Renaissance polyphony sung in Indian sargam -

Lassus's secular French piece interpreted in both the original French and the Indian system of swaras or sargam (solfège)

Dessus le marché d'Arras (Orlande de Lassus)

'Mash-up' Vocal rendition of the themes from Studio Ghibli's films, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro (Mononoke Hime and Kaze No Toorimichi)

Recorded 2013

Mononoke Hime(Theme from Princess Mononoke)/Kaze No Toorimichi

'Memory' - Reprise from the Broadway musical, Cats
Sung by Vidita Kanniks
Recorded 2013

Memory - Cats  (Elaine Page)by Vidita Kanniks

'Munbe Vaa' from the Tamil Movie 'Sillunu Oru Kaadhal'
Originally sung by Shreya Ghoshal, Music by A.R. Rahman
Cover Version by Vidita Kanniks, Recorded in 2013

Youtube Link for Music Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KkfyCX2-i8

Munbe Vaa (Shreya Ghoshal, A.R. Rahman) - Cover By Vidita Kanniks

'Kismat Se Tum' from the Indian film 'Pukar' (2000) - Cover version by Vidita Kanniks, recorded in 2010. Originally sung by Anuradha Paudwal and Sonu Nigam

Kismat Se Tum Humko Mile Ho - A.R. Rahman, Pukar

Mash-up Version of Naane Varugiren from the Tamil film 'OK Kanmani', Jiya Jale from 'Dil Se', and the theme from 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram' . All vocals, accompaniment, and arrangement by Vidita Kanniks 
Photography credit : Radha Ganesan

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Naane Varugiren | Jiya Jale (AR Rahman Cover)[HQ Audio]

Lata Mangeshkar's meera bhajan 'Karam Ki Gati Nyari' sung by Vidita Kanniks 

Karam Ki Gati Nyari (Lata Mangeshkar) - Vidita Kanniks

Selection of 17th century airs de cour by Étienne Moulinié (ca 1600 – ca 1670)
Recorded live in recital at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal QC, April 14th, 2019

Vidita Kanniks, Soprano
Sylvain Bergeron, Lute

Amis, enivrons nous | Étienne Moulinié

One of French medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut's most known secular songs (virelai)

Vidita Kanniks, Soprano
Sylvain Bergeron, Lute

Performed live at Redpath Hall, McGill University
April, 2018

Douce dame jolie, Guillaume de Machaut (Clip)

From Italian Renaissance composer Luzzasco Luzzaschi's collection, 'Madrigali per cantare e sonare a uno, doi e tre voci'

Vidita Kanniks, Soprano
Justin Luchinksi, Harpsichord

Performed live at Clara Hall, McGill University
December 2020

O Primavera, Luzzasco Luzzaschi

A fun choral multitrack to celebrate the birthday of J.S. Bach! 

This was largely inspired by the Indo-colonial airs of South Indian composer Mutthusvami Dikshitar written (literally just for fun) in the 19th century as a response to western tunes heard on the streets during the British occupation of India. Dikshitar wrote syntactically perfect, profound sacred texts in Sanskrit to fit roughly 35 of these recognizable tunes (God save the queen, Rakes of Mallow, etc.) which are now sung commonly in the Carnatic pedagogical tradition. How cool?

Upon hearing this particular Swingle arrangement my father immediately thought to take on the style of Dikshitar in setting it to Sanskrit poetry describing Hindu deity Rama of Valmiki's epic, the 'Ramayana'. Surprisingly the structure and stresses of the language fit Bach's melodies quite idiomatically! Here is  the result ~ hope you'll enjoy it as much as we enjoyed putting it together :) 

Text by: Kanniks Kannikeswaran
 Original arrangement: Ward Swingle/The Swingles
Vocals: Vidita Kanniks, Soprano

Bach English Suite No. 2 Bourrée : Acapella/Swingle/Sanskrit Edition

Vidita Kanniks, Soprano
Eva Stone-Barney, Echo
Amanda Kitik, Oboe
Jessica Korotkin, Cello
Justin Luchinksi, Harpsichord 

Performed live at Clara Hall, McGill University
December 2019

"Flößt, mein Heiland (Echo Aria)" , Bach Christmas Oratorio - BWV 248 Part IV No. 39

Vidita Kanniks, Soprano
Amanda Kitik, Oboe
Jessica Korotkin, Cello
Justin Luchinksi, Harpsichord 

Performed live at Clara Hall, McGill University
December 2019

BWV 93 VI. Ich will auf den Herren schau'n

Vidita Kanniks is a versatile collaborative vocalist with backgrounds in Indian and Western classical music.

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