Category: Music
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Classic Legends With Javed Akhtar : A Bollywood Film Appreciation Course
We live in a world where most TV programs have to produce something shocking just to survive. And yet, there is a quiet program where one man just talks for 40-45 minutes. Some movie clips are shown in between and that’s it. No manufactured drama or last minute reveals. So what makes Classic Legends With…
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How to Train Your Ear for Western Classical Music
The conventional notion of what constitutes art is often quite narrow – going to museums to stare at paintings or dressing up and going to the opera. In India, the latter is replaced by concerts of Indian classical music. It’s supposed to be something so exotic that only few chosen ones can experience the magic…
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Absolutely on Music : Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami
Murakami and Ozawa listen to a particular music piece, say Brahms First Symphony or Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto and then discuss its various aspects.