Depicting clarity and purity of
raagas
Tribune News ServiceCHANDIGARH,
Feb 24 — Yet another delightful performance marked the ongoing golden jubilee celebrations of the baithak programme organised by the Pracheen Kala Kendra in the city. To lend greater significance to the evening, the Kendra had invited none other than the great sitar maestro, Ustaad Sayeed Khan, who delighted the audience with his superb control over the instrument and set the mood of evening melody. His versatility is incomparable.
He began his recital with
raag Yaman Kalyan. Then came another sequence in drut gat
set in teen taal. This masterpiece was marked with a commendable variety of
layakari, followed by an extremely fascinating aalaap, jod, jhala, meend kann
and jamjama.
Flourishes of expertise at
Khayaal gayaki were in evidence in the recital of Sayeed Khan at the Kendra’s Bhaskar Rao auditorium. To conclude the recital, he presented a
dhun in Mishra Peelu and Kaherva teen taal, which made the audience spell bound
Belonging to the
Delhi gharana, Ustaad Sayeed Khan was initiated into this art by stalwarts like Ustaad Chand Khan Saheb, Ustaad Zafar Amhad Khan and Ustaad Fayyaz Ahmed Khan.
The
ustad was accompanied on the tabla by the innovative Rashid Zafar Khan, a disciple of Ustaad Mannu Khan. The ustad was accompanied on the
tabla by the innovative Rashid Zafar Khan who is a disciple of Ustad Mannu Khan and Ustad Latif Ahmed Khan.
