Attended 'Classics II', a concert by Ustad Rashid Khan (Vocal) assisted by Shubhankar Banerjee (Tabla), Murad Ali (Sarangi) & Jyoti Goho (Harmonium) at DUCTAC, Dubai on 13th Sept 2013 with Nandu, Jayant, Prakash, Raju, Ashok & Amit.
Concert started with raag Puriya. First half an hour was dull. Ustad looked much younger than the posters. On one occasion Ustad repraminded tabalji subtly.
Initially audience response was luke warm but soon the audience warmed up and started enjoying.
Ustad then presented raag Desh. This was really good. This was followed by his famous and evergreen thumri 'Yaad piya ki aye'. Ustad decided to end the mehfil at this point but public did not go and urged him to continue.
So he presented 'Aaoge jab tum......barsega sawan' on public demand as the last item.
Ustad has an excellent command over his voice. Untill now I did not find sound of Sarangi, sweet. But this Sarangi sounded really sweet. Hats off to Murad Ali.
Knowledge level of audience appeared 'not upto mark'. Temperature in the theater was 3-4 degrees more than what it normally is. New initiate Ashok enjoyed the mehfil and wants to attend more mehfils.
Gates opened 1 hr late. Program started 40 min late. Strangely the accompanying artists were never introduced to the audience. In short the event was unorganized.
A good concert but not a wow one. Consensus rating 7/10.
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