The Pune Guitar Society(PGS) presented a concert of guitar and piano music at the Mazda Hall in March 2017. This was the first concert in a series of three concerts planned this year by the PGS and showcased some important solo works from Spain and Latin America written for the guitar and the piano. The second concert, which will be presented at the Gyaan Adab Centre on Aug 19th, 2017, will focus primarily on solo guitar repertoire from early 19th century […]

The years 1900 through 1912 could be thought of as the British composer Gustav Holst's (1874-1934) "Sanskrit" period. Inspired by his Theosophist stepmother, Holst developed an interest in the religious literature and poetry of India in his mid-twenties, going so far as to learn the rudiments of the Sanskrit language at University College, London, so that he could make his own translations when he found those that were available unsuitable for his musical settings.  His first effort in this vein was the opera […]

The years 1900 through 1912 could be thought of as the British composer Gustav Holst’s (1874-1934) “Sanskrit” period. Inspired by his Theosophist stepmother, Holst developed an interest in the religious literature and poetry of India in his mid-twenties, going so far as to learn the rudiments of the Sanskrit language at University College, London, so that he could make his own translations when he found those that were available unsuitable for his musical settings.  His first effort in this vein was the opera […]

There has always been that human need to get away from mundane everyday things and enter a whole new world. The Stop-Gaps in its endeavour  to always be different  does precisely that in it’s latest  offering  ‘ Fun and Fantasy’. Here then is no hand over hand, row upon row of straight faced choral singing , but  voices blend  with movement, sets and costumes to take one on a magic carpet ride! And what better way than to do medley […]