SHANKAR - RAGA ABERI

[@krishnakumarts123]

Beautiful - I heard this first in 1991. Old TDK Tape !!! Outstanding Abheri by Sri L Shankar - I think it was Ustaad Zakir Hussain accompanying him on Tabla and Vidwan Sri Vikku Vinayakaram on Ghatam …. I listened it so many times that the tape wore off. Brilliant !!!!

[@shivakumarjayaraman]

Old TDK Tape indeed.

[@Ashvaksama]

This is one of those pieces of music that you listen to until your very last days on earth.

[@northcote3070]

y?

[@flashbackactivator6565]

…and beyond ~

[@nitishbhardwaj6374]

it was a spring evening, a friend posted a link to me, it was L shankar for like 40 minutes i was silent with no emotion to express this beauty , my eyes were wet and i was just thinking, How?

[@princemathew9034]

Abheri Raga is always calming and soothing and relaxing to listen to.

[@ucdailoi]

I love the music created by this amazing artists... I was born in Europe, live in Australia and have no connection to this other than being overwhelmed by the amazing sound..... MAGNIFICENT....

[@alannamorris2947]

We are One

[@f1aziz]

I cannot stop my tears.

[@ramagopalj5686]

@@thejuggernaut1147 Please don't hound people based on religion - That too when Faisal enjoyed the bliss of the music Hope you take this in good spirit

[@princemathew9034]

What a melodious Raga. It just takes you to a trance level.

[@williamshatner2767]

Magnificent music! A tribute to all these men and women who lived and died long before our time.

[@shivaraml5692]

The nuances of the raga brought out with perfection like only Shankar can. God bless him.

[@VRCHARI]

Well said

[@mthirugnana]

This is mind blowing Abheri by the Genius L.Shankar. Thanks for sharing.

[@rajuissac]

Thankyou Tarak for sharing this amazing music!! even a music illiterate like me can enjoy this divinely music...Hats off to the genius L. Shankar!!!

[@konalisa123]

raju philip issac Sir, I disagree with you. Nobody is literate or illeterate. We all sail in the same boat. But, if you could appreciate this music means your mind is tuned to good music. I pray almighty god. Shankar (aka [e-mail])

[@KalamburAnanthraman]

Yes.. this music can move this infinite universe let alone this planet..divine is an understatement❤❤❤❤❤

[@andrewburnett3553]

19:00 - Blowing my mind!

[@severussnape8349]

Andrew Burnett yyyuy

[@w1cked001]

Yes

[@mr.dumbek6631]

How can words describe tears?...sacred cleansing...beautiful...transcendent.

[@patrickleahey4574]

The Saint's wanderings to many places and times. Very fine interweaving of sights and music, people, nature and gods. Thank you. I am 65. Music in the upper frequencies often seem harsh to me, these days. I listened anyway because of the images. It softened the music and made it more melodious and sophisticated to me. How I long to wander!

[@avigokuu]

this gets me emotional.touched my heart. absolutely brilliant

[@bahmo100]

A truly sublime rendition of this raag, and set to a fantastic video of a peaceful community going about their daily chores in peace and harmony. These guys will outlive any "great reset" and life shall go on as it must! Thanks for sharing!

[@UtthangouravRoy]

🚩God you are great🚩🕉🚩

[@rambus3535]

what a treat to eyes and ears !! God bless you !!

[@pilso1]

In my head it felt like things are rearranging, I felt much clearer and balanced. The notes jump around too quickly and unpredictably to follow them, thus causing the rearrangemt. By not being able to follow them we can' t control what they do, thus we cannot avoid their healing and rearrangig effect.

[@ThePreston177]

Mesmerising music, sublime performance.

[@brycecream007]

This might be the best video on youtube. It was made perfectly Tarak thank you.

[@renangoncalves8760]

I came here for meditation. S2 bros from Índia thanks

[@M3gaCowlick]

i should really go visit india

[@ShreedharaKedilaya]

M3gaCowlick welcome....whole hearted welcome...when you visit india come with a open mind like a precotious child..see..try to understand...the culture ..are...tradition...fastivals...dance and music forms of every state...

