Violin treat

Komunduri Seshadri along with his two sons gave an impressive violin concert in Vijayawada.

October 30, 2014 08:45 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 07:31 pm IST

At the concert.

At the concert.

Swara Tarangini of Vijayawada, a monthly music sabha started a few months ago presented along with A.P. Department of Language and Culture and G.V.R. Government College of Music and Dance, Vijayawada, presented as its monthly concert, an engrossing violin trio concert played by veteran vidwan Komanduri Seshadri and his talented sons K. Krishna and K. Ananta Sowrirajan at Sri Sringeri Peetha Paripalita Sri Sivaramakrishna Kshetram. All three o artistes hail from Tirupati. For nearly two hours, tuneful melody flowed from their violins like a cascade.

The concert began with efficiently played Kambhoji Ata tala varnam. Next the trio played Dikshitar’s Srimaha Ganapathi in Gowla finishing the kirtana with fine kalpanaswaras. Rara Ma Yintidaka of Thyagaraja in Asaveri was presented with great aesthetic sense. The trio followed it with sumptuous Endaro Mahanubhavulu , the ever popular pancharatna kirtana of Thyagaraja. Next came a beautiful composition of late scholar and vidwan N.Ch. Krishnamacharyulu Maravairi Jananim Asraye in the Melakarta Natakapriya. Patnam’s Raghuvamsa (Kadanakutuhalam), an ever popular composition was sparklingly presented by the violin trio.

However, the major item in the gripping concert was the ragam, tanam and pallavi in Shanmukhapriya set to Khanda Triputa Talam.

The father and sons combined admirably in making the item the highlight of the concert. They showed admirable laya sense and excellent co-ordination in presenting the item.

The kalpanaswaras were played by all the three as a delightful ragamalika. The pallavi was followed by a thrilling tani by M.L.N. Raju (mridangam), M. Haribabu (ghatam) and P. Srinivasa Gopalan of Hyderabad (morsing). Seshadri and sons closed the pleasing concert with a Swathi Thirunal composition in Sindbhairavi, a Purandaradas kirtana Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma and Thyagaraja’s Uyyalalugavaiyya in Neelambari.

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