December 20, 2023 03:38 pm | Updated 03:38 pm ISTRamakrishnan Murthy’s concert featured two mridangists - Delhi Sairam and N.C. Bharadwaj - belonging to different schools of thought. The concert opened with the Patnam Subramanya Iyer composition, the Navaragamalika varnam ‘Valachi vacchi’. The varnam, a string of nine ragas, opens with raga Kedaram which shines well in madhyamakala sancharas. His rich voice, shruti shuddham throughout (memorably at ‘Shivudano madhavudano’) and the fine kriti rendition were a befitting tribute to the maestro. His rendition of the kriti, ‘Shri Krishnam bhaja manasa’ was stately with a well-expounded niraval and a torrential swaraprastara.

Source: The Hindu December 20, 2023 11:40 UTC