Episodes
Thursday Jan 20, 2011
Episode 73: Featured Raaga -- Bilahari
Thursday Jan 20, 2011
Thursday Jan 20, 2011
Continuing our discussion from Episode 72, we take a minor detour from our series on compositions dedicated to Kanchipuram and feature the raaga Bilahari. Vidya shares with us the basic contours of this raaga, and discusses why it is typically considered a lively one to perform on the concert platform. We also list some well known compositions in this raaga and finish with an short alapana that features the key Bilahari phrases we heard in the Pallavi of the composition Kamakshi Varalakshmi.
Monday Jan 10, 2011
Episode 72: Featured Composition -- Kamakshi Varalakshmi
Monday Jan 10, 2011
Monday Jan 10, 2011
Raaga Rasika wishes you all a happy new year! In this episode we feature a composition by Muthuswami Dikshitar: Kamakshi Varalakshmi in the raaga Bilahari. This is a continuation of our discussion featuring compositions by each of the Carnatic music trinity on the temple town of Kanchipuram. Vidya sings snippets from this composition and explains the meaning across the pallavi, anupallavi, and charanam of this song.