Enthralling concerts
MES Kalavedi in collaboration with the Karnataka Ganakala Parishat held a music concert as part of the Parvathi Bai Ullal and G S Ullal Endowments.
T V Ramaprasad, who hails from Bangalore and settled in Chennai, is a senior vocalist who is known as a performer, teacher and music administrator. He is a recipient of "Ganakalashree" title and a Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta.
Ramaprasad opened his concert with a evocative raga Vasantha (Seethamma Mayamma of Saint Tyagaraja) and followed by a infrequent krithi "Rama Nee Dasudane" of Spencer Venugopal. Malavi belongs to Harikambodhi mela and is a "Ubhaya Vakra Sampurna" raga and we can easily say that Tyagaraja brought it to light. In any case it is a appealing raga.
Even the Chitteswara is attractively knitted. "Lalithesri Pravrithe," one of the "Lalgudi Pancharathna" was rendered with nerval. Then he sang a meaningful devaranama "Maanava Janma Doddadu" of Purandaradasaru. To highlight all the shades of Thodi, one of the Ghana ragas, he chose the reputed swarajathi of Syama Sastry, as the mainstay of his programme. Even the miscellaneous pieces like "Baro Krishnaiah" and "Bho Shambo" left the same swing and sway effect. Kudos to accompanists (Nalina Mohan on violin and Melakaveri Balaji on mridanga) for their wonderful support.
Flights of fantasy
Ganjam Annual Music Festival "Flights of Fantasy" was conducted for three days at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, last week. Sreeram Prasad and Ravikumar, popularly known as "Malladi Brothers" opened their concert with the "Raghunayaka" of Saint Tyagaraja. Though it is a simple composition, the brothers brightened it with attractive swaraprasthara. "Enduku Nirdaya" in Harikambodhi, is an old time favourite and the swara also pleased with good ragabhava. As it was the "Karthika Deepotsava" day, they chose that special composition "Arunachala Natham."
After a keerthane in Balahamsa, they invested the krithi with some dignity in form and content through alap, meaningful nerval and lively swara. To crown it all Charukeshi raga's grandeur was brought out in the stately exposition of the Pallavi. Malladi Brothers sang with full involvement and there was the clarity of expression of the lyrics. They were ably supported by Embar Kannan on violin, Narayana Raju on mridanga and Srishyla on ghata and received the admiration of the audience.
Sangeetha Surabhi
This year's "Sangeetha Surabhi" Award by the Nadasurabhi was conferred on Madurai T N Seshagopalan, which was received by his son T N S Krishnan on Sunday. Young
T N S Krishnan gave a fine concert after the award function. Right from the opening varna "Sarasuda," Krishnan proved that he is a chip of the old block, which was reflected throughout the concert.
"Alakalalla" (Tyagaraja) was also a fine choice. Connoisseurs also enjoyed the Valajapet Venkataramana Bhagawathar and Muthaiah Bhagawathar's compositions and were proof of the vocalist's repertoire. Thodi raga's "Bhava" was felt by the sizeable audience. In a quick succession he presented the Raga, Thana and Pallavi of Shanmukhapriya raga and in that intricate thala sankeerna Triputa. It was worthy of a seasoned maestro, who lent depth and dimension and swayed the audience. This drew ready response from senior accompanists C N Chandrasekhar (violin), V Praveen (mridanga), G Omkar Rao (ghata) and M Gururaj (morching).
Mysore VSubramanya
MES Kalavedi in collaboration with the Karnataka Ganakala Parishat held a music concert as part of the Parvathi Bai Ullal and G S Ullal Endowments.
T V Ramaprasad, who hails from Bangalore and settled in Chennai, is a senior vocalist who is known as a performer, teacher and music administrator. He is a recipient of "Ganakalashree" title and a Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeta.
Ramaprasad opened his concert with a evocative raga Vasantha (Seethamma Mayamma of Saint Tyagaraja) and followed by a infrequent krithi "Rama Nee Dasudane" of Spencer Venugopal. Malavi belongs to Harikambodhi mela and is a "Ubhaya Vakra Sampurna" raga and we can easily say that Tyagaraja brought it to light. In any case it is a appealing raga.
Even the Chitteswara is attractively knitted. "Lalithesri Pravrithe," one of the "Lalgudi Pancharathna" was rendered with nerval. Then he sang a meaningful devaranama "Maanava Janma Doddadu" of Purandaradasaru. To highlight all the shades of Thodi, one of the Ghana ragas, he chose the reputed swarajathi of Syama Sastry, as the mainstay of his programme. Even the miscellaneous pieces like "Baro Krishnaiah" and "Bho Shambo" left the same swing and sway effect. Kudos to accompanists (Nalina Mohan on violin and Melakaveri Balaji on mridanga) for their wonderful support.
Flights of fantasy
Ganjam Annual Music Festival "Flights of Fantasy" was conducted for three days at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, last week. Sreeram Prasad and Ravikumar, popularly known as "Malladi Brothers" opened their concert with the "Raghunayaka" of Saint Tyagaraja. Though it is a simple composition, the brothers brightened it with attractive swaraprasthara. "Enduku Nirdaya" in Harikambodhi, is an old time favourite and the swara also pleased with good ragabhava. As it was the "Karthika Deepotsava" day, they chose that special composition "Arunachala Natham."
After a keerthane in Balahamsa, they invested the krithi with some dignity in form and content through alap, meaningful nerval and lively swara. To crown it all Charukeshi raga's grandeur was brought out in the stately exposition of the Pallavi. Malladi Brothers sang with full involvement and there was the clarity of expression of the lyrics. They were ably supported by Embar Kannan on violin, Narayana Raju on mridanga and Srishyla on ghata and received the admiration of the audience.
Sangeetha Surabhi
This year's "Sangeetha Surabhi" Award by the Nadasurabhi was conferred on Madurai T N Seshagopalan, which was received by his son T N S Krishnan on Sunday. Young
T N S Krishnan gave a fine concert after the award function. Right from the opening varna "Sarasuda," Krishnan proved that he is a chip of the old block, which was reflected throughout the concert.
"Alakalalla" (Tyagaraja) was also a fine choice. Connoisseurs also enjoyed the Valajapet Venkataramana Bhagawathar and Muthaiah Bhagawathar's compositions and were proof of the vocalist's repertoire. Thodi raga's "Bhava" was felt by the sizeable audience. In a quick succession he presented the Raga, Thana and Pallavi of Shanmukhapriya raga and in that intricate thala sankeerna Triputa. It was worthy of a seasoned maestro, who lent depth and dimension and swayed the audience. This drew ready response from senior accompanists C N Chandrasekhar (violin), V Praveen (mridanga), G Omkar Rao (ghata) and M Gururaj (morching).
Mysore VSubramanya