Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: On day two of SaMaPa Aalap Festival, a Bhaitak concert was held at Namdhari Dharamshala wherein Santoor maestro Abhay Rustam Sopori performed.
He was accompanied on Tabla by Pt. Mithilesh Jha from Delhi. The concert was attended by eminent musicologist and senior music critics of the country like Pandit Vijay Shankar Mishra and Pandit Ravindra Misra, Musicians Ragini Rainu, Charan Singh, Ojesh Pratap Singh, Damodar Lal Ghose, Sachin Sharma, Abid Hussain and many other music connoisseurs.
Abhay selected Raga Nat Bhairav presenting detailed Aalap and Jod followed by various complex compositions in different Beat cycles like 10½ beats (Sade Dus), 9¼ beats (Sava Nao) and Rudra Taal of 11 beats. He also sang few compositions in Ektaal (12 beats) and Teentaal (16 beats) before completing with superfast Jhalla patterns. He concluded the recital with his age old Sufiana Gharana and Sopori lineage Sufi Tarana in Pushto Taal. The audience was simply moved by his concert. Abhay’s presentation marked high technical virtuosity demonstrating various stylistic nuances like Meend, Glides, Gamak, Taan, Laya and Chandh patterns, etc. created by Pt. Bhajan Sopori. He was accompanied on Tabla by Sarit Das who displayed keen sense of rhythm and clarity of bols. Pt. Mithilesh Jha, a well known Tabla player of the country, provided beautiful accompaniment.
SaMaPa Aalap Festival 2013 on Sunday, the 3rd of February will feature vocal recital by Ojesh Pratap Singh at Ved Mandir Balika Niketan, Amphalla at 10:00 am and Flute recital by Ajay Prasanna at SOS Home, Channi at 5:00 pm.
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