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The Dying Song is about the almost extinct art of BAITHAK THUMRI conjuring up the mood and mystery of the lost world of the old Indian HAVELI and palaces in which the courtesans performed. In a crumbling haveli in small town India lives a mysterious thumri singer. Who is SURAIYA? Script inspired by a Marathi novella by C.T.Khanolkar: DEVYACHI AYEE Translated, written and directed by Sangeeta Datta. The unique BIRESHWAR GAUTAM plays the androgynous singer Suraiya and gives a masterly performance singing thumri and performing beautiful abhinaya. “TAWA’IF” a fascinating short documentary film about the courtesan tradition in India will be shown first. THUMRI is a romantic vocal genre that lies between Indian classical music, theatre and folk traditions. It dates back across centuries and is said to have evolved through various strands including probably the VAISHNAV movement of KRISHNA worship, story telling and dance, temple music and finally the royal courts and havelis of the landed gentry from Mughal times to the fall of Lucknow and beyond in the 19th century. This vocal style became the preserve of the TAWA’IF or courtesan. THUMRI with its themes of love, separation, reconciliation and devotion, is the feminine style compared with the masculine khyal and dhrupad. In the hands of a master like Bireshwar Gautam this genre with the subtle use of abhinaya and improvisation is an art and a rare experience NOT TO BE MISSED! ARTISTS Bireshwar Gautam vocal, abhinaya Murad Ali sarangi Hanif Khan tabla Fida Hussain harmonium ACTORS Bireshwar Gautam Suraiya Pervaiz Alam Nawab Rajesh Joshi Narrator Pratima Chatterjee Champa TOUR DATES Tue 17th June 2008 Workshop, Asian Music Centre, London 020 8749 9584 www.amc.org.uk Thu 19th June 2008 The Sage Gateshead 0191 443 4661 www.thesagegateshead.org Fri 27th June 2008 solo performance by Bireshwar Gautam The Arts Club, St.Ives, Cornwall. 01736 794477 / 796297 www.stivesarts.club.org Sun 29th June 2008 Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London 0871 663 2500 www.southbankcentre.co.uk Fri 18th July 2008 Pavilion Theatre, Brighton Dome, Brighton 01273 709709 www.brightondome.org Sun 27th July 2008 The Lowry, Salford Quays 0870 787 5790 www.thelowry.com |
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