Raga Kirwani: Gat in medium chachar (14)

Raga Kirwani: Gat in medium chachar (14) is a track from the album Salon de Musique, released in 2002 under the label Living Music Traditions. The composition features a 7-minute and 39-second performance in the chachar taal (14-beat cycle) of Raga Kirwani, a raga associated with the late evening or early night in the Hindustani classical tradition.

Ken Zuckerman performs on the sarod, accompanied by Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri on the tabla. The track exemplifies the gat-tod style, a structured improvisational form in instrumental Hindustani music. The medium tempo setting allows for intricate melodic elaboration within the raga’s framework, characterized by its use of komal re (flattened second) and komal dha (flattened sixth) in ascent and descent.

The album Salon de Musique was issued in CD format and compiles live and studio recordings of North Indian classical music. The collaboration between Zuckerman and Chaudhuri highlights their interpretive approach to traditional raga forms, with this track serving as the seventh piece in the collection. No additional production credits or alternate versions of the recording are documented in available sources.