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Kuweni Concerto for Sitar, Cello, and Orchestra

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« on: February 03, 2015, 12:35:34 am »

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... an opening of those magic casements ...


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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 07:47:35 am »

Reminds me of the two concertos for sitar and orchestra by Ravi Shankar, that I played a lot in the 1980s. Take the 'Raga Adana' (fast movement from the first):
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… music is not only an `entertainment’, nor a mere luxury, but a necessity of the spiritual if not of the physical life, an opening of those magic casements through which we can catch a glimpse of that country where ultimate reality will be found.  RVW, 1948

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