[@alannamorris2947]

You just did

[@tablajazz]

9 and 1/2 half beat rhythmic cycle!! amazing!

[@gnbalas]

Amazing ...heavenly music

[@ravishankarabhattauppangal3744]

Realy good effort by Shree L Shankar.. Thank You Very much, Tarak sir..for sharing

[@icookwithmom]

oh, how he makes that violin sing and makes us cry!!

[@SriBhaktiDas]

Beautiful rendition, thank you for sharing

[@arjunamaximo]

Best Raga ever. Thank you. Great video choice.

[@edugarcia1975]

Awesome Raga, how can people dislike this?

[@MePlusRamdom5252]

Visuals are great, music is mesmerizing.

[@jamesvaldivia7039]

Wow !!! Beautiful music touched my soul.

[@pepearaara7092]

absolutamente magnífico

[@rtom72]

this is so so so good.. first time i am hearing.. thanks a bunch for uploading..

[@ravinathan5972]

Excellent, the divine music, the ancient temple sculptures, tribal dances and the little baby enjoying playing with his drums...all blend together nicely. Enjoyed it.

[@shyamsundark1556]

easily one of the best abheris i have heard, full of life & vigor ! & it feels like a cascade streaming down from @13:20 !

[@lorraynemills2731]

Thankyou for this blissful sharing tarak!

[@kairakhelli174]

Thanks for this music my life just filled with Joy

[@eleanorash9071]

The sound of truth and beauty and eternity and bliss.

[@joshuamclain9332]

This music makes me feel closer to the Gods

[@alannamorris2947]

Me too

[@sarmakameshwar9085]

When it hits me the sound of so many instruments i feel like I get mad something happens in my skull i can't stop myself without crying and like a mad man i behave and at that time i forget myself and the musical notes makes me something as a result i feel happy in crying and so on......

[@shwetanand]

Amazing footage and music!!

[@shaharpavel6875]

This is so beautiful.... Hugs from israel

[@tarak]

Hi, thank you, the video was taken from archive videos, which are available on w w w archive org

[@dcpollux8047]

Nádherné záběry

[@evilgoy8157]

God bless everything and everyone from eternity.

[@jayshuklavr46]

Thanks tarak bhai for uploading

[@mthirugnana]

Tarak, the 2nd piece is 'wandering saint' by Shankar's Legend brother Dr. L Subramaniam in the album Beyond.

[@tarak]

Thank you, Murugappan! Big help! ;-) I felt kind of awkward I forgot it ;-) Best

[@mthirugnana]

Sure, Tarak. Thanks for sharing the great music from L.Shankar.

[@metalforlife4ever]

Now I realise that Shakti's 'Lady L' is in this Abheri Raga :)

[@c8213]

Very nice .......

[@konalisa123]

Beautiful Abheri.

[@manumanus1320]

Really brilliant.....

[@arvindtikekar9154]

Superb !

[@bikshapathijilla3004]

Thanks for uploading this masterpiece

[@krishnanarasimhan9767]

Yes. Video should have shown Temples in South India and Saint Thyagaraja . Because Carnatic music and Temples in South India blend very well. Raaga Abheri is one of my favorites. I simply love listening to this.

[@kairakhelli174]

I am just crying with Joy of this

[@rajeshh3569]

Magnificent ...

[@shamanthjilla]

My. So beautiful.

[@iamyouu]

What’s the movie playing ?

[@Naheleniel]

Thank you for this beautiful upload! But anyone here to help me please ? Starting from 48:36 till the end where can I find this part of the video? It seems to be another piece of music different from the first one and it is cut in the middle of the play which is really sad =( I'd love to hear the full version =) Thanks guys for your help!

[@Naheleniel]

Found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYuWaWigl9Ktnc0 For those of you who'd like to listen to it too :) (go check the comments section for the time stamp)

[@tag1343]

I admire your music taste! :-) I was also looking for this part.

