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Vijay Iyer at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, June 17, 2017

One Set

[2:07 PM lights down, applause at band entrance; Vijay speaks a bit]

  1. [2:13 PM] Eeeeee
  2. [2:23 PM] City of Sand
  3. [2:37 PM] Rag ?Andolan
  4. [2:56 PM] Snap
  5. [3:07 PM] Abundance
  6. [3:24 PM] Punjab
    [set ends 3:33 PM; bows, then all off for a few minutes; band back at 3:35 PM, tuning & noodling; Vijay introduces the final piece]
     
    Encore
  7. [3:37 PM] Kalinga Nartana Tillana
    [show ends 3:45 PM]

Performers

Notes

An excellent show! Eeeeee set the standard: capturing my attention immediately, and transporting me to some far away plane of auditory existence. City of Sand was slow and exquisitely meditative: a nice contrast to the more frenetic opener. Aruna Sairam introduced the following tune, but I didn't quite catch the name, Rag ?Andolan is my best guess; I also wrote that it uses only five notes. Snap was another fast tune, quite fun to listen to. Abundance was probably the slowest piece of the set – and also my favorite.

In retrospect, I should have noted the composers for each piece, as Vijay identified them with each introduction; for the moment, I recall only that Eeeeee was written by Mahanthappa. Hmmn. Looks like I need to do additional research!

Anyways, I was very happy when the musicians walked back onstage for an encore, and if I understood Sairam correctly, the final composition, Kalinga Nartana Tillana, was written in the 18th Century to commemorate Lord Krishna's encounter with Kaliya, a five-headed river cobra, at Vrindavan. Wikipedia has a helpful page about the backstory, and Nikhil has posted a truly excellent blog article about the work.

Mark Macnamara posted a preview interview with Vijay at SFCV.

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