PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA
(100 min; 2004; dvd; English subtitles)

With Leif Ove Andsnes, Nicolas Angelich, Martha Argerich, Emmanuel Ax, Claude Frank, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, James Levine, Mikhail Pletnev, Staffan Scheja.
Birthday Festival Orchestra

Every year, the idyllic village of Verbier in the Swiss Alps plays host to the international music elite. To celebrate the Verbier Festival & Academy’s tenth birthday in 2003, 23 fabulous soloists came together to honour this special spirit of Verbier with this exciting once-in-a-lifetime extravaganza of star pianists and as many as 8 pianos. Featuring music by Mozart, Smetana, Bach, Rossini, Wagner, Arthur Benjamin, Gottschalk, Rimsky-Korsakov and others.

Introduced by Sunit Tandon

Maritime Trade of the Harappans – Evidences at Dholavira

Illustrated lecture by Dr. V.N. Prabhakar, archaeologist and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

Conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota 

Aimed specifically at children, this workshop will include practices of Hatha Yoga, Tantra Yoga and Nada Yoga to strengthen their eyes, lungs and nervous system; relax their body and mind; and clear their psyche

At 18:45
Dietary and Other Advice

At 19:00
Mantra Yoga
This session is open to both children and adults

At 19:30
Yogic Consultation

Members and their families are requested to please register their participation in either or both sets of workshops in advance. Kindly please send us an email confirming your participation on iicprogrammeassist@gmail.com

To be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota, well-known Yoga Guru and author of several books on Yoga

Two years of the pandemic has increased the stress levels for most people and this needs to be released and the damage caused by it to the system repaired sooner than later, as stress leads to almost all other ailments. The Yoga workshops to be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota is an attempt to undo some of the damage.

Yoga Workshop for Adults – Hatha Yoga

To be conducted by Smt Bijoylaxmi Hota

Apart from Hatha Yoga, the workshop will include various destressing techniques, including Raja Yoga, Mantra Yoga, and Tantra Yoga. 

At 19:15
Yoga for Super Immunity

Launch of the new book by Bijolaxmi Hota (Rupa Publishers: 2022)

Followed by a discussion with: Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Dept. of Public Reforms and Grievances (DARPG) & Dept. of Pensions and Pensioners Welfare (DOPPW); Smt Rupinder Brar, Additional Director General, Tourism; Shri Nagesh Singh, Chief of Protocol, Ministry of External Affairs; and Shri Sanjeeb K. Mishra, Secretary-cum-COE, National Recruitment Agency (NRA)
 

Hindustani Flute Recital

By Rohit Prasanna from Delhi, disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar Prasanna
Accompanied by Saptak Sharma on the tabla

At 19:00
 

Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Shashwati Mandal from Gwalior Gharana, disciple of Smt Kamal Umdekar Mandal, Pt Balasaheb Poochhwale

Accompanists:
Pt Vinod Lele on Tabla
Dr Mausam on Harmonium

The Artist will present  “Khayal and Tappa”

Sattriya Dance

By Anwesa Mahanta from Guwahati, disciple of Guru Bayanacharya Ghanakanta Bora

AT 19:00
 

Mohiniattam Recital

By Lavanya Nambissan from Delhi, disciple of Guru Shri Madhukumar, Smt Kalamandalam Swapna Nair and Dr. Deepti Omchery Bhalla
 

Curated by Sunit Tandon and Samaresh Chatterji

Adolphe Adam: Giselle
(108 min; 1983; dvd; English subtitles)

With Galina Mezentseva (Giselle); Konstantin Zaklinsky (Albrecht); Gennadi Selyutsky (Hilarion); Tatyana Terekhova (Myrtha)
The Kirov Ballet
Orchestra of the Leningrad Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Conductor: Viktor Fedotov

The Kirov Ballet offers its unmatched interpretation of one of the finest of Parisian Romantic ballets, in which undying love triumphs over betrayal and death…

Introduced by Samaresh Chatterji
 

Curated by Sunit Tandon and Samaresh Chatterji

A MASTER AT WORK

Carlos Kleiber Conducts Mozart and Brahms
(72 min; 1992; dvd; English)

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber

Carlos Kleiber was perhaps the most highly regarded conductor of the late 20th century but has left the musical world with a frustratingly small number of recordings. Hence this video recording of a concert given in 1991 in the famed Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna is all the more to be treasured, capturing his minimal but poetic gestures, his utter command of the score and his hypnotic hold over the orchestra. Featuring Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 “Linz” and Brahms’ lyrical Symphony No. 2 in D major.

Introduced by Sunit Tandon
 

Blob: A Genius without a Brain (Le blob, un génie sans cerveau/France) | Click here to watch
(52 min; 2019; English and with subtitles)
Director: Jacques Mitsch

Not an animal, nor a plant, nor fungus, the blob is one giant single cell whose amazing capacities are leading pioneer scientists to a very new world – that of brainless intelligence. More commonly known as slime mould, this extraordinary one-billion-year-old organism challenges our understanding of what constitutes intelligent life.

Blending science fiction, the beauty of nature and cutting-edge science, this fascinating documentary follows top experts from Europe, Japan and the US on a scientific investigation into this most surprising organism to explore the very roots of cognition.

https://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=The+Blob%3A+A+Genius+…

Who Killed the Maya? (UK) | Click here to watch
(50 min; 2006; English)
Directors: Dethler Cordts, Jan Marsh, Daniela Pulverer

Why a 2000 year old civilization disappeared so suddenly has been one of the world’s greatest enigmas. How could a civilization which thrived for over two thousand years suddenly disappear? World Maya expert, Nikolai Grube explores the Maya’s own historical records- their fantastic hieroglyphic writing to uncover two extraordinary figures who may hold the key to unlocking the mystery of the Maya

https://watchdocumentaries.com/who-killed-the-maya/