David Dalle
Thursday October 3rd, 2024 with David Dalle
Shujaat Hussain Khan in Ottawa! Bruckner's 6th symphony!
I just found out yesterday that one of the greatest living sitar players, heir to the Imdad Khan Gharana (a crucial school in the development of the sitar and subrahar), a brilliant cross cultural musical adventurer, Shujaat Hussain Khan, will be making a rare appearance in Ottawa this Sunday!!
Apart from being an incomparable master of Hindustani music on the sitar, in 1997 he recorded a purely improvised album, "Lost Songs of the Silk Road", with Persian great Kayhan Kalhor. It was recorded in one take with almost no rehearsals. They named their duo Ghazal and toured globally with three more albums for Shanachie and ECM. Ghazal still meet up and perform concerts occasionally. I saw them on their first tour together in 1998, and it was my first, revelatory encounter with both musicians. More recently, Shujaat Khan has recorded several albums with Persian-American singer Katayoun Goudarzi. We will hear Shujaat Hussain Khan in solo recordings, with Katayoun Goudarzi, and a sublime, mystical piece from the 2nd Ghazal album from 1998, "As Night Falls On The Silk Road", which I am including in my 30 for 30. This album was recorded after a year touring and playing together, and shows a real deepening of their partnership. I listen to this piece "Traces of the Beloved" often, particularly during very emotional times in my life.
Do not miss this rare chance! Shujaat Hussain Khan live in Ottawa this Sunday at 5:30pm, Kailash Mital Theatre at Carleton University! There may be tickets available at the door, but I would not risk the chance to see him.
https://thepointofsale.com/tickets/cck241006001
The 30 for 30 albums heard so far (celebrating my 30 years on-air at CKCU with 30 of the most significant albums in my musical evolution):
1. Lustmord "The Monstrous Soul" Side Effects
2. Ludwig Van Beethoven/Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert Von Karajan et al. "Symphony No. 9" Deutsche Grammophon
3. Doudou N'Diaye Rose "Djabote" Realworld
4. Julius Eastman/Lutoslawski Piano Duo with Joanna Duda, Mischa Kozlowski "Unchained" Dux
5. The Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar "Apocalypse Across The Sky" Axiom
6. Ustad Bismillah Khan & Party "Shehnai Recital" EMI India
7. Franz Liszt/Claudio Arrau "12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante" Philips
8. Ludwig Van Beethoven transcribed Franz Liszt/Cyprien Katsaris "Symphony No. 9" Teldec
9. Malek Masoudi "Mandir" Shahram
10. Shahram Nazeri "Aatash Dar Neystaan" Shahram
11. Kayhan Kalhor "Scattering Stars Like Dust" Traditional Crossroads
12. Goran Bregovic "Underground" Polygram
13. Kocani Orkestar "A Gypsy Brass Band" Long Distance
14. Misia "Garras Dos Sentidos" Erato
15. Goran Bregovic & Alkistis Protopsalti "Paradehtika" Polygram
16. Tabu Ley Rochereau "Muzina" Rounder
17. Kronos Quartet "Pieces of Africa" Nonesuch
18. Toumani Diabate & Ballake Sissoko "New Ancient Strings" Rykodisc
19. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra "Boulevard de L'independance" World Circuit
20. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party "Shahbaaz" Realworld
21. Sheikh Yasin Al-Tuhami "The Magic of the Sufi Inshad" Long Distance
22. Brave Old World "Blood Oranges" Pinorrekk Records
23. Alfred Schnittke/Gidon Kremer, Tatiana Gridenko, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Heinrich Schiff "Concerto Grosso No. 1" Deutsche Grammophon
24. Keith Jarrett "Vienna Concert" ECM
25. Shankar "Raga Aberi" Music of the World
26. Ghazal "As Night Falls On The Silk Road" Shanachie
| Shujaat Khan sings as well, as he does in two of the pieces we hear today. |
| Phir Khayalo Mein Shujaat Hussain Khan - Hawa Hawa - World Village |
| Sweetest Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi, Shariq Mustafa - This Pale - Lycopod Records |
| Traces Of The Beloved Ghazal - As Night Falls On The Silk Road - Shanachie |
| Continuing my Bruckner cycle with his 6th symphony in A major. This work was completed in 1881 and Bruckner only heard the two middle movements performed in his lifetime, in 1883. The complete work was premiered by Gustav Mahler in 1899, though in an abridged form. The full score was not performed until 1901 and it has, unfortunately, remained Bruckner's least performed and recorded work. Undeservedly so! Beautiful and magnificent, Bruckner thought it was one of his boldest. We hear the great Bruckner conductor Gunter Wand, who never conducted Bruckner until he was in his 60's, but Bruckner became almost an obsession for him in his later years, recording a complete cycle and most of the symphonies two or three times in his later years. |
| Symphony No. 6 in A Anton Bruckner/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gunter Wand - Symphony No. 6 - BMG |
| Another show Sunday taking place at the GCTC, FemmeVox 6, is featuring four local female artists, Tara Holloway, Catriona Sturton, Empress Nyiringango, and Naviger.
https://www.gctc.ca/events/femmevox6 Here is songwriter Catriona Sturton with "We Bloom At Night" from her recent album "Night Bell". This extensive song features some really lovely, languid trumpet from Giveton Gelin. https://www.jmirecordings.com/the-jmi-record-store/catriona-sturton-night-bell-12-vinyl-single-45-rpm |
| We Bloom At Night Catriona Sturton - Night Bell - J.M.I. Recordings 
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