Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Cosmic ... Live!

Rahman's Theme from Bombay, live at the Hollywood Bowl.

Yanni's One Man's Dream - Live at the Acropolis.

Pure Gold! What an absolute journey! Two of the most haunting renditions in history, in my opinion. These songs are examples of simple instrumental compositions, which have power in both, their melody and their arrangement. And if watching these at a Live performance - without any of the technological gizmo-graphy that goes into a studio recording, without vocalists, without backup dancers, without video/stage gadgetry - is still capable of giving you goosebumps - then that's the sheer power of their music.

In the first video, its awesome to see Western violinists working to play the violin segment of the Theme, with typical Carnatic movements. Its challenging, but they seem to have done a fine job.

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