------------------------- By Vidhya Mahadevan
As a rasika and a student of music, there’s so much to learn and it's refreshing to hear compositions that vary in styles and emotions, yet providing the musical meditation that one seeks when attending concerts! Bharat Sundar’s concert on 10th December, 2024 for Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Margazhi 2024 festival checked these boxes with great aplomb.
Rishabapriya was the main ragam for the evening and the alapana brought out some beautiful facets of the ragam. Ghananaya Deshika, a composition of Kotiswara Iyer set to Aadhi thalam was rendered at a sedate pace, allowing one to enjoy the lyrical aspects of the song as well. This was preceded by ragam Bhairavi, with a raga essay and rendition of Muthuswami Dikshitar’s Chintaya makanda mulakandam in Roopakam.
The concert opened with a brisk Bantureeti in Hamsanadam by Thyagaraja and was followed by Ivan Yaro Ariyen, a padam in ragam Kamboji by Kavi Kunjara Bharati. This padam was handled with so much grace, highlighting the emotions that the composer intended to convey through his words.
A thirupugazh in Bageshri, Subramanya Bharatiyar’s Kaani Nilam Vendum in ragam Kosalam and Lalgudi Jayaraman’s Khamas thillana brought the evening to a close.
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