Parivadini : Nagaswaram concerts 15.6.2019

[Sivaramakrishnan]

Parivadini & Nada inbam
Nagaswaram concerts at Ragasudha
15.6.2019
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'Parivadini' organised two Nagaswaram concerts - one by a veteran team and the other a 'Teen group', both matching their level of artistic maturity.

The seniors Tirukovilur TSE BABU with TSA Kumar and Tavil vidwans Tirunageswaram TR Subramaniam & Kandukur K Manohar presented a breezy yet authentic recital starting with the Behag varnam. Sukhiyevvaro -thefamous Tyagaraja kriti was highly fulfilling though rendered without raga alapana, swara etc. illustrative of the grandeur of the composition. The main was Kharaharapriya. Tani was a model Tavil vinyasam. A melam full of soukhyam!

Kalyanapuram KGS Dayaparan (I prize winner in the recent Nagaswaram competition organised by Brahma Gana Sabha and Parivadini in the 'under twenty' category) led the young team with Villianur VM Selvaraj on Nagaswaram and Tavil youngs Tiruvandudurai TB Aravindaraj and Velur K Srikanth (both also prize winners). Abhogi Varnam followed by Bhajamanasa Vighneswaram (Bahudari - Thulaseevanam) lent a fine start. A well disciplined, fine rendering indicating their potential .

The young team performed in the first slot: 4-5.30 pm and senior group from 6 pm. A fine evening and a very good gathering. Thanks Parivadini for their promotional efforts for Nagaswara Melam.

[shankarank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaA9anXEL3I

This is a fine tavil exposition and the miSRa kuraippus they play at the end are a relish. The senior of the two, his flair is evident the way he intersperses uruTTus in the execution of an otherwise mathematical patterns and how he breaks the pattern for the last of the three many times to do something different - more emphatically.

[shankarank]

Full concert here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1T9jjSKJ8