Rama Navami at Sydney Music Circle

As I lis tened to l irup am a Ram an sin g ing Chesinide/la

Marechidizoo in raga

Tho di, 1 could n 't help tliinkin g, "Wha t a fan tastic R ama Navami indeed ". Su d 1 ne at d ic tion. Such a well- knit Nemval and Swara Prasthara Very r etnini scenr o f the g reat MLV, s he g ave us a typical conce r t feel of C h e nnai, or perha p s B angalo re, where Rama N a vami is partic ularly significant; plen ty of Caroatik m usic co ncerts are organised 22 MAY (2) 2014 aro und this rime irupam a was p erfo rming a r the m o nthly c o ncert o r g anised b y the

Sydn ey i\t[u sic C ircle (SMC)

T he afternoo n at tl1e Dm1das

Com mu.oity Hall started w ith

Ankith a An anda w ho, gifted with a sweet voice, prese nted a n impressive var na in Kam bod.hi, Ga11auaihena in Arab hi, T/ ande

Vas11deva111 in Sbree, an elab orate

Shankara B h aran a (a D evi kritlii by Swa tbi T hir nnal), &:1ma11al/lat11e i.n

D esh a nd a thi.llao a in a rare raga

Shudda Sala.vi. Di.lip R amaswamy acco m p anied Ankitha o n Violin.

N irup am a started w ith varna io Kethara G au la an d co ntinu ed wi th Chesinidel/,1, Atmpallltl G1111n111h11dhi in A ra na, Kapa!i in Mo hana and a Thi.Ilana. in Sin dhu B hairavi J\ first rime p erfor m er a t th e Sydney Music Circle, s he establish ed th a t she has good control over t he artform, s howing co nfi de nce and skill lv;pa!i wa s indeed a treat to the au dience. Sa njay R am awam y gave a very p leasin g violin acco mpanim e n t a nd ,vas in com mand of his c raft through o ut.

Th e th ird item Sri Rama Jqya,11 was n ext to fo llow and was co nce p tualised a nd presented b y H am sa Ven kat , t he w ellknown B haratha Nacyam exp o n ent in Sydn ey I r was a m agni.£i cem mu sical gar.la nd of co mpos ition s on R am a by sages Valroiki, Thulasidas, Mira B ai and composers such as Th yaga raj a, Mu mn Swam y D i.ks bita, Arunachala Kavi, A onamach ar ya, Puran dara D asa, K aliclasa, swa thi Thirunal an d others. Include d were as many as seven teen co m poser s. T h ese wer e presen ted in a trrac tive ragas such as Natta, Hindola, YadhuJ...""U!a karu b od hi, Ananda Bhairavi and other s. l e was a feast of all ti.me composition s su ch as Yaro lvararo, )\1.a111ava Pattabbi Rama, Yetimbana11m1, ]agadanamlakaraka, Pa11anaja st11thi patra and o thers 14 voca lists and in strum entalis t s d e liver ed me item s. These included Abhinav R.1-jkuma.r, D evika Kcis hn a Murthy, Laks hmi iyer, Namram P ulapa ka, Siddh atb Murali, Si.ndh u Sharma,