It is rare to see a ticket counter busy for an instrumental music concert. But rasikas come by a little early to buy tickets for N. Ravikiran's chitravina concert on Monday.
On the dais is a group of seasoned artistes accompanying Ravikiran. Charumathi Raghuram on the violin, K.V. Prasad on the mridanga and Karthick on the ghata.
The Chennai based Chitravina artiste Ravikiran greets the rasikas and offers to play their requests at the beginning of the concert. He says this in Kannada and receives a huge round of applause. And a number of requests written in bits of paper pour in.
Beginning with 'Tulasi dalamulache' in Mayamalavagowla, he moves on to render another Thyagaraja's composition 'Manusolini marmamulu' in Shuddha Hindolam. Chennai or Bangalore, Ravikiran interacts well with the audience and shares valuable information of the ragas and songs with them. He refers to another kriti 'Samaja vara gamana' that is also sung rarely in Shuddha Hindolam instead of the popular Hindola raga version, especially by the Walajahpet school.
Ravikiran never fails to include a composition by Uthukkadu Venkatakavi whenever he could. And here he chooses 'Sharanam yami Santhana Ramaswamy' in Sahana. He sings the verses and gives information of the compositions on Rama by this composer known more for his compositions on Krishna.
He then plays 'Mara vairi ramani', a Nasikabhooshani raga kriti, one of the rasikas' requests.
"What are the ragas covered as main ragas so far here?" he asks the audience. "Kalyani, Mohanam are 'covered' already, so please 'cover' Kambhodhi today," says a rasika. Ravikiran asks, "Should I 'cover' or 'uncover' the raga today?" he asks with a smile and begins Kambhodhi.
A classical music concert on a Monday evening having 300 people seated in tells you that it is Bangalore's music season and rasikas want to be at the concerts.
On the dais is a group of seasoned artistes accompanying Ravikiran. Charumathi Raghuram on the violin, K.V. Prasad on the mridanga and Karthick on the ghata.
The Chennai based Chitravina artiste Ravikiran greets the rasikas and offers to play their requests at the beginning of the concert. He says this in Kannada and receives a huge round of applause. And a number of requests written in bits of paper pour in.
Beginning with 'Tulasi dalamulache' in Mayamalavagowla, he moves on to render another Thyagaraja's composition 'Manusolini marmamulu' in Shuddha Hindolam. Chennai or Bangalore, Ravikiran interacts well with the audience and shares valuable information of the ragas and songs with them. He refers to another kriti 'Samaja vara gamana' that is also sung rarely in Shuddha Hindolam instead of the popular Hindola raga version, especially by the Walajahpet school.
Ravikiran never fails to include a composition by Uthukkadu Venkatakavi whenever he could. And here he chooses 'Sharanam yami Santhana Ramaswamy' in Sahana. He sings the verses and gives information of the compositions on Rama by this composer known more for his compositions on Krishna.
He then plays 'Mara vairi ramani', a Nasikabhooshani raga kriti, one of the rasikas' requests.
"What are the ragas covered as main ragas so far here?" he asks the audience. "Kalyani, Mohanam are 'covered' already, so please 'cover' Kambhodhi today," says a rasika. Ravikiran asks, "Should I 'cover' or 'uncover' the raga today?" he asks with a smile and begins Kambhodhi.
A classical music concert on a Monday evening having 300 people seated in tells you that it is Bangalore's music season and rasikas want to be at the concerts.
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