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Ripples of Rhythm as Saarang Opens
When they first played an outline of the composition, many in the audience went down the memory lane to the days when strains of Vande Mataram were the first thing one heard on the radio. A spontaneous Shashank Subramanyam on the flute presented an instrumental composition of Nanda Nandana, accompanied by an energetic Anwar Khan, a vocalist from the Manganiyar community who effortlessly raised the tempo of the symphony merging it with a Krishna Bhajan, evoking the tempestuous rhythms of desert dunes.
A report in The Hindu News Paper on Jan 18, 2012 - For more, Click Here
Flute or Magic Wand?
Veena maestro S. Balachander once commented during a TV interview that he was always jealous of flute vidwans, who just need to pack the instrument in their knapsack for their foreign tours whereas he had to book an extra ticket for his instrument!
Contrary to what he said, nowadays flautists carry lengthy boxes with flutes of various sizes, which they change for required octaves.
Recently, Shashank made maximum use of his flutes to keep the audience spellbound. A brief alapana of Durbar set the mood for the evening that was followed by the varnam. The evening's fare was dominated by Tyagaraja kritis; what more can one ask for?
A review in The Hindu News Paper in Dec 2011 - For more, Click HereLatest Albums:
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