A book needs a good publisher to sell. V. Kalyanapuram Aravind’s tutelage under the legend T. N. Seshagopalan gives him a solid baseline. Aravind’s concert for The Music Academy packed in a lot — several contrasting kritis, raga and tala spectrum and an interesting pallavi in Dwijavanthi and even trikalam and ragamalika swaras. Niraval and swara at ‘purane srividya’ by …
K. Bharat Sundar’s concert in the company of L. Ramakrishnan, Sumesh Narayanan and Anirudh Athreya, for Kartik Fine Arts, was a dynamic and excellent presentation by the young brigade. Bharat, this year’s ‘Isai Peroli’ awardee of Kartik Fine Arts, has had a steady and remarkable rise, because of his diligence and robust vocal prowess. There was a fairly lengthy niraval …
When two well-trained singers handle kritis together, there is great vitality. The pallavi was of Dikshitar’s composition ‘Panchamatanga Mukha Ganapathina’ in the same raga but in Ghanta eka talam after two aksharas. Before commencing the concert with a virutham on Lord Vigneswara, which was followed by Tiruvottriyur Thyagaiyer’s Sahana varnam, ‘Karunimpa’, the duo rendered portions of ‘Kamalaapta Kula’ by Tyagaraja …
It is, indeed, gratifying to note that Ramakrishnan Murthy, who has gained immense popularity, keeps his creative energy under tight leash through his musical wisdom. Recipient of ‘Isai Peroli’ title from the organisation this year, Ramakrishnan Murthy justified it in every way with his performance. It was followed by Syama Sastri’s Ritigowla composition, ‘Ninnuvina marigalada.’ Here, Murthy embellished the kriti …
