A well-curated concert by a team of young musicians

Madhuradhwani presented 3 young, talented and spirited musicians — vocalist Gokul Namagiripettai, violinist Shreya Ananth and mridangist Pranav Tirumalai — for a Sunday greeting concert. Gokul, large grandson of the Nagaswaram maestro Namagiripettai Krishnan, is endowed with a affluent dependable that traverses the 3 octaves without a hitch.

Having had his archetypal grooming nether Manakkal Rangarajan and Kadayanallur Venkataraman, helium is presently being groomed by Rohit Chandrasekhar.

Among the kritis rendered, notation indispensable beryllium made of Tyagaraja’s ‘Nannu palimpa’ successful Mohanam for its graceful raga alapana with the niraval and swaras astatine ‘Karamuna sara’. His rendering of Papanasam Sivan’s ‘Unai allaal vere gati illai’ aft a Kalyani alapana had a poignant touch. He besides enjoyably handled Syama Sastri’s ‘Himachala tanaya’ which had a wholesome Ananda Bhairavi alapana.

Muthuswami Dikshitar’s ‘Siddhi vinayakam anisham’ successful raga Chamaram acceptable to Rupakam with swaras astatine pallavi gave the performance a brisk opening. Gokul showcased however a bully rendering of the well-structured Swati Tirunal kriti ‘Gopalaka pahimam anisham’ successful raga Revagupti, Mishra Chapu tala, with a unsocial jatiswaram, could calm the mind. The vocalist concluded the performance with Thanjavur Sankara Iyer’s ‘Manadhirkugandhathu murugan rupam’ successful Sindhu Bhairavi.

Shreya Ananth, girl and disciple of elder violinist B. Ananthakrishnan, embellished the performance with her splendid accompaniment. Her alapana and swara responses successful Mohanam, Kalyani and Ananda Bhairavi were of a precocious quality. On the mridangam was the ever-alert Pranav Tirumalai from the Bay country successful the U.S. A disciple of Trichur Narendran, Pranav has imbibed his master’s style; this added to the entreaty of the concert. He offered a beauteous thani with galore melkala phrases.