Sunday, October 26, 2008

Lalat-Dhanashree..the mystic blend

On 19th Oct, Sanjeev along with Ashiwini Bhide-Deshpande performed at Tilak Smarak mandir in Pune. In the first half, both of them performed solo where he presented a powerful Miyan ki Todi. His voice was extremely sharp and mesmerizing which aggravated the curiosity to hear him in jugalbandi or in jasrangi jugalbandi. Ashwini B-D took over Nat bhairav and in parallel Sanjeev intercepted her with Madhuvanti. It was a fabulous attempt and was extremely fascinating to hear. The duo did not stop over here.
After quenching this thirst, the audience was yet to come out of this aroma, they started with Lalat(Ashwini BD) and Puriya Dhanashree. Imagine either of them located in Japan(Sun rise) and the other one performing in the USA at the same time. i.e. Sunrise and Sunset. Bandish...maie re shyam shyam shyam japat enthralled the audience. Not only the vocalists, but tabalji and harmonium also joined the jugalbandi and was absolute cherry on top of cake.
They ended with Bhairavi. It was a different experience of hearing morning raga and evening raga in the afternoon at 12:30 pm.......
enjoyed it thoroughly...
-Ameya Godse