The tuneful evening filled with classical music was experienced by the Bhopalites on Sunday. A cultural evening was organised on Sunday at Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum.
It was organised under the regular series of classical events Uttaradhikar. The Bhopalites were enthralled to watch the mesmerising jugalbandi of Clarinet and Violin by Kapoor Nagar and Vinod Metele. It was followed with the beautiful Kathak performance by Maryada Kulshreshtha and troupe from New Delhi.
The musical evening began with the clarinet jugalbandi by Kapoor Nagar and Vinod Metele. They began playing with Khayal in Raga Puriya Dhanashree. In this raga they played bada khayal in ek taal followed with the chhota khayal in dhrut teen taal.
As the duo began playing they impressed the audience with their finery and clarity of ragas. They were able to make audience sit till the end of their performance and let the audience enjoy more.
Their performance was then followed with Dadara in Raga Pahadi and Thumri and Raga Bhairavi.
The duo was accompanied by Kamal Prakash Raikwar on Tabla, Yashwant Sharma on Harmonium and Amit Gandharva on Taanpura.
The event was followed with fascinating Kathak performance by Maryada Kulshreshtha and troupe.
Maryada along with her partner Deepak Gangani began the performance with showcasing different roopas of lord Shiva. Their performance ‘Shiv Satyam’ was all about the description of lord Shiva. In here they presented the love saga of Shiva and Parvati, Angikam-Vacchikam and Adhrang Kathak.
later the troupe presented Tarana and Dhamar in 14 layers of rhythm. Both the performances spell bound the audience as they took pleasure each of them with ecstasy.