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Treated with control
KRIPA SUBRAHMANIAM
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Lec-dem B. Krishnamurthi’s pallavi demonstration was handled with control over sarvalaghu.
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Photo: V. Ganesan
PALLVI INTRICACIES: B. Krishnamurthi.
For his presentation at the Music Academy, Vidwan B. Krishnamurthi had chosen a pallavi in eight kalai, and demonstrated it in six kalais.
Kalyani was briefly delineated with Thanam and the pallavi; the sahityam was ‘Navarasa Rasika Sikhamane Suguna Nidhe Chandrakala Sekhara’.
This was set in Adi talam at an eight-kalai pace. Krishnamurthi explained the tala gait.
One round of talam would contain 256 aksharas. The gait of one kalai Adi talam would be 16 aksharas, two kalai 32 letters, 4 kalais 128, and 8 kalai 256.
The pallavi was treated with absolute control and precision in all the three speeds with niraval and kalpanaswara.
The ragamalika swaras were for the pallavi line opening with the five rasas as the beginning — Sringara Rasa Rasike in Khamas, Veera Rasa Rasika in Asaveri, Karuna Rasa Rasike in Varali and Shantha Rasa Rasike in Sama rounding up with the base ragam, Kalyani.
Suguna Purushothaman congratulated Krishnamurthi. She explained that the handling of the pallavi needed real expertise and grit, and absolute control over sarvalaghu — basic rhythm. Vellore Ramabhadran commended the sarva laghu shuddham Krishnamurthi possessed and his deft handling of the pallavi.
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