Flautist, tabla exponent, vocalist enliven Day 3

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 18

Celebrated flautist Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia, tabla exponent Pt. Jaidev and melodic vocalist Mahalaxmi Shenoy enlivened Day 3 of the Bhaskar Rao Nritya and Sangeet Sammelan at Tagore Theatre in Sector 18 here.

Pt. Jaidev presented special classics of Punjab tabla gharana like ‘rele kayde palte’ and won applause for every move on the stage. Ravinder Singh ably accompanied on harmonium.

After this performance, Mahalaxmi took the centre stage. She chose raga Kalawati with aalap followed by a “bandish in vilambit ek taal with bols sajan ghar aaye”. She then moved on to present drut teen taal composition with bols “tumhare bina main to” amidst applause. She concluded with special compositions, bhajans in Konkani and Kannada. She was ably accompanied by Pt. Abhishek Mishra on tabla.

In the third performance of the day, Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia commenced with raga Durga through an aalap and jod. He then doled out with composition in “madhya taal”.