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The ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan, Bengaluru,
2010, was a two day festival of music held on the 13th and 14th
of March at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall.
Amidst a highly appreciative choc-a-bloc audience, the Sammelan
was inaugurated on the 13th of March with the lighting of the
auspicious lamp by ITC SRA Executive Director Mr Ravi Mathur,
ITC SRA gurus Pt Ajoy Chakraborty and Pt Ulhas Kashalkar, Pandit
Suresh Talwalkar, Smt Aditi Kaikini and one of Bengaluru's
senior-most musicians, Smt Lalit Rao. Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty
sang an invocation to begin the Sammelan, after which Mr Ravi
Mathur delivered his Welcome Address.
The first performance of the evening was by Shri Samarth
Nagarkar, a past scholar of the Academy. He began his
performance with Raga Shree. The vilambit khayal, "Saanjh Bhayi"
was set to Taal Tilwada while the drut composition, "Eri Hoon
toh" was set to teental. He then sang a tarana (self composed)
in the same raga in drut Teental. He concluded his recital with
a dadra in Raga Khamaj "Morey Raja Kataiya Na Maro Re". Samarth
was accompanied on the tabla by Shri Gurumurthy Vaidya and by
Sarwar Hussain on the Sarangi. ITC SRA Scholars Adarsh Saxena
and Aditya Sharma accompanied him on the tanpura.
This was followed by a superb Sitar recital by Ustad Shahid
Parvez. He began with Alap, Jod in Raga Gavati and went on to
present one Gat each in vilambit and drut Teental. He concluded
his recital with a composition in Raga Desh. Shri Ravindra
Yavgal provided tabla accompaniment.
The third and concluding performance of the evening was a
wonderful vocal recital by Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. He began with
Raga Basant-Bahar in which he sang "Barajo Na Maane" in Vilambit
teental, and "Savare Salone Rang Bhare Neha Lagaaye" in Drut
Teental. This was followed by Raga Tilak Kamod which again had
two compositions: "teerath Ko Sab kare" in madhyalay Jhaptal and
a tarana in Ektal. He concluded his performance with a tribute
to Ustad Vilayat Khan, whose death anniversary it happened to
be. He presented "Tum Ho Jagat Ke Daata" in taal roopak, a
composition in Raga Bhairavi composed by Ustad Vilayat Khan
himself.
The second day started with the felicitation of Padmabhushan
Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman. The veteran Violin exponent was
presented the ITC Award for 2009. Doing the honours were Chief
Guest, Mr. Anand Rao, General Manager, ITC Royal Gardenia, Mr.
Ravi Mathur, Executive Director, ITC SRA and ITC SRA Guru,
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. The felicitation was preceded by an
address by the chief guest, Mr Anand Rao and followed by an
acceptance speech by Lalgudi G J R Krishnan, son of the maestro,
on his behalf.
The first performance of the evening was by Pandit Arun Bhaduri.
He began his performance with Raga Multani, a late
afternoon/early evening melody. He presented “Kavan Des Gaye” in
Vilambit ektal and “Bhayi Shyaam Avat Hai Rain” in drut teental.
This was followed by “Daar Daar Paat Paat” a composition of Pt
Jnan Prakash Ghosh in Raga Hindol Bahar in Teental. He concluded
his recital with, “Jina Maaro Pichkaari”, a Hori in Raga Kafi.
Pt Bhaduri was accompanied on the tabla by Shri Samar Saha and
on harmonium by Smt Rupashree Bhattacharya. His student and ITC
SRA scholar Adarsh Saxena provided able vocal support.
The second performance was a brilliant carnatic vocal recital by
Smt. Bombay Jayashri. Her performance opened with “Deva deva” in
Mayamalavagowlai, followed by a detailed Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi in
Shanmugapriya. She performed a Ragamalika with swaras
thereafter. She then sang a short lilting piece in Raga Bihag, a
Raga popular among Hindustani Music lovers as well. She
concluded her recital with Raga Madhuvanti. Embar Kannan on the
Violin, J. Vaidyanathan on the Mridangam and Anirudh Athreya on
the Kanjira ably accompanied Smt Bombay Jayshree.
The grand finale was a flute recital by Pandit Hariprasad
Chourasia, accompanied by Shri Samar Saha on the Tabla. Building
a great rapport with the audience right away, Hariji enthralled
the audience with Raga Maru Bihag, followed by short
compositions in Raga Hamsadhwani and Raga Pahadi. |
