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With Chamikara Weerasinghe IN TUNE SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 5,2009 DN Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka presents Classics in Harmony today Abeysekera said about music fans and oriental the concert on being asked classical music fans. ” about the the concert Victor Ratnayaka will whether it be a fusion of sing a set of six songs at Western classical music the Classics in harmony and oriental music, it will concert. Unlike in Western not be a concert of fusion classical music , North of the two great traditions. Indian classical music “ In order to produce recognise voice to be pre- fusion, the two styles have dominant to fashion a Rag. to be blended to produce a According to Sangeeth different sound,” he Ratnakara by Pandit Sar- explained and added ,” nagadeva, music is defined Classics in Harmony will as the combination of vocal stand to complement the President, Sri Lankan Sym- music, instrumental music phony Orchestra, Prof. Ajith two music traditions rather and dance. Nanda Malini Abeysekera than creating “fusion”. It Even without Dance and will preserve the orchestral ern classical music fans to classical music and vice Instrumental music , vocal color of both Western and appreciate Western classi- versa. Singers like Victor music alone can be called Eastern traditions ,” he cal music,” he said. Ratnayaka, Nanda Malini, music. A performer said. ”We do not want to “The concert will ‘not’ W.D.Amaradewa and T.M, should not forget that create a monstrous hybrid be a pop show and the Jayaratna are high caliber voice is predominant in the as such by fusing the two,” experience will be be total- vocalists. With concerts tradition of North Indian Violinist,composer and conductor Ananda Dabare he added. ly different because the like this we hope to expose classical music. All the Sinhala songs Western orchestra will not these high calber perform- Ananda Dabare , who CHAMIKARA WEERASINGHE The president of Sri have been arranged for become a pop orchestra by ers to Western orchestral has arranged music for the Lankan Symphony voice and orchestra by any means although from music so that they can set of oriental songs that he integrity of dia- Orchestra , Prof. Ajith internationally acclaimed recent times the Sympho- appreciate the values of are to be sung by Victor tonic harmony in Abeysekera on Thursday violinist Ananda Dabare. ny Orchestra of Sri Lanka Western classical music, and Nanda at the concert T Western classical said in an interview with The Orchestra will per- has been changing its pro- she said. had been familiar with ori- music will complement the the “In Tune” that the con- form Overtures of two clas- file from being a purely There will be fifty to ental classical music before patterns of sweet sounds cert will be a novel experi- sical Western Operas, by high classical orchestra to sixty musicians playing in he joined the world of or swaras that produce ence for both Sinhala and Johann Strauss’ “Die Fled- being versatile, “ he said. the Symphony Orchestra. Western classical music. mind pleasing sounds also Western classical music ermaus” and MikhailGlik- As pointed out by Shamini On being asked to He learned Western music known as Rags in Indian lovers. Prof. Abeysekera ka’s “ Ruslan and Ludmil- Wettimuni, of the board of describe what could this in Russia at Moscow State Singer and composer Victor Ratnayaka classical music tradition, said, the concert will fea- la” ”We expect the concert governors of the Orchestra mean to all Sri Lankan Conservatory. when Symphony Orches- ture Sinhala oriental songs to be an eye opener for of , they want to expose music fans, Prof. Abeysek- Vocal recitals by Victor he most of his song have Thread”) , Udangu Liyan tra of Sri Lanka presents a that are based on Sri Western classical music those classical music lovers era said , “The concert will Ratnayaka appeal to the been composed by the (“ the Arrogant Maiden”) classical music concert this Lankan folk and Indian fans to appreciate Eastern who listen to serious music serve as a cultural bridge most discerning of music country’s top lyricists. and “Mihi Mandale” have evening (September 05) at classical music. classical music and East- of the orient to Western that joins local Western fans to the man on the Nanda Malini , also become much appreciated the Ladies” College Hall, street. He is one of the the regarded as the emblem of by by alll music lovers in Colombo, from 7 pm. most acclaimed radio Sri Lankan identity in Sin- the country. Nanda Malini The concert titled “ Clas- Unlike in Western classical music, North Indian artiste