Kamala Sankaram

Naidu Songs

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Instrumentation: Voice and Piano

Instrumentation: Voice and Piano
Delivery Method: Physical Delivery
Performance Materials: Vocal Score

Naidu Songs, Kamala Sankaram (2025)
Three poems by Sarojini Naidu for voice and piano

Sarojini Naidu was a suffragist and activist for Indian independence, as well as being revered for her lyrical poetry. Though they were written more than 100 years ago, her poems still capture the energy of India, and particularly Hyderabad, where my own family lives. It felt only natural to set these poems and hopefully introduce them to a wider audience in the West.

This cycle of three poems is built using a mix of ragas from the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, each chosen for its rasa or emotional valence. The first song, "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad," begins in the joyful world of Raga Khamaj, transitions to the more mysterious Hindol and concludes in an Arabic maqam (Maqam Nahawand) to pay tribute to Hyderabad's long multicultural heritage. "The Coromandel Fishers" is set in the Carnatic raga Jalarnavam, which has a connection to the ocean. The final song, "Cradle Song," is written in Vasantha, a warm and lovely raga.

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Instrumentation: Voice and Piano
Delivery Method: Physical Delivery
Performance Materials: Vocal Score

About the Work

Movements:
1. In the Bazaars of Hyderabad
2. The Coromandel Fishers
3. Cradle Song

Instrumentation: Voice and Piano

Sarojini Naidu was a suffragist and activist for Indian independence, as well as being revered for her lyrical poetry. Though they were written more than 100 years ago, her poems still capture the energy of India, and particularly Hyderabad, where my own family lives. It felt only natural to set these poems and hopefully introduce them to a wider audience in the West. This cycle of three poems is built using a mix of ragas from the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions, each chosen for its rasa or emotional valence. The first song, "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad," begins in the joyful world of Raga Khamaj, transitions to the more mysterious Hindol and concludes in an Arabic maqam (Maqam Nahawand) to pay tribute to Hyderabad's long multicultural heritage. "The Coromandel Fishers" is set in the Carnatic raga Jalarnavam, which has a connection to the ocean. The final song, "Cradle Song," is written in Vasantha, a warm and lovely raga.

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