Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil

Poet, Philologist A. K. Ramanujan wrote that Tamil Sangam poetry is considered as a poetic achievement of Indian civilization. Written between 600BC-200AD, these poems are appreciated for their poetic value, vision, metaphors and technique. Though these poems are widely discussed in the academia as well as in popular media, there is no known musical form for Sangam poems. Composer Rajan mentioned that when he read a book titled Sanga Chithirangal by writer Jeyamohan, he fell in love with those poems and tried to find any known musical forms. When he found that there were no albums or singles on any of the sangam poems, he tried to compose the first ever album on sangam poetry. About his unique style of music, he mentioned that he tried to bring in the best of three worlds- the melody of Indian classical music, Orchestration of western classical music and rhythms of tribal/ folk music. ==Track listing==

• Raleigh Rajan – Composer, Producer • William Henry Curry – Conductor, Arranger • Bombay Jayashri – Singer • Karthik – Singer • Saindhavi – Singer • Pragathi Guruprasad – Singer • Priyanka – Singer • Durham Symphony – Orchestra • Kaniyan Pungundranar – Poet • Kapilar – Poet • Sempulapeyaneerar – Poet • Okkur Masathiyar – Poet • Kayamanar – Poet • Steven Raets – Mixing and Mastering ==References==