Kalyani Raga 3/3

Prince Rama Varma winds up his brief talk on Raga Kalyani by sweetly and unexpectedly singing an excerpt from the celebrated Urdu Ghazal, "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo" and making some extremely pertinent and thought provoking comments about the divide between listeners of light music and heavy classical music.

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[music7866]

Only when people are awake, the EGO comes into picture.... when asleep, the King, the commander, the slave even the dog and cat are the same.....SIR...your words are devine...you possess all the characters that a genuine prince should possess...Long live Prince Rama Varma....God bless you !!!

[musiquebox]

@music7866 This is not Varmaji here, but I agree with your comment totally!

[veda262]

Spoken like a prince...Rama Varma garu...I am so with you on the divide between the types of listeners. Music is music...it is divine and must be enjoyed in all forms. Same with dance. It's a social stigma to be attached with one or the other and we must be break those shackles.

[musiquebox]

Me too! :)

[ksitmech]

please musiquebox sir, please upload same program with karaharapriya raga my favourite raga

[jabasong]

Enjoyed your 3 video presentation of Kalyani. I love sinigng 'Aaj Jaane Ki Zid'...

[Manoham]

Well said.. i think it is important for us (average ) 'raskikas' to encourage the musicians to explore and experiment ..without betraying their own musical heritage .Prince Rama Varma excells at this :-).. Keep it up Varmaji..

[notsequitur]

people like varmaji are doing great service to classical music and music in general by bringing the music to all of us, making even the heavy music sound sweet and wonderful to all of us. the way he uses the lyrics and brings out the devotion, or thoughtfulness, or joy, or love in the appropriate amounts. this sets him apart from most other musicians that i have seen.

[notsequitur]

yes, agree with Varmaji a 100 percent. i think it is duty of musicians to embrace all music without prejudice, and make it accessible to the average listener. i think it is the advanced listeners who have prejudices. an average listener, i think, has no hang ups or prejudice and he would listen to anything that he finds melodious.

[satlaj5]

Thank you! Especially for the Ata thala varnam and the Ghazal.