The Bhopalites witnessed spontaneous classical performances at Antarang Hall, Bharat Bhawan here on Tuesday. Notably, to mark the first day of classical programme ‘Pandit Nand Kishore Sharma Sangeet Samaroh 2014’ being organised at Bharat Bhawan three back-t-back classical performances were staged before the art lovers of the city.
Being organised by Ustad Alauddin Khan Academy of Music and Dance in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Directorate of Culture, the programme began here from Tuesday and would conclude on Wednesday.
Under the two-day event the noted classical vocalists and musicians would assemble at multi-art centre of the city to give various performances. The classical vocalists and musicians would present a tribute to Pandit Nand Kishore for his outstanding contribution in the field of Bhajan singing and classical performances.
The programme began with the wondrous performance by the students of Saraswati Kala Mandir, Bhopal. The students began their performance with Saraswati Vandana followed with a bhajan ‘Tere Sharan Mein’.
The next performance was given by Pandit Prabhanjay Chaturvedi from Bhilai. He began his performance with a bhajan dedicated to lord Ganesha. The bahajan is a composition of Ram Vallabh Acharya. He then performed a bhajan composed by Bhramanada ‘De Darshan Girdhari’. As he began singing the audiences were listening to him with rapt attention.
later his performance was followed with bhajan ‘Ram Kaho Baware’ composed by Sant Muluk Das and then he wrapped up his performance with a hamd composed by Khalid. He was accompanied by Bhalchandra Shegekar on Tabla, Kirti Vyas on Violin, Dushyant Harmukh on Flute and Deepankar Das on Auctopad.
Further, the evening was concluded with the performance by Vidhya lal and Abhimanyu lal from New Delhi. The duo performed Yugal-Kathak dance leaving the audience mesmerised.