Vaadya Vaibhava 3rd Edition at Bangalore Gayana Samaja

[priyaravi1998]

[priyaravi1998]

Live streaming of the Vaadya Vaibhava concerts and events available at

http://www.purplestream.com/vaadyavybhava/

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Just now tuned in and to my delight I see / hear Prof R Visweswaran's concert in progress!

If they started on time, I have missed the first 1.5 hours! Why did I have to sleep in this morning?

Professor announced that he is going to play his own composition in dharmavati. He is narrating the sAhitya as the audience may not be familiar with it.

Beautiful AlApana of dharmavati unfolding!

Good to see my childhood friend N Vasudeva on stage!

Keerthi, I hope you are there in person at the concert, and that you will write in detail about the concert!

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Thanks for initiating this thread and providing the link for streaming!

I enjoyed the dharmavati, tarangiNi, yadukula kAmBOdi (it was beautiful!) and the tillAna (I could not catch the rAga - Professor mentioned it as his own composition in a hindustAni rAga)

[Rsachi]

I attended the "NadaSri" title award function and the veena concert y'day.

There were speeches for nearly 90 Min.
1. SRI S. Krishnamurthy was the chief guest. He spoke of how Dr Visweswaran as a youngster had received encouragement from the maestro Veena Venkatagiriyappa (guru of Mysore Doreswamy Iyengar).
2. Dr. V. AMRUTHA has authored a lovely book on Mysore vainikas, including her father Veena Venkatagiriyappa and her guru Doreswamy Iyengar.
3. Dr Visweswaran was in a very happy mood after receiving his award.
4. Jayanthi Kumaresh mentioned how her guru Dr Balachander used to call Dr Visweswaran as his younger brother. She also mentioned how Dr V stands for the third e in entertainment-education-elevation as the three attributes of music.
5. Dr. V has composed nearly 150 kritis.
6. His concert featured
-Bowli- Sriranga Prabandha of Venkatamakhin
- Bhakta Traana dharmavati - own kriti in Dharamavati
- Maaye in the original Tarangini as per SSP. He played a brilliant alapana
- Yadukula Kambhoji swarajathi of SS
- Hamsanandi tillana

It was amply clear that Dr V is more suitable for lecdems and has a lot to share on the depths of Carnatic music. His favourite word is "gahana" which translates as profound.

Congrats to Bangalore Gayana Samaja and Fiddling Monk Kumaresh of Home Records for arranging this festival and recognising Dr Visweswaran.