The carnatic music season in Bangalore for 2015 is now on with the Ramanavami celebrations starting a few days ago. I was at the Shree Ramasevamandali (Chamarajpet, Bangalore) yesterday attending Sanjay Subrahmanyan's vocal concert. It was almost fully packed.
As usual, a power-packed performance from him. So full of energy - in his voice as well as in his body language (actions). He complements the raaga, bhaava, and taala with his own unique gestures with face, hands, and head - all this, while remaining seated in the traditional pose and doing full justice to the composition. He rolls, massages, and shapes the notes into various forms to give his own unique expression to them. This is much more than the typical modulation that vocal artists do. He puts so much energy into each rendition that the music really hits us deep and gives us thorough enjoyment. He sang Ragam-Taanam-Pallavi in Kaamboji Raaga. The other renditions were in Devagaandhari, Kalyani, Abheri, Sankarabharanam raagas...
It was bliss listening to him. I hope to make it to more concerts this season.