[@tag1343]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIfMXqKdr9eIoLM

[@Naheleniel]

@@tag1343 Thank you 😄👍🏻

[@SkandaTejasw]

Tarak, this is some fantastic stuff by L Shankar!! As the video is entirely unrelated to the music from any point of view, I was wondering if you could put up something related to one of the following topics - the player L Shankar, or the raga 'Abheri', or the Carnatic (South Indian) kriti 'Nagumomu' or about the 18th centure Hindu saint composer Sri Thyagaraja? If you'd like any help with either the collation of information or its presentation in a final form, please let me know and I'd be happy to write something up for this. Please let me know if you think it's worthwhile going ahead. I just think that any visitors to this piece should have some context regarding the music, the genre, composer and player of this lively piece.

[@TarakMatl]

Skanda, thank you very much for your comment. I posted this video almost 5 years ago, I like Raga Aberi very much and found old archive footage from India, so I put it together. There wasn't any idea behind it than to share with people this amazing piece of art. I am sorry if I did it wrong, but I dont have time to create another video.

[@SkandaTejasw]

Tarak, Thanks for your response! I was actually just suggesting adding some text as a 'description', without changing anything in the video itself. As I mentioned, if you'd like to me to try write something up, I'd be happy to do so. We could discuss the particulars through personal messages; I'll send you one right now.

[@subhashkuttenpillai63]

This music is created by legend L shankar

[@rajeevkumartk8449]

amazing..really...genius...

[@kvkolal]

outstanding!

[@shakiamunis]

From the album "who's to Know"

[@girisubmarine]

Zakir and Vikku enter 21:40 onwards.

[@bsrikumar8495]

Dear Uploader - big blunder. You have mentioned that the artist is Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam No no and no. It is his younger brother L. Shankar. And the album is GALAXY ( not Beyond) Please correct 🙏🏻

[@tarak]

Hello, I didn't write it, youtube is doing this automatically, I don't know how to change it. When I uploaded it 10 years ago, I attached Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam on the end of the Raga Aberi by L. Shankar. It was my mistake at that time, sorry. KZbin probably doesn't know L.Shankar, so they recognize only Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam on the end.

[@enjoyphill2623]

This is remarkable.

[@lotus9378]

As others mentioned, the video and music has no relation what soever, however, I cannot thank the uploader enough for uploading this beautiful rendition of Abheri ragam.

[@rajeshrajagopal5714]

is this concert was in PSG TEK coimbatore in 2001????in sakkir hussain in tabala and sivamani in drums????can anyone guide???

[@johnjewers530]

This is overwhelmingly amazing... :D

[@kvuppal1]

We are lucky to live in the same era as this musical genius. As for the visuals, at one point we are shown a half naked teenage girl... the poor little girl does not know she's being filmed and viewed. It could be my daughter, your sister, our mother when she was younger... I think we should protect this innocent girl by not showing this video on youtube so gratuitously. If we want to see naked girls there is plenty of that on the internet, with girls who are ok about being filmed. But this young girl can be spared. Don't you all agree?

[@bikutageto8369]

I haven't seen the bit with the girl but, unless she's portrayed in an overtly sexual way, i think you might be overreacting a bit.. It's 55min of great footage of what i presume is India, loaded with culture and people dressing as they did over there at that time. Practically naked men, women, boys and girls, what's the difference? Everyone in that video was being filmed, why do you draw the line at one teenage girl?

[@kvuppal1]

Take the time to see that bit, then. You can clearly see that she's bothered about her nakedness. I think it doesn't matter how she's portrayed, it's the fact that we haven't got her consent. Overreacting ? :-) Is it wrong to feel protective about an innocent child?

[@bikutageto8369]

You'd have to give me the time stamp for that bit, but i think you will agree with me that that goes against your goal here.. I know where you're coming from with this, but i simply think you're applying a double standard here. You don't seem to be worried about all the other men women and children that were shown, sometimes half naked, without consent. I am sure you mean well, but i feel this is something you should consider.

