A. R. Rahman Meets Berklee - Chaiyya Chaiyya (3 of 16)

Grammy and Academy award winning composer, A. R. Rahman performed with, and was paid tribute to, by Berklee College of Music at Symphony Hall, Boston, on October 24, 2014. The repertoire for the concert spanned Mr. Rahman's illustrious discography of over 25 years. We are delighted to release all 16 pieces presented at the concert featuring 109 performers from 32 countries representing The Berklee Indian Ensemble, The Berklee World String Ensemble, and Boston University's Indian dance troupe, BU Bhangra.

This concert was produced by Annette Philip, Artistic Director of Berklee India Exchange.

Chaiyya Chaiyya
A. R. Rahman
string arr. Jacinta Clusellas

Soloists: Ishita Sinha, Aseem Suri

Performers:
Berklee Indian Ensemble

Annette Philip: director
Shilpa Ananth: vocals
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya: vocals
Dhruv Goel: vocals
Vasundhara Gupta: vocals
Rohith Jayaraman: vocals
Harshitha Krishnan: vocals
Nalini Krishnan: vocals
Joakim Molander: vocals
Armeen Musa: vocals
Kanika Patawari: vocals
Purvaa Sampath: vocals
Ishita Sinha: vocals
Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: vocals
Aseem Suri: vocals
Adriel Tjokrosaputro: vocals
Sanchitha Wickremesooriya: vocals
Trinayan Baruah: vocals
Salil Bhayani: vocals
Malavika Das: vocals
Ava Dudani: vocals
Nicolas Emden: vocals
Christopher Kazarian: vocals
Annalisa Lombardo: vocals
Malwina Masternak: vocals
Wambura Mitaru: vocals
Zoya Mohan: vocals
Paola Munda: vocals
Lydia Renold: vocals
Gretchen Schadebrodt: vocals
Ashwin Shenoy: vocals
Sahana Simha: vocals
Pankhuri Singhal: vocals
Chantal Tribble: vocals
McKain Webb-Lakey: vocals

Yazhi Guo: flute, suona, dizi
Layth Al Rubaye: violin
Harini Srinivasa Raghavan: violin
Sashank Navaladi: sarod
Fares Btoush: oud
Jacy Anderson: guitar
Aleif Hamdan: guitar
Shubh Saran: guitar
David Milazzo: alto saxophone
Edmar Colon: tenor saxophone
Samuel Morrison: baritone saxophone
Josh Shpak: trumpet
Michael Wang: trombone
Annette Philip: piano
Cheng Lu: keyboard
Achal Murthy: bass
Daniel Gonzalez: electronic drum sound
Kaushlesh Purohit: tabla, percussion
Ranajoy Das: drums
Joe Galeota Jr.: percussion
Patrick Simard: drums, percussion
M.T. Aditya Srinivasan: tabla, kanjira
Vignesh Venkataraman: mridangam

Berklee World Strings Ensemble

Eugene Friesen: conductor
Na Young Baik: first violin
Sarah Hubbard: first violin
Sumaia Martins: first violin
Stefano Melillo Melendez: first violin
Kathleen Parks: first violin
Tim Reynolds: first violin
Carlos Silva: first violin
Yeji Yoon: first violin
Ludovica Burtone: second violin
Elise Boeur: second violin
Adrianna Ciccone: second violin
Sadie E. Currey: second violin
Carolyn Kendrick: second violin
Rosy Timms: second violin
Tsung-Yuan Lee: second violin
Choeun Kim: viola
Brendan Klippel: viola
Gerson Eguiguren Martinez: viola
Dan Lay: viola
John Smith: viola
Max Wolpert: viola
Steph Dye: cello
Marta Roma: cello
Keizo Yoshioka: cello
Adrian Zemor: cello
Nathaniel Sabat: bass
Matthew Witler: mandolin
Mairi Chaimbeul: harp
Allegra Cramer: harp

Ganavya Doraiswamy: dancer
Special appearance by Boston University student dancers of BU Bhangra

Arrangements
Matthew Nicholl, string arrangements, and orchestral parts preparation

Recorded live at Boston’s Symphony Hall

Rob Rose: executive producer
Tom Riley: executive producer
Annette Philip: artistic director/producer
Clint Valladares: artist relations/co producer
Mirek Vana: co producer
Dave Wentling: production manager
Steve Colby: sound engineer
Kaushlesh Purohit: audio mixing
Jonathan Wyner: audio mastering
Reggie Lofton: video producer
Thistle Communications: video production
Nicole Egidio: editor

[malaypangtey]

Hey that's not the guys fault, sukhwinder sir's voice is just stuck in everyone's head. Great performance.

[ravirajmina]

female voice is perfect 100% remsemble with original track

[adarshraghuram]

Male signer is awesome too I dont get the dislike for him, obviously impossible to sound like sukhwinder singh, but he sounded well in his own voice

[junaidahmedkhan]

Divided by politics, united by music, love you India, from Pakistan.

[arulsubilamuthiah]

The male singer in his own voice created the magic

[ManiB]

"Jinke sar h-"
And the crowd goes crazy

[moyeedulhasan]

The way Mr. A R Rahman blend the actual sound of trains in India in this track is absolutely brilliant…

[pratikmore]

THAT CROWD as soon as the song started 🔥

[shikhardas]

The best part of your songs are you guys are not only singing but also enjoying it !

[candyflossnav]

All i see is so many people living their dreams. Wonderful.

[akshaynalawade]

The first note the female singer took! Goosebumps! ❤

[miteshshah]

The female vocalist just nailed it. Simply WOW!

[fahimuzzamanshawn]

The tone of the female vocalist was something special 👌👌

[Afzalaamingandey]

Rahman should have got OSCAR way before for this.

[abhi]

No doubt beating Sukhwinder singh ji is near to impossible but still superb ✌👌👍

[velingtonfernandes]

That Depth & mass in vocals of Female Lead

[VigneshS]

I just love "THAT" Attitude which is carried by everyone on Stage, simply amazing & entertaining!! Kudos to the entire team.

[snpssps]

The female vocalist was absolutely mind blowing! Incredible energy 💯 excellent composition. Long live ARR MASTER

[TabeshKhan]

and now my brain buzzing with the rhythm of....

"Wo yaar hai jo Khushboo ki tarha,
wo jis ki zubaan Urdu ki tarha...
meri shaam raat,
meri kayinaat,
wo yaar mera saiyaan saiyaan.
gulposh kabhi itraaye kabhi,
mehkey tau nazar aajaaye kahin,
taa'veez banaa k pehnoon usay,
aayat ki tarha miljaye kahin.
mera naghma wohi,
mera kalma wohi, mera naghma naghma, mera kalma kalma, mera naghma naghma, mera kalma kalma, mera naghma naghma, mera kalma kalma,
Yaar misaal-e-aus chaley,
pa'oon kay talay firdaus chalay,
kabhi dal dal kabhi baat baat,
main hawaa pe dhoondun us kay nishaan."

You guys should do a studio version like that "Jiya jalay", its only fair.
Annette, Please...

[sanketraut]

lockdown brought me here and i am so happy to be here :)