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Friday, December 15, 2006
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Legacy: the coin has two sides
KARTIK FINE ARTS Never a dull moment The recital of the Malladi Brothers was competent — no soaring flights but no slides either. SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA Exploration of emotions Gayathri Venkatraghavan's music emphasised raga bhava. KARTIK FINE ARTS Brilliant and hackneyed The pendulum swung from stunning to good at this recital. BRAHMA GANA SABHA Full of lyrical beauty T.M.Krishna focussed on karvais and ear-friendly slow, sensitive sancharas. BRAHMA GANA SABHA Commendable technique Charumathi has imbibed her playing technique from her mentor. SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA Impressive for sheer vocal range Clear diction, refinement and purity of tone marked the recital of Nithyashree Mahadevan. BHARAT KALACHAR Perfect swaras and touching sangatis T.V.Ramprasad's delineation of Ritigowla and Todi glowed while Mahalakshmi's recital showed diligent training. SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Aesthetics takes the back seat Seshachari and Raghavachari preferred demonstrative display to dainty refinement. BRAHMA GANA SABHA Heady combination of strings and beats The sitar flowed serenely while the tabla made forceful statements during the performance. BHARAT KALACHAR Robust voice If one closes the eyes and just listens to R. Raghavender, one will think it is a mature man singing in his robust voice. But Raghavender is just a teenager with a clear voice and the stage mannerisms of a popular vocalist. It is the age ... NUNGAMBAKKAM CULTURAL ACADEMY Capsules of alapana While Rajam Iyer's recital was punctuated with comments, Unnikrishnan set the mood right at the beginning. 
Music MattersIt is considered auspicious to start programmes with an invocation. And generally it is a short verse or a sloka. But not these days. The so-called prayer song is stretched with swaram, sangati and so on, the performer turning it into a ... FROM THE ARCHIVES A competent veena recital Smt. Kamala Thyagarajan's veena concert held under the auspices of the Triplicane Arts Academy last Sunday, at the Hindu High School Hall was competent, but lacked the essential grace notes, the subtle nuances and elegant charm of the ragas, as ... NARADA GANA SABHA Manodharma at work Sumitra Nitin's concert was good but she should trust her talent more. NARADA GANA SABHA Strikingly different in content Akkarai Subhasree did not play it safe by singing familiar compositions. MY FESTIVAL 
Of listening and singing"If you play the Mohana Raga Varnam 100 times on the violin, I'll let you go to M.S.Subbulakshmi's concert" — so my mother told me when I was a boy. I obeyed her but couldn't get a ticket for the Music Academy concert that day. However, I ... SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA 
True to styleIt is more difficult to unlearn than to learn. Yet, sometimes, the process of unlearning becomes essential when the individuality of an artiste is the issue in question, in the context of his performing style. While it is enriching to identify ...
SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Scores on the bhava front Melody and vivacity complemented each other in Ananda's high-energy performance. HAMSADHWANI Poetry and polish Understated elegance was the highlight of Leela Samson's style. |
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