A programme by Pieter de Rooij about schools of and styles within the North Indian raga. With recordings by contemporary celebrities and their former teachers. Irshad Khan.
(Irshad Khan, image: Pieter de Rooij)
Irshad Khan (1963) grew up in Kolkata and nowadays lives in Canada. He belongs to the Imdadkhani gharana, a famous Indian school named after his great-great-grandfather Imdad Khan, a legendary 19th-century sitar player. As early as the 16th century, the forefathers of Irshad caused a furore on the sehtar and the sitar – the multiple-stringed Indian plucked lute – that stems from the sehtar, at the Indian royal courts. Irshad’s family represents the oldest sitar school; all other sitar schools have derived from the primordial gharana of his family. Irshad’s family also made name in the field of the surbahar, the bass sitar, which was invented in the 19th century by Sahebdad Khan, the father of the great-great-grandfather Imdad Khan. In this broadcast, Irshad Khan tells in detail about his famous musical forefathers and about his own career and music. Irshad was a prodigy who already gave huge concerts at the age of seven and who made his international debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London when he was only 13. Except for traditional raga music and fusion by Irshad Khan, you will hear music by Irshad’s father Imrat Khan, and by Irshad’s uncle Vilayat Khan, who is generally considered to be one of India’s greatest musicians of the 20th century. In short: an interesting broadcast about Irshad Khan and his famous musicians’ family.
Playlist:
title: Raga Mian Malhar
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Mukundraj Deo (tabla)
duration: 02:33
composer: trad.
album: Mian Malhar
label and year: Legendary Legacy CD 30 ; year unknown
closing fragment concert Irshad Khan Raganacht
Amsterdam India Festival, 15 November 2008
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Sandip Bhattacharya (tabla)
duration: 01:37
composer: trad.
title: Raag Bhairavi
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Mukundraj Deo (tabla)
duration: 09:03
composer: trad.
album: Mian Malhar
label and year: Legendary Legacy CD 30 ; year unknown
title: Nainon Mein Tere Kajra (Moments)
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar and vocals)
duration: 01:41
composer: Irshad Khan
album: Desires
label and year: EMI 5099950809523 ; P en C 2007
title: Rag Jog
performing artist: Ustad Imrat Khan (surbahar)
duration: 04:58
composer: trad.
album: Indian Music for Sitar & Surbahar For Meditation & Love
label and year: Lyrichord LYRCD 7376 ; C 1991
title: Raag Malkauns
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)
duration: 06:05
composer: trad.
album: Fire, Grace, Passion
label and year: New Dawn Productions ; P 2003
title: Mystic Journey
performing artist: Irshad Khan
duration: 02:39
composer: Irshad Khan
album: Awakenings
label and year: UAM 002 ; P en C 1999
title: Nainon Mein Tere Kajra (Moments)
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar and vocals)
duration: 02:10
composer: Irshad Khan
album: Desires
label and year: EMI 5099950809523 ; P en C 2007
title: Raag Bhairavi
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Mukundraj Deo (tabla)
duration: 01:44
composer: trad.
album: Mian Malhar
label and year: Legendary Legacy CD 30 ; year unknown
title: Sindhi Bhairvee (Passion)
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)
duration: 10:30
composer: trad.
album: Fire, Grace, Passion
label and year: New Dawn Productions ; P 2003
title: Raga Mand Bhairavi
performing artist: Vilayat Khan (sitar)
duration: 08:56
composer: trad.
album: Etched In Time
label and year: Music Today ; year unknown
title: Power of Grace
performing artist: Irshad Khan
duration: 07:04
composer: Irshad Khan
album: Awakenings
label and year: UAM 002 ; P en C 1999
title: Raag Mian Malhar – Gat in Madhyalaya & Drut Teentaal
performing artist: Irshad Khan (sitar) ; Mukundraj Deo (tabla)
duration: 21:09
composer: trad.
album: Mian Malhar
label and year: Legendary Legacy CD 30 ; year unknown
