Sandeep Narayan, Akshay Yashodharan on the guitar, Lalit Talluri on the flute and Chandrasekara Sharma on the ghatam
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The twilight breeze caressed the bushes. You heard the intermittent chirp of the birds. The water within the pool shimmered within the glow of candles positioned on both aspect of the minimalist stage. As music lovers started to occupy the neatly organized classic chairs, they feared the darkish gray sky would possibly open up and play spoilsport. Titled ‘By the Sea’, it was an uncommon intimate live performance setting.
Quickly the emcees launched the gifted group of musicians led by vocalist Sandeep Narayan. With out taking a lot time, they launched into ‘Naada tanumanisham’ in raga Chitta Ranjani. The music was seamless, and virtually pitch-perfect.
Expressing his want to take his casual jamming periods to a bigger viewers, Sandeep mentioned this live performance was an effort in that course. Organised together with Occasion Artwork, which had curated the live performance, the night allowed to expertise music in a brand new atmosphere and format.
His second tune ‘Oru murai unnai kandaen’ (from the album Alai) was as mild because the breeze. Akshay Yashodharan on the guitar and Lalit Talluri on the flute took turns to play, and their creativeness blended properly with Sandeep’s singing.
The flute, guitar and voice got here collectively significantly properly in these traces:
Ootredutta uyir oinduvitta pinnum
Kaatchi theliya villaye
Aatru vellam karai thaandi vanda pinnum
Daagam thaniya villaye
Lalit’s alternative of bansuri was atmospheric, and Akshay’s strumming was fluent whereas Chandrasekara Sharma’s ghatam accompaniment was elegant, with applicable grooves elevating the rendition with proper tempo.
Sandeep Narayan having fun with the live performance
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Sandeep subsequent selected Jayadeva’s Ashtapadi ‘Dheera sameere yamuna theere’ composed by Tanjore S. Kalyanaraman in raga Pahadi. He effortlessly traversed between high and low registers and embellished the kriti with vibrant brigas. It reminded of his guru Sanjay Subrahmanyan.
Sandeep’s heart-warming presentation of ‘Aadum Chidambaramo’ once more got here with guitar and flute accompaniments.
Although it started to drizzle, Sandeep continued in the identical spirit. He subsequent sang ‘Chandra chooda siva shankara’, adopted by ‘Naadha vindhu’ and ‘Gopala gokula vallabha’. The guitar-voice concord stood out in these items.
Sandeep Narayan singing by the seashore.
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There was a shock in direction of the tip. The viewers acquired an opportunity to stroll as much as the seashore with Sandeep, who sang a medley of kritis by the ocean. He began with a Kannada tune ‘Akka kelava nan ondhu’ adopted by a few songs on Rama corresponding to ‘Ramaiya Rama’ and ‘Ramanai bhajithal’. As he made the viewers sing alongside, one was reminded of unchavrittis in Mylapore mada vedhis throughout Margazhi.
