Bandoneón rhythms It is hardly known that the bandoneón is not an Argentinian original, but the invention of a German music store owner called Heinrich Band. Band named it ‘bandonion’ in Krefeld in Germany in 1850. From this small city in the Rheinland, the bandonion found many admirers, first in Germany, where whole bandonion-orchestras were founded, then, all around the world, specially in South America and Argentina, where the renamed bandoneón remains the most important instrument for tango music. One of the most well-known soloists of the instrument in the music world, Lothar Hensel presents this evening a solo bandoneón recital, Die Klage des Bandoneón (Lament of the Bandoneón), taking the audience on a musical voyage from Bach to tango to the Beatles. In his critically acclaimed performance, Hensel introduces this fascinating instrument and traces its musical roots and traditions from Germany to Argentina and beyond. Event: A bandoneón recital by Lothar Hensel When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Max Mueller Bhavan

art

Till September 13 at CIMA Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition titled Concepts & Ideas 2008. Till September 13 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor, #6521 6931; 1 pm - 7 pm: Love and Lovers, an exhibition of paintings by Arindam Bose and Barindam Bose. Till September 14 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 10 am - 8 pm: An applique painting exhibition by Tisha. Till September 14 at Gallery Arti Visual, 1/1W Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Myth of Prometheus — the first solo exhibition of paintings and photographs on vinyl by Sabya Sachi Ghosh. Till September 14 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Tapan Karmakar, Partha Pratim Roy, Pradip Mazumder, Chinmoy Chakraborty, Ganesh Dey and Jyotirmoy Roy Chowdhury. Till September 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of solo artworks by Nabarun Talukder. Till September 15 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Mood presents solo exhibition of Arup Lodh’s paintings. Till October 4 at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Alone in the Crowd — an exhibition of paintings, installations and prints by Josh P.S. Till September 21 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dancing Colours, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Komala Vardan.

DRAMA

September 13 at Natya Bhavan, EE 8, Sector II, Salt Lake, #2321 7667; 6 pm: Natya Shodh Sansthan hosts an evening with theatre personality Suranjana Dasgupta, to be followed by a short play, Bonojochhona, directed by her. September 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents its latest production, Adventure Kaare Koy. Drama: Amalesh Chakraborty. Direction: Moloy Biswas. September 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal, directed by Kunal Mukhopadhyay. September 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Arghya presents Tagore’s Rakta-Karabi. Direction: Manish Mitra. September 13 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Little Thespian presents Katha Collage-4 cosisting of two stories: Do-Pahar (by British playwright Ismail Choonara) and Ishq Par Zor... (by Prof. Muzaffar Hanfi). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala. September 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Kalyani Natyacharcha will stage Meyeti. Direction: Kishore Sengupta. September 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.45 pm: Nat-Ranga presents Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match. Direction: Sohan Bandopadhyay. September 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Bhagaban Ja Koren Ta. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. September 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Dramatised by Sekhar Samaddar, the play is edited and directed by Bratya Basu. September 14 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka, directed by Chandan Das. September 14 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi and Niva Arts present Atmakatha, directed by Soumitra Chatterjee.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till September 13: Happenings hosts Rabindra Utsav 2008 — A Rediscovery of Tagore’s Creation. Today at G.D. Birla Sabhagar, 7 pm: Madhyabartini (in Asomiya; Direction: Baharul Islam) presented by Seagull Theatre Assam, Guwahati. Till September 14 at Star Theatre; 7 pm: Sapphire Creations Dance Workshop and CII Young Indians host the fourth edition of international arts festival, Interface 2008. Today: Indian Alternative Rock by Five Little Indians. Tomorrow: Red is Red by Seop Dance Company, Korea. September 13 at Bharatiyam, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Rabindrasangeet by Maya Chakraborty and participants of her recent workshop at EZCC. September 14 at Rotary Sadan; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs, to rendered by Gopa Roy, Enakshi Chattopadhyay, Mrinmoy Roy, Swastika Mukhopadhyay and Rakhi Sen. Also, chorus by artistes of Madhuri. September 14 at Haltu Community Hall; 6 pm: Charuchetana’s 12th annual programme features song, dance and group recitation. September 14 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Surkanan Music Circle presents bhajan (chorus), vocals by Sunetra Roy and Aishee Bhattacharjee, and a classical vocal recital by Pandit Amiya Ranjan Bandyopadhyay. September 14 at Ankur, P-5 Regent Estate, Jadavpur; 6 pm: Surangan presents an evening of classical music featuring Abhishek Chakraborty and Chiranjit Pramanick (duet tabla lahara), Sohan Chatterjee and Tanmoy Mondal (duet sarod-guitar), and Smriti Lala (vocal semi-classical)

