Nikhil Banerjee Raga Hem Bihag

Raga Hem Bihag ( 28.46 )
Nikhil Banerjee - Sitar
Shyamal Bose - Tablas
Recorded 09.02.1960
From " Inmortal Series Vol 4 "
Hem Bihag is a creation of Ustad Allauddin Khan
( There are 2 more wonderful versions of Raga Hem Bihag in my channel. One by Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar Khan live in 1972 and another also live by Aashish Khan & Indranil Bhattacharya. )

[@jonathanstiles6247]

I first heard this raga being played in a bookshop in Kathmandu in 1986. The climber Chris Bonington was in the shop at the time and I overheard him talking about Sir Edmund Hillary. I was so captivated by the music that I asked to buy the HMV cassette tape - recorded by The Gramophone Company of India Ltd - which I have with me still. The tape has survived all sorts trials including being immersed in salt water after falling into the bilges of a sailing boat.

[@Bommelstein13]

This version is for me the absolute most beautifull and most powefull meditation aid ever!!!!! It makes live worth living.

[@johncosgrave4957]

Yes indeed, "worth living". There is yet another beautiful rendering by him of Hem Bihag (and almost 80 minutes of it, with a spell-binding alap of about 30 minutes, this is real music) in front of his home audience in Kolkata, and here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moOac4CVgrZ2hJY

[@Bommelstein13]

Thank you, Ilived through it withbdeep emotion!@@johncosgrave4957

[@johncosgrave4957]

This is truly lovely, and to think he was only just 28 at the time ("February 1960"), with all the rest of his all too short life ahead of him to bring joy to all who heard him play. I had the great good fortune to see/hear him three times: London in October 1983 and November 1984, then here in Dublin (Ireland) in June 1985. He was due to revisit Dublin in October 1986, but...

[@gautamsen6423]

Pt Nikhil Banerjee was one among very few musicians of Indian Classical Music who considered it as a worship to supreme Being,while performing before his audience ,in any part of the globe ,through his dedicated sitar playing with extreme perfection about maintaining the purity of the Raga he played without any intention of getting cheap appreciation from the listeners like many of his contemporary artistes of international repute . Thus his style of sitar playing will ever remain immortal in the hearts of his ardent listeners and followers irrespective of any other factor,like, colour of skin, place of residence ,religion etc making them to feel the divinity of unity through divine music which is the sole purpose of music.

[@johncosgrave4957]

@@gautamsen6423 I replied to you but my response has been removed. John Cosgrave

[@PeopleUnity-j8g]

This is the sound of nature... 😇 Always feel proud as an Indian.... Pt. Nikhil Banerjee is still among us...in the heart of classical music learners

[@nucleard]

This video has 413 views and I am pretty sure about half of them are by me. So perfect.

[@kiyoto123]

and the other half it by me ,.what a beautiful raga

[@sumitaray3201]

There are no words to describe the divinity of this music.

[@ranjitbhattacharji1360]

Recording of this one Hem Behag is good with clear sound quality. 💐🌹🌷🥀🌺🌻👍👌

[@coveringeternity]

To me... His Sitar is far more mellifluous, serene, meditative, pure and divine than any other....even more than Pt. Ravi Shankar Ji...

[@arunbanerjee1934]

He was one of the finest Sitar maestro of Baba Alauddin gharana, brilliant rendition of ragas.

[@steklo_vata1738]

Maybe after Annapurna Devi

[@prashadananda]

​@@steklo_vata1738pt nikhil Banerjee had learned from maa Annapurna devi and also ustad Ali Akbar Khan

[@boney16nxt]

Amazing..just supremely serene

[@stevebuffington6534]

rliesky56 - I have ll three versions, however I bought three versions of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan as it is the most beautiful of the three most beautiful versions ever recorded.

[@dev249]

juss awesomeee...........

[@sumitaray3201]

It appears to be incomplete. Would have loved to listen to it fully.

[@zapadsou]

beauty .................

[@rimjhimsensharma6039]

Pronam 🙏

[@dev249]

breathtaking indeed.........

[@sumitaray3201]

God of Sitar!

[@ahsanzaidi1705]

👍🌺🙏

[@MusiGig]

Anyone who is seeking the purpose his or her own existence will need help from his divine music 🙏🙏

[@cossandrakcozz164]

master....

[@douwemossterd5018]

The other half is nu me! Oh welk, almost!