The Komodo goes comodo. Tune in for an exposé of Râstpanjgâh, the most rarely-performed of Iranian classical modes, which is said to set a "mood conducive to thinking, concentration and enlightenment." We are a University after all.

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

1. Dastgâh-e Navâ & Avâz Bayât-e Kord (rec. 1994)

Hossein Alizâdeh - tar, Madjid Khaladj - tombak

Musique iranienne, improvisations

Buda Records, 92622-2

57'

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Dastgâh-e Râstpanjgâh (rec. 1996)

Hossein Alizâdeh - tar, Madjid Khaladj - tombak

Mahoor Institute of Culture and Art, M.CD-186

61'

(The Ionian mode, or major scale on F.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

3. Dastgâh-e Râstpanjgâh (rec. 2008)

Mozafar Shafii - voice, Farid Kheradmand - tombak, Rezâ Parviz-Zâde - kemanche, Behnâz Behnâm-Niâ - oud, Leyli Atashkâr - setar

Iran: Mozafar Shafii et l'Ensemble Râst

Ocora, C 560228

40'