Please listen to two different styles of renderings of the same Abhang ‘Bolava Vithala, Pahava Vithala’ by Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki in Hindustani and Ranjani Gayatri in Carnatic traditions.
Once Ranjani and Gayatri said about their learning Marathi Abhangs:“We happened to sing ‘Hiranmayeem’, the Lalita raga kriti of Muthuswami Dikshitar in the presence of Manik Bhide, mother of Ashwini Bhide, once. We had just started and she immediately asked Ashwini to listen to the song. We already knew a few abhangs, which we learnt from Kolhapur Appa Saheb Deshpande. However, we learnt more from Manik Bhide. The emotion you bring in, the modulation of voice, the timing and the way you sing it… all these matter in rendering ‘abhangs’. Above all, it should be made concert-worthy. Abhangs have universal appeal. In a concert in Houston, a Spanish sound engineer virtually began to dance! We have a good understanding of Marathi and have tuned a few abhangs, too”
- Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=f3kXEClWSHc - Ranjani Gayatri: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FiT7Hqk_uwg
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