The Bhopalites witnessed a splendid musical performance by Rennie Kala Samooh at Sharda Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore University here on Monday. The audiences took the pleasure of Tagore’s compositions ‘Rabindra Sangeet’.
The event was organized to pay homage to legendry writer, composer and author Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary. The event was performed under the aegis of Tagore International Centre for Arts and Culture of University. The entire event was conceptualized and directed by Rina Sinha. The band performed 10 compositions of Tagore before the audience leaving them enthralled.
Their music nourished and had an impact of retreat on the deserted minds. Their approach in Indian classical music made the event even more enjoyable and energetic. The Band played compositions including Ekala Chalo…, Amar Bela…, Jag Bitai…, Manjhi Geet… and many more compositions were presented by group. It kept audience spell bound.
Tagore was a prolific composer with around 2,230 songs to his credit. His songs are known as Rabindrasangit ("Tagore Song"), which merges fluidly into his literature, most of which poems or parts of novels, stories, or plays alike were lyricised, influenced by the thumri style of Hindustani music.
Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University Santosh Choubey remembered multi-dimensional creation of Tagore. He said Tagore emulated the tonal colour of classical ragas to varying extents. He informed future planning of center. The programme was sequenced by famous art critic Vinay Upadhyay.
Rabindranath Tagore University Vice Chancellor Prof. A.K. Gwal, Registrar Vijay Singh and Amitabh Saxena from AISECT were present on this occasion. Programme ended with National Anthem.