CHENNAI : Under the aegis of Ambattur Vishakha Irai Isai Peravai Trust, a thematic concert, ‘Sri Shiva Rama Krishna Darshan’, was presented by VLV Sudarshan and his team of artistes recently. Prior to that, Thyagaraja’s Pancharatna kritis were rendered by the same artistes in connection with the 23rd annual celebrations of the trust.
Artistes who took part in the programme were honoured and felicitated by the organisers with a title ‘Iyal Isai kainkarya sironmani’ and a memento of Mahaperiyava’s Padhuka was presented to all the vidwans. The thematic ‘Siva Rama Krishna Darshan’ concert began with the kriti ‘Nadatanumanisam’ based on the ragam Chittaranjani. Later, Thyagaraja’s kritis on Lord Shiva, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna were rendered by Calcutta Sankar, Sudharsan and Sridhar Neelkantan respectively.
The presenter, V Parthasarathy, led the programme in such a way that a healthy competition existed between these artistes in rendition of the kritis. Apt explanation was given to rev up the programme.
VL Kumar on the violin not only accompanied but also extended moral support to the vocal artistes. Two kritis each on Lord Shiva, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna were rendered in two rounds. Sankar sang ‘Shiva Shiva Enaradha’ in Pantuvarali, ‘Devadhi Deva’ in Sindhunamakriya. Sudarshan sang ‘Kanukontini’ in Bilahari and ‘Giripai’ in Sahana.
Likewise, Sridhar sang ‘Vasudevayani’ in Kalyani and ‘Ganamurthe’ in Ganamurthi. ‘Evarani’ in the ragam Devamruthavarshini was sung to drive home the point that though Thyagaraja created kritis on various Gods like Shiva, Vishnu and so on, he viewed all in one as Rama, a great avatar in Kaliyuga.
When the bunch rendered ‘Ma-jeevamu’ and ‘Ra-Jeevamu’ lines in the charanam of the kriti, they highlighted these jeevaakshras ‘Ma’ with panchaakshara and ‘Ri’ with Ashtaakshara mantras. Vijendran on the mridangam and DV Venkatasubramaniam on the ghatam presented a scintillating thani as the finale.
RECOGNISING ARTISTES
Artistes who took part in the programme were honoured and felicitated by the organisers with a title ‘Iyal Isai kainkarya sironmani’ and a memento of Mahaperiyava’s Padhuka was presented to all the vidwans. The thematic ‘Siva Rama Krishna Darshan’ concert began with the kriti ‘Nadatanumanisam’ based on the ragam Chitharanjani .