What a way to offer a tribute to the maestro! Subhankar Ghosh’s docu-drama titled Yaad-EBismillah on the shehnai maestro was a perfect treat for music lovers at the GD Birla Sabaghar. What perhaps saddened many was to see the footages of the maestro when he was on his death bed, looking frail with too many tubes jutting out of his body.
But such is life and the only solace lies in the music of the maestro that has transcended all such mortal barriers. It was indeed nice to hear Dr Soma Ghosh’s tribute to Khan saab. Her rendition of kheyal, kajri, ghazal and Shayamsangeet had the audience hypnotised by the charm of the Benaras gharana. Equally captivating was the brief jugalbandi between Ghosh and Khan saab’s nephew, Mumtaz Hussaain .
The concluding session saw the performance of Tal Rang ensemble with endangered instruments including, Bangla dhol and eshraj. By the time the recital ended with a five-minute-long dhun on the eshraj, youngsters were seen enthusiastically clapping to the music. An instrument that can generate such response surely can’t be allowed to fade into oblivion. Surely, the city could do with more such concerts to wean listeners to this form of music.
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