Friday, December 10, 2010

58th Sawai: Jugalbandi: Pt. Vishvamohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) with Pt. U. Sriniwas (Mandolin)

Main Artists: Pt. Vishvamohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) and Pt. U. Sriniwas (Mandolin)
Tabla: Vijay Ghate

The artists began their performance with raga Yaman described by
Panditji as 'the simplest and most difficult raga'. The artists played
alap, brief jod and then switched to a gat in vilambit Teentaal
followed by a gat drut Teentaal.

While I am not in a position to comment on the specifics of the
performance, I salute the sense of tunefulness and aesthetics of both
the artists. Understandably there were many fast passages, including
the fast Teentaal session and sawal-jawab towards the end. However the
sanctity of sur and raga was respected and care was taken to avoid
being noisy.

The artists concluded their performance with the bhajan vishnav jana to.

Vijay Ghate's tabla sangat was excellent.

Overall a very interesting and memorable performance.

- Bansuriwala

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