A musical feast
P. SURYA RAO
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Musicians played to a packed audience during the five-day fest.
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VERITABLE FEAST Veena by D. Srinivas.
In connection with the 124th Jayanthi of the legendary vocal vidwan, Late Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Pantulu, Gayakasarvabhowma Sangeeta Parishat presented a five-day musical feast at Sri Sivaramakrishna Kshetram, Vijayawada. T. Swathi Srikrishna of Chennai gave the first concert on the inaugural day. Swathi, a disciple of late Krishnamacharyulu and a competent singer, started her concert with Sahana varnam and followed it with Raghunayaka in Hamsadhvani, at the end of which she impressed with fine kalpana swaras. Mayamalavagowla was explicitly elaborated and the kriti Merusamana also carried good swaras. Though Nanupalimpa in Mohana was the major item of the concert, Swathi excelled in the delineation of Varali in which she rendered Bangaru Kamakshi. The Mohana elaboration came out as a fine essay of the raga bhava. Swathi had fine support from B. V. Durgabhavani (violin) and K. Sadguracharan (mridangam).
From the second day onwards the programme started with junior concerts. Smt. Rama Bhagawan sang a rare composition of Dikshitar Sri Ganesatparam in Veenavadini and presented a splendid Kambhoji preceeding the kriti Marakatavalli. Rama was accompanied by G. Seetaramalakshmi on the violin and K. Sai Giridhar on the mridangam.
The main concert of the evening was a vocal duet by Malladi brothers, Sriramprasad and Ravikumar. The highly gifted brothers kept the packed audience in raptures throughout with their well-blended voices, traditional style and sharp manodharmam. The starting item was the efficiently rendered Viriboni and Kalayami Raghuramam, a rare kriti of Swathi Thirunal, in Begada followed it. The raga delineation and swaras stood as ample proof of the manodharmam ability of the Malladis.
The main item Chakkani Raja Margamu, the majestic composition of Thyagaraja in Kharaharapriya, was memorably rendered by Prasad and Ravi with soul-stirring raga delineation and well-coordinated kalpana swaras. Seasoned accompanists Ampolu Muralikrishna (violin) and M. Lakshminarayana Raju (mridangam) proved their mettle in their solos. The closing items of the concert were Tarangam in Bilahari, a Ramadas kirtana tuned by their guru Nedunuri and a bhajan.
The first programme on the third day was a vocal concert by Vemuri Viswanath, an aspiring and talented singer. His renditions of Navaragamalika varnam, Mahaganapathim (Nata), Kamakshi, swarajathi of Syamasastri, and as the main item, Dr. Balamurali's composition Sada tavapada Sannidhim in Shanmukhapriya, and the Ramadas kirtana Entapanijesitivi Rama were appealing. Viswanath was accompanied by G. Satish Babu on the violin and Sai Giridhar on the mridangam. The main programme was an instrumental ensemble comprising of D. Srinivas (veena), Surya Deepti (violin), M. L. N. Raju (mridangam) and M. Haribabu (ghatam). The group played with excellent coordination.
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