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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper Tuesday, December 25, 2007 |
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Are instruments marginalised?
MUSIC ACADEMY In the right proportion Vijay Siva’s method of rendering was refreshing and the team as a whole impressed the audience. MUSIC ACADEMY 
Sprighthly ThodiC.R.Vaidyanathan in the company of Parur Ananthakrishnan on the violin and Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan on the mridangam began his concert with a varnam followed by ‘Thulasi Dhala’ in Mayamalavagowla, Rupaka talam composed by Tyagaraja. ... Music matters The mobile phone is a real bane in concerts. People walk in and out with it every time they receive a call, unmindful of the inconvenience and disturbance to others. And when they start moving/running between the stage and the front row, it ... KARTIK FINE ARTS A royal treat Sudha Raghunathan’s janta prayogas transported one to MLV days. MUSIC ACADEMY Skilful swaras, facile voice Swetha Keshav rendered Bhairavi with fervour; Srivalson Menon offered well structured prayogas. MUSIC ACADEMY 
Lacklustre, vigorous, sweetThe Hyderabad Sisters’ voices lacked power while vigour and performance skills united in Malladi Brothers’ performance. It was melody minus weight with Ranjani and Gayathri. SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Creativity at its best While K. Gayatriwas refreshing, Hyderabad Brothers expended frenetic energy to keep up the tempo. And Mandolin Srinivas relied on power. NAADA INBAM Soft, steady and soulful presentations Jayaraj and Jayashri synchronised so well that only one instrument was heard. NARADA GANA SABHA 
With vigour and serenitySangeetha Swaminathan seems to have embedded ‘Saraswathi’ into her musical psyche. Her raga delineation came forth with verve and vigour as if from a spring, but the next moment you would listen to a phrase as serene as the full moon. ... SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA Versatile and charming Suryaprakash used his vocal and imaginary prowess to the hilt in delineating Kapi. BRAHMA GANA SABHA 
Brilliant prayogamsIt was a neat vocal presentation by Dr. Ganesh accompanied by Kandadevi Vijayaragavan on the violin, Umayalpuram Mali on the mridangam and A.S.Krishnan on the morsing. After the Tamil varnam in Charukesi, he moved on to ‘Sri ... SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA 
Profound raga expositionsJ.B.Sruti Sagar is only in his teens but a lively, talented and confident performer on the flute waiting to take off. The instant appeal of his playing the instrument is its closeness to vocal singing which is many times a rarity in case of wind ...
SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA Picture of exuberance Rhadha, who danced for continuous two hours, was as agile as a young aspirant. KARTIK FINE ARTS Tracing the Vaishnav path The soundscape was the most significant part of Urmila Satyanarayanan’s presentation.
MY FESTIVAL -- T.N. KRISHNAN 
‘There is quantity rather than quality’When I started performing in the Madras Music Season, there were just a handful of sabhas. It was in 1940 that I first played at the Music Academy. Later I started playing at Tamizh Isai Sangam and at The Indian Fine Arts Society. When I ... |
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