Thursday December 09, 2004
Thursday December 09, 2004 The city is celebrating Bangalore Habba, its annual arts and culture festival this week. The quality of the events is very good, and they're all free. As usual, there is the occasional naysayer protesting "Not enough Kannada!".
Yesterday, I went to the classical music session in the evening. We started off with Vinayak Torvi singing a competently fierce Maru Bihag for about 50 minutes, followed by 2 shorter pieces: a Kafi thumri and a bhajan. This was followed by a performance by the violin trio of Lalgudi Jayaraman and his children GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi. Two of the ragas were Mohanam and Kirwani, and another one sounded quite close to the Hindustani Bihagda. All in all, an evening well-enjoyed by the packed auditorium.
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