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Revival of temple art
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A musical programme with unique instruments was a refreshing change.
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The present team in Hyderabad appears to be popularising it.
Role play Popularising the genre
Sujanaranjani, presented a programme titled Nadalahari - an instrumental ensemble at its venue, the Hanuman Devasthanan, Sanath Nagar last week. The programme featured Nandikunta Venkateswarlu playing nadaswaram, Nagoorbabu on flute, A. D. Narayana o
n dolu, Kapa Srinivasa Rao on mridangam and Bachu Janardan on ghatam. It was an enjoyable show. However the tonal levels of the instruments could not match well because of the dominating nadaswaram. To keep away the monotony they included a violin and restricted the duration of the show to an hour.
Symphonic beginnings
The orchestral show was opened with the popular Hamsadhwani piece - Vatapi Ganapathim and followed it with an evergreen composition of Thyagarja’s Pancharatna kirtana-Endaro Mahanubhavulu in Sri Ragam. A special piece named as Mallari was played in raga Gambheeranata, in Khandajati Triputa Talam that alone stretched to almost an hour. Mallari is originally a part of Utsava Sampradaya kirtanas, developed more a rhythmic exercise. This was originally developed as temple art in Tamil Nadu. Initially there used to be only nadaswaram and dolu combination, now other instruments have also been added. It uses the techniques of Gopucha Yati, Srotovahati Yati and Dhmaruka Yati in presentation.
It is a bit similar to Siva Tandava style of rhythm, with the other instruments giving a musical strain in Gambheeranata raga, which suits this kind of experiment.
This was first said to have been experimented by mridangam maestro Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam. The present team in Hyderabad appears to be popularising it. Other items played by the ensemble were a Meera Bhajan Payoji Maine in Pahadi, Pibare Rama Rasam of Sadasiva Brahmendra in Ahir Bhairavi and a Purandaradasa kirtana in Sindhu Bhairavi, adding to the concluding part. However, this programme proved to be something different from the routine musical concert exercises.
G.S
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