On the eve of Sri Ramanavami, lots of spots in Bengaluru host music concerts.
We decided to head to Basavangudi this Tuesday evening.
Percussionist Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma sent us an invite; it was to be a concert by eleven artistes, mostly percussionists.
The Sri Kaaranji Anjaneyaswamy Temple is tucked between a college and the city's criss-cross roads. This evening, the temple zone was quiet save for the music streaming in from the stage for community events.
There were about 100 people, small for this kind of a Bengaluru neighbourhood.
As the concert progressed, volunteers served the rasikas puliogare in a dhonnai.
The Layalahari musicians troupe was started in 1981 by Anoor's father and still has a few senior artistes in it. Here are the eleven - M. K. Prakash on the flue, held the concert together this evening, Yasasvi, Dattatreya Sharma, A. C. Kasinath, A. Satya Kumar, A. Somasekar, B. Dhruvraj, V. R. Ravikumar, Nagendra Prasad, Jagadeesh Kuruthukoti and Anoor himself.
This is a closely-knit team and works on a few guiding principles when an invite is received to perform.
It was past 9.45 pm when the concert got over; the artistes were invited to the sannidhi of Sri Rama and blessed; then there was a simple dinner of vangibath, puliogare and salad.
That night, some of the musicians led by Anoor got into a van and headed to Malabar in Kerala for a concert. And it rained, lightly.
No comments:
Post a Comment