An expressive concert
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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Venkatakrishna's `kriti' rendition was expressive.
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ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTE Komanduru Venkatakrishna
Komanduru Venkatakrishna is one of the best violin accompanists in Andhra, and following the footsteps of his father, Seshadri, he too chose to become a vocalist cum violinist. He is currently working as a lecturer in violin at Venkateswara Music College, Tirupati. Venkatakrishna was recently in town togive a vocal concert for Hyderabad Music Circle and Thygaraya Gana Sabha, who arranged the program jointly last week.
Krishna began the show with Vasantha raga varnam and went on to Swaminatha Paripalayamam of Deekshitar in Nata an invocation. He added wonderful swarakalpana to it that also exercised his sharpened his voice. He then rendered Devininnu Brova of Shyama Sastry in a rare raga Chintamani.
The kirtana came off well with a melodic lilt. He took up Arabhi for brief sketch and sang Chala Kallaladukonna of Thyagaraja, rendering the lines in different sangaties to make literary impact. This was also marked by a good swarakalpana. He then rendered Pranaamamyaham in Ranjani, a rarely rendered composition in misrajati Triputa tala. Srisankaraguruvaram in Nagaswaravali served as relief number before the the major melody Thodi, for the popular composition of Thyagaraja Kaddanu Vaariki.
He expanded the raga carefully and maintained the flavour of the raga till the end as he moved into higher octaves. The kriti rendition was expressive and was further highlighted by the nereval and swarakalpana. The other notable numbers were an Annamacharya kirtana in Sindhu Bhairavi, then a ragamalika slokam and a tillana in Kuntala Varali. N. C. Ananta Krishna on the violin and G. Ramachandran on the mridangam lent intuitive support. The tani avarthanam was an impressive addition.
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