[@chrisingres6221]

"Don't you all agree?" not at all. there was a time in the seventies when children like my sister&me could play and run around naked outside while being photographed or filmed by my parents or neighbours or s.o. else without anybody thought in a sexual context. those GR8 days r gone. soon we will act like robots which were programmed not to touch anyone, not to film anyone, to be aware of any kind of nakedness. these will be poor times. we totally will loose our innocence in behalf of a hyperhygienic political correctness.

[@NagaNarayana]

chris ingres Indeed nudity in itself is as serene as any other natural form of expression. But social perversion that an individual happens to be stuck with remains the sole problem. Even though the girl is as innocent as the serene nature as such ... even though the fellow who filmed the same has an amazing taste (view the rest of the footage as well; he covers such wide range of pristine culture; obviously, the videographer has an equally natural taste; qudos!) ... even though you and me could possibly retain the same natural awareness while viewing such footage ... the social perversion that is increasing day by day all around the world thanks to the internet leaves a lot of room for abuse of such innocence. I agree with you ... wish it were a simple era. But ... it is not. Unfortunate! Nag.

[@c8213]

Very nice

[@giannivigilante3711]

Per questo album L. Shankar Album Raga Aberi. Ha ricevuto una nomination al Premio Grammy (Grammy Award).

[@andreashesse1653]

amazing

[@ecstasy6191]

What's the song from 48:36 minutes onward? Where can I find it. It's so soothing!

[@TarakMatl]

Anuj Khanna Wandering Saint by L Subramaniam

[@tarak]

actually, I dont remember what music I used for ending. The video was little bit longer then Raga itself, so I add some music, but forgot which one.. So sorry ;-)

[@tarak]

@S P archive dot org

[@tarak]

@S P I dont know, but search for india documentary and as media type choose movies

[@playeveryday01]

Man is a forgotten legend . Why did he disappear?

[@flashbackactivator6565]

He still plays, based out of India. After years of accompanying Peter Gabriel, I believe, he ‘retired’ there. -Would it not be fantastic to experience a revival of this. That is a wish of mine. I would like to see him perform with Mickey Hart, of the Grateful Dead…

[@playeveryday01]

@@flashbackactivator6565 Yes I found out that he is now performing again a few months ago! He played Abheri in NYC about a year ago and I had no clue. Hopefully we can see him soon.

[@flashbackactivator6565]

Playeveryday, I think this is a good idea to focus on. Where would you like to catch this performance? For me, perhaps the Santa Fe Opera House, here in New Mexico Territory…

[@playeveryday01]

@@flashbackactivator6565 Im on the east coast but I would be willing to go out west. I flew out to a Hindustani music fest in AZ several years ago. Worth it.

[@flashbackactivator6565]

I can also imagine him collaborating with the Stoner Doom band, OM… Long sets of improvised meanderings and staccato runs over drones and cymbal rolls and gongs and chimes and timpani and large urn stenches of cannabis wafting the air as dancers twirl and stomp… Come to think of it, let’s bring Anoushka into the mix with some fiery sitar rips and that PASSION!!! This manifestation thing ain’t easy but I figure, why not?..

[@Mandakinimusic]

Thanks for answer...i will definitely have a look into but...and the music? Is also from there? I would like to have the full music cause this one ends abruptly and i got curious how it goes further! :D

[@mamatou1]

I would like to know which year the film is made

[@tarak]

I used several video clips from archive.org, the oldest one is from 1949..

[@mamatou1]

@@tarak děkuji Táraku, je to nádherné, jak hudba, tak film

[@sig4311]

I'm curisou about the instruments, is it a cella paired up with an Alto, with a sy^mpathical chord resonance of a sitar ? If so the cello and the alto are sounding almost like a muffled wizando sometimes it's so weird O_o (in an all kinds of good way manner but man how do you get that muffled sound ?)

