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Hariprasad Chaurasia, Kumar Bose Raga: Kaunshi Kanada Matta Taal Ek Taal Live at Saptak Festival

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Channel: Sur Sagar Music · 2018 · Music

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Just as the deity Lord Krishna hypnotised his followers, Hariprasad Chaurasia captivates us with the sublime beauty of his bamboo flute.
Artist: 
Flute: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Tabla: Kumar Bose
Raga: Kaunshi Kanada

Recorded Live at Saptak Festival (Gujarat) India.
Executive Producer - Alpesh Patel
Produced By - Derek Roberts 
Location Engineer - Derek Roberts 
Assistant Engineer - Krishna Shirgaonkar
Digitally Mastered by: Derek Roberts of Dr Creative Productions | www.drcreativeproductions.co.uk
Photography - Deko 
VFX Producer: Vijay Dave | Varun Creations

Thanks to - The stage crew at Virtual Studios,
Nandan Mehta, Prafful Shah & everyone at Saptak & Kanti Dattani.    
Mixed and mastered in the U. K. By Derek Roberts of Soundcraft Productions.  
About Performance:
North Indian music thrives on a performer’s ability to improvise in the presence of a live audience. Given the right environment, a great master is able to spontaneously create seemingly endless permutations of melodies derived from the ancient ragas which make up the repertoire of Indian musicians. The yearly Saptak Festival provides a perfect setting for creative music making of the highest level, attracting India’s finest musicians, and an expectant audience well versed in the intricacies of Indian music.
No major music festival in India is complete without the presence of the internationally acclaimed flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia. He is universally regarded as the greatest living master of the Bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Furthermore, he is the most prolific performer of Indian music today, in constant demand from fans and promoters for performances in all corners of the world. Over four decades, he has maintained a hectic international touring schedule which is the envy of the younger generation of musicians.
The fact that Hariprasad Chaurasia does not hail from a family of musicians, makes his achievements the more remarkable. His father was a distinguished wrestler who actively discouraged musical study. Fortunately for the young aspiring musician, the vibrant musical surroundings of his home town Allahabad, provided him access to some of India’s most prominent musicians. His early vocal training bears a major influence on his style of playing, which skilfully reflects all the subtle nuances and textures of the voice. 
In Indian mythology, the flute is associated with Lord Krishna, whose divine music hypnotised his followers (gopis) into blind devotion. For almost half a century, Hariprasad Chaurasia has captured the hearts of his audiences, successfully transforming the flute from a marginalized folk instrument into an established part of the Indian Classical music scene.
For this performance, Hariprasad Chaurasia has teamed up with Kumar Bose, one of India’s most respected and skilled tabla players. Kumar Bose is the most established disciple of the legendary maestro, Pandit Kishan Maharaj, belonging to the Benares gharana (school) of tabla playing, and is equally regarded for his tabla solo recitals as well as his accompaniment. (Check out ‘Dynamic’- tabla solo performed live by Kumar Bose- Sense 002) 
The first half of the concert (CD 1) features Raga Kaunshi Kanada, a blend of the popular ragas Malkauns and Kanada, and is traditionally associated with the late night. 
The performance begins with the customary alap, a slow meditative elaboration of the main phrases of the raga, outlining an inherent mood of pathos. The alap first centres on the lower notes of the scale working upwards, exploring a myriad of melodic combinations. The alap, jod and jhalla are performed in the ancient vocal form of dhrupad, contemplative in style and characterised by long sustained notes.
The jod section (track 2) denotes the introduction of a steady, medium-tempo rhythmic pulse. Chaurasia’s masterful blowing technique, comes to prominence in the lively third movement of the alap, known as jhalla, as the pace increases and the phrases become fiery and technically challenging.
Notes: john ball

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