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NEWS
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T N SESHAGOPALAN AT
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It
can be said that even if Seshagopalan gives us only 50% of his music, it
would suffice. So wonderful a musician is he! He commenced his Music
Academy 7.30 Durbar on 25th December 2000 with a varnam in Durbar. This
Varnam, which is usually taught to beginners looked so mighty and grand at
his hands. However, like Sudha Raghunathan, he was also gasping for breath
while singing in the second degree of speed and consequently the vowel
extensions got swallowed.
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Tyagaraja's 'Tulasidala'
in Mayamalavagowla, was full of Carnatic flavour. His Shanmukhapriya
alapana which was next, was exuberant. Seshagopalan has a kind of voice
which is highly responsive to an equal degree in all the octaves. One can
hardly come across a phrase which will fail in his voice. On that day, he
was not only in his element, but his voice was in better form too, with
proper sruti alignment. His tornado of kalpanaswaras at 'Sannutangasrivenkatesa'
in Patnam Subramanya Iyer's 'Marivere' along with his son Krishna
was something admirable but at the same time, seemed too much of a good
wine.
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| 'Enneramum' (Devagandhari),
a composition of Gopalakrishna Bharati and the piece in Lalita, 'Chemmayil'
preceded his the main raga of the evening, Todi. His exposition of
this magnificent raga was reminiscent of past masters like G N
Balasubramaniam and T N Rajaratnam Pillai. There's no doubt that
Seshagopalan's music appeals both to the mind and the heart. 'Ninnenamminanu',
the Syama Sastri masterpiece was sung to the satisfaction of the
audience with a high order of neraval and kalpanaswaras. However, an
observation. His handling of kalpanaswaras in general, apart from its
classical appeal, sometimes leads to exhibitionism, lacking in the
required musical aesthetics. |
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M Chandrasekharan, the
veteran violinist, rises to any occasion. Nevertheless, his deviation into
Anandabhairavi, an ally of Natabhairavi while executing some portions in
Todi could not be relished. As a matter of fact, Seshagopalan's deviation
into Mohanakalyani from rishabha was itself a little redundant. It would
have been sufficient if he'd just confined himself to Kalyani.
Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam)
and Harishankar (Khanjira) were a formidable team and contributed their
mite to the success of the concert. |
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