Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar at Memorial Auditorium on October 25, 2003

Stanford University Live presents Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar
Memorial Auditorium,
551 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5007 USA
8 PM, Saturday, October 25, 2003

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[8:11 PM Announcements; 8:17 PM tuning; 8:20 PM Introductory Remarks from Ravi regarding the first piece]

Rag Bhopali

1. [08:21 PM] Alap (in ?Jor? Tala … maybe “Alap and Jor”?)
2. [08:37 PM] Gat in Rupak Tala (7 beats, 3-2-2)
   [first work ends ~8:45 PM; pause for tuning; 8:52 PM Ravi introduces the next piece]
   
   Rag Desh
3. [08:53 PM] Gat in Tintal (16 beats, 4-4-4-4)
4. [09:03 PM] Gat in Ektal (12 beats, 4-4-2-2)
   [set ends ~9:15 PM]

[~9:45 PM Lights down; tuning; 9:51 PM Introductory Remarks and band introduction from Ravi]

Rag Pilu AKA Rangeena Pilu, to be performed in semiclassical style (one thing after another … whatever comes to mind)

1. [09:53 PM] Rangeena Pilu
   [show ends ~10:30 PM, no encore]

• Nick Able: treble tanpura;
• Tanmoy Bose: tabla;
• Arup Chattopadhyay: tabla;
• Alex Kozlovsky (sp?): bass tanpura;
• Anoushka Shankar: surbarhar;
• Ravi Shankar: sitar.

Like usual, Ravi did a fine job introducing the pieces to us rubes, but I've undoubtedly mangled the names and descriptions. Let me know if you can offer any help with corrections!

Karan Mahajan posted a brief review of the show in the Stanford Daily; unfortunately, she seems to have heard slightly different titles than I did!

The group came to a full stop in the middle of Rag Pilu, but I consider it a dramatic device, rather than an indicator of a particular change to be noted. If anything, it marks a change between highlighting Bose to highlighting Chattopadhyay, but heck if I can remember who was playing first. Another stop occurs after the second drum ‘solo’, and then it’s off to the races as Ravi and Anoushka trade runs lickety split until the conclusion of the work.

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2003 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2003 event list! ☸ On to the next event!