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Enthralling and
enlightening
HARISH BAL
| The
five-day `Dharani Kalotsav' in Kochi comprised vocal and instrumental
concerts, dance performances and lecture-demonstrations. |
The five-day `Dharani Kalotsav' in Kochi stood
out for its enthralling music concerts and dance recitals, and
interactive and enlightening lecture demonstrations. The festival, which was inaugurated by M.T.
Vasudevan Nair, opened with a Manipuri dance performance by Rajkumar
Singhajit Singh and his team. The highlight of the recital was its
sheer variety. `Vasanth Raas' showed Krishna, played by Charu Sija
Mathur, and a gopi in a festive mood as they celebrated Holi, the
festival of colours. The dancers portrayed the true style of the dance
with their graceful movements.
Innovative numbers
S. Shashank, who was performing for the second
consecutive year at Dharani, mesmerised listeners with his innovative
music on the flute. His informal style of presentation, which involved
audience interaction and letting them choose ragas and kritis, went
down well with the crowd.
S. Shashank
The concert started with an Adathala varnam in
Kanada `Nerammithi.' Akkarai Subbulakshmi proved to be a good
accompanist by reproducing exact replicas of the brigas and jarus of
the flautist. `Chararavathe' in Reethigoula was played at a lively
pace. Alternate blowing technique, a distinguishing
feature of the flute, found expression in the ragam and tanam in
Poorvikalyani. When mishra chappu was used for the anulomam in the
pallavi, for the pratilomam, the flautist used Adi tala. He played
ragamalika swaras in Saveri and Kapi, amply supported by Parupppalli
Falgun on the mridangam.
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