Raag Maru Bihag, Pt. 2

\"Raag Maru Bihag, Pt. 2\" is a live recording of a Hindustani classical performance featured as the third track on the album Concert for Harmony & Peace (Live from Kala Festival 2023). The piece spans 11 minutes and 11 seconds and showcases a collaborative rendition by sitarist Debasis Chakroborty and tabla player Durjay Bhaumik.

The album captures a live concert held during the 2023 edition of the Kala Festival, though the recording was officially released on August 1, 2025, under the label KalaSudha Ltd. The composition adheres to the Raag Maru Bihag framework, a late-evening raga in the Hindustani tradition characterized by its use of komal re (flattened second) and komal dha (flattened sixth) in descent. The performance structure follows the conventional alaap-jor-jhala progression into a composed gat with improvisations, though specific compositional details or lyrical content remain undocumented in available sources.

Debasis Chakroborty leads the melodic exploration on sitar, employing the instrument’s resonant jawari (bridge) technique to emphasize the raga’s introspective and expansive phrases. Durjay Bhaumik accompanies on tabla, providing rhythmic support through traditional theka patterns and spontaneous laya variations. The recording preserves the ambient acoustics of the live venue, with audible audience presence and minimal post-production intervention.

The album Concert for Harmony & Peace serves as a documentary release of the Kala Festival’s 2023 lineup, though the full tracklist, participating artists beyond this recording, and the festival’s exact location are not specified in public records. The label KalaSudha Ltd specializes in archival and contemporary Indian classical releases, with this project marking one of its live-concert series outputs.