First appeared in www.scroll.in on November 21, 2015. Pathbreaking sitar maestro Vilayat Khan is an icon for sitar players of successive generations. The tonal quality that he brought to the sitar and the lyricism and virtuosity that marked his recitals remain etched in our memories. Not given easily to creating new raags, Vilayat Khan did however compose a few. Of these, he performed Sanjh Saravali on several occasions. While this evening raag has a combination of phrases from the