A Carnatic Quartet: English Note/Tillana in Ragam Desh/Vande Mataram

A Carnatic Quartet was the finalé performance on Day 1 of the FEA-curated and presented CUSP festival that was held in Chennai earlier this year. The group consists of Shreya Devnath on violin, Mylai M Karthikeyan on nadhaswaram, Praveen Sparsh on mridangam and Gummudipoondi R Jeevanandham on thavil. They concluded their recital with a medley of the popular Muthiah Bhagavathar composition "English Note", followed by a thillana in Ragam Desh composed by Lalgudi Jayaraman and ended with the Bankim Chandra Chatterjee composed National song "Vande Mataram”.