The key annual carnatic music season of Bangalore is on this month and next - the Ramanavami celebrations. I have been attending a few concerts at Sreeramaseva mandali Chamarajpet. So far, I could attend concerts of Nityashree Mahadevan, T.M.Krishna (TMK), Sowmya, Kadiri Gopalnath. I hope to make it to a few more.
TMK's performance was enchanting and inspiring as usual. He seems to be surpassing his own excellence every time. It was a totally involved performance. The ragam-thanam-pallavi at the end was an icing on the cake. It was fantastic. Sowmya gave out a very powerful performance. It was probably not one of those best performances from Nityashree this time, in my opinion. I could only spend a very limited time attending Kadiri's concert - he was at his inimitable best as usual. His saxophone notes and Kanyakumari's violin notes are a great combination every time.
All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable music season.
I'm rather missing your calm and entertaining stories...
ReplyDeleteYes Gracey, it has been long. I was a bit busy (handling multiple issues) in the last few months, and so was unable to blog. Sorry about that - hopefully I can blog more frequently.
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