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Three evenings of music
P. SURYA RAO
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The Dasara festival offered a treat to music lovers.
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Festive rendition The concerts appealed to the large gathering.
The Dasara Music Festival organised by Swarajhari of Vijayawada catered to large music loving crowds. The three-day vocal and instrumental treat took place at Sri Sivaramakrishna Kshetram.
The first day witnessed a vocal concert by M. Jalajakshi, an experienced singer from Visakhapatnam. Jalajakshi hails from a musical family and was trained by late N.Ch. Krishnamacharyulu. She started the concert with Mahishasura, a composition of Muthiah Bhagavatar in Andolika and followed aptly with all Devi kirtanas as this is the Navaratri season. Her rendition included Sarada Sada of Adibhatla Narayana Das in Khamas, Dikshitar’s Ekamreswara Nayake in Karnataka Sudha Saveri, Sankari Neeve in Begada and the main item Bale Balendu Bhooshani in Reetigowla. Her elaboration of Reetigowla was soul-filling bringing out the raga bhava to its fullest extent. Another highlight was the pallavi sung in Kambhoji set to Adi tala (misra gati). The intricate and elaborate pallavi was confidently and neatly executed by Jalajakshi showing ample depth of manodharmam. She was well supported by P. Nageswara Rao on violin and K.V. Ramakrishna on ghatam.
On the second day, Modumuri Sudhakar, a staffer of Vijayawada Akashvani and a talented vidwan, gave a vocal concert singing all keertanas in Devi stuthi. Sudhakar’s deep, tuneful and felicitous voice made the concert lively and impressive. Sharp manodharmam was also his asset. Sudhakar began his concert with his own composition, a varnam in Sruthiranjani. Next came Vatapi (Hamsadhvani), Mamavathi Sri Saraswathi of Vasudevachar in Hindola and the main item Sundari nee divya roopamu of Thyagaraja in Kalyani. Sudhakar painted an exhaustive and attractive portrait of the raga and the kriti was finished with mathematically intricate kalpana swaras. Lastly came a scintillating Thillana of Dr. Balamurali in Behag. Admirable support for the singer came from Palaparthi Nageswara Rao on the violin and K.Sadgurucharan on the mridangam.
Vidwan Pudukkottai Krishna Murthy’s veena concert was the final day’s treat. A veteran vainik and guru with vast experience, Krishnamurthy played his instrument with great command and deep scholarship. He was ably supported on the second veena by his wife Padma Krishnamurthy. The highlights were Pahimam Sri Rajarajeswari in Janaranjani, Vasudevachar’s Sri Chamundeswari in Bilahari, Rajaraja Poojithe in a rare raga Neeroshta and the main item Kamalambike in Todi. Krishna Murthy’s delineation of Todi showed his ability in handling the instrument keeping in view the melody aspect. The audience had a sweet treat. Soft and soothing support came from K. Sadgurucharan and M. Haribabu on the mridangam and ghatam respectively.
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