Attended concert of Gauri Pathare (Vocal) accompanied by Siddhesh Bicholkar (Samwadini) & Yati Bhagwat (Tabla) on 4th Apr 2015 in Chembur, Mumbai. This concert was part of 'Sangeet Samrat Alladiya Khan music festival 2015'.
Concert started with Raag Nand (नंद). Raag Nand is speciality of Jaipur Gharana (जयपूर घराना). First she sung khyal and followed it with a drut bandish 'Dhan dhan bhag Nand ko (धन धन भाग नंद को)'. Her students provided the chorus for bandish.
Then she presented Raag Gaud Malhar (गौड मल्हार), a traditional bandish (पारंपारीक बंदिश) 'Kari Kari badara barase (कारी कारी बदरा बरसे).
Finally she presented very famous composition of Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki 'He surano Chandra wha (हे सुरांनो चंद्र व्हा)'. Audience applauded as soon as she started.
Both Siddhesh and Yati are young artists. Siddhesh plays extremely well. He was too good in drawing applause from audience and artists alike. Yati also plays well, but sometimes he was a bit tentative. Two of Gauriji's disciples (Miss Damle & Miss Deshpande) accompanied with Tanpura.
Gauriji sung well. She displayed authority in singing bandishes and was humble. She gave credit of her singing to the Gurus and said that mistakes, if any, were hers.
The duration of concert was about 1 hr 10 minutes. Since the concert was scheduled at 4.30 pm, the attendance was on lower side of @ 125 in the beginning but increased later on.
Sound system was OK and did not trouble the artists. Today there were mosquitos in the auditorium but the number reduced as the audience started clapping.
A good concert. Entertainment rating 8/10.
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