Jalatarangam : Vid Anayampatti Ganeshan
Violin : Anayampatti G Venkata Subramanian
Mrudangam : Renuka Prasad
Khanjari : ASN Swamy
Ghatam : S N Narayanamurthy
List
01 vAtApi gaNapatim – hamsadhvani – Adi – Dikshitar ( A,S )
02 vinanA asakOni unnAnurA – pratApavarALi – Adi – Thyagaraja ( O,S )
03 bhavanuta nA hrdayamu – mOhanam – Adi – Thyagaraja ( A,S,T )
04 bhAgyAda lakSmi bArammA – shrI – Adi – Purandaradasa
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*To begin with, congratulations to Vidvan Sri Anayampatti Ganeshan, recipient of this year’s Veena Seshanna Memorial National Award.
*At 87, he is as energetic and raring to go. His enthusiasm was contagious.
*Short, 1hr concert, before the award ceremony. But, it was worth all the effort on a Saturday Morning.
*His skill and ability on handling the unique ‘instrument’, added with his knowledge as a vocalist and violinist, definitely added value to the playing. Despite the handicap ( of the device) the music stood out.
*Supporting artists were very good. His son, on violin, was exemplary. 15 mins tani avartanam for a 1 hr conert was , as they say, “a bit too much”.
*Sri Mysore V Subramanya spoke about the connection between Veena Seshanna and Jalatarangam and the ‘musical connection’ to Vid. Anayampatti Ganeshan, in his inimitable style ( witty anecdotes and historical references). Sri Ganeshan’s father had learning under Seshanna ( albeit short) in music, thus making him a ‘guru’s guru’ of Sri Ganeshan. Seshanna was proficient in 7 instruments including Jalatarangam, as explained by Sri Subramanya.
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