I was fortunate to witness some of the great performances, special note goes to Sufi music by The Manganiyars (Jameel Khan, Mansoor Khan & party). It started at 10 in the night on Saturday & went on till 12 in the night. It was absolute hysteria at the venue when they sang "Nimbuda nimbuda" and "Dum mast kalandar". Crowd was literally on their feet & the kind of standing ovation they got at 12 in the night was just awesome & have never seen in any of the concert before. Same goes with Nirupama & Rajendra. It was a jam packed house on Sunday evening to witness this Kathak-couple dance in tandem for some lovely music. Overall, music lovers had a weekend that they will remember for life, for sure. Let there be more such events, more such entertaining weekends.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Bharat Sangeet Utsav
What happens when the likes of Nirupama/Rajendra with Kathak sequence, Sangitha Kalanidhi R.K.Srikantan with Carnatic vocal, The Manganiyaras (of Nimbuda Nimbuda fame) with Sufi music, Vidyabhushana with devotional songs, Manasi Prasad with music & dance, Anuradha Sriram/Sriram Parasuram with Jugal sangeeth come on stage & perform one after another for 2 days? Stage is on fire? Well almost yes (although real fire happened elsewhere), it was an enthralling weekend at MLR convention centre in Woodrose club, packed with these music & performance from the best of the artists in their own field. It was called "Bharat Sangeet Utsav", it really did live upto its name & expectations.
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Dear Vikram,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your support! Do write a detailed blog on the event when you have time.
Regards
Manasi
Dear Manasi,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I was not there for your performance. Some of my friends did & there was tremendous appreciation. I hope some of them can add some more comments here to make this article complete.
regards,
Vikram
Hi Mansai,
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with Vikram who described briefly about the whole experience of the wonderful event. It left us wanting more of classical music.
Coming to your own performance, it was quite a unique blend of music and dance which literally took viewers into to Meera's life. Be it Meera playfully expressing devotion or broken women who is being penalized for the same devotion. All in all it successfully created a different perspective about Meera.
Meera Bhajans which was part of the performance was really magical, I am listening to those bhajans right now :)
I would really look forward to more of such events.
Regards,
Madhura