MASALA FESTIVAL
 
Apoorva Gokhale - vocal
Vishwanath Shirodkar - tabla
Seema Shirodkar - harmonium

Date: Sunday 18^th July 2021
Time: 2pm
Tickets: FREE event (online pre-recorded)
Link: https://youtu.be/V-zkmkSqpSY



Recorded in Durham for the Indian Spring Colours festival in early 2020, this superb concert brought the best of Hindustani classical music to the North East.
 
Apoorva Gokhale is a rising star of the Indian music scene, who brings to the stage her own interpretation of a rich family legacy. She began her musical training at the feet of her grandfather, the legendary musician Gajananbuwa Joshi (1911-1987) and proudly represents the Gwalior gharana tradition of Khyal singing with its combination of dignity, grace and lyricism. 
 
For her first concert in the UK, Apoorva was accompanied by two of India's premier performers on harmonium and tabla, Seema and Vishwanath Shirodkar. The Shirodkars are much in demand in India as accompanists to the leading khyal singers, and they perfectly complemented the khyal presentation.
 
The concert comprised three raga presentations as well as a Holi featuring words of Meerabai set by Gokhale herself.
 
Programme
 
Raga Yaman
vilambit khyal in jhumra tala (composed by Pt. Yashwant Mahale), drut teental (comp. Pt. S. N. Ratanjankar, 'Sujaan')
 
Raga Durga
khyal in rupak tal and madhya lay teental (comp. Ustad Faiyaz Khan), tarana in drut teental (comp. Pt. Yashwant Mahale)
 
Raga Basant
khyal in drut ektal (comp. Dr. Sucheta Bidkar), tarana in drut teental
 
Holi
Words: Meerabai, Music: Apoorva Gokhale
 
 
In partnership with GemArts and Durham University


 

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