Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali
Music from the Sufi Shrines of Pakistan
Saturday 25 August 2007 15:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
As part of the India and Pakistan '07 season, Jameela Siddiqi visits the shrine of Pakpattan to hear music from Sufi fakir Sain Zahoor, and joins Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali at their family shrine in a tribute to their uncle Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died ten years ago this month.
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Saturday 25 August 2007, 3:00pm
Recorded on location in Pakistan, July 2007
Youths at the Shrine of Baba Farid: Qawaal (1.45)
Baba Farid was a great 11th century poet and the first to turn vernacular Punjabi, an everyday language of bazaars, into something spiritual and beautiful with a literary tradition to match.
Recorded Thursday 12 July 2007 in Pakpattan, Pakistan
Sain Zahoor: Allah Hoo (6.45)
Sain Zahoor specialises in the poetry of the great Sufi Saint Baba Bullhe Shah. Bullhe Shah lived during the 17th century and his poetry is full of the bitter-sweet pain and the trials and tribulations of the devotee who loves unconditionally.
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Recorded July 2007 in Pakpattan, Pakistan
Interview: Sain Zahoor (3.25)
Sain Zahoor: Sultan Bahu (3.21)
Sultan Bahu was a famous poet of the Punjab.
http://www.hazratsultanbahu.com/
Recorded July 2007 in Pakpattan, Pakistan
Interview: Sain Zahoor (0.55)
Sain Zahoor: Tan Tan Tan (Tumba) (5.33)
The Tumba is a three-stringed instrument, which is played as one string.
Recorded July 2007 in Pakpattan, Pakistan
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: Man kunto maula (12.56)
Rizwan and Muazzam are the nephews of the great Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who died ten years ago this month.
Recorded July 2007 in Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Interview: Rizwan and Muazzam (3.07)
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: Raag Gawati (8.16)
This is a song where the devotee is appealing to the great Sufi master Mohinuddin Chisti of Ajmer: the devotee says, "O Master, turn your merciful glance towards me. This is my plea. You know what's in my heart. Overlook my faults, and please allow me to be with you."
Recorded July 2007 in Faisalabad, Pakistan
Interview: Rizwan and Muazzam (3.03)
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: Turia Turia (9.29)
These are the words of the 11th century mystic Baba Farid of Pakpatta.
Recorded July 2007 in Faisalabad, Pakistan
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