Yesterday evening was given for Madhuvanti. I have heard a number of renderings of this evening raga by many such as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pt. Ravishankar, Pt. Ram Narayan on Sarangi, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Ustad Rashid Khan, and M.S.Gopalakrishnan on violin / Ustad Sultan Khan on Sarangi as a Jugalbandi.
In 1970s, just before the Islamic revolution had taken place in Iran, a young, handsome Ravishankar along with a vibrant Allah Rakha Khan performed a Madhuvanti in Iran's Shiraz music festival. It is a delight to the eyes and ears watching this video, when Ravishankar’s fingers transforms to butterflies in search of a flowering ‘Madhuvanti’
Let me share the same here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAAfhi_5mOk
