored the mood of raga before the audiences. Then he began playing Bandish in Dhrus taal wrapping up his performance with a Banarsi rhythm ‘Kajri’. He played instrumental of a Banarsi lingual song. It is one the famous form of Banarsi rhythm who in turn made the performance more delightful. Further, Pt. Rajendra Prasanna was accompanied by Akhilesh Gundecha on Pakhawaj, Saleem Allahwale, Ganesh Tanwade Dukkad and Mangal Prasad on Tabla.
The programme was further followed with the performance by Pushpraj Koshti who performed Ram Dasi in Raga Malhar. The audiences enjoyed the enthralling evening with the classical rythms. They enjoyed the show with a lot of ecstasy and enthusiasm.