A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan
2 years, 11 months ago

A carefully navigated concert by Sudha Ragunathan

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Sudha Ragunathan’s concert for the Music Academy relied on her famed presentation mantra and delivery style. ‘Enraikku siva kripai varumo’ in misra chapu and a dominant upper octave structure served as the booster to recoup her voice fluency. Mysore Sadasiva Rao’s ‘Saketha nagaranatha’ in rupakam is a unique kriti with a vibrant madhyama kala course and even a durita sprint at the end. One has not heard the ragamalika version of ‘Asai mukham marandhu poche’, and it left a warm sentiment at the end of a concert that was reshaped well to mitigate the early voice strains.

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