Mohi Bahauddin Dagar Ahir Bhairav MARGAZHI 2019 Mohi Bahauddin Dagar Ahir Bhairav [CEX28] Ahir Bhairav, a mix of two Ragas, Ahir and Bhairav, is a morning raag that belongs to the first time cycle of the morning. It is played on the Rudra Veena in Dhrupad style by Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar’s son Bahauddin, the prime upholder of the Dagarbani heritage today. Mohi Bahauddin Dagar, rudra veena Sadanand Naimpalli, pakhawaj Shibu Maity, tanpura 1. Ahir Bhairav - alap, jor, jhala (Bahauddin Dagar) 53:37 2. Ahir Bhairav - chowtal (Bahauddin Dagar) 12:45 Recorded at Studio Swarkul, Mumbai, January 6, 2020 Recorded, mixed and mastered by Maurice Mogard Produced by Maurice Mogard and Bengt Berger Graphic design by Jon Edergren, Spektra. Thanks to Vinay Balse, Ritwik Sanyal, Manish Pingle and Lars Fredriksson. www.countryandeastern.se Margazhi 2019 The greatest music festival in the world, the legendary December Season in Chennai, Margazhi, where more than a thousand concerts are held during one month is not happening this year due to Covid 19. But last year, celebrated Swedish sound engineer Maurice Mogard visited India during the 2019 season with us and recorded some of todays greatest performers from North and South. We are happy to present six full concerts from last year (actually one of them, a lovely Karnatic violin duet was recorded in Stockholmin 2016). The cover photos are from the Descent of the Ganges relief in Mahaballipuram. CEX27 CEX29 CEX31 Seshampatti Sivalingam Sadanand Naimpalli Malladi Brothers Nagaswaram at Aamad Pratishthan at Mylapore Fine Arts CEX28 CEX30 CEX32 Mohi Bahauddin Dagar Akkarai Sisters Akkarai Sisters at Royal College Ahir Bhairav at Narada Gana Sabha of Music, Stockholm..