Stunning Raag Kaunsi Kanada | Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya | Music of India

#darbarfestival | Kaunsi Kanada “is like meeting a sophisticated personality, who is gracious, emotionally open and balanced…[its] colours span an infinite kaleidoscope”.
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Debashish Bhattacharya (not to be confused with the Hindustani slide guitarist of the same name) is a leading sarod maestro from Kolkata. He is among the seniormost disciples of the late Buddhadev Dasgupta, and seeks to uphold his guru’s Shahjahanpur gharana tradition today. His daughter Debasmita is also building an exciting sarod career, having imbibed his refined, fluid approach to improvisation. Hear more of Debashish here:
-Kaunsi Kanada Pt. 1 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReGUN8X1McY

Kaunsi Kanada’s modern form is often said to blend of two ragas - Malkauns on the way up, and Darbari Kanada on the way down. But the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, with the two sides interacting to create a complex, introspective mood. Sarodi Rahul Bhattacharya describes his reaction to learning it: “This raga is like meeting a sophisticated personality, who is gracious, emotionally open and balanced...you can have a conversation with this raga going over your past experiences as well as what lies ahead...Kaunsi Kanada’s colours span an infinite kaleidoscope”.

The aroha [ascent] and avroh [descent] approximate to nSgmdnS and SndPmgRS respectively. Melodies are often heavily ornamented with meend [glides], gamak [vibrato], and khatka [rapid note flourishes], and tend to resolve with the characteristic phrase gmRS. An older version of the form also blends in ideas from Raag Bageshri. Listen to more interpretations of Kaunsi Kanada here:
-Debasmita Bhattacharya (sarod) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMVOat0s30
-Roopa Panesar (sitar) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKxFNOi70T4

Recorded at Darbar Festival on 18 Sep 2014, at London’s Southbank Centre:
-Debashish Bhattacharya (sarod)
-Subhankar Banerjee (tabla)

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