Sangeetha Sambhrama
The 'Sangeetha Sambhrama' conducts music and dance festivals every year with Tyagaraja Aradhana, during which senior artistes are felicitated. Music classes under the direction of senior musician Vidushi P Rama are also conducted. There were music concerts (Jugalbandi, Classical Karnatic, Thaala Vadya, Veena fusion and old Kannada film hits too!) and dance (Kuchupudi, Bharathanatya) programmes for eight days.
T N S Krishna, who gave a vocal concert in the 'Nirantharam' on Saturday, is not a new artiste to music connoisseurs. He has been trained well by his father and guru Madhurai T N Seshagopalan and is climbing the ladder of success in quick succession. In the current concert, the familiar Varna 'Valachi' gave Krishna a flying start. The concert began 35 minutes late and another artiste joined the team after Varna. By the time they took the 'Vathapi', the audience forgot everything and got engrossed in the music.
'Vatapi' is a commonly heard Kruthi. But Krishna made it appealing with nerval and swara, though the swara prasthara appeared over stretched, for an invocatory piece. After a Sloka, the Kannada devaranama 'Neene Doddavanu' was pleasing.
It was followed by two grand compositions - 'Nannu brovu Lalitha' and 'Marivere'. Then he shifted to the main Kruthi of the evening. Saint Tyagaraja says in the "Venkatesha Ninu Sevimpanu-Keerthane, Venkatesha! protector of ascetics! we need a thousand eyes to feast of your radiant form, you are indeed my sole refuge and my Treasure".
With Alapana, Nerval (Bhagavatha Priya Tyagaraja) and Swara, it was wholesome and concluded with another devotional 'Devaki Nandana'. C N Chandrasekhar on violin, H S Sudhindra on mridanga and B Rajasekhar on morching - shared the honors with the main artiste. Need more experience
Students of the Allian University presented a ballet called 'Shiva Pancharamakshetramulu' in Kuchupudi style. Demon Tharakasura's story is well known. When Karthikeya killed Tharakasura, his body scattered into five different places, which becomes famous later, like Amara Lingeswara, Bhimeswara, Someswara etc. Young students performed with ease and confidence.
Though the costumes were colourful, they must be more careful and attentive about the jewels etc. With some more training and experience, their performance may become more impactful and mature. Dr Vasanth Kiran (Natuvanga), Sruthi Chandrasekhar (Vocal), Ramesh (Mridunga) and Murali (Flute) supported from the wings. Melodious flute
Young flautist J A Jayanth hails from a reputed musician's family. He is the grandson of T Sankaran, well known musician and musicologist. In his concert for the Sri Rama Lalithakala Mandira, Jayanth presented a number of fine compositions. Among them, 'Raka Sasivadana' caught attention easily with both raga and chitteswara. The raga takka, which belongs to the Mayamalava Varga is an ancient, pleasing raktiraga.
There are no many compositions in this raga and Tyagaraja and Dikshitar have both composed in this raga. Earlier, Kruthi 'Jaya Janakeekantha' was also enlivening. 'Maru Balka' brought nostalgic memories, while Huseni left a lingering effect. His talent came to the fore, especially in Kaapi. In the pallavi, he tried to embellish lively phrases. It was sweet, lively and played with ease and all that he needs is more experience. H M Smitha, Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma and Anoor Sunad gave lively support on Violin, Mridanga and Khanjari, respectively.
The 'Sangeetha Sambhrama' conducts music and dance festivals every year with Tyagaraja Aradhana, during which senior artistes are felicitated. Music classes under the direction of senior musician Vidushi P Rama are also conducted. There were music concerts (Jugalbandi, Classical Karnatic, Thaala Vadya, Veena fusion and old Kannada film hits too!) and dance (Kuchupudi, Bharathanatya) programmes for eight days.
T N S Krishna, who gave a vocal concert in the 'Nirantharam' on Saturday, is not a new artiste to music connoisseurs. He has been trained well by his father and guru Madhurai T N Seshagopalan and is climbing the ladder of success in quick succession. In the current concert, the familiar Varna 'Valachi' gave Krishna a flying start. The concert began 35 minutes late and another artiste joined the team after Varna. By the time they took the 'Vathapi', the audience forgot everything and got engrossed in the music.
'Vatapi' is a commonly heard Kruthi. But Krishna made it appealing with nerval and swara, though the swara prasthara appeared over stretched, for an invocatory piece. After a Sloka, the Kannada devaranama 'Neene Doddavanu' was pleasing.
It was followed by two grand compositions - 'Nannu brovu Lalitha' and 'Marivere'. Then he shifted to the main Kruthi of the evening. Saint Tyagaraja says in the "Venkatesha Ninu Sevimpanu-Keerthane, Venkatesha! protector of ascetics! we need a thousand eyes to feast of your radiant form, you are indeed my sole refuge and my Treasure".
With Alapana, Nerval (Bhagavatha Priya Tyagaraja) and Swara, it was wholesome and concluded with another devotional 'Devaki Nandana'. C N Chandrasekhar on violin, H S Sudhindra on mridanga and B Rajasekhar on morching - shared the honors with the main artiste. Need more experience
Students of the Allian University presented a ballet called 'Shiva Pancharamakshetramulu' in Kuchupudi style. Demon Tharakasura's story is well known. When Karthikeya killed Tharakasura, his body scattered into five different places, which becomes famous later, like Amara Lingeswara, Bhimeswara, Someswara etc. Young students performed with ease and confidence.
Though the costumes were colourful, they must be more careful and attentive about the jewels etc. With some more training and experience, their performance may become more impactful and mature. Dr Vasanth Kiran (Natuvanga), Sruthi Chandrasekhar (Vocal), Ramesh (Mridunga) and Murali (Flute) supported from the wings. Melodious flute
Young flautist J A Jayanth hails from a reputed musician's family. He is the grandson of T Sankaran, well known musician and musicologist. In his concert for the Sri Rama Lalithakala Mandira, Jayanth presented a number of fine compositions. Among them, 'Raka Sasivadana' caught attention easily with both raga and chitteswara. The raga takka, which belongs to the Mayamalava Varga is an ancient, pleasing raktiraga.
There are no many compositions in this raga and Tyagaraja and Dikshitar have both composed in this raga. Earlier, Kruthi 'Jaya Janakeekantha' was also enlivening. 'Maru Balka' brought nostalgic memories, while Huseni left a lingering effect. His talent came to the fore, especially in Kaapi. In the pallavi, he tried to embellish lively phrases. It was sweet, lively and played with ease and all that he needs is more experience. H M Smitha, Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma and Anoor Sunad gave lively support on Violin, Mridanga and Khanjari, respectively.