With the veil of mist beginning to fold up at the crack of dawn and morning walkers warming up on cool and breezy beach, soft and melodic strains of violin wafted over the Beach Road Visakhapatnam on Sunday morning, treating even passersby to a performance by masters of the instrument.
Only on closer look would one realize that the performers were three youngsters playing in perfect harmony. The violins of Chaganti Ramya Kiranmayi, Mantha Sriramya, and Hanumanthu Ramacharan were in such perfect sync that it was not easy to make out who was leading who. The early morning walkers could hear the music only when they neared the Rajiv Smruthi Bhavan on the Beach Road. While a handful of walkers paused to enjoy the concert from a distance, a few walked up to the walls of the bhavan for a clearer view of the concert.
The concert opened with varnam in raga Malayamarutham that tenderly wafted as the pervasive breeze on the beach. Then came a morning raga Bouli for Melukovayya of Thyagaraja. The comforting notes of morning ragas adding to the serene ambiance, it was truly a pleasant session. Prefaced with a brief raga essay Anadabhairavi stood pleasantly treated. The krithi for this was Nee Madi Challaga of Matrubhutayya, a pre-trinity composer of the 18th century. The trio chose raga Todi for elaboration for the krithi Kolluvamaregada . Traversing at identical wave length, the way the trio did an expansive elaboration the raga testified their grip over the piece and the instrument as well. After the neat presentation of Kavadichindu in Devagandhari, it came to a close with Raghupathiraghava rajaram; Meharsagar on mridangam and Chaitanya Talada on morsing lent good support.
Later Uddaraju Vineetha Thrinethri presented a 25-minute Kuchipudi solo performance hosted by Tarakeswara Foundation in association with the U.S.-based doctors B. Rama Raju and Umapathi Raju Datla on the occasion of 119th birth anniversary of saint and nuclear physicist Swami Jnanananda.
