Amor Patriae of Colombo writes…..
The Sri Laka Life (SLL) musical telecast on Sunday nights has provided the listeners with an unfamiliar musical cum cultural impetus creating a strong attachment, enthusiasm and devotedness to local music. For sometime in the recent past new musical trends copying the western Pop music with noisy sound and uninspiring lyric quality without an attached meaning or a related mental image was the music loved by the young.
For those who appreciate such noisy music the opportunity was provided by all Television Channels, with frequent telecasts to satisfy the music love of the energetic young and thus creating the impression that the young were not interested or keen to learn classical music.
There is no opposition to such telecasts and a dislike of the appreciators. In this world of rush, speed and noisiness Late Bhikkhu Piyadassi of Vajirarama, Colombo in a book-let on ‘Buddhism’ had written, “Music hath charms, they say, but for many today, even music is not agreeable if there is no noise; the louder the noise, greater is the music to them.”
In such an atmosphere Sirasa for the first time conducted a singing contest on Sinhalese songs and its success also evidenced that many youth were learning classical and semi-classical music and most of the singers sang with gentle rhythm and qualitative singing. This is an encouragement other TV Channels to conduct similar contests providing more opportunities for the young to sing in contests.
Sri Lanka Life had taken a further animated stride by introducing in its telecast an opportunity for two musicians with two instruments to display the skills they had learned. Instrumental orchestral arrangement music of a local orchestra is never heard on our TV and thus the SLL two-member attempt was a rewarding vision. It is such a great success that many duo musicians had created new rhythms some based on folk and ‘vannam’ rhythms receiving the appreciation of the knowledgeable and learned panelist.
Thus it is suggested that Rupavahini could after the end of the event process and issue DVDs on the performance of the duo instrumentalists. |
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