Treat to the ears
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Veteran musician, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy was felicitated through a series of recitals.
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Compositions of Ramadas, Annamayya and Purandaradasa were presented.
Bharadhwaja Fine Arts felicitated Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Sangeetha Kalanidhi at a grand function held at the Bharadhwaja hospital in Seethammadhara. The founder-president of the association, Dr. N. Sreenivasa Rao honoured Nedunuri with a shawl.
A vocal recital by AIR staffer, V. Mukunda Sarma and layavinyasam by staff artiste, V.V. Ramanamurthy along with Y.P.S. Madhubabu on the ghatam, M. Ravi on the kanjeera and G. Venkatesh on the morsing, marked the event. Besides the evocative rendering of Dikshitar's Sri Saraswathi (Aarabhi), Himagiritanaye (Suddhadhanyasi) and Gowrisukumari of N. Krishnamacharyulu (Vasantha), an exquisite elaboration of Parandhamavathi (Dharmavathi) were the highlights of the recital. Veterans Komanduri Krishnamachari on the violin, Vankayala Narasimham on the mridangam and M. Ravi on the kanjeera provided excellent support.
The layavinyasam, which followed later was replete with lilting traverses of chaturasram, trisram and khandam. Similarly vocal recitals by well-known artistes, Manda Sudha Rani accompanied on the violin by Ivaturi Vijayeswara Rao and on the mridangam by K. Gnananandam, Pantula Rama accompanied by M. Srinivasanarasimhamurthy on the violin, Vankayala Narasimham on the mridangam and M. Sridhar on the ghatam, and G. Sarada Subrahmanyam accompanied on the violin by G. Annaji Rao, on the mridangam by G. Venkata Rao and on the veena by M. Jogulamba with her disciples N. Krishnaveni and V. Meena Kumari accompanied on the mridangam by Vankayala Venkataramnamurthy stood out among the series of concerts organised in the premises of the Sadguru Sri Ramadootha Mandiram in Madhuranagar. Haunting elaboration of Apuroopa compositions of Kshetrayya like Raama Raama (Bhairavi) and the Navavarna keerthana, Sri Kamalambikaya (Sankarabharanam) by Sudha Rani, Amma Raavamma (Kalyani) by Panthula Rama, Neerajaakshi Kaamaakshi (Hindolam) by Sarada, Kanjadalayataakshi (Kamalamanohari) and Sivaganganivasini (Punnagavaraali) on the veena respectively marked the concerts.
Devotional music comprising compositions of Ramadas, Annamayya and Purandaradasa besides traditional lyrics were also presented. Veteran mridangam vidwan and principal, Bharathi Kala Vihara, Gudilova, Vankayala Narasimham rendered the recital. Kudos to the founder members of the executive committee of the temple, Ganti Narasimha Murthy and M. Ramachandram for their meticulous planning and execution of the recitals.
A.R.S.
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