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till September 14 at Baij Foundation, Chander Bari, E/11 Pratapaditya Nagar, Gorokshabasi Road, Dum Dum; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs taken by the members of Photographic Association of Dum Dum (PAD).

TALK

September 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad. September 13 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Tarun Goswami will speak in Bengali on Swamijir Drishtite Bharater Swadhinata. September 13 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak on Siksha, Samaj O Dharma. September 13 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will speak on Sri Ramakrishna among the Pandits.

FILM SHOW

September 13 at Nandan-1; 6.15 pm: Felicitation to Shakti Samanta and a special screening of An Evening in Paris. Hosted by Samalaya and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. Tomorrow at Nandan-II, 3 pm: Screening of Howrah Bridge; at 6 pm: Screening of Kati Patang.

ANNIVERSARY

September 13 at the ancestral house of Swami Vivekananda, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 8.15 am onwards: The concluding day of Chicago Day celebration features Devotees’ Retreat. At 5 pm: Asim Dutta will render songs of Swamiji, songs on Swamiji and songs sung by Swamiji; at 6 pm: Classical vocal recital by Ulhas Kashalkar and a sarod recital by Tejendra Narayan Majumdar. September 14 at Sankara Hall; 5 pm: Tamil Manram celebrates the 126th Bharathi Day. Speaker: Thiru G. Balachandran. Also, Bama Ramachandran will render Bharathi songs.

VARIETY

September 13 at Rotary Sadan; 11 am - 8 pm: Sampiya, Inner Wheel District 329 Rally. A day full of fun, frolic and fellowship.

EXHIBITION

Till September 14 at Hyatt Regency; 11 am - 8 pm: The Telegraph Weddings, an exhibition for exclusive marriage shopping. Showcasing designers Manish Malhotra, Ritu Kumar, Kiran Uttam Ghosh, Shaina NC and jewellers like G.B. Juels, Mumbai and Sunil Jewellers of Jaipur. Till September 13 at All Bengal Women’s Union, 89 Elliot Road; 10.30 am - 5 pm: Pre-Puja display of block-printed sarees and table linen, embroidered baby frocks and nighties, hand-woven bedspreads, table napkins, freshly-ground spices, cakes and muffins. Till September 13 at Senbati, 3A Mandeville Gardens, #98300 54718; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Joyita’s Selection and Sparsh present Pujor Hullor, a collection of designer sarees, dress material, long skirt, kurtas, kurtis, gents wear, ethnic Lucknow chikan, jewellery and gifts items. Till September 14 at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, #24408926; 9.30 am - 7 pm: A selection of sarees, salwar-kurtas, shirts, fabrics, scarves, etc. Till September 14 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #24651697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni’s exhibition of exclusive handloom sarees, kantha items and Dhakai sarees. Till September 16 at 356/11 NSC Bose Road, Naktala petrol pump, #97489 52380; 12 noon - 8 pm: Kottage Kraft presents a selection of sarees, bags, purses, chocolates, handicrafts, jewellery and gift items. Till September 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition oriented towards getting ready for the Pujas, with varied products and designs in sarees, clothes, salwar suits, jewellery, accessories, home linens, etc. This week’s (Sept. 12 - 18) special: Stitched and unstitched salwar kurtas. Till October 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road (#24644027, 24658537) & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): A Milestone, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Darbari presents a collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244

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All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:

Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244