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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
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Music Season The Chennai December Festival |
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MUSIC ACADEMY Flashes of Thodi and Kalyani The initial swarajathi on Ravikiran’s chitraveena set the concert on a high dignity mode. MUSIC ACADEMY Journey northward Meends, suddhaswaras and boltaan phrases, all lilting, floated among doughty Carnatic sangatis. MUSIC ACADEMY With a few rough edges Subashree Ramachandran seemed to be in a tearing hurry; the Sattur style came alive in the recital of Bhuvana and Lalitha. BRAHMA GANA SABHA 
The Santhanam effectMaharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan is a creditable example of genes playing a significant role in the making of an artiste. Ganesh is a scion of the Maharajapuram bani, being the great-grandson of Viswanatha Iyer and grandson of Maharajapuram ... BRAHMA GANA SABHA Excellent team work The recital by the Akkarai siblings had an impressive aural impact while Mahathi gave a stimulating performance. Sulochana Pattabhiraman NARADA GANA SABHA Chosen numbers showcased The Mambalam Sisters’ accent was on their rich repertoire. SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA Delivered with punch Saralaya Sisters’ Kalyani was a shared effort with alternation of pace. Rapturous performance Almost all the components of Prapancham Sita Ram’s concert were slow and leisurely. BRAHMA GANA SABHA 
Favourite of the seasonRithvik Raja, a student of T. M. Krishna, has the advantage of a sruti aligned, felicitous, resonant voice, and thus the job is half done. The programme began with the Sahana varnam that seems to be favoured by quite a few musicians this season. ... MYLAPORE FINE ARTS CLUB In festoon like patterns G.S.Mani’s creative capability was to the fore at his vocal concert. SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA When serenity lapses into lethargy Bombay Jayashri’s concert had all the glitter of gold but was weightless. 
Music mattersTalking about the idiosyncrasies of rasikas, last year there was this person who was writing Sriramajayam as the concert was in progress. This year this scribe was really surprised by the old man sitting next to him drawing a few kolams of ... SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA Focus on content Come December and the mercurial Chennai weather takes fiendish delight in triggering a cold-cough syndrome, targeting vocalists in particular. Young S.M.Vilasini was one such casualty. However, the manner in which the artiste made the best of the ...
SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Effective portrayal Sujata’s recital came as a promise that archaism lives on despite evolution, innovation and new trends. BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN In tune with the season Sri Saraswathi Natyalaya, Muscat, presented a feast for connoisseurs, recently. SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Strong flavour of drama Ananda Shankar Jayant took centre stage to present the life of Bhadrachala Ramadas.
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