Kashyap Mahesh weaves a rich musical tapestry

Kashyap Mahesh, a disciple of the legendary instrumentalist T.V. Gopalakrishnan and mridangam exponent Karaikudi Mani, has a pliable dependable that traverses each 3 octaves with ease.

Kashyap opened the performance with ‘Mathe maladwaja’, a daru varnam by Muthiah Bhagavatar successful raga Khamas. This was followed by ‘Sri mahaganapathe’ successful Gowla acceptable to Misra Chapu tala, with brisk swaras successful the charanam enactment ‘Prakashakaro’. A little raga alapana successful Ritigowla successful each 3 octaves with ‘Cherarademira’ by Tyagaraja successful Adi tala was the adjacent portion with arsenic brisk swaras successful ‘Merakadanura’, which was apt successful keeping with the tempo of the kriti.

A raga alapana successful Lathangi followed Ritigowla, with an accent connected phrases covering kakalinishadam, suddha daivatam, panchamam, madhyamam and the antara gandharam, the hallmark of this scale-based raga.

Papanasam Sivan’s ‘Venkataramana’ successful Rupaka tala was chosen with a niraval astatine the charanam conception ‘Alarmelmangai manala’, followed by kalpanaswaras, with the last swara successful a temple gopuram pattern, culminating successful a beautifully-rendered muthaipu. ‘Unnadiye gati’, a creation by G.N. Balasubramanian, successful raga Bahudari acceptable to Adi tala, preceded raga Abheri. The raga alapana successful Abheri was a elaborate exposition utilizing the chatusruthi daivatam. The beauteous phrases with subtle nuances of the raga were well-brought out.

‘Bhajare manasa’ successful Adi tala (rendu kalai), a creation by Mysore Vasudevachar, was rendered with emotion, followed by swaras successful 2 speeds. The kuraipu swara with a muthaipu astatine the extremity brought the rendition to a expansive finale.

V.L. Kumar’s violin sketch of the ragas successful Abheri and Ritigowla stood retired for the sruthi suddham and bhava-laden phrases, truthful diagnostic of these ragas. Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam connected the mridangam and N. Guruprasad connected the ghatam lent capable support, with an breathtaking tani avartanam. Kashyap Mahesh concluded his performance with a devotional portion successful Bageshri, composed by Madurai Somasundaram, followed by a thillana (Maharajapuram Santhanam) and a Thiruppugazh successful Suddhasaveri.