Songs of Tagore



FEAT. DR. RAJEEB CHAKRABORTY ON SAROD

Music Design & Keyboard programming: Ranodeep Mukherjee

Sarod: Prateek Srivastava, Esraj: Shubhayu Sen Majumdar, Tabla: Uday Mukherjee, Debjit Patitundi, Flute: Bubai, Guitars & Bass: Raja Chowdhury, Soubhik Deb (Dinky), Percussions: Somnath Roy

Mixed & Mastered by: M. Bhabesh at Studio Impression

Released by: On Air Communications, Kolkata, India.

Songs of Rabindranath Tagore

Music Design: Shom

Piano: Ranodeep Mukherjee

Bass: Raja Chowdhury

A collection of 11 soulful songs of Tagore ranging from Prem to Puja parjaye.

Artist: Dr. Mousumi Banerjee.

Music Arrangement: Shamik Chakravarty.

Musicians: Joy Nandi, Reena Srivastava, Pratik Srivastava, Sushanta Babul Nandi, Sandipan Ganguly, Subhayu Sen Majumdar.

Nijer Rabindranath is a journey: a journey that starts as a lullaby amidst the smell of hasnuhana on a summer night, and traverses through many monsoons to the comfort filled accomplished middle-age in a Western society, and the sound of silence in a faraway land. It is a personal yet universal saga, told through exquisitely beautiful story-telling, poetry, songs and music; of a Bengali growing up with Rabindranath just like another member of the family.

Script, Concept, Narration, and Songs: Dr. Mousumi Banerjee.

Music Conceptualization: Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty.

Music Arrangement: Shamik Chakravarty.

Musicians: Joy Nandi, Reena Srivastava, Pratik Srivastava, Sushanta Babul Nandi, Sandipan Ganguly, Subhayu Sen Majumdar.

Two artists come together in this unique presentation of a conversation through poetry and music. Across space and time zones, amidst the touch of August rains and the smell of hasnuhana-filled summer nights drifted by the wind, they have spoken to each other in many untold conversations. Their "na howa kathopokathon" culminates in an impressionist experience through an artistic blend of different art forms for an ultimate feast to the soul.

Poetry: Dr. Mousumi Banerjee

Sitar: Smt. Reena Srivastava

Tabla: Soumen Sarkar

Music Concept & Composition: Dr. Rajeeb Chakraborty

Performing Nijer Rabindranath at the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and Arts, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2018.

Ocean of Stories-- Telling Tales through Tagore's Music and Poetry: Lecture and Performance at University of California, Berkeley, USA, October 2015.

VIdeo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF_Yk19VN5Y

Photo Gallery : http://southasia.berkeley.edu/mousumi-banerjee

Conversation Untold: A jugalbandi of poetry and sarod at Dhaka National Museum, Bangladesh, December 2015.