Saturday, November 24, 2012

Abhishek Raghuram 22nd December 2012

Charulatha Ramanujam is raising the bar of her performance in each and every concert. If it was her Devagandhari last month during Navarathri concert stood out, yesterday she did held forte and the onslaught from Abhishek to render a brilliant Ananda Bhairavi alapana (Marivera gati). What followed was a soulful rendition of krithi by Abhishek. Started with Kalyani varnam (Vanajakshi). Known for hi
s speed and swara korvai’s he didn’t disappoint with a lovely Kanada krithi (Sri Naradha Naadha) with detailed swaras and Purvi Kalyani ( Paraloga samadname) to follow. The main piece was Todi (Emi jesithe) yesterday and Abhishek did an elaborate alapana showing the nuances of the raga with, some mesmerizing pidis, sangatis etc. This is the 2nd Todi of 2012 the earlier one I heard in January by TMK (Dachu kovalena). Anand on Mridangam showed his class on Tani along with very impressive Guruprasanna on Khanjira. Asaaveri (maapla velasiki ra), Garudhadwani (Ananda sagara dhani ) were the other krithis in this concert.
He went on to render a lovely Annamaiyya’s krithi in Sankarabaranam (Navaneetha Chora namo namo) to end the concert

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