Sanjay Subrahmanyan held audience attention with rarely heard compositions at the Bani festival, writesP.S. The recent kutcheri at Kalakshetra was packed with the characteristic Sanjay Subrahmanyan offerings. He was accompanied by S. Varadarajan (violin), Neyveli Venkatesan (mridangam), and S. Venkataraman (ganjira),Sanjay’s concert opened up a new dimension in design and rasana. He began with a rarely heard varnam, in Vachaspati, in Ata talam, composed by Tiger Varadachariar, in honour of Rukmini Devi. Halfway through the third song, Tyagaraja's ‘Marachedayya, Rama Rama,’ Hamsadhwani, desadi, Sanjay ventured into kalpanaswaras.

Source: The Hindu October 27, 2016 07:42 UTC