Suguna Varadachari, Music Academy

Suguna Varadachari
Akkarai Subhalakshmi
Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar
Trichy Murali

Music Academy 30th December 2004 10:00 am

sarasijanAbha - varNam - nATTai - Adi
cinta dIrcarA sItA ramaNa - saurAshTram - rAmanAtapuram (pUchi) srinivAsa iyengAr (svarams)
unDEdi rAmuDu - harikAmbhOji - rUpakam - tyAgarAja (neraval and svarams at "tAmasAdi guNa rahituDu dharmAtmuDu sarva samuDu")
O jagadambA - Anandha bhairavi - Adi - shyAmA sAstri
srI vAncanAtam - suruTTi - dIkshitar (ALApanai)
Evidhamulanaina - sankarAbaraNam - Adi (2 kaLai) - tyAgarAja (AlApanai, neraval and svarams at "sAkshAtkAramu nI vE rAmA")
taniyAvartanam
kaNDen kaNDen kaNDen sItaiyai - vasantA
RTP - shanmukhapriyA - catusra aTa tALam (kaNDa naDai) 9 akshara eDuppu
"pannirukaiyanE ennaiyaaLum ArumuganE mukkaNNan umaiyInRa maganE"
taniyE bAlaganAi - nAdanAmakriyA
tillAnA - bEhAg (composed by srimushNam rAjA Rao)

The nATTai varNam was nicely rendered and the p d n s prayOgams highlighted. The saurAshTram kriti and svarams were nicely rendered. This season is having quite a few saurAshTram pieces (atleast at concerts i attended)

The neraval and svarams of the harikAmbhOji kriti were good. Akkarai Subhalakshmi's was good in parts of this pieces with khamAs creeping in once.

O jagadambA was very rendered with a bhavam. The suruTTi AlApanai was very good with the rAga lakshNam neatly displayed right in the beginning. It was built very well and the kriti was also very good.

The sankarAbaraNam was elaborated very exhaustively. The violinst's AlApanai was good, but for one snatch of kalyANi and sArangA in between. The rare tyAgarAja kriti was rendered very well, and the neraval and svarams with korappu were also good. The percussionists were supportive all thro' the concert and the taniyAvartanam was also very good.

The shanmukhapriyA elaboration started on the lower half of the octave and was not so evident till she sang the p d n s part. The AlApanai was good. This p d n s was also once twice sang plainly without any gamakAms. The tanam was also good. The violinist's AlApanai and tanam had some unwanted gimmicky sancArams. The pallavi was rendered nicely and the full concert party kept to the tALam and did an excellent job with it.