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Impressive anniversary fete
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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Dwaram family’s violin presentation was a treat at the ‘Vinjamuri Varshikotsavam’ organised by SICA.
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Photo G_Krishnaswamy.
Musical medley The Dwaram trio and (right) Amrutha Venkatesh
South Indian Cultural Association (SICA), organised a three-day music festival last week, in memory of Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar (1915-1991). Iyengar (1915-1991) lived in Guntur district and was a prominent musician of his times . He first worked
in AIR, Chennai and then served as producer of music in Hyderabad station of AIR and retired in that position. He was also the Vice-president of SICA for sometime and saw the growth of the organisation.
Delightful performances
The first two concerts of the festival were held at Ravindra Bharati, while third one was held at Bharatiaya Vidyabhavan. The Hyderabad Brothers Raghavachari and Seshachari opened the festival with an absorbing vocal duet in the company of Peri Sriramamurthy on violin and Vijaybhasker on mridangam. The Brothers opened with Navaraga malika varnam and rendered it in Vilamba and Druth tempos. Teliyaleru Ramabhakti in Dhenuka was their next number, rendered with good sahitya expression of each line, pregnant with bhakti bhava. It was also marked with extensive swarakalpana in rhythmic syllables displaying rich imagination of the brothers. After Dandamu pettenura in Balahamsa, a rare composition of Thygaraja, the duo took up Ganamurthy for delineation and the treatment of the raga in higher octave was a beauty. Yennadu Joothuno in Chakravakam was another fine composition they presented.
The second programme was that of Chennai-based Amrutha Venkatesh. She is the student of M.T. Sarvanarayana and Charumati Ramachandran and the recipient of central government scholarship and won many awards as best vocalist including ‘Voleti memorial award’ from Krishna Gana sabha of Chennai. Amrutha opened with Kalyana ata tala varnam in Vilamba and Drut kalas. Then she went for Mayamalavagowla raga kirtana Devadeva Kalayami of Swathi Tirunal which adding an imaginative swarakalpana. She then gave a sketch of Nayaki for Thyagaraja’s Nee Bhajana Gana and followed it with a rare composition Sanatana in Phalamanjani presented with sahitya bhava. Later she rendered a Tarangam Govindamiha Gopikananda in Ragesri. K.S.Venkatasubramanyam on violin and G.J. Arjun Ganesh on mridangam lent good support.
On the third evening, scions of Dwaram family - Durga Prasad, Manorama and Satyanarayana Rao - gave a pleasing violin concert. The trio satiated the curiosity of the listener to enjoy the rare Dwaram bani, set by their grandfather, Venkataswami Naidu. They began the concert with Bhairavi raga Ata Tala varnam striking rapport with audience. Durga Prasada Rao played the first raga of the concert, Sourashtra with the other two joining him in playing Sriganapatini Sevimparare in it. After the trio played another composition Hechharikagarara in Yadukula Kambhoji, Durga Prasad essayed Kamalamanohari. Kanjadalayatakshi of Deekshitar was their choice in this. Nijamarmamulanu in Umabharanam was another interesting offering by them. Ranjani was the third raga also delineated by Durga Prasad. Their choice number in this was Durmargacharadhamula with all the three sharing the play of Neravu and swarakalpana each displaying their own imagination, bringing out the flavour of Dwaram bani. Ninuvina in Navarasa Kannada and Nagumomu ganaleni in Abheri were other notable pieces of the concert. The chose later Sankarabharanam for their ragam-tanam-pallavi exercise in Sakarabharanam. Swararagasudha was the kriti they presented with imaginative swarakalpana. After a long time one got to watch mridangam maestro Kamalakara Rao in action who gave an intuitive mridangam support along with another percussion artiste K. Krishna Prakash on Kanjira.
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