Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
LPO
What??
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) presented its Renga Ensemble with Karnataka College of Percussion (KCP4), a Unique performance of Carnatic Jazz.
Who??
KCP4:
Scott Stroman conductor
Ramamani vocalist
T.A.S.Mani percussion
Ramesh Shotham percussion
Mike Herting piano
and Renga/London Philharmonic Orchestra musicians:
KateBirchall violin
Chair suported by David and Victoria Graham Fuller
Fiona Higham violin
Robert Duncan viola
Santiago Sabino Carvalho cello
Laurence Lovelle double bass/guitar
Stewart Mvllwham flute
Simon Estell bassoon
Anne McAneney trumpet
Chair supported by Geoff and Meg Mann
Richard Bissill horn
David Whitehouse trombone
When?? 03 April '10
Arey!! Who will tell the Time?? 7.00 PM
Accomplice??
- Raghu [ My sponsor..I mean the1 who asks for his money back with "I mean", his fav. word.. :-) ...Raghu, if you are ever reading this post, this 1's for you.."I mean what I mean,but you can't be so Mean" :-) ]
- Kumar[Our Mobile Camera Photographer for the day :-)]
- K.P [The World Touring guy and the Multi-Linguist ]
So,it all happened in 1 go..oops..i mean in 2 go!!! Raghu asked me whether I would be interested in this show..Hmm..yeah..you guessed it right..Definitely a BIG YES from me.....it all happened in a matter of 2 days time with Raghu booking the tickets for me and myself day dreaming and googling about the show stoppers...
And so,here we were amidst a group of Elite men all in their hot freshly ironed suits and ladies in their new designer gowns bought just for the show..
After a mouth smacking Chutney Sandwich(Rs.20) and 1 more pack in my hand, myself and Raghu get our ass's seated in AO9 & AO10 seats of the Amphi-theater and Kumar & K.P seated at a distance.While Raghu is complaining about
the delay in the start,am busy here munching away the excellent Chutney Sandwich...yumm..really tasty..
In a few minutes,a group of musicians walk in the stage with loud applause as a background score..Introductions get over and here it starts off.....
Oh oh oh!!!! Man, we must be the really lucky ones to be here..
This has combined the classical Indian music with jazz and has some western classical influences too..The musicians and the vocalist fuse a lot of Indian folk,jazz harmonies and bass lines..Everyone in the audience are wonder-struck without even a blink!!
My favorites being the "17th Crossroad", "Bangalore" and "Guru"...
The interval is on with myself grabbing a Chicken Sandwich (Rs.30) while the other 3 guys are busy discussing about the scores of "Mumbai Indians Vs Deccan Chargers" IPL match..A cold coffee also follows...
In again and applauses again..the show is fantastic..ends with a "once more" request with Mike Herting the pianist giving 1 of his compositions...
History in the Making
'Kulwant Roy (1914, Village Bagli Kalan, District Ludhiana, Punjab, British India – 1984) was an Indian photographer. As the head of an agency named "Associated Press Photographs", he was personally responsible for several iconic images of the Indian independence movement and the early years of the Republic of India.'
--Readers are informed that the above paragraph is stolen from Wikipedia, our online informative friend and the credit goes to our friend only.
The other day I was at Piramal Art Gallery to see History. Oh yeah...its pure history..Photographs of the by-gone eras which we have only read in our school history books.Kulwant Roy whom many of us have hardly heard off was one of the best pre-independence photo journalists of India.He had covered many of the historic events like the Muslim League meetings, INA trials, the signing of the Indian Constitution, as well as significant post-Independence milestones such as the building of the Bhakra Nangal Dam.It's known that Mr.Roy had traveled the world, took lot of pictures and posted to his then India just to return to find them missing.He died eventually of the pain very soon.
His nephew, Mr.Aditya Arya, a photographer himself stumbled upon Mr.Roy's rare and many unpublished photographs after a period of 20 years after the death of Mr.Roy.
It was an excellent Photo Exhibit with Gandhi,Nehru and many other ancient India's Photographs.I personally had the chance to meet Mr.Aditya Arya who was at the gallery.I appreciated the exhibits and he thanked me for being there..
My salutes to Mr.Roy...
I just made a visit in a Time Machine to see History in the Making!!!!
Mr.Kulwant Roy in the backdrop and his nephew Mr.Aditya Arya
--Readers are informed that the above paragraph is stolen from Wikipedia, our online informative friend and the credit goes to our friend only.
The other day I was at Piramal Art Gallery to see History. Oh yeah...its pure history..Photographs of the by-gone eras which we have only read in our school history books.Kulwant Roy whom many of us have hardly heard off was one of the best pre-independence photo journalists of India.He had covered many of the historic events like the Muslim League meetings, INA trials, the signing of the Indian Constitution, as well as significant post-Independence milestones such as the building of the Bhakra Nangal Dam.It's known that Mr.Roy had traveled the world, took lot of pictures and posted to his then India just to return to find them missing.He died eventually of the pain very soon.
His nephew, Mr.Aditya Arya, a photographer himself stumbled upon Mr.Roy's rare and many unpublished photographs after a period of 20 years after the death of Mr.Roy.
It was an excellent Photo Exhibit with Gandhi,Nehru and many other ancient India's Photographs.I personally had the chance to meet Mr.Aditya Arya who was at the gallery.I appreciated the exhibits and he thanked me for being there..
My salutes to Mr.Roy...
I just made a visit in a Time Machine to see History in the Making!!!!
Mr.Kulwant Roy in the backdrop and his nephew Mr.Aditya Arya
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