Musical requiem
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Pullela Peri Somayajulu of Tirupati performed at late violin maestro Peri Subba Rao’s 90th jayanthi celebrations.
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Devotional appeal Pullela Peri Somayajulu’s violin rendition.
Under the aegis of Sangeetha Ksheerasagaram and Thyagaraya Ganasabha, the late violin maestro Peri Subba Rao’s 90th Jayanthi was celebrated. The Sabha chose another veteran violinist 75-year-old Pullela Peri Somayajulu of Tirupati, to pay musical tributes.
He had R.Dinakar on violin and a well-packed percussion accompaniment comprising of Varanasi Kali Prasad on mridangam, Srinivasa Gopalan on morsing and Sridharcharya on ghatam.
The whole event gave a picture of a rich instrumental ensemble. Somayajulu learned the art from the late maestro Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu in Vizianagaram. He worked in Radio Cuttack for some time and later taught at S.V.Music College in Tirupati and served the institution for three decades. Somayajulu’s concert began with Raghunayaka in Hamsadhwani.
Then, he gave a brief essay of Karnaranjani and presented in it Vanchatonu, a Muthaiah Bhagavatar’s composition in Roopaka talam. Teliyaleru Rama in Dhenuka was the next number followed by another popular piece Devadi Deva in Sunadavinodini of Mysore Vasudevachar. Sunadavinodini was essayed briefly and the swarakalpana in kriti part was brisk. He then played Ksheerasagara Sayana in Devagandhari and then took up Hindolam as his major effort of the concert.
Next, he played, Samajavaragamana decorated with nuances.
The nereval and swarakalpana in the kriti part was exemplary. Annamacharya kirtana Paluku Tenelatalli in Karnataka Devagandhari stood out as the best piece.
It was a pleasure to listen to the Tani Avartanam by the percussionists. At a brief function, Oruganti Anandamohan and Peri Sriramamurthy spoke of Peri Subba Rao in whose memory the concert was held.
G.S
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