Southern (Carnatic)
K. S. Narayanaswami (vina)
Ramnad Easwaran (mridangam)
Varnam (Kalyani raga. Ata tala)
Improvisations
Natta raga; Gowla raga; Arabhi raga; Varali raga; Sri raga.
Javali (Senjuruti raga)
The performance of a piece of Indian music is based upon a melody mode (known as raga) and a time measure (known as tala). It usually has more or Jess of the character of improvisation but occasionally a composition may be handed down orally.
First of six programmes devised by Narayana Menon