Without the electrifying sounds of electrical guitar or the imitated composition of keyboard, an unparalleled milieu was created using the pure tunes of acoustic musical instruments at a musical programme at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday.
The programme titled Jontro Sangeet-er Oikatan was the concluding event of the three-day cultural festival organsied by the academy as a part of its project, Desojo Sangskritir Bikas o Antirjatik Sangskritir Sathe Melbandhan, designed to create international standard performing arts by Bangladeshi artistes.
Five noted music directors of the country presented six musical pieces on specific themes using orchestra comprising of only acoustic instruments. Sunil Chandra Das and his team was the first orchestra lineup to perform at the programme. The ensemble played a piece titled Touch of Music with classical instruments like tabla, sarod, flute, sitar, harmonium, and others. The production was a representation of sounds of nature like chirping of birds, sloshing of river, murmur of air, and others.
Noted classical artiste Rezwan Ali presented his production Prokitey Surjer Provad (the influence of sun on nature) which is a compilation of eleven classical ragas. Beginning with low scale music, the symphony gradually rose to higher scale that accelerated the heartbeat of the listeners.
The whimsical sounds of the wings of birds were represented by Mohammad Maniruzzaman’s orchestra in the production titled Flying Bird. The well-coordinated sounds of violin, tabla, percussion, flute, mandarin, sitar, sarod and other instruments let the audience feel the limitlessness of sky.
Colours are one of the greatest beauties of nature. The beauties of colours were depicted in Swani Zubair’s composition Colours of Changing Hue through chello, classical guitar, silver flute, and five violins, giving the production a touch of western classical music.
Dr Saim Rana and Iftekkher Anowar delighted the audience with their production titled Delight of Hunting, which depicted man’s instinctive yarn for thrill and adventure. The duo presented another production titled Tears of Midnight that depicted the loneliness, melancholy and gloom one might feel in the middle of a lonely night.
Earlier, a speech session was held where the director general of the academy Liaquat Ali Lucky; noted filmmaker and the chief executive officer of SATV Salauddin Zaki; the eminent artist Mostafa Manowar and officials of the academy delivered speeches.
A good number of people enjoyed the orchestra show. Rumana Naznin, a theatre activist, was present at the programme and expressed to New Age that ‘This is my first experience at an orchestra presentation and it feels great. I hope such programmes will be organised more often.’
-With New Age input
