Colourful Ganesha festival
After Rayara Aradhana and Gokulashtami festivals, it is the turn of Ganapathi festival, which provided ample opportunity for connoisseurs to enjoy music concerts of their favourite musicians.
We could see Ganesha pendals in almost every street of the City, apart from the temples. One such organisation "Sri Vidya Ganapathi Seva Samithi" (of Dodda Ganapathi Temple), Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, conducted the week-long religious and cultural programmes with vocal, light classical music, percussion ensemble and Harikatha recitals.
T S Rama who gave a vocal recital in the special pendal here, is a senior vocalist of the State. She is a postgraduate in Music and has served as the Head of the Department of Music, APS College, Bangalore.
She has trained hundreds of students and many of them are successfully performing. Being a 'A-Top' grade artiste Rama has performed at the National Sangeeth Sammelan, and is a recipient of the annual award of the Karnataka Sangeeth Nritya Academy.
T S Rama chose a number of compositions in attractive ragas to make it a highly edifying musical concert.
The first two songs were sung as paens in praise of Lord Ganapathi. Shanmukhapriya alapana brought out the ragabhava in greater detail. 'Paramathmudu' (Vagadheeswari - Saint Tyagaraja) had a vintage flavour.
Two Kannada devaranamas - Narayana Ninna and Jagadoddharana - were sung stressing the lyrical beauty. Vachaspathi received appealing airing. Her elaboration of Pahi Jagajananee with nerval (Mohana Tharagadi) and Kalpana swara - was yet another instance of her mastery over the medium.
After a fine sloka the well known pada Aathana Paduve was also pleasing. But at the fag end of the concert, when the audience were expecting a thillana, she chose the lengthy composition Bhavayami!
T S Rama's concert was heard with more respect than excitement as she sang with deep involvement and enjoyment. B Raghuram accompanied on violin with good understanding and the Mridangist - C Cheluvaraj and M Gururaj (Morching) - extended excellent percussion support.
Sisters regale music lovers
Roopa Kiran and Deepa Anand are known in the music field as "Kasaravalli Sisters". Graduates in Music, the twin sisters have performed in leading sabhas of the country and have received several awards, including 'Surmani' from the Sursingar Samsad.
In their current concert (Sri Venugopalakrishnaswamy Gudi) Kasaravalli Sisters after rendering few popular kruthies, crowned their concert with a Pallavi, set to Adi thala. Vachaspathi alapana came as a whiff of fresh air and raga was presented in all its attractive facets.
The Pallavi "Mohana Muralidhara Gopala" was further decorated with swaraprasthara, by turns. Earlier, they sang Kedaragowla with abandon and involvement. The sisters highlighted the lush movement of the raga, in the familiar Hindola.
The "Parama Purusha" of Swathi Thirunal and a lessor known devaranama "Pankaja Mukhiyaru" in the raga Vasantha - were also delightful. Mathur Srinidhi on violin, A Renuka Prasad on mridanga and ASN Swamy on Khanjari - rose to great heights in their supporting roles.
Mysore V Subramanya
After Rayara Aradhana and Gokulashtami festivals, it is the turn of Ganapathi festival, which provided ample opportunity for connoisseurs to enjoy music concerts of their favourite musicians.
We could see Ganesha pendals in almost every street of the City, apart from the temples. One such organisation "Sri Vidya Ganapathi Seva Samithi" (of Dodda Ganapathi Temple), Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi, conducted the week-long religious and cultural programmes with vocal, light classical music, percussion ensemble and Harikatha recitals.
T S Rama who gave a vocal recital in the special pendal here, is a senior vocalist of the State. She is a postgraduate in Music and has served as the Head of the Department of Music, APS College, Bangalore.
She has trained hundreds of students and many of them are successfully performing. Being a 'A-Top' grade artiste Rama has performed at the National Sangeeth Sammelan, and is a recipient of the annual award of the Karnataka Sangeeth Nritya Academy.
T S Rama chose a number of compositions in attractive ragas to make it a highly edifying musical concert.
The first two songs were sung as paens in praise of Lord Ganapathi. Shanmukhapriya alapana brought out the ragabhava in greater detail. 'Paramathmudu' (Vagadheeswari - Saint Tyagaraja) had a vintage flavour.
Two Kannada devaranamas - Narayana Ninna and Jagadoddharana - were sung stressing the lyrical beauty. Vachaspathi received appealing airing. Her elaboration of Pahi Jagajananee with nerval (Mohana Tharagadi) and Kalpana swara - was yet another instance of her mastery over the medium.
After a fine sloka the well known pada Aathana Paduve was also pleasing. But at the fag end of the concert, when the audience were expecting a thillana, she chose the lengthy composition Bhavayami!
T S Rama's concert was heard with more respect than excitement as she sang with deep involvement and enjoyment. B Raghuram accompanied on violin with good understanding and the Mridangist - C Cheluvaraj and M Gururaj (Morching) - extended excellent percussion support.
Sisters regale music lovers
Roopa Kiran and Deepa Anand are known in the music field as "Kasaravalli Sisters". Graduates in Music, the twin sisters have performed in leading sabhas of the country and have received several awards, including 'Surmani' from the Sursingar Samsad.
In their current concert (Sri Venugopalakrishnaswamy Gudi) Kasaravalli Sisters after rendering few popular kruthies, crowned their concert with a Pallavi, set to Adi thala. Vachaspathi alapana came as a whiff of fresh air and raga was presented in all its attractive facets.
The Pallavi "Mohana Muralidhara Gopala" was further decorated with swaraprasthara, by turns. Earlier, they sang Kedaragowla with abandon and involvement. The sisters highlighted the lush movement of the raga, in the familiar Hindola.
The "Parama Purusha" of Swathi Thirunal and a lessor known devaranama "Pankaja Mukhiyaru" in the raga Vasantha - were also delightful. Mathur Srinidhi on violin, A Renuka Prasad on mridanga and ASN Swamy on Khanjari - rose to great heights in their supporting roles.
Mysore V Subramanya