Raag Jhinjhoti, Pt. 4

Raag Jhinjhoti, Pt. 4 is a live recording of a Hindustani classical vocal performance featured as the ninth track on the album Concert for Harmony & Peace (Live from Kala Festival 2023). The piece runs for 4 minutes and 43 seconds and showcases a rendition of Raag Jhinjhoti, a traditional raga associated with the late evening or early night in the Hindustani classical tradition.

Artists Lovely Sharma and Durjay Bhaumik performed the composition. Sharma contributed as the primary vocalist, while Bhaumik accompanied on instrumental support, though the exact instrumentation remains undocumented in available sources. The recording captures their performance from the Kala Festival held in 2023, though the album itself released posthumously on August 1, 2025, under the label KalaSudha Ltd.

The track adheres to the structural conventions of Raag Jhinjhoti, characterized by its use of Shuddha Ni (natural seventh) in ascent and Komal Ni (flattened seventh) in descent, along with the Vadi (dominant note) Ma (fourth) and Samvadi (subdominant note) Sa (tonic). The performance emphasizes alaap-style improvisation, though specific lyrical or compositional details, including the bandish (fixed melodic composition) or taal (rhythmic cycle) employed, are not explicitly noted in the release metadata.

The album Concert for Harmony & Peace compiles live recordings from the Kala Festival 2023, an event dedicated to showcasing classical and fusion performances. KalaSudha Ltd, the producing label, specializes in archival and contemporary releases of Indian classical music, though further context about the festival’s programming or the artists’ broader collaboration remains unconfirmed in public records.