Kalpakam Swaminathan, Nada Inbam

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan gave a beautiful veeNai concert at nAda inbam. she was accompanied by Smt S R Padmavathi also on veeNai and tanjavur Sri. R Kumar on mridangam.

viribhONi - bhairavi varNam
vallaba nAyakasya - bEgaDa - Alapanai, swarams.
mAmava satatam - jaganmOhini - tyAgarajA
dArini tElusukoNTi - suddha sAvEri - Alapanai, swarams in the caraNam line
tani
kOrinavara - rAmapriyA - Alapanai
kamalAmbA samrakshatumAm - Ananda bhairavi - Alapanai
inkevarunnAru - sahAnA - AlApanai
tani
EkAmranAtam - pUrvikalyANi - thAnam and swarams
tani
sharaNu sharaNu - chenjuruTi - AnaiyyA
AnDavan darisanamE - jOnpuri - HMB
pavamAna
small madhyamAvati AlApanai

The concert stArted with viribONi, the grand bhairavi varNam followed by a bEgaDa Alapanai and dikshitar's vallaba nAyakasya ending with kalpanai swarams. Next was mAmava satatam in jaganmOhini by tyAgaraja swami. the suddha sAvEri Alapanai was a rare treat and kriti dArini tElusukoNTi even less heard ended with nice swarams in the caraNam line and tani. the rAmapriyA Alapanai was a treat with kOrinavara to follow. Ananda bhairavi was elaborated for kamalAmbA samrakshatumAm to follow. kalpakam mAmi's sahAnA was simply brilliant followed a kriti by aNNaswamy sAstri. EkAmranAtam in pUrvikalyANi was the main piece with rAgam, thAnam and swarams. there one tani before and one after EkamranAtam. the tukkada section had two pieces one of which was chenjuruTTi (caraNam caraNam). the concert closed with pavamAna and a small madhyamAvati AlApanai

It was a bAkyam to hear such divine nAdam.

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