The violin duo Mysore Manjunath and Nagaraj wooed the rasikas with their awesome performance at the 32ft Anjaneyar temple, Nanganallur for Hanumath Jayanthi music festival.

They flagged off the concert with Sidhivinayakam in Shanmukapriya . Their rendition of the song was followed by a barrage of Swaras that came as a cloud burst. The brothers slowly slipped into a brief essay of Bindhumalini for Enthamutho by Thyagaraja which was melodious . They brought out the contours of the raga Saraswathi for Anuraghamule by Thyagaraja. The rasikas were drenched into sketches of ragas as the violin duo essayed each and every raga with elegance. The swaras and sangatis for Anuraghamule were neat with no ostentatious inputs. There was a sprinkle of western flavor which embellished the concert. The famous Himagiri Thanaye in Suddha Dhanyasi made the audience sing along with them. .

The main stay of the concert was a ragam , tanam , pallavi RTP in kalyana vasantham . after an elaborate delineation of the raga they gave a nectarine fare in pallavi- Anjaneya manasa smarami Rama bhakthi to propitiate Anjaneya. They swam in the maze of swaras and struck a solemn note with desh and sindhu bhairavi.

The pulsating swara arrays was a toast of the evening.

Enthavan seithanai in kapi added a spiritual color to the concert.

Neyveli Venkatesh on mridangam generated a resonant sound on the mridangam.

Trichy Murali on ghatam played with unflagging energy. Their tani was vibrant and anchored well in grammar as they played three speeds. Misra kuraippu in tisra nadai was excellent.

The quartet carved a new world of sound scapes.

Mira
Dec 31 ^st 2008

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