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The Margazhi Mahotsavam is becoming enjoyable ...Hi,<br />The Margazhi Mahotsavam is becoming enjoyable year after year. The 'theme-based' program this year left me in utter amazement!<br />T.M.Krishna's theme of 'Bhakti' was suspense until the very end. He covered 'love' (kadhal), 'nature', 'Joy', 'The Lord', etc., and his elucidation that 'every second of what I sing is nothing but Bhakti' brought out the very essence of Carnatic classical music. The best I liked was when he elaborated about ‘brain-drain in music’. His belief is that ‘the moment mind loses creativity, brain-drain begins’. His rendering of Kalyani this time was simply 'Celestial'. The Bharatiyar song ‘Chinnan chiru kiliye’ in the creative combination of ‘Salagam, Hamirkalyani, Kharaharapriya, Bhairavi, Salagam’ was an exquisite feast!<br /><br />Aruna Sayeeram's theme of 'Mother' made the audience very emotional and I could see several of the audience wiping tears!!! With a unique voice of her own, all her songs were on 'Ambal'. <br />Unnikrishnan literally took me on a free ride to all the ‘Kshethras’. It was a <br /><br />Ranjani-Gayathri, apart from a terrific performance impressed me with a demo of difference between ‘Sudhdha Saveri’ and ‘Durga’. <br /><br />Sowmya's theme of 'folk-and-classical' was superlative. Her rendering of 'Enthaninne - Mukhari' although perfect, could have been a little slower. In my opinion, classical Mukhari is more enjoyable in a slower gathi. Her explanation of subtle differences and unique prayogas of the same raga in classical and folk, with examples, was truly enjoyable. <br /><br />I was recently in NJ at the CMANA competitions, where I understood that kids belonging to grade 5 are ‘Chennai bound’ for the Margazhi Mahotsavam to give concerts at the ‘Nageswarao Park’ location. <br /><br />Rajan.Rajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690978971442326882noreply@blogger.com