ERD50
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Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies
Saw him twice, both times at Chicago Symphony Hall. Last time was with his daughter Anoushka (I'll have to look up the date, 2004 I think). She is beautiful, and I kinda figured she was just there because of the family name. But she is an absolutely amazing musician. That tour was 'whispered' to be his farewell tour, and he was supposedly handing the reins to his daughter. He did end up having a tour scheduled a few years later, but the Chicago concert was cancelled due to an illness he had at that time. So I was glad I did get to see him when I did.
I never really paid all that much attention to his recordings from Concert for Bangladesh, but at some point I saw some of his straight Indian classical recordings in the library, and I loved them. Have several CDs of him, and I purchased Anoushka's Carnegie Hall concert that night that I saw them. Due to the train schedule, I couldn't wait in line to have her sign it though.
I remember now, at the first concert - an older lady next to me was very occasionally, softly humming along with the raga. This normally would have bugged me, but I was amazed that she knew the piece by heart! They are so complex, all I can do is kind of 'go with the flow'. Just get lost in the feeling I guess. And oh, those tablas, when they all get going, back and forth with the sitar - incredible timing!
-ERD50
Saw him twice, both times at Chicago Symphony Hall. Last time was with his daughter Anoushka (I'll have to look up the date, 2004 I think). She is beautiful, and I kinda figured she was just there because of the family name. But she is an absolutely amazing musician. That tour was 'whispered' to be his farewell tour, and he was supposedly handing the reins to his daughter. He did end up having a tour scheduled a few years later, but the Chicago concert was cancelled due to an illness he had at that time. So I was glad I did get to see him when I did.
I never really paid all that much attention to his recordings from Concert for Bangladesh, but at some point I saw some of his straight Indian classical recordings in the library, and I loved them. Have several CDs of him, and I purchased Anoushka's Carnegie Hall concert that night that I saw them. Due to the train schedule, I couldn't wait in line to have her sign it though.
I remember now, at the first concert - an older lady next to me was very occasionally, softly humming along with the raga. This normally would have bugged me, but I was amazed that she knew the piece by heart! They are so complex, all I can do is kind of 'go with the flow'. Just get lost in the feeling I guess. And oh, those tablas, when they all get going, back and forth with the sitar - incredible timing!
-ERD50
