Serious classical ragas return to the Komodo Dragon Broadcast. We start in the morning, find ourselves at midnight, and work backwards to afternoon.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:30am

1. Raga Nat Bhairav (rec. 1996)
Tarun Bhattacharya - santur, Shib Shankar Roy - tabla
Biswas Records, BIS 58
24:27
(Play time = Morning.)

2. Raga Darbari (rec. 1987)
Imrat Khan - surbahar [bass sitar]
Nimbus Records, NI 5118
48:38
(Midnight. AKA Darbari Kanada. The foremost raga of 16th and 17th century Mughal court. Serious and dignified.)

Set #2 - 9:30am - 11:00am

3. Raga Shree
Rajender Prasanna - bansuri flute, Athar Hussain - tabla, Rajesh Prasanna - swarmandal [zither]
Tribute to Pandit Raghu Nath Prasanna
Super Cassettes Industries, SICCD-132
41:20
(Just after sunset. Lots of "odd" intervals in this one, i.e augmented third between Db and F# in ascending melodies.)

4. Raga Purvi
Vidyadhar Vyas - voice, Sandip Bhattacharya - tabla
The Raga Guide Disc 4
Nimbus Records, NI 5536/9
4:34
(Sunset.)

5. Raga Patdip (rec. 2003)
Allyn Miner - sitar, Samir Chatterji - tabla
Virama (Repose)
Neelam Audio & Video, NICI 145
30:13
(Afternoon.)

6. Kiran Ahluwalia & Kafi Azmi: Main Dhoondta Hoon [Eternal Search] (rec. 2003)
Kiran Ahluwalia - voice
Beyond Boundaries
Kiran Music, KM-2003
7:20