MUSIC APPRECIATION PROMOTION 

 

The Waltz as Remembrance

By Justin McCarthy

 

In this talk-cum-piano recital, the story of the waltz will be traced using music by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms and Ravel along with excerpts from literature

 

Justin McCarthy is both a musician and Bharatanatyam dancer. He plays the piano and harpsichord

 

SUMMER SONATA – A FESTIVAL OF OPERA AND BALLET FILMS

Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco

(142 min; 2001; dvd; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor: James Levine

Choir Master: Raymond Hughes

With Juan Pons, Gwyn Hughes Jones, Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina

 

Discussion on End of Life Care

Speakers: Dr. Nagesh Simha, Medical Director, Karunashraya, Bangalore and Hon. Tutor, School of Medicine, Cardiff University; Dr. R.K. Mani, CEO (Medical), Nayati Healthcare and Chairman, Critical Care and Pulmonology; and                     Ms Harmala Gupta, Founder-President, CanSupport

 

 

Concert: Lalon Geeti

By Farida Parveen, Bangladesh’s most well-known exponent of the songs of Lalon Fakir

 

Born in Kushtia, the place where Lalon Fakir was born and had practiced his sadhana through his songs, she will sing in Bengali and Hindi (translations by Muchkund Dubey). She will also present Adhunik Bangla songs

 

(Collaboration: Council for Social Development)

 

 

 

An exhibition of water colours and colour pencil

By Nita Banerji 

 

Preview on Thursday, 1st June 2017 at 18:30

 

In Celebration of Birth Anniversary of Sant Gyaneshwar

Speakers:  Dr. B. R. Patil, social scientist and poet and  Shri  Madhukar Lele, media specialist, former Additional Director-General, AIR and Doordarshan

 

 Chair: Dr. Kamal Taori, IAS (Retd.)   

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)

 

 

A monologue on the life and times of Wilfred Bion, world renowned psychoanalyst

Conceived and written by Meg Harris Williams

 

Performed and directed by Tom Alter

 

 

 

 

 

Percussion maestro, Shri T. R. Dhandapany along with his disciples under the ‘Guru Shishya Parampara’ will be sharing his research on rare Carnatic taalas (sulaadi sapta taalas) through a lecture demonstration on Mridangam and Konnakol. The theory of taala patterns and imposition of different gatis (speed cycles) will be explained through demonstration of various compositions. This will be followed by a talavadhyakucheri on one of these rare taalas to demonstrate the practical applicability of these rarely performed taalas 

 

Performers: Shri  M.V. Chandrashekhar, Shri  Adithya Krishnan,  Shri  Anuraag and Shri  Sathyanarayanan  on mridangam; Shri D. Kartik Narayanan on mridangam / kanjira;  Shri  Prasanna Sampath  on dholak;  and Shri Srinivasan on ghatam