Dr.V.Doreswamy Iyengar's 99th Birthday Memorial concert on 20.10.19by Dr.S.Vijayaraghavan
Strictly adhering to Classisism
Nadabrahma Sangeeta Sabha has the
practice of honoring a senior veena player with the title “Vainika Brahma’
every year in memory of Sangeeta Kalanidhi late Veena Doreswamy Iyengar. This
year Dr Vijayaraghavan from Mysore was honored with this title in the presence
of Modamani, Senior art patron K.V.Murthy and D. Balakrishna, son of Doreswami
Iyengar. A veena based program ‘Vainika Vaibhava’ was also arranged as part of
this program.
On the occasion, Dr Vijayaraghavan
gave a veena concert with Tumkur B.Ravishankar on mrdanga and Sharat Kaushik on
ghata.
Vijayaraghavan has a traditional and
chaste way of playing veena with no gimmicks, adhering to strict classicism. In
the two-hour concert he included compositions from The Trimurtys, Mysuru Vasudevacharya and an RTP .
The concert began with the
‘Vanajaksha’ varna by Venkatagiriyappa that was tagged on to ‘Gajananayutam
Ganeshwaram’ by Muttuswami Deekshitar in Chakravaka. The dexterity of swaras to
the pallavi portion was delightful.
’Terateeyagarada’ by GauLipantu and
Bagayanayya’ in Chandrajyoti by Tyagaraja were good choice.
The alapana of Dharmavati stood out
for is modulations in the gamakas that conveyed the raga bhava and the clarity
of the phrases. ’Bhajana seya rAda’ by Mysuru VAsudevachar was a treat that was
heightened by the support from Tumkur Ravishankar who filled the gaps
wonderfully well.
The RTP in Sarasangi flowed smoothly
and the nuances of the raga and the tana were captivating. Vijayaraghavan sang
the pallavi before the rendition. Taniyavartanam followed with Ravishankar on
the mrdangam and Sharat Kaushik on the ghatam, which regaled the audience.
The post-tani part included ‘Narayana
Te Namo Namo’ by Annamacharya in Behag(wrongly announced as Purandara Dasa’s),
‘Narayana Ninna Naamada smaraneya’ in Shuddha Dhanyasi by Purandara Dasa and a
tillana by Kannaswami in Purnachandrika.
Dr
Padmavathi Narasimhan.
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