Darbar Festival
Saturday 21 July 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Jameela Siddiqi introduces performances from the Darbar Festival in Leicester, including music from South India with an ensemble led by flute player Mysore Chandan and raags played on the Indian slide guitar by Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Part of the India & Pakistan 07 season.
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Presented by Jameela Siddiqi
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Saturday 21 July 2007, 3:00pm
Recorded April 2007 at the Phoenix Arts Centre in Leicester as part of the Darbar Festival
http://www.darbar.org.uk/
Read more about this festival
Mysore A Chandan: Ragan tanam palavi (6.13)
Mysore A Chandan (flute); Dr Jyotsna Srikanth (violin); R N Prakash (ghatam - open-mouthed clay pot); Neyvell Venkatesh (mridingham - double headed, barrel-shaped drum)
http://www.violinjyotsna.com/
Interview: Sandeep Singh (3.35)
Sandeep Singh is one of the organisers of the Darbar Festival
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: Raag Gawati (34.04)
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (slide guitar); Yogesh Samsi (tabla)
http://www.vishwamohanbhatt.com/
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