Mahesh Mahadev’s experiments with ragas
The Hindu
Music composer Mahesh Mahadev creates a new raga ‘Thyagaraja Mangalam’ in honour of T. M. Thyagarajan and Mangalam Shankar
Explaining the reason behind choosing the name ‘Thyagaraja Mangalam,’ Mahesh says he thought it fitting to create a raga name that combined the names of two legendary musicians. “T.M. Thyagarajan was a celebrated vocalist, musicologist and composer, and Mangalam Shankar, an eminent disciple of TMT who followed his baani, has carved a niche for herself.” The new raga is a janya of Gowri Manohari, the 23rd Melakarta, and is an Audava Sampoorna raga. Mahesh’s Virutham is the first known composition in it. “I have included the structure of the raga while composing the Virutham — the arohanam S G₂ M₁ P N₃ S and avarohanam S N₃ D₂ P M₁ G₂ R₂ S are explicitly embedded in it. I have composed varnam and kritis in this raga, which will be released later,” says Mahesh, whose other creations are also set to be released soon.More Related News