Tagore in symphony Rabindranath Tagore lived up to his name. Like the Sun's rays the myriad-minded “Great Sentinel” never failed to dazzle with his creative genius, enlightening us with his sagacious insight. Tagore's vast creations take us through his personal reflection of reality, which soon become our own because they touch the core of our heart, bonding us with nature. His writings are a heartfelt appeal for universal peace, love and harmony. But general consensus is, for most GenNext teens, Rabi Thakurer Gaan is an alien concept. So, to familiarise them with this veritable treasure trove, a novel programme is slated this evening. The idea is to bring Rabindrasangeet closer to Gen-X by presenting it differently, with a different kind of arrangement, without tampering with its purity or essence. The selected numbers will be rendered by a group of singers, including veteran artiste, Mohan Singh. A host of contemporary singers — Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Indira Bandopadhyay, Lopamudra Mitra, Saheb Chatterjee, Sromona Chakraborty, Sraboni Sen and Chandraboli Rudra Dutta — will relate to GenNext as they interpret Rabindrasangeet in their individual ways. Tagore’s own vision of crisis in civilisation will run like a leitmotif in the selection of songs. Backing up the vocals will be a rich and colossal symphonic orchestration comprising a 64-member Symphony orchestra. Musicians from L’atelier de Musique de Calcutta, Bangalore School of Music, La Martiniere Orchestra, Frank Anthony Public School (Bangalore) Symphony Orchestra and band Shohor will perform in unison to provide the musical back-up and the entire orchestra will be directed and conducted by Abraham Mazumder. Presented by Anandabazar Patrika. Event: Tagore Symphony, Rabindrasangeet using choral harmony, brass or string harmony When: Today; 6 pm Where: Science City Auditorium

art

Till November 17 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday (10 am - 3 pm): Feelings 2007, an exhibition of paintings by Asit Ghara. Till November 17 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 1 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Satyaki Banerjee. Till November 18 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of drawings, paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Apurba Choudhury, Damayanti Sharma, Dipali Roy, Sukumar Ghosh, Shuvankar Maitra, Sukehndu Paul and Tapan Mitra. Till November 18 at Taj Bengal, By the Way: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Polly Das. Till November 18 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Sekhar Roy. Till November 18 at Aakriti Art Gallery (sculpture wing), 12/3A Hungerford Street, #32998525; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Niranjan Pradhan. Till November 18 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park, #9836276110; 4 pm - 8 pm: Crosscurrents, Crosstalk: The Politics of Location, a group show curated by Nanak Ganguly. Till November 18 at Gallery Yapanchitra, Flat 12 / 1A, Lift No. 2, 3 rd Floor, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: The Eye Within and Gallery Yapanchitra present an exhibition of paintings, titled Puja. Till November 25 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Divine Lovers, a solo exhibition of recent paintings of the Radha-Krishna series by Nitya Kundu. Till November 26 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892928; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: A Route to Eternity, a journey of Indian art from 1960s to 2007. Showcasing works by Avijit Dutta, Bratin Khan, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Manoj Dutta, R. Muralidharan, Prakash Karmakar, Prasenjit Sengupta, Partha Bhattacharjee, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sekhar Kar, Shipra Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, T. Vaikuntham and Wasim Kapoor. Till November 28 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chariot of Civilisation — an exhibition of watercolours by Pradip Maitra. Till November 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Celebrations on Canvas, showcasing Indian art and sculpture by Gourango Beshai, Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Sanatan Dinda, Bratin Khan, Sibsaday, Subrata Pal, Tapas Sardar, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Kartick Pyne, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das, Subrata Das and others.

DRAMA

November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Arghya presents Tagore’s Rakta Karabi. Direction: Manish Mitra. November 17 at Sujata Sadan; 7 pm: Swapnasandhani presents Tagore’s Dakghar. Direction: Koushik Sen. November 17 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Old Times (English) — a Mirrage production. Written by Harold Pinter and directed by Jhelum Ghosh. Performed by Aditya Banerjee, Neha Malik and Sohini Saha. November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Aayna Harin — Bohurupee’s latest production, directed by Tarapada Mukhopadhyay. November 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Hattamela Natya Gosthi presents Rakshas Badh Pala. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. November 18 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Fakka, a Shouvanik production, directed by Chandan Das. November 18 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Niva Arts and Lok-Krishti present Krishna Gahwar. Drama, direction & acting: Bratya Basu. November 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, a comedy by Rajat Ghosh. Direction: Anish Ghosh. November 18 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: What Is Going On (multilingual) — a Stage Addict production directed by Adwaita Das and Sreejita Biswas.

EXHIBITION

Till November 17 at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 3 pm - 7 pm: Works in handmade paper by Anupam Chakraborty. Till November 20 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24408937; 12 noon - 7 pm: Apparao Art Auctions, in collaboration with Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, presents The Bengal Art Auction II: Early and Current Art of the Region.

PERFORMING ARTS

November 17 at Swabhumi; 5 pm: Sur O Chhanda presents a variety programme featuring songs by Pilu Bhattacharya abd Shampa Deb; folk song and dance by artistes of Sur O Chhanda; audio-play Feriwala by Shilpi Sansad; and drama Mamar Kirti by Kalakrit. November 17 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 5 pm - 8 pm: The Art of Living presents an evening of meditation and music. Participating artistes are Nupurchhanda Ghosh, Vikram Hazra, Sahil Jagtiani and Gayatri. November 18 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Western dance presented by Santaly’s Dance Institute.

TALK

November 17 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda Parikrama. November 17 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa. November 18 at Netaji Bhawan, 38/2 Lala Lajpat Rai Road; 6 pm: Consulate General of Japan, Calcutta and Netaji Research Bureau present Two Boses — Subhas Chandra Bose, Rash Behari Bose and Japan. Prof. Noboku Nagasaki, Ryukoku University, Japan will speak on Rashbehari Bose. Prof. Krishna Bose, chairperdon, Netaji Research Bureau, will speak on Subhas Chandra Bose. Prof. Rajat Kanta Ray, vice chancellor, Visva Bharati, will preside.

FOUNDER’S DAY

November 18 at P35/1 Taratolla Road; 10.30 am: Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy celebrates its 33rd Founder’s Day with an exhibition, Save the Earth, by the students with help of teachers. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, minister for travel and tourism. The exhibition will remain open from November 21 to 23 between 10 am and 1 pm at IICP’s Taratolla premises.

READING

November 18 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya's report to Dhritarastra of Yudhisthira routing Duryodhana, Karna battling Satyaki, Dhritarastra blaming fate, Sanjaya blaming him, and Karna and Duryodhana devising fresh strategy to defeat the Pandavas, in the 399th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.

QUIZ

November 18 at Gyan Manch; 10.30 am onwards: Puffin-Starmark Inter-School Quiz 2007 for three-member teams from leading Calcutta schools. Details at #22822617/18. November 18 at Taj Bengal: BizQuiz 2007. Registration from 3.30 pm. Details with Gautam Ghosh (98300 44093) or Sankar Guha (98300 60704).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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