Hyderabad, Mar 21 : Sitara exponent Ramprapanna Bhattacharya has said that the morning concerts are as important as evening concerts.
“There are ragas that are to be performed only in the morning”, he said.
“Lalit is a raga in Hindustani classical music. It is commonly described as serene and devotional and is performed at dawn.
Morning Concerts like Shobhodayam organised by Tatvaa Arts in support with Telangana State Forest Development Corporation Limited encourage such ragas. Without such concerts, morning ragas may become extinct Mr Bhattacharya said, who performed Sitar Recital at Botanical Garden, in Kondapur, here on Sunday.
Tatvaa Arts has pioneered Shubhodayam, a series of free Morning concerts in public parks. Three months back at Dr GS Melkote Park, now the concept is spread to the Botanical Garden. Another flute Recital will be held on March 28 at Botanical Gardens at Kondapur.
The 90 minutes concert evoked a lot of response. More than 100 music lovers and 800 plus regular joggers and walkers of Botanical Garden enjoyed the Sitar Recital.
Mr Bhattacharya, accompanied byThakur Harijit Singh on tabla began Recital with Lalit Raag and concluded with Rag Bhairavi.
It is a special event. We are doing it on an experimental basis. The response today has been very good. Interest towards contemporary music is fading. More and more are enjoying classical music.
Concert like this was surprisingly enjoyed by more youth today. If organised frequently like this, more non-classical music lovers may start liking it. This music goes well with morning walkers. It is not disturbing. It is good for humans, animal life and plant life as well, said Mr Ravinder Reddy, General Manager of Telangana State Forest Development Corporation.
Music has contributed for the holistic development of the society, said Prashanth, one of the organisers. This Morning Concert by Tatvaa Arts brings Live Music Close to Society and Walkers, he said.
Bharath is nothing but ‘Bhava’ and ‘Rasa’, Mr Prashanth said.
The great King Shri Sayyajirao Gaekwad of Baroda, pioneered and patronised Garden Music, he added.(UNI)