Keep in mind how on August 15, 1989, raag Desh introduced collectively the nation? Because the legendary Pt. Bhimsen Joshi sang ‘Lab pe jaage geet aisa, Goonje bankar des raag’ surrounded by a lush panorama, his deep voice echoed (goonj) in our hearts. The tune ‘Baje sargam har taraf se’, made throughout the Doordarshan days to unfold the message of unity in range, additionally featured different iconic musicians similar to Pt. Ravi Shankar, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, M. Balamuralikrishna, Ustad Alla Rakha and Zakir Hussain.
Throughout an interview to The Hindu in 2011, Balamuralikrishna, the celebrated Carnatic musician, had recalled how a lot he loved being a part of each ‘Mile sur mera tumhara’ and ‘Baje Sargam’. “Having been born within the pre-Independence period, I turned emotional when singing the strains crammed with patriotic fervour. Being a composer myself, I may think about the enjoyment of making these songs with various artistes, artwork kinds and devices. I used to be excited to play the violin and likewise sing.”
A particularly melodic late night raag, Desh is related to the monsoon and sometimes sung to convey the romance of the rain. Although known as Desh, it was not created to arouse patriotic sentiments. It acquired this attribute when it was chosen to compose the nationwide tune Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It has since been utilized by musicians and composers to create nationwide integration melodies.
‘Baje Sargam’ featured a galaxy of artistes.
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This August 15, to have a good time India’s 78th Independence Day, ITC has provide you with a soul-stirring composition titled ‘Desh Ek Raag’. Aside from younger musicians. it options maestros and eminent gurus similar to Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty, Subhra Guha, and Omkar Dadarkar, together with the creators of the composition, Abir Hossain and Brajeswar Mukherjee of the Kolkata-based ITC Sangeet Analysis Academy (ITC-SRA). The tune celebrates the sounds of assorted devices and voices. Whereas the violin, sitar, piano, guitar, sarangi, sarod, drums, mridangam and flute mix strings, keys and percussion to current the great thing about Desh, the singers clad in inexperienced, saffron and white render a conventional bandish, ‘Beet jaat barkha rut’, within the raag.
“This musical masterpiece stirs a profound sense of delight and admiration for our nice nation,” says Sanjiv Puri, chairman, ITC.
The Sangeet Analysis Academy, which was launched in 1978, trains younger lovers in Hindustani music. Famend vocalist and Patiala-Kasur gharana exponent Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty is the chief mentor and guru.
Contained in the Sangeet Analysis Academy, the place the tune was created.
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Says the veteran, “Everyone knows about CSR (Company Social Accountability), however the Academy is a novel instance of what I wish to time period as — company cultural accountability. And thru ‘Desh Ek Raag’ we wished to indicate our gratitude to the nation, whose cultural heritage is a robust binding pressure.”
Pt. Ajoy Chakrabarty with sishyas.
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Based on sarod artiste Abir Hossain, who teaches at SRA, “The tune was created for a number of functions, after all, an important being the message of oneness.“ Belonging to the Senia-Shahjahanpur gharana, Abir educated for a number of years underneath sarod maestro Pt. Buddhadev Das Gupta, and is at present being guided by Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty.
Sarod artiste Abir Hussain.
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‘Desh Ek Raag’ can be try to mission India’s cultural values, significantly the guru-sishya parampara. “Therefore the tune options each lecturers and college students. By this initiative, we have been eager to show the highlight on younger expertise. We have to put together them to take ahead the legacy. A number of artistes seen within the video are simply of their teenagers.”
The recording was completed at SRA’s in-house studio. “Singing or taking part in an instrument in a studio is totally totally different from performing dwell. ‘Desh Ek Raag uncovered our younger musicians to this problem, and see how they’ve lived as much as it!” says Abir.
In India, the place we have now songs for each event, it’s not shocking {that a} raag has grow to be an emblem of freedom.
