Stanford University Live presents Anoushka Shankar
Bing Concert Hall
Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA
7:30 PM, Saturday, April 1, 2017

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[7:38 PM lights down, announcements from Chris Lorway, most of band out (all but RK, PT); tuning]

[7:42 PM Anoushka introduces the first piece: Rag Bihag]

1. [7:44 PM] Alap
2. [7:52 PM] Jor
3. [8:10 PM] Gat in 10.5 beats, divided 4-4-2+1/2
   [8:26 piece ends; add RK and PT]
    
   [Anoushka introduces the second piece: Rag ?Jenna Sen Mohani?]
4. [8:28 PM] Jenna: Gat
   [set ends 8:35 PM; all off after a minute or two]

[8:57 PM lights down, band out, tuning]

1. [8:58 PM] Rag ?Santi
   [ends ~9:07 PM; back announce; band introduction]
    
   [Anoushka introduces the last piece: Rag ?Mishravi]
2. [9:11 PM] ?
3. [9:m PM] _?_
4. [9:m PM] (tabla solo)
5. [9:32 PM] (mridangam solo)
6. [9:m PM] (drum duet)
7. [9:47 PM] (finale)
   [show ends 9:53 PM; bows & applause; no encore]

• Ojas Adhiya: tabla;
• Ravichandra Kulur: bansuri flute;
• Kenji Ota: treble tanpura;
• Naren Ramaswamy: bass tanpura;
• Anoushka Shankar: sitar;
• Sanjeev Shankar: shehnai, tanpura;

Tonight's show was pretty darn good, but I felt like the finale's to each piece were more than a little rough … as if the performers weren't quite on the same wavelength as far as where and when they were going to wrap things up. It's hard for me to pin down the problem: jet lag? poor acoustics onstage? My guess is that perhaps Ojas Adhiya just hasn't really integrated into the group as well as the other guys, and so the “loose nut” is making the big wheel wobble crazily as it spins round faster and faster at the finale. The solution? More rehearsal! More concerts! More time together!

And speaking of time, while I appreciate that Anoushka introduced the pieces to us, like usual, I had a hard time catching the titles. Sometimes she was talking too fast for me to catch the words properly. Other times, my fingers got tangled up writing, and so my notes look like a smeary mess (writing in the dark is harder than you'd expect!), Oh well. Maybe someone else will be able to decipher the hints above and give a better account of what happened!

Back to the previous event! ☸ Up to the 2017 yearbox! ☸ Up to the 2017 event list! ☸ On to the next event!