# Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar at War Memorial Opera House on May 12, 2005

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/) presents [Ravi Shankar](http://ravishankar.org/) & [Anoushka Shankar](http://www.anoushkashankar.com/)  
[War Memorial Opera House](http://sfopera.com/),  
[San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 301 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102-4509 USA](https://maps.google.com/?q=%22San+Francisco+War+Memorial+Performing+Arts+Center,+301+Van+Ness+Avenue,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102-4509+USA%22)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, May 12, 2005

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## Set One

01. [07:40 PM] [Introduction by Randall Kline]  
- part one -
02. [07:43 PM] [tuning]
03. [07:45 PM] [RS introduces Raga ?Bageshri, a late evening raga]
04. [07:46 PM] _alap » jor_
05. [08:06 PM] _gat in rupaktal (7 beats: 3-2-2)_  
   
- part two -
06. [08:17 PM] [tuning]
07. [08:19 PM] [RS introduces Raga ?Jarugeshri]
08. [08:20 PM] _Gat in Teental (16 beats: 4-4-4-4)_ »
09. [08:32 PM] _Gat in Ektal (12 beats: 4-4-2-2)_  
[set one ends ~8:40 PM]

## Set Two

01. [09:04 PM] [applause at entrance, tuning]
02. [09:07 PM] [RS introduces Raga ?Manj Kumanj, in semiclassical form]
03. [09:09 PM] _Gat 1_
04. [09:38 PM] _Gat 2_  
[show ends ~9:45 PM, no encore]

## Performers

* [Tanmoy Bose](http://www.tanmoybose.com/): tabla;
* Kenji Ota: bass tanpura;
* [Barry Phillips](http://www.barryphillipsmusic.com/): treble tanpura;
* [Anoushka Shankar](http://www.anoushkashankar.com/): surbarhar;
* [Ravi Shankar](http://ravishankar.org/): sitar.


## Notes

Despite (or because of?) the location, this was one of the best Ravi Shankar shows I ever attended. The crowd roared their love at the very start of the show, offering a long standing ovation to their hero, and he responded in fine fashion, crafting music fit for Heaven!

Like usual, Ravi did a fine job introducing the pieces to us rubes, but I've undoubtedly mangled the names and descriptions. Let me know if you can offer any help with corrections!

Jim Harrington posted a brief [review](http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2005/05/17/shankar-rollins-in-concert-religious-experiences/) of the show in the East Bay Times. Unfortunately, he didn’t really offer any detailed commentary about what happened, only that it was sublime and way too short!

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