Indo-American Association presents the classical ragas as well as folk music of all regions and languages of India in the choral style. The concert will be presented by the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, India’s oldest school of classical music and dance, is on Sunday June 25 at Wortham Center at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at iaahouston.com or contact at 832.487.7041 or 832.231.3086.
Gandharva Choir is in the US at the invitation of Kennedy Center to perform at the 2017 Choral Festival with sixteen participating countries. IAA was able to squeeze a visit to Houston to enthrall audiences with a concert rich in music and culture of various regions of India.
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IAA worked closely with Pandit Madhup Mudgal, Principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and Conductor of the Choir, to select a repertoire for Houston that represents India’s colors and diversity.
The members of the Choir will present in Houston, Vedic hymns, the spectrum of ragas and taals, the patriotic songs praising the motherland and the folk songs from the colorful tapestry of India’s diverse regions.
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The spectrum of ragas will be presented in choral style includes Khamaj, Kafi, Jog, Bageshari, Pahadi, Malkauns, and Bhairavi. Vedic hymns include Swasti Vachan and Agnisukti from Rigveda. Patriotic songs are poetry of Sumitra Nandan Pant and Suryakant Tripathi Nirala. Folk songs are from UP, Bihar, Punjab, Kumaon region, Malwa region, Rajasthan, Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, and Goa.
The repertoire covers the compositions by Pandits Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, Kumar Gandharva, Vinay Chandra Mudgalya, Saint Dharamdas, Rabinndranath Tagore, Mallikarajun Mansoor, and Madhup Mudgal.
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