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Reena Esmail

Composer

Charukeshi Bandish

August 26, 2020 by

Note:

A note to listeners: Charukeshi Bandish is simply me singing the source melody for Black Iris.

It isn’t actually a piece I wrote — it is simply a reference track.

Charukeshi is a raag in Hindustani music, and the word ‘bandish’ means ‘fixed composition’ upon which an improvisation (and in this case, the following orchestral piece) is built. The closest analogy in American music is in jazz: it would be like singing the ‘tune’ simply, before playing a full band arrangement of it.

Recording

Charukeshi Bandish
Chicago Sinfionetta
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor

Program Notes

Recording

 

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