Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar
Prof.C.V.Chandrasekhar’s first performance for the season at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium for the inauguration of Nadhabrahmam on the 7th of December was incredible. He commenced his recital with Saint Thyagaraja’s Sri ganapathini ( Saurashtram, Aadi) where he worshipped the Lord and invited everyone to worship him ,was an auspicious start.
He then went on to present a shabdam( a rare scene in the present recitals) sarayu naaney, potraying a nayika longing for her Lord, who is Krishna. The main piece for the evening was a traditional varnam, Emaguva ( dhanyasi, aadi) on the Mysore King Krishnaraja wodeyar. He presented the demanding jathis with such ease, not to mention the effortless mandi adavus and sarukkal adavus!
The next half of the recital consisted of a Surdas bhajan and a thillana. The bhajan, Dheena Dukh Harana in ragamalika was choreographed by Master when he was in Banaras and he was telling us about how it took shape and how his life was back then.
He contentedly concluded his first performance for this season with his own thillana in Hamsanandam set to Kanda triputa thalam.
The musicians for the evening were Smt.Jaya Chandrasekhar on the nattuvangam, the ever mellifluous Sri.G.Srikanth on the vocal, “Late” Sri.Adyar Balu on the mridangam, Sri.Eashwar Ramakrishnan on the violin, and Sri.LakshmiNarayanan on the Tambura.
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