Kalpakam Swaminathan at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Kalpakam Swaminathan - vINai
N Vijayalakshmi - vINai support
S Balashankar - mrUdangam
Pudukkottai N Ramachandran - ghaTam
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha - 9th August 2005 - 6:30 pm
sarasijanAbha - nATTai varNam (R)
lambOdara - kAmbhOji - rUpakam - vAsudEvAcharyA (RNS)
rAvE himagirikumAri - tODi - Adi - SS
kRSNAnada mukunda - gauLipantu - misra cApu - MD (R)
vinanAsakOni - pratApavarALi - dEsAdi - T
eTu nammina - sAvEri - Adi - paTNam subramaNia iyer (RNS)
purahara nadana - hamvIru - Adi - MD (R)
sankari ninnE - kAmavardini - misra cApu - vAsudEvacharyA (RTNS)
taniyAvardanam
hariyE - sAmA, hindOLam, sarasvati - purandara dAsA
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshtram
The concert started off with a brisk nATTai AlApanai and the varNam was nice to hear. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was nothing less that what one could hear for a main piece. It showed all the essential lakshaNams and was so beautifully rendered with the kriti which followed being a fit for the AlApanai. The short nerval-svara part was good also. The svarajati was rendered with a lot of bhavam.
Somebody had told me that "Kalpakam Swaminathan is the only person who can do a good gauLipantu AlApanai." This concert made that statement an undisputable fact. The AlApanai was just marvellous not to speak of the kriti.
It was a good experience to listen to sAvEri and gauLipantu in quick succession with just one song in between. All the essential differences were highlighted. The sAvEri AlApanai had a lot of unheard pharases which were very enjoyable and so were the kriti and the nerval and svarams.
The hamIrkalyANi AlApanai was very refreshing and the slow rendition of the kriti was moving. The myth that kAmavardini (aka pantuvarALi) fits a one down position in any concert was broken today, when it was presented as the main piece. The elaborate AlApanai and the beautiful tAnam not to mention the nerval and svarams showing what is what of the ragam and its lakshanams was just brilliant. The tani which followed, though long, was very good. The supporting vainika played her role to the correct measure. The mrudangist and the ghatam artists were good in their roles and played their parts to the fullest.
The concert rounded off with a rAgamAlikA dEvarnama and the mangalam, to be followed by a short crisp shrI ragam AlApanai.
A very fulfilling experience. It is sad that such great vidwans and vidushis who have so much talent dont get enough recognition even as octagenarians.
bharath
N Vijayalakshmi - vINai support
S Balashankar - mrUdangam
Pudukkottai N Ramachandran - ghaTam
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha - 9th August 2005 - 6:30 pm
sarasijanAbha - nATTai varNam (R)
lambOdara - kAmbhOji - rUpakam - vAsudEvAcharyA (RNS)
rAvE himagirikumAri - tODi - Adi - SS
kRSNAnada mukunda - gauLipantu - misra cApu - MD (R)
vinanAsakOni - pratApavarALi - dEsAdi - T
eTu nammina - sAvEri - Adi