#darbarfestival | According to Omkarnath Thakur, Shree’s sunset hour is when “the disembodied spirits...become active, and aid the black magic of Tantriks”.
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8:43 - Jor (with slight rhythmic pulse)
12:43 - Jhalla (with strong rhythmic pulse)
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Abhisek Lahiri is a gharana-blending young sarod player, who fuses ideas from the Shahjahanpur, Maihar, and Senia Bangash traditions. Early training under his father Alok Lahiri has led to a successful career, including global tours, participation in Indian cultural delegations, and fusion work with his East Meets Middle East group. Hear more of Abhishek here:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZiGpJ50e0 -Bilaskhani Todi |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrVD6jOapSc -Interview |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85kNHLwT5tgShree is a devotional sunset raga with ancient roots. The name has sacred origins, representing humanity’s material relation with the world (as opposed to ‘Om’, which represents our spiritual dimensions). It is associated with Lord Shiva, the destroyer and transformer, and Lakshmi, the giver of wealth and prosperity, and also with various Sikh saints, many of whom composed in the raga. Sitarist-scholar Deepak Raja quotes legendary vocalist Omkarnath Thakur as considering Shree to be a raga of fear: “The prescribed time for performing this raga (around sunset) is the time when nature and humans are at peace, but the disembodied spirits (of whom Shiva is the Lord) become active, and aid the black magic of Tantriks”.
It is considered among the most difficult ragas to master. Hailing from Purvi thaat, it takes the swaras SrGMPdNS, with Re and Pa as the vadi-samvadi pairing [king and queen notes]. The core of the raga is to be found in the movement between these two notes, with musicians employing all manner of ornamentations to explore their co-relationship. The raga is typically elaborated in madhya and taar saptaks [middle and upper octaves]. A range of different sruti [microtones] are used, with many variants of Re and Dha in use. Hear more of Shree here:
-Abhishek Lahiri (sarod) |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhXFcHjSoFI -Niladri Kumar (sitar) |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xy3j2EiVPw -Niladri Kumar explanation (sitar) |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bFzS6upIW4 Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, at London’s Southbank Centre:
-Abhisek Lahiri (sarod)
-Sukhwinder Singh (tabla)
-Priya Sarma (tanpura)
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