A mixed bag of performances
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The three-day Nada Bharati music festival saw many memorable performances.
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MUSICIANS PLATFORM At the Nada Bharathi Sangeet Sammelan 2006
The Carnatic flute recital by Manda Anantakrishna, son of late flautist, Manda Balarama Sarma, enriched the Nada Bharati music festival held at Sunadaryya Kala Bhavan. The father gave his son a good foundation in the art and built him into a fine flautist.
Anantakrishna opened with Manasunilpa in Abhogi, which was marked with free flowing swaras. The major melody of his concert was in raga Mohana (Rara Rajeeva Lochana) that shaped up into a pleasing exposition and the swaras in the kriti part was another delight.
K.V. Krishna on violin, Kalyanaraman of Vijayawada on mridangam and Janardan on ghatam accompanied him. They added their own skills in elevating the recital into an orchestral experience.
After that D. Srinivas, one of a seasoned young Veena players that Andhra has produced, entertained the audience with his skilful and well-informed play. The A grade staff artiste of AIR, in the company of M. Suryadeepti on the violin, Srinivasa Gopalan on the mridangam and Hanumantha Rao on the ghatam, simply thrilled his audience with Brovabharama in Bahudari, and Sarasangi essay that was followed by Neekela Dayaradu in it and a devotional Adi Deva in Sindhu Bhairavi.
The concerts that marked the Nada Bharati festival were an all-women musical feast by vocalists Sandhyasree, R. Geetha and a vocal duet pair Aruna and Padma. Sandhyasree's Bhairavi essay for Thyagaraja's Upacharamulanu in Adi thalam, adorned with fluent neraval and swaras marked her recital. The other exposition was Sambho Mahadeva in Pantuvarali, which was also impressive.
R. Geetha, in her concert, highlighted Kapi raga, treating it as her main essay. Inta Soukhyamani was rendered meaningfully with good expression with an imaginative swara prasthara. Aruna and Padma, have made a good name already. Thodi was the highlight of their concert and the kriti they sang in this was Srikrishnam Bhaja.
The other concerts that marked the Nada Bharati festival were the vocal by that of P. V. Subbarao's vocal, who delineated Thodi as his main melody with Kaddanuvariki as the composition and in it, Neti Sarala's vocal marked by Keeravani essay with Kaligiyunte Kada. K. Vandana, a vocal lecturer from S.V. Music College, Tirupathi too proved herself as a promising vocalist with Birana varalichi of Syamasastry in Kalyan.i Vishnubhatla sisters, Saaswathi and Krishnaveni of Vijayawada, proved to be another talented pair of good singers. Other artistes who took part in the festival were S. V. Subbalakshmi of Vizag, vocal by N. Ch. Parthasarathy and Tulasi Viswanath of Rajahmundry. The recital by vocalist Sridya, granddaughter of Kollegal Subramanyam, was the highlight of the final day and gave a finishing touch. All the numbers she sang were new, except Santamuleka in Sama The main item was Varali, which she delineated extremely well. The composition too Karuna Choodavamma of Shyama Satry in Chapu talam was a memorable rendition. .
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