A. R. Rahman Meets Berklee - Thee Thee & Malargale ft. Prasanna & Mohini Dey (7 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.

Thee Thee & Malargale ft. Mohini Dey
A. R. Rahman
string arr. Shachar Ziv

Electric Bass: Mohini Dey
Electric Guitar: Prasanna

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

[shreyadey]

That woman right there absolutely shredding the bass is my cousin sister, my uncle began teaching her bass when she was about three, makes me so proud to see how far she’s come!!

[bobbarron]

Mohini Dey's interview with Rick Beato shows what a wonder this young woman is. Here she is, surrounded by some of the best musicians, what a delight.

[rawman_vibes]

Most of India has never listened to the original and best compositions of AR Rahman which are predominantly in Tamil.

[edyue]

That bassist is groovin like no one's business sheesh, and that dude on the lead is tearin it up wow

[Rama-Rama]

Why comment only about Mohini Dey who is of course a genius beyond par, when I have never heard the guitar so *classical* as Prasanna played it! ❤️

[sirinkhiarmuma]

And he composed it in 1993. When you hear it in 2020, you still feel he composed it yesterday. Way ahead of his times, A.R Rahman !!

[lorenzrosenthal]

We don't give this flutist any credit? He's smashing it hard!

[rambleon]

This recording was 6 years ago. I just watched Rick Beato's recent interviewing with Mohini Dey on the bass. Absolutely stunning performance.

[billystewart]

Mohini Dey
You are one of the most gifted bassists I have ever watched. My 24 years of playing are irrelevant after watching your mastery. What an amazing gift!

[beactivebehappy]

That's the most intelligent audience I've ever witnessed ... who knows when to cheer!

[davidk-jzhl]

Mohini slapped and they clapped... I keep coming to this video again amd again. That violine piece is so amazing.

[GabrielVelasco]

I've seen lots of virtuoso sitar playing. I've seen lots of virtuoso guitar playing. I've never seen someone use sitar techniques on a guitar. Brilliant.

[ProductionsA]

How prasanna's solo is classical and jazzy at the same time... is what makes it so beautiful...

[centuragb]

The flute player Yazhi Guo is a genius at work... whatever I have seen of him points in that direction...

[anthonyfascella]

I'm a pure Hardcore Metal head, this was an incredible performance, Yanni comes to mind, Absolute incredible musicianship, little Mama on Bass plays it like Eddy Van Halen solo...lol
GODSPEED to all of you 🙏💓🙏

[marcxstation]

Mohini Dey really knows how to establish her dominance no matter with who she performs! Love both her playing and the energy she shares with the viewers.

[jayrandall]

It’s not about individual talent, I’ve never seen a group of musicians collectively enjoy, laugh and smile as this orchestra did in this clip. Sit down in front of a classical orchestra playing the greats of classical music and you will never see the musicians enjoying themselves so

[lisazack]

All over the world there is an explosion of amazing young female guitarists and bassists making up for lost time.

[nobody]

Before this video, I was not even knowing the name of Mohini dey. Such a shame. One the greatest Indian musician I have just watched performing. Goosebumps Goosebumps Goosebumps

[e.r.am]

Oh. My! I can't believe I am just now seeing this. This is