Saturday, January 9, 2010

57th Sawai: Shrinivas Joshi (vocal)

(Note: This review did not get posted immediately after the concert due to a typo in the email address. I also could not check the blogsite from the mobile due to intermittent Airtel signal problems at the venue. My apologies!)
Main Artist: Shrinivas Joshi
Sangat:
Tabla: Prashant Pandav
Harmonium: Avinash Dighe
Voice Support: Viraj Joshi

Shrinivasji started his performance with raga Puriya Kalyan (vilambit Ektal khyal - aaj so bana, madhyalaya teen tal - bahut din bite).

This was followed by a bunch of bandishes on Pt. Bhimsen Joshi.
- ajaba nirala upaja - raga Basant Mukhari - Rupak Taal (on his silence - or mauna)
- omkar omkar - raga Darbari - Jhap Taal (on what people felt about his singing)
- hara kadam khilaf thi khudai - raga Chhayanat - Ada Chautaal (about his struggle)
- surasanga rangaraliya - Khamaj Thumri - Addha Teental (on his
surilapan/surasangat)

This was followed by an abhanga - majhe maher pandhari.

I am impressed by Shriniwasji's poetic skills. I have no further comments about the performance.

- Bansuriwala
PS:
I found the matar karanjis I had at a stall outside the pandal during this performance to be absolutely fantastic.

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