Laura Lentz

#4738, Raga-Inspired Music For Flute

New Sounds | Mar 9, 2025

Listen to nocturnal music inspired by Indian ragas, and especially inspired by bansuri flute from composer Jacob TV for Laura Lentz, percussionist Sameer Gupta, and others.

Hear a raga meant for an imaginary instrument by Dutch ‘avant pop’ composer JacobTV (Jacob ter Veldhuis), as recorded by east coast-based flutist, bandleader, and educator Laura Lentz. Then, listen to a late-night spoken-word raga of a sort from tabla player, drummer, and producer Sameer Gupta, who has assembled the sampled sounds of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov and bansuri flute master Hariprasad Chaurasia, together with percussion.

Also hear a recording of bansuri flute raga by North Indian Bamboo Flute Master Hariprasad Chaurasia. Plus, listen to Indian bansuri flute music from Stephen Coughlin, who later adopted the Sufi name of Huzur Nawaz, and released recordings under that name, and more. - Caryn Havlik

Program #4738, Raga-Inspired Music For Flute (First aired 4/10/23)

ARTIST: Hariprasad Chaurasia
WORK: Rag Kaunsi Kanhra [1:10]
RECORDING: Raga Kaunsi Kanhra
SOURCE: Nimbus Records
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, Youtube, AppleMusic, Spotify

ARTIST: Laura Lentz
WORK: Jacob TV: Pale Moon in a Very Blue Sky [11:08]
RECORDING: Jacob's Triptych
SOURCE/INFO: lauralentz.bandcamp.com

ARTIST: Stephen Coughlin (Huzur Nawaz)
WORK: Night Music [6:31]
RECORDING: Night Music
SOURCE: Private recording/ this performance not commercially available.
INFO: Coughlin as Huzur Nawaz has released Presence. Info at Discogs.com

ARTIST: Sameer Gupta
WORK: Isaac Asimov and Malkauns [11:01]
RECORDING: Words Of Our Ancestors
SOURCE/INFO: https://sameergupta.bandcamp.com/album/words-of-our-ancestors

ARTIST: Hariprasad Chaurasia
WORK: Rag Kaunsi Kanhra [15:19]
RECORDING: Raga Kaunsi Kanhra
SOURCE: Nimbus Records
INFO: Available at Amazon.com, Youtube, AppleMusic, Spotify

ARTIST: James Nyoraku Schlefer and Steve Gorn
WORK: Kumoijishi/Lion's Dance variations [1:17]
RECORDING: Live, 3/28/02
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The work appears on the album, Wind Heart, Available via Amazon.com, AppleMusic, Spotify

 

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