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P. SURYA RAO
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Kadri Gopalnath’s perfectly tuneful blowing was captivating till the end.
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Photo: Ch. Vijaya Bhaskar
Master at work Kadri Gopalnath
Sri Sadguru Sangeeta Sabha of Vijayawada presented a superb Saxophone concert by Kadri Gopalnath. The jam packed crowd at the auditorium in Gokaraju Laila Gangaraju Kala Vedika enjoyed the concert immensely. The programme was formally inaugurated by
A. Kempanathan, marketing manager for LIC Machililpatnam division and his wife.
Gopalnath’s concert was captivating from start to end. The crowd swayed to his perfectly tuneful blowing and the melody he produced on his instrument. The concert was an example of how the melody and rhythm get interwined so well that the audience were listening to the artiste almost in a daze. Gopalnath got superb support from A. Kanyakumari on violin, Patri Satishkumar on the mridangam and B.S.Purushotam.
The concert began with Abhogi varnam which was finished with kalpanaswaras in the third speed with amazing clarity. Kadri followed with Vatapi in Hamsadhvani in the similar way bringing the house down with his brilliant swaras. Kanyakumari was also in great form giving fitting replies to the super fast kalpana swarass. Next came the majestic Kamakshi swarajath in Bhairavi played with fine restraint and appealing gamakas. After this Gopalanath played Dikshitar’s Akhilandeswari in Dwijawanti, a raga rarely taken up for elaborate exposition. Kadri showed great efficiency in presenting the portrait of the raga in its beautiful form. This item was indeed a highlight in the concert. The item was a ragam, tanam, pallavi in Chandrakauns which closed as a ragamalika figuring Chakravakam and Kafi.
The Sahityam of the pallivi was Simhachala Nilaye-Sri Narasimha. There was a thrilling `tani’ by the percussionists at the end of the Pallavi. The electrifying concert came to a close with Annamayya’s Tandanana Ahi in Bowli.
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