Listen to this programme on BBC Radio 4 (15 minutes) >>Find song lyrics, translations and more (type “M.S. Subbulakshmi”) >> M.S. SubbulakshmiBorn 16 September 1916. Died 11 December 2004Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Tamil: மதுரை சண்முகவடிவு சுப்புலட்சுமி, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi ? 16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), also known as M.S., was a Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever …
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Video | Tambura-tanpura explained
Tambura (detail) © Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonView this and close images in high resolution >> Source: Musical instrument (tanpura) with keys for four string, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2021URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452622/stringed-instrument/Date Visited: 7 December 2021 Tambura (detail) © Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonView more details here >> The tambura or tanpura is a …
Video | Vocal recital by Tiruvarur Girish – Sannidi Academy
Raga Hamsadhvani in: “India’s classical music may be the best antidote to chauvinism” by Ramachandra Guha
To read the full article by the internationally acclaimed author of India After Gandhi, click here >> After Partition, Bade Ghulam chose to move to Pakistan, but, finding the audience for classical music limited (in all senses of the word), wished to return to the Indian side of the border. In the 1950s, it was …
Flute TS Sankaran – Kalakshetra 1988
1. 0:0:00 kAmbhOdi aTa tALa varNam 2. 0:11:11 gajAnanayutam – chkravAkam 3. 0:20:16 sogasu jUDa – kannaDagowLam 4. 0:26:50 nenaruncarA nApaini – simha vAhini 5. 0:34:15 cinna nADE – kalAnidhi 6. 0:45:35 rAgam + manasu swAdhInamaina – shankarAbharaNam 7. 1:20:22 rAgam+ meevalla – kApi 8. 1:35:38 rAgam + parama pAvana rAma – pUrvikalyANi + thani …