Music for connoisseurs
P. SURYA RAO
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A five day music festival paid homage to Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu.
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IN CONCERT Annavarapu Ramaswamy performing at the event .
The five day music festival conducted as a homage to the great musician Gayaka Sarvabhowma Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu by scores of his sishya prasishyas at the Sivaramakrishna Kshetram, Vijayawada, came as a fine treat to the connoisseurs of music. It was the 55th Vardhanthi of Parupalli and the 87th Aradhana of the Paramaguru Susarla Dakshinamurthy Sastri.
The programmes started with fine vocal concerts by I. Sravanti and G.V. Ramakumari who impressed with their renditions of Upacharamu (Bhairavi) and Ambavani (Keeravani) respectively. P. Janaki of Guntur, an experienced singer, presented Paramapurusha in Vasanta giving a fresh flavour to the raga. She also did justice to the kriti Parasakthi in Saveri and Ninne Nammiti in Simhendramadhyamam. Among the junior concerts, the impressive ones were those of Kasturi Gopala Rao and Amulya's vocals; the vocal duet by Lakshmilata and Lalita and vocal by Dr.Gudipati Lalita of Eluru were also praiseworthy. In Lakshmisooramma's veena concert, Ramaneeyeda in Kharaharapriya was enjoyable.
G. Candanabala, who sang on the second day, gave a fine account of herself by singing a good pallavi Devi Brova in trisra roopaka talam. She had a sweet voice and good grasp of ragabhava. K. Annapoorna's veena concert was another good feature in the festival. One of the major attractions was the scintillating vocal duet by popular Vijayawada sisters Saraswathi and Krishnaveni who made the concert a pleasing one with a crisp varnam in Gambheeranata, Gangadhara in Poorvikalyani and Emijesithenemi in Thodi.
The delineation of Shanmukhapriya preceding Patnam Subramanya Iyer's Marivere Dikkevarayya and the kalpana swaras in it had a good impact on the audience. Tulasi Viswanadh of Rajahmundry gave a sumptuous vocal concert in which she sang Mamava Meenakshi of Dikshitar. On the last day morning there was Pancharatna brinda ganam by the Sishya Prasishyas of Parupalli.
Noteworthy concerts
The highlights of the final evening were the vocal concert by Modumudi Sudhakar and the instrumental ensemble led by veteran vidwan Annavarapu Ramaswami on the viola. Other artistes who participated in the programme were B.V. Durgabhavani, Satish Babu, Chandrakanth, Mahanti Priyanka (violins), K. Sadgurucharan and K. Saigiridhar (mridangam) and P. Kanakadurga (veena). Annavarapu and his group played Natakuranji varnam and Videmu Seyave in Kharaharapriya with great coordination.
Modumudi Sudhakar's vocal concert was marked with tuneful voice production and excellent renditions of Brochevarevare in Sriranjani, Kamaladalayata of Dr. Balamurali in Bahudari and Pharaz thillana. The annual cash award of Rs.3,000 was given to V. Kamalakar Rao, veteran mridanga vidwan.
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