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Music Season
BRAHMA GANA SABHA
Favourite of the season
Rithvik Raja.
Rithvik Raja, a student of T. M. Krishna, has the advantage of a sruti aligned, felicitous, resonant voice, and thus the job is half done. The programme began with the Sahana varnam that seems to be favoured by quite a few musicians this season. ‘Deva Deva’ in Mayamalavagowla is another composition that is heard frequently. The niraval in the charanam and swaras swing the concert into a vivacious stride. The number of young artistes making the grade on the vio
lin and percussion is an encouraging sign for the future of Carnatic music.
Vijay on the violin proved that he has got what it takes to flower into a musician of quality, and so does Baradwaj on the mridangam. The alapana suite of Begada was indicative of proficiency and efficiency in performing skills. The raga was elaborated with a singular focus on the sublime beauty of Begada. ‘Vaa Muruga,’ a vintage composition of Spencer Venugopal was endued with adequate emotion and commendable musical consciousness.
The ‘vistara’ of Keeravani covering the madhya and tara stayis was pleasing, except for some phrases that skirted the periphery of Mayamalavagowla in the middle octave, due to shades of the antara gandharam sung as anuswaram attached to the suddha madhyamam. This sensitivity to anuswaram would enhance the quality of raga delineations. The expansion on the violin conforms to satisfactory listening parameters, Tyagaraja’s ‘Kaliginte’ sung at a slower kalapramanam than is customary, a la his mentor, the lyrical development, the swaras inclusive of a kuraippu in the slow tempo initially and switching on later to the dhurita kalam, the finishing sequences with a korvai bore testament that the singer had done his homework with care. Bharadwaj, an up and coming percussionist, accentuated his penchant for precise, rhythmic interpretation.
S. P.
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