This rag is a combination of the ragas Lom, Hamir, and Malua Kedar. The
idea of a rag mixed with Malua Kedar was suggested by his Khansahib's
father. The rag's title might be translated "that intelligence which leads
to God"-dedicated to Sri Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel poet laureate of
Bengal. The soft and full emotional contours of the rag belie its tricky
complications of note patterns.Evening Rag
Rag Khammaj is a traditional rag with several performance traditions. Here
it is treated in two manners: first, light classical in chachar tal (14
beats) then he creates a fast movement ina more traditional instrumental
gat-tora style in tintal (16 beats). It is a tour de force of emotional
content and form.Evening Rag
This rag is full of tonal surprises and wonder (adbhuta ras). The ragas
Bhairavi and
Bhatiyar are somewhat like black and white, each containing notes that the
other lacks. The combination here is stunning. In the hands of a lesser
musician than Khansahib, the two ragas would be very difficult to attach
together, eventually involving all twelve notes of the chromatic scale.
Morning Rag$15.95
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