AMAAN KHAN’S LYRICAL POETIC COMPOSITION TARANA ' TAANA DAARE DEEM...’ WON HEARTS

 

 

 Face2News/Patiala 

On the penultimate day of the ongoing 4-day classical music festival, being a Sunday holiday, throngs of city music lovers streamed into Kalidasa Auditorium to enliven the evening soaked in pure divine music.
The stage was aglow with the august presence of internationally acclaimed music maestros Mormukat Kedia and Pandit Manoj Kedia, who presented their riveting Jugalbandi in a typical tradition. The elder sibling Pandit Mormukut Kedia (on sitar) and the younger Pandit Manoj Kedia (on sarod) presented raag Kirwani and Raag Jhinjhoti, to a packed-to-sardine auditorium with the music buffs immersed in the divine music.

This was quickly followed by a surfeit of raagas doled out by them, including raag Maaj-Khamaj, Yaman, Chandranandan, Puri ya Kalyan, et al earning a huge round of applause from the appreciative audience.
Mormukut Kedia told that raag Kirwani was a musical scale in terms of a typical Hindustani classical form of music. It is a traditional Indian raga particularly suited to instrumental music. This scale is similar to that of harmonic minor in Western music, adding that the raga has been derived from Carnatic music.

Elaborating more on raag Jhinjhoti, Pandit Manoj Kedia maintained that Raga Jhinjhoti was a raga playful in nature, which is why it is more suited to instrumental music. There is an element of Shringaar ras in it, hence suited more to bhajans, thumri, etc.

The Kedia siblings are the rare artistes who have achieved great expertise in Jugalbandi of Sarod-Sitar, taking it to the international level. After Bharatratna Pandit Ravi Shankar and Padmavibhushan Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Kedia brothers are the sole vanguards of carrying forward the rich legacy of Sarod - Sitar Jugalbandi bequeathed to them from their illustrious gurus and guides.

The next performer of the evening was a noted vocalist Amaan Khan, one of the illustrious proponents of the twin Agra and Patiala gharanas, who entranced the audience for close to an hour with his soul-soothing rendition.

Amaan, who received his initial lessons in the genre of vocal music, he consciously chose from his grandfather Ustad Amir Mohammad Khan, started with vilambit Khayal ‘Dhan-Dhan Bhagya…’ based on raag Gorakh Kalyan. The depth of his robust singing and, of course, melodious lyrics overwhelmed the audience. He enthralled the appreciative audience with his lyrical composition ‘Eiri Mori Aali Piya Ghar Aaye...’ composed in the middle-paced teen taal.

Amaan, who received his initial lessons in the genre of vocal music, he consciously chose from his grandfather Ustad Amir Mohammad Khan, started with vilambit Khayal ‘Dhan-Dhan Bhagya…’ based on raag Gorakh Kalyan. The depth of his robust singing and, of course, melodious lyrics overwhelmed the audience. He enthralled the appreciative audience with his lyrical composition ‘Eiri Mori Aali Piya Ghar Aaye...’ composed in the middle-paced teen taal.

His rendition Tarana 'Taana Daare Deem...’ in drut, the fast-paced rhythm intrigued ardent admirers of classical music. In the end, when he doled out a thumri ‘Tore madd bhare nain raseele…’in raag Khamaj, which left the audience mesmerized.

Director of North Zone Cultural Center Furkan Khan, the guiding force behind this initiative of curating the first-ever classical music festival in Patiala , said that renowned artistes, viz Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) and Salil Bhatt (Satvik Veena) and Harish Tiwari would give their stellar performances on the concluding day of the fascinate musical fiesta.

He also appealed to the music lovers to attend the last day of the festival with their families and friends and contribute their mite in preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of the royal city of Patiala, currently facing constant threat of extinction.