Post-monsoon tunes leave audience spellbound

MANGALURU

When Pandit Mahesh Kulkarni presented the creation ‘Naa Barasavo Kaahe Badaruva’, asking the rainfall deity not to marque it determination excessively much, the assemblage astatine the BEM School auditorium successful Mangaluru could wholly relate, arsenic they person been experiencing copious post-monsoon showers for the past a fewer days.

This creation of his 92-year-old ‘guru’ Shankar Abhayankar, acceptable to Raag Patasavani, was among the compositions that the Mumbai-based instrumentalist sang connected Sunday astatine the ‘Baithak’ euphony programme of Swaraanand Pratishthan.

Pt. Kulkarni began his astir two-hour performance with a soulful, 20-minute presumption of the creation ‘Tumabina Kaun Khabariya’ earlier rendering ‘Batiyan Tora’, which was sung respective years agone by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.

He besides sang ‘Tum Kahe Aisi Baavari’, different creation by his guru. This was followed ‘Bandhana Raag Taala’, which signified the intricate nexus betwixt Raag and Taal successful a composition. He past rendered ‘Karata Araja Tihari Saiyaan’, followed by ‘O Nandalalan Begiya Milatachayo’, acceptable to Raag Soni. He ended the performance with a unsocial ‘Tarana’.

His pupil Animish Hegde provided the apt vocal support, portion Bharavi Deraje’s brushed and melodious tabla beats went good with Pt. Kulkarni’s voice. He besides received bully enactment from Ajay Hegde who played the harmonium and Karthik Bhat who played the tanpura.

In the earlier tabla solo recital, Shrivaths Sharma from Padubidri received applause from the assemblage astatine regular intervals for the easiness with which helium moved his fingers to nutrient immoderate fantastic music. Mr. Sharma, a pupil of Satavijaya Bhat of Udupi, acceptable his archetypal presumption to Teentaal and past presented ‘Chakradhaar’, acceptable to Ektaal, Ada Chautaal and Jhaptaal. He received bully enactment from Ajay Bhat, who played the harmonium.