A first-of-its-kind Hindustani classical music's 20-hour-long concert has taken off at 6 am, where 16 maestros from the world of Indian classical music are performing. The concert, which is celebrating rare ragas, began on December 8, 2018 at 6.00 am on Saturday and will culminate at 3.00 a.m. on Sunday at the Shanmukhananda Chandrasekandra Saraswathi auditorium. Despite being one of Asia's largest auditoriums it was amazing how music aficionados had come for the concert even from far suburbs.
Conceived by Durga Jasraj, founder-director of Art and Artistes, this special concert '8 Prahar' will celebrate music of every prahar (the day broken into three-hour segments from dawn). “Apart from showcasing the rich treasure of ragas in Indian classical music at the apt time of the day we wanted to offer a stellar line-up of aritistes and hence made the entire concert about jugalbandis. Some never before combinations are coming together to perform together on stage,” she told DNA.
She reminisced how as a child, she attended concerts till the wee hours of the morning. “One got to hear so many different beautiful ragas. But now, since all concerts only happen in the evening, I feel that the rich traditional wealth of Hindustani classical ragas gets lost without being presented to the next generation of listeners and music lovers. This was what led me to think of the concept.”
Shashi Vyas of Pancham Nishad said which is collaborating to present the unique concert told DNA: “The entire structure of the music in India is based on the time frame divided into two parts — from sunrise to sunset and from sunset to sunrise. Each part is then divided into four further parts called a 'prahar' comprising three hours each. Based on the division of 'prahars' of the day, in Hindustani classical, every raga is performed during an assigned 'prahar'. This enhances its aesthetic effects, creating a positive and serene impact on the listener's mind and soul.”
The unique line up of the Jugalbandi from 6.00 am to 4.15 pm includes: Shahid Parvez & Sanjeev Abhyankar (sitar & vocal), Rajan and Sajan Mishra (vocal duet), Satish Vyas and Rupak Kulkarni (santoor and flute) and Jayteerth Mevundi and Praveen Godkhindi (vocal and flute). This will be followed by the second session from 5.00 pm to 2.30 am where Debashish Bhattacharya and Milind Raikar (slide Guitar & violin), Sawani Shende and Shahswati Mandal (vocal duet), Rahul Deshpande and Shounak Abhisheki (vocal duet) and Rashid Khan & Shujaat Khan ( Vocal & Sitar). The musical spread will not only bring rarely heard ragas vocally, but also instrumentally, as the flute, violin, Santoor, sitar, and slide guitar will all spin their magic.
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