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The violin duet by T.M. Abdul Azeez and his disciple Mihir Rajeev was some gentle and powerful. The 2 violinists performed successful harmony, presenting an enjoyable concert, that honoured the bequest of violin maestro Prof. T.N. Krishnan.
The performance commenced with the fashionable Saveri varnam ‘Sarasuda’, followed by ‘Siddhivinayakam’, a Dikshitar creation acceptable successful raga Shanmukhapriya. The duo presented a little niraval astatine the charanam enactment ‘Bhadrapadamaasa chaturtyam’ with brisk swaras that brought retired Mihir Rajeev’s grip implicit manodharma. ‘Hariharaputram’ different Dikshitar kriti successful Vasantha acceptable to Khanda Eka tala came up next. The Raga alapana successful Kosalam, a vivadi raga, was elaborated successful each its grandeur by Mihir Rajeev, ably supported by his guru. They chose Koteeswara Iyer kriti ‘Ka guha shanmukha’, a Tamil creation , and presented intricate kalpanaswaras astatine the charanam segment.
T.M. Abdul Azeez and his disciple Mihir Rajeev are accompanied by Vijay Natesan connected the mridangam and S. Karthick connected the ghatam. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The duo seamlessly complemented each different during the concluding kalpanaswara segment, skillfully balancing connected the Gandhara and Panchama scales. A little alapana successful Ritigowla led to ‘Janani ninnuvina’ successful Misra Chapu tala, composed by Subbaraya Sastri. ‘Sadamadim’ successful Gambhiravani, a brisk Tyagaraja kriti, came arsenic a surprise.
The Kapi raga alapana was elegantly elaborated, with some the artistes weaving exquisite phrases. They chose ‘Neevala gunadoshamemi’, a Tyagaraja creation successful Khanda Chapu, that came with a refined niraval and kalpanaswaras..
The mridangam and ghatam accompaniment by Vijay Natesan and S. Karthick was fantabulous done retired the concert, peculiarly the tani avarthanam successful Khanda Chapu tala.
The performance concluded with ‘Krishna nee begana’ successful raga Yamunakalyani, ‘Visveswara’ successful Sindhubhairavi, the Swathi Tirunal thillana successful Dhanashri, ending with a last operation successful raga Surutti.
