Lakshyapar holds Late Autumn Session

Lakshyapar's “Late Autumn Session” ahead of its 7th Annual Classical Music Conference was held recently at Sudhijan Pathagar, Narayanganj. Hosted by the privately managed library, it was more than a mere soiree of classical music.  Lakshyapar has stayed on its mission of opening up the latent beauty and splendor of sub-continental classical music for less trained ears.

The core of the current session was a lecture demonstration on “Relating Classical Music and Folk Music” conducted by Dr. Asit Roy of RU's music department and Arifur Rahman of Nazrul University's music department. The presentation was designed to help the audience feel and discover for themselves the affinity between pairs of folk songs and made-easy short raga forms. And indeed, it worked very well as seen from the enthralled faces among a packed audience of over 250 people. This part continued for about two hours during which Dr. Roy used three raags- Jhinjhit, Kamwaj and Bhairavi and corresponding folk songs. Sabuj Ahmed (tabla) and Arup Shil (dotara) were accompanists on this segment of the programme. The last section brought on stage promising sarod player from Kolkata, Trailee Dutta. She played ragas Patdweep, Hemanta and Pilu. What was remarkable about the artiste's performance was her command over the complicated sarod, and her subtle sense of humour oozing through her finger-tips as she went into a spree of conversational exchange with the tabla of Mir Naqibul Islam. 

The curtain fell following Lakashyapar coordinators extending their gratitude  to Sudhijan Pathagar authorities for their unstinting patronage. The programme was broadcast live on Radio Lakshyapar and Radio Nree.