Ashwath Narayanan is a musician with impeccable tutelage, good voice range and dynamics and respect for tradition. The kriti is a masterpiece in Khanda Chapu and Ashwath’s patantara allegiance took the concert to a good high. ‘Jambupathe’ was a good idea to stoke in some serenity, but the execution skipped the emotive weight and the vilamba kala mastery Dikshitar presents …
According to Prof. Sambamurthy, one of the greatest musicologists, a raga is a musical organism that keeps evolving. While talking about Dhanyasi, who can forget KVN’s special, ‘Balakrishnan Padamalar’. He presented a judicious blend of vilamba, madhyama and dhuritha kala prayogas, strengthened by sturdy pidis, to bring out the raga’s many hues. L. Ramakrishnan, disciple of senior violinist A. Kanyakumari, …
