Vocals -- Begum Parveen Sultana
Tabla -- Mukundraj Deo
Harmonium - Shrinivas Acharaya

CD1
Raga Maru Behag
1. Alap
2. Bada Khayal
3. Chotta Khayal
CD2
1. Tarana in Raga Hansadhwani
2. Meera Bhajan - Mai to Lino Govind Mol
3. Bhajan -- Sai Ram Sai Ram
4. Bhairavi -- Dayani Bhairavi

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Bhajans are deeply rooted in the Indian tradition. Bhajan is a song form using soulful language expressing surrender to God. Many bhajans are rooted in the hymns found in the Sama Veda, the third Veda in the Hindu scriptures. Some of India's most loved bhajans were composed by the poetess Meera (track 2). Born in the sixteenth century at a time of political and social unrest in India, Meera having lost her father, husband and father-in-law sought peace and dedicated her life to Lord Krishna. She composed hundreds of poems in a simple and unpretentious language capturing the beauty of her intense and deep love to God. Bhajans are also often loosely based on the melodic phrases of Ragas; in this case Sai Ram Sai Ram (track 3) carries a strong sense of Ragas Kirvani and Shivranjani. The recital aptly concludes with Bhairavi, an auspicious and deeply devotional raga traditionally sung to conclude the concert performance.

Notes: John Ball

John Ball is a practicing musician and musicologist based at the University of Sheffield, UK