Thursday, December 8, 2011

59th Sawai: Ronu Mujumdar (bansuri) and Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone)

Sangat:

Tabla: Ramdas Palsule
Mridangam: B. Harikumar

The artists began the performance with rag Hamsadhwani. Alap were played delicately and very beautifully. Especially the effect of simple patterns being played in tandom was fantastic. After alap the artists played the famous composition - vatapi ganapati bhajeham in madhyalaya Teental.

The cross-jugalbandi patterns with saxophone being played with tabla and bansuri with mridangam were very skillfully done. The whole effect was superb and commendable in the sense that it did not sound noisey at all.

The artists continued the performance with raga Chandrakauns. The alaps were played quite elaborately. After this jod was played along with sangat in Teental. This was followed by a madhyalaya composition in Teental.

The artists continued their performance with the abhang - tirth vitthal kshetra vitthal to a completely mesmerizing and magical effect.

The artists concluded their performace with the bhajan - payori maine ram ratan dhana payo.

Ramdas Palsule and Harikumar were superb with Tabla and Mridangam respectively. The taalvadya solos and jugalbandi were tastefully played and were very enjoyable.

With all four seasoned artists on the stage and lot of collaborative impromptue improvisation, overall it was a very successful experiment.

Excellent performance!

- Bansuriwala

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