[@jayvswar]

The instrument is called LSDV (L Shankar's Double Violin). It can produce sounds of violin, viola and cello. I think it has 10 strings as opposed to 4 on a normal violin. The artiste is not Mr L Subrahmanyam, but his brother Mr L Shankar. The percussion accompaniment is Tabla by the one and the only Mr Zakir Hussain. And on Ghatam, the great Mr Vikku Vinayakram.

[@aerogrampur]

Eternal

[@aerogrampur]

Can't forget this out of world work

[@bouquet3216]

SHANKAR - RAGA ABERI - see Title

[@vasudeosingh]

Tarak, Thank you for posting such an excellent piece of Music but Raag Abheri in this post with that Master piece by Saint Thyagaraja "Nagumomu" needs to be mentioned.Instead of showing Khajuraho Temple,the tribals of Bustar in MP,India and moving on to south India,it would have been great if you had Shown some history of Sant Thyagaraja and his composition Raag Abheri with "Nagumomu" which is a Kriti in Praise of Lord Rama.But Full MARKS for music upload minus vdo.

[@TarakMatl]

+Vasudeosingh Singh Thank you, Vasudeosingh! I don't know much about those things you are sharing with us. Is it possible to learn more somewhere. I would like to know more about the Kriti in Praise of Lord Rama. Thank you once again!

[@vasudeosingh]

+Tarak Matl Dear Tarak, you can type "saint Thyagraja" on WIKIPEDIA and can read about his compositions which are mostly in praise Lord Ram.St Thyagraja used Raag Abheri to sing "Nagumomu" which is also the raag of your post.You may be pleasantly surprised to find an American named John B Higgins who took to Carnatic Classical music has sung St Thyagraja's Kritis. Unfortunately Higgins died in 1984 but his music is still there to listen to. Please keep up with your good work and my comments were to let you know that Classical Music of India has lot of Depth in it.Thank you.

[@vasudeosingh]

+Tarak Matl Dear Tarak, just for your interest please listen to a solo violin of same raag by Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan,I am sure you will like it.

[@tarak]

+Vasudeosingh Singh Thank you! You mean this? - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXmsgHeCpLGfhLM

[@tarak]

+Vasudeosingh Singh Thank you for all the info, Dear Vasudeosingh! I am not sure, if I am able as a Westerner to comprehend and embrace all the depth which is in Classical Music of India! SitaRam ;-)

[@kartikeyavashist4447]

the best

[@ashishagrahari6792]

wonderful..

[@Universalove8]

What is the next Raag after Abheri which cut in the end?

[@tarak]

Wandering Saint by L Subramaniam

[@kickanwaa]

hi could u please post the song "adagio" by Shantar?😇

[@TheShankartamil]

yerwinyan what 's your openion?

[@sanjaypremanand6556]

17:03 - 17:07 - Level Hitech

[@konalisa123]

Actually I want to close the mail ids of 'ofosusam' and 'john fengrove' the last two in this link for writing not good words... i.e., bringing in religion... Can anyone tell how to do this.. Because these words are 'OFFENSIVE'.

[@ungernvonsternberg3865]

Hello Where are these images from ?

[@tarak]

Ungern Von Sternberg www.archive.org

[@ShakyHandle]

For people who want more of Raga Aberi, check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4PYmmd-rtp8eqs Wait for the vocalist. You are welcome.

[@emoses]

WOW !! WOW!!!

[@djangomango11]

Is this the RAGA ABHERI cd from 1995 ?

[@tarak]

Yes

[@seemavare9846]

Look chup is best time work

[@Mandakinimusic]

Great video/music.... where was this taken from? Only sad that ends so abruptly! :( Its perfect to get relaxed or even while i write....thanks for posting it! Peace...

[@antonwebern6128]

Sorry, it's not sitar, so what is he using?

[@pradeepnkallada]

Anton Webern Double Violin

[@sriramanchathapuram1745]

To Aurélien, Jérémy Créteur :- The genius called L Shankar plays a specially designed double violin.