A wonderful and moving video, featuring the composition ‘Interior Horse’, beautiful minimal music of Max Richter.
Don’t we all have an ‘interior horse’?
Lente en natuurlijk… Bach !
21 maart… het is weer lente en daarom natuurlijk ook driewerf hoera voor de jarige Johann Sebastian en zijn springlevende muziek !
Film ‘Raga Unveiled’ sheds light on history and essence of the Hindustani classical musical system
The ambitious film Raga Unveiled, taking a look at the history and essence of the Hindustani classical musical system, has received a lot of praise. Will be screened on Sunday evening, 10 April 2011 at King’s Place in London, as a prelude to the Darbar Festival 2011, on 21 – 24 April 2011, at the same location. Here’s from YouTube a video to promote the film:
Kaushiki sings in Brussels, June 24th 2011
Kaushiki / Photo by Daniel Zafir (click on photo to enlarge)
Best news I’ve heard this week: Kaushiki Chakrabarty will sing on June 24th in Brussels :)) in the Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor de Schone Kunsten. Ahum… anyone in Holland picking this up?
Great sounds of recent world music releases in Concertzender’s Wereldmineralen 3 March 2011
Don’t miss the great sounds of recent world music releases in Wereldmineralen on 3 March 2011
Playlist:
Titel: Radiohunter
Uitvoerende: Zapp4
Tijdsduur: 04:53
componist: Oene van Geel
Album: Radiohunter
Label en jaar: LLR 032, C2010
Titel: Love And Death
Uitvoerende: Ebo Taylor
Tijdsduur: 06:55
componist: Ebo Taylor
Album:Love and Death
Label en jaar: STRUT 073 CD, C2010
Titel: Boudou
Uitvoerende: Dobet Gnahoré
Tijdsduur: 03:54
componist: Dobet Gnahoré
Album: Djekpa La You
Label en jaar: Contre-Jour CJ024, C2010
Titel: Cote D’Ivoire
Uitvoerende: Dobet Gnahoré
Tijdsduur: 03:23
componist: Dobet Gnahoré
Album: Djekpa La You
Label en jaar: Contre-Jour CJ024, C2010
Titel: Todas As Horas Sao Breves
Uitvoerende: Joana Amendoeira
Tijdsduur: 05:50
componist: Helder Moutinho, Francisco Viana
Album: Sétima Fado
Label en jaar: Harmonia Mundi 274 2020, C2010, P2011
Titel: Meu Amor, E Primavera
Uitvoerende: Joana Amendoeira
Tijdsduur: 03:13
componist: Rosa Labata Faria, Maria Moniz Pereira
Album: Sétima Fado
Label en jaar: Harmonia Mundi 274 2020, C2010, P2011
Titel: La Jungla
Uitvoerende: Harold-Lopez Nussa
Tijdsduur: 05:38
componist: Harold-Lopez Nussa
Album: Herencia
Label en jaar: World Village WVF 479035, C2009
Titel: Fado Vianinha
Uitvoerende: Mariza
Tijdsduur: 02:31
componist: Francisco Viana
Album: Tradicional
Label en jaar: EMI 0701732, C2010
Titel: Na Rua Do Silencio
Uitvoerende: Mariza
Tijdsduur: 02:41
componist: Antonio Sousa Freitas, Joaquim Campos
Album: Tradicional
Label en jaar: EMI 0701732, C2010
Titel: Lavava No Rio, Lavava
Uitvoerende: Mariza
Tijdsduur: 03:55
componist: Amalia Rodrigues, Fontes Rocha
Album: Tradicional
Label en jaar: EMI 0701732, C2010
Titel: Dancing On Water
Uitvoerende: Vinsky Project
Tijdsduur: 04:45
componist: Vinsky Project
Album: Acquire The Taste
Label en jaar: VIP C2010
Titel: Cukier Dajesz
Uitvoerende: Vinsky Project
Tijdsduur: 04:26
componist: Vinsky Project
Album: Acquire The Taste
Label en jaar: VIP C2010
Titel: The Hollow Tree
Uitvoerende: Vinsky Project
Tijdsduur: 04:32
componist: Vinsky Project
Album: Acquire The Taste
Label en jaar: VIP C2010
Titel: Timbeando (fragment)
Uitvoerende: Harold-Lopez Nussa
Tijdsduur: 01:00
componist: Harold-Lopez Nussa
Album: Herencia
Label en jaar: World Village WVF 479035, C2009
A programme compiled and produced by Pieter de Rooij
Interview with brilliant and versatile veena player Jayanthi Kumaresh
I think this is great, an interview in three parts with brilliant and versatile veena-player Jayanthi Kumaresh, a carnatic artist whose work I’ve been following for years. I hugely admire her playing and I really hope to meet and interview her one day.
Interview – Part One
Interview – Part Two
Interview – Part Three
Raga playing on a piano? I don’t think so.
Watch the video below and ask yourself: is this raga-playing? I don’t think so. No ‘wavy notes’ here, a ‘first requirement’ in raga music. How to really expose a raag’s melodic material in detail if you can’t bend the notes in order to reveal the raag’s mood and character in all its nuances? And running parallel to this problem of execution is the tuning and scale-problem. Only a limited number of ragas is candidate for being ‘adapted’ to the piano. Otherwise: Utsav Lal is definitely very talented and I admire his playing and musical efforts.
The brilliant living art of Theo Jansen
Hahaha, I think this kind of ‘living art’ is total fun 🙂 and constitutes a totally unique combination of science, technology, art, philosophy and humour. A(n ‘other’) victory of the human spirit. Theo Jansen is a genius.
Snooky and the metronome
Think you should watch this. Snooky and the metronome or… when the beat hits the beast the beast hits the beat 🙂
Beautiful playing by young carnatic violinist Charumathi Raghuram
Groomed so far mainly by famous violinist T.N. Krishnan, this is Charumathi Raghuram, a young carnatic violinist with an excellent technique and in her playing a delightful, refined expression. With great imagination she plays a wonderful rendition of Akhilandeswari and – according to my taste – she achieves the kind of carnatic violin sound that I personally like best and that I always seek for in this music. Also the overall sound, the recording and amplification are ok here I think. I mention this, because many recordings in this area of music sound pretty bad, if not – if I may say so – horrible, that is, in my ears. For instance, I don’t like the use of big reverb and excessive microphone amplification in raga music, as – regrettably – soo often happens on stage or in studios. An interesting topic for debate and for further musicological investigation.