World Routes

Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi present highlights from the Darbar Festival of Indian classical music, held earlier this month at Kings Place in London. In a focus on South Indian music, veena player Hari Sivanesen is joined by T Pirashanna on mridangam, and Jyotsna Srikanth plays the carnatic-style violin. Producer: Roger Short This is the first of three programmes from this year's Darbar Festival - the second is next week, and the third, featuring santoor virtuoso Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, will be broadcast in the autumn. The Darbar Festival is the biggest event of its kind in Europe: artists from both North and South Indian musical traditions were presented in fourteen concerts over the Easter weekend - a special feature of Darbar is that the concerts are held across the day from morning until night, allowing for the different raags to be heard in their true time context. Lopa Kothari and Jameela Siddiqi will be bringing their own expertise and insights to these programmes, as well as talking to the performers themselves. WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lopa Kothari and Jameela Sidiqqi Produced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 5052 e-mail [email protected] Saturday 17th April, 3:00pm Lalitha Daasa: “Ganapathiye” in Raaga Hamsadvani and Taala Adi Hari Sivanesen (veena); T Pirashanna (mridangam); Saranya Ravindran (tanpura) BBC Recording by sound engineer Marvin Ware, Darbar Festival, April 2010 Hari Sivanesen in interview with Lopa Kothari Purandara Dasa: “Jagadhodharana” in Raaga Kapi and Taala Adi Hari Sivanesen (veena); T Pirashanna (mridangam); Saranya Ravindran (tanpura) BBC Recording by sound engineer Marvin Ware, Darbar Festival, April 2010 Jyotsna Srikanth in interview with Jameela Sidiqqi Thyagaraja: “Manavyala” in Raaga Nalinakanthi and Taala Adi Jyotsna Srikanth (violin); H.S. Sudhindra (mridangam); Neveli Venkatesh (mridangam) BBC Recording by sound engineer Marvin Ware, Darbar Festival, April 2010 “Thurada Vilayattu” in Raaga Ragamalika Jyotsna Srikanth (violin); H.S. Sudhindra (mridangam); Neveli Venkatesh (mridangam) BBC Recording by sound engineer Marvin Ware, Darbar Festival, April 2010 Patnam Subramanyam Iyer: “Raghunamsha Sudha” in Raaga Kadanakutuhalan and Taala Adi Jyotsna Shrikanth (violin): H.S. Sudhindra (mridangam); Neveli Venkatesh (mridangam) BBC Recording by sound engineer Marvin Ware, Darbar Festival, April 2010