JOIN USEnthralling music festival
The Bharatiya Saamagana Sabha conducted quiz competition, presentation of awards and music concerts (both Karnatic and Hindustani) in this year’s music festival “Navarasa Sangeethotsava” held last week. Abhishek Raghuram, one of the most sought after young vocalist, presented a vibrant concert at the festival.
“Ananda Natana Prakasham” gave a good start and swara for “Srivalli Deva” was brief but interesting. Kamach which belongs to the 28th Mela Harikambodhi, is a pleasing raga, with many popular compositions in it.
Kamach received detailed airing and the “Thaana” was more edifying. And it also revealed how the youngster can intelligently render the Graha Beda! Needless to say the pallavi was embellished with racy swara prasthara.
H N Bhaskar on violin excelled – especially in Kamach and Arjun Kumar on mridanga rose to great heights throughout. But Sundar Kumar on khanjari, joined the team after the first composition.
Aradhana concerts
During the 23rd Aradhana Sapthaha, the BTM Cultural Academy paid rich tributes to great composers like Purandara Dasa, Tyagaraja, Muthuswamy Deekshithar, Shyama Sastry, Mysore Sadhashiva Rao and Ballary M Seshagiri Achar.
K Gayatri, who is slowly establishing as a good vocalist, is a disciple of senior musician Suguna Purushothaman and is a postgraduate in music. She presented a few selected compositions of Syama Sastry, one of the trinities of Karnatic music.
Syama Sastry (1762-1827) has created his own unique style and is a class by itself. Music, lyrics, and rhythm find their best blend, in his compositions. Gayathri sang “Ninuvina” in a majestic “Vilamba Kaala.” The “Kamakshee”
attracts with not only lyrics but also with its “Kaala Pramana.”
Her talent and hard practice came to fore in the “Palinchu Kamakshee.” Indeed it was a weighty kruthi, but her full potential did not come alive in this concert. She was well supported by Adithi Krishna Prakash on violin, Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma on mridanga, S Srishyla on ghata and Prasanna Kumar on morching.
Spring Music Festival
Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira honoured Dr Bombay Jayashri Ramanath with “Sangeetha Vedantha Dhureena” award, last week.
In the 60th year programme of the institution, Sanjay Subramanian who sang in the “Sankranthi Sangeethotsava” (Spring Music Festival), has gained a reputed place in the Karnatic music world, through his talent.
He sang a number of compositions in good ragas, mainly two ragas were delineated in an attractive way. In the early part of the concert he dwelt on raga Thodi in detail, with due stress on pivotal swaras and phrases, registering well on the listeners.
In the Keerthane “Kolavamare Gada,” Saint Tyagaraja says – “It has been my privilege to offer Sri Rama, the wielder of the Kodanda, in my humble abode, an honour not bestowed even on His most intimate devotees! To lose myself in singing His glory --------- What an enviable blessing”!
In the second half of the programme Sanjay chose Kedaragowla, very appealing Rakti raga.
The Pallavi was noted for its “ragabhava” heightening its emotional appeal. Earlier, with his fine voice, also sang a infrequent kruthi of Mutthaiah Bhagavathar and a Kannada devaranama – “Maneyollagado Govinda” and “Nira Pamana” with vintage flavour.
Mysore Nagaraj, K U Jayachandra Rao and B Rajashekhar – provided competent support on violin, mridanga and morching, respectively.