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MUSIC ACADEMY

Photo: V.Ganesan

Excellent teamwork: Rudrapatnam Brothers.

What the brothers served was abstemious food spiced only with mild fragrances but of pure variety.

The varnam in Sri ragam, the Navagraha kriti, ‘Sooryamoorthey’ in Sowrashtram, and ‘Narishma Mamava’ in Aarabhi (Swati Tirunal) slowly picked up tempo when Thiyagarajan started the alapana for Dhanyasi. His system-bound approach eluding style carried depth than flamboyance. ‘Na Moraalakinchi Nannu Brovavamma’ of Veena Kuppier indeed gave a fresh feel.

The siblings shared an intense niraval and swaras on the line ‘Nannu Brova Rada Na Me dayaleda’ and the composition also was suffixed with an intricate chittaswaram.

Tharanathan’s Sahana alapana was rather staid because of the raga’s innate limitations but the projection of Tyagaraja’s ‘Giripai Nela’ was substantial.

The concert included an unheard Tyagaraja kriti, ‘Sari Jesi Vedugaju’ in a rare raga Deevravahini. The mandatory Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi for the Academy concert was in Sriranjani.

The raga exposition was fairly shared by the brothers.

The raga sancharas were brisk and tidy. But beyond the raga expose, the tanam and pallavi had to move a bit fast for the brothers’ stand with a pallavi set in kanda jathi triputa, ‘Raja Rajeswari Tripura Sundari Rama Sahodari Sri’ appended with trikalam and ragamalika swaras intentionally selected on Sri, Ranjani, Janaranjani, Karnaranjani impressively.

Rudrapatnam Brothers enjoyed the full and competent support of C.N.Chandrasekaran on the violin, Yella Venkateswara Rao on the mridangam (provided a surprise package of thani from subtle soft to roaring beats) and T.V.Vasan on the ghatam.

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