The classical ragas presented at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhawan mesmerised the classical music lovers on Thursday evening.
Ragas ‘Madhukaunsh, Puriya Kalyan, sarangi and Anant Kalyan’ were performed on the first day of two-day concert ‘Aarambh’. It is based on the young classical singers, instrument players and is being organised by Bharat Bhawan.Notably, raga ‘Madhukaunsh’ is evening raga and is mixture of two ragas ‘Malkaunsh’ and ‘Madhubanti’.
The programme began with evening raga ‘Puriya Kalyan’ in vilambit ek taal and drut teen taal presented by young sarangi player, Shiraz Hussain Khan. Born in musical family and is third generation of his family. He took the primary education in sarangi from his grandfather and then from his uncle ustad Kadir Khan. At present he is taking guidance from his father from Zamir Hussain Khan in music.
Khan, a student of Class X, said, “I opt to play this rare instrument by my own wish. I’m lucky that I born in this musical family and support of my family members. I got inspiration from my grandfather and father. I’m feeling very proud to perform in Bharat Bhavan but little bit nervous also. It’s my first solo performance, earlier performed in group.”
He concluded his performance with Raga ‘Madhukaunsh’. a favorite raga of his grandfather well-known sarangi player Ustad Nazar Hussain,Young tabla player Ramendra Singh Solanki accompanied him on Tabla and Ranveer Jain and Shamir Khan on Tanpura. Raga ‘Madhukaunsh’ is evening raga and is mixture of two ragas ‘Malkaunsh’ and ‘Madhubanti’.
The programme was followed with the performance by a young vocalist and disciple of Pt. Sajjanlal Bhatt, Deepti Gedam Parmar.She started off with bada khyal ‘Aey Barjo jee jasoda nahi mane kanha…’, based on raga ‘Anant Kalyan’ in Jhumar taal. This new raga is composed by her guru of Pt. Sajjanlal Bhatt.In the similar raga she performed a song ‘Aaiso natakhat balma mora, jane nahi preet ki reet mohe lajat…’in ek taal.
The programme concluded with ‘Tappa’, based on Raga ‘Sindhura Kafi’ in Punjabi taal, appreciated by audience. Its lyrics were ‘O parinda sanu mukhda.’ She also performed first time in this programme leaving the audience enthralled. Ustad Zamir Hussain Khan accompanied her on harmonium and Munnalal Bhatt on Tabla.