Rendered With Zest
20 Thursday Sep 2012
Source: The Hindu; Author: Swathi; Photo Courtesy: M. Periasamy
The Gokulashtami-Navarathri Music Festival 2012, organised by Manoranjitham at the Sree Ayyappan Puja Sangham, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore, began with Sreevalson’s kutcheri. The artist started with ‘Sami Ninne’ varnam in Sree Ragam in durita kalam followed by ‘Merusamaana’ (Mayamalava gowla) with niraval and swaras. His instinctive grasp of the finer nuances in the presentation of the kritis, ‘Veera Hanumathe,’ ‘Sree Krishnam Bhaja Manasa’ and the Hamirkalyani kriti, ‘Gaanalola,’ with negotiation of the octaves from the base to the crescendo and the descending glides in the successive jarus with nonchalant ease demonstrated his performance skill. The number, ‘Gaanalola Neelabhaga,’ breathed eternal fragrance and the enchanting sancharas in Saveri, Sahana, Husseni and Binnashadjam had all the qualities of a well composed symphony.
At the second day’s concert, which featured the recital of Ranjani and Gayathri, the duo began their musical session with the Pantuvarali varnam, ‘Sami Ninne’ followed by Dikshitar’s ‘Sri Parthasarathy’ in Suddhadhanyasi with a crisp round of swaras setting the recital on the right keel.
2 comments
September 21, 2012 at 4:13 am
I am seeing so many concerts conducted by you. would be grateful if you could upload them so that people who cannot attend can get the opportunity to atleast see the video and enjoy the music. Hope this request will be taken view of. Please upload this video of ranjani-gayathri
October 4, 2012 at 5:30 am
Thank you for your appreciative comments. We do upload videos of concerts that we have permission for, like the Oli concerts ( http://www.youtube.com/user/MargazhibySarangi ). Any other concert videos we come across will be shared on our facebook page.
Team Margazhi.