and one of Sri hala Song, too has songs with career spaning over sics In Harmony “ will fea- classical music recognizes voice to be predominant. Lanka’s top playback with very powerful lyrical three decades of singing , ture iconic figures of orien- singers of the past two content and versatile melo- has made over 50 solo tal classical music in Sri Even without Dance and Instrumental music, decades. Lyrical content is dious aspects. Song such albums and is one of the Lanka Victor Ratnayaka vocal music alone can be called music one of the significant fea- as “Ran Kenden Benda” most respected playback and Nanda Malini. tures of Victor’s music for (“Entwined with a Golden singers of the Sinhala film. Westlife- Miss you Westlife Sunil’s splendour Intro: D A Bm G A G n the tradition of British zone’s manager, took inter- entered the U.K. charts at I can’t sleep, I just can’t breathe and Irish boy bands like est in them. number one, a feat they D G I Take That and Boyzone This made room in the replicated with “Seasons in in Lankan music when your shadow is all over me, baby comes Dublin’s Westlife, a band for Byrne and McFad- the Sun” and “Swear It A G quintet consisting of Shane den; Walsh also introduced Again” in 2000. WIJITHA NAKKAWITA don’t wanna be a fool in your eyes Filan, Nicky Byrne,Bryan Westlife to Boyzone vocalist Their self-titled debut Bm G McFadden, Mark Feehily, and solo artist Ronan Keat- album met with similar cause what we had was built on lies and Kian Egan. Filan, Egan, ing, who became the chart-topping success and he Independent Bm A D and Feehily were among the group’s co-manager shortly quickly went platinum in Television Network And when our love seems to fade away group’s six founding mem- after they cemented their their homeland. T recently staged a G A bers, but the other half of recording contract. The Westlife was released in grand musical concert listen to me hear what I say the group was dispatched group’s first single, 1999’s the U.S. by Arista Records Sunilsara Sirisara at the Chorus when Louis Walsh, Boy- “Flying Without Wings,” in early 2000. BMICH and had it telecast D on ITN a week later featur- I don’t wanna feel ing the music and songs of A yesteryear’s great music the way that I do composer, lyricist, Sunil Bm Santha, who died without I just wanna be fulfilling his life’s promise G on a pathetic turn of events right here with you that made him merely exist D in a society that was not I don’t wanna see grateful for the singular ser- A vice of complete dedication see us apart he rendered for the people Bm G of his times and later gener- I just wanna say it straight from my heart ations. I miss you The concert brought back Sunil Santha A G nostalgic years from the What would it take for you to see 1940s and ‘50s when Sunil indigenous music? His ple that an Indian musician D G Santha among the contem- compositions touched the was not a competent judge to make you understand that I’ll always believe porary musicians devoted inner strings of the Sri of the Sri Lankan singers A G his whole life for the devel- Lankan culture and ethos who were not similar to the you and I can make it through opment of a Sri Lankan especially the sylvan fresh- North Indian singers. D G musical tradition like Anan- ness of his people’s style of Although Ratnajankar was and I still know I can’t get over you da Samarakoon who firmly life and the immensity of once Sunil’s teacher he Bm A D believed that both the North his perception of the beauty made his stand not only for And when our love seems to fade away Westlife promise Indian Ragadhari Music or and elegance of our country himself but for the cause he G A the South Indian Karnataka captured so well. His rap- espoused. listen to me hear what I say Music did not harmonize porteur embraced the Thereafter Radio Ceylon Chorus with the Sri Lankan culture nuances of Sinhala folk refused to allow Sunil to A G D G 2x ‘strongest album yet’ and civilization. music, Bengali folk music sing and some people in the Bm A D Therefore these two espe- that has several similarities radio station started dam- Cause when our love always fades away cially Sunil Santha worked to ours and also some per- aging his records that were G A estlife have exciting. We took a deci- be working with some very hard to after his gradu- centage of western music on discs at the time and listen to me hear what I say promised that sion that we didn’t want to amazing writers and I’m ation and return home from they stopped playing his Chorus W their upcoming do any covers at all this sure this album is going to Shanthiniketan and His rapporteur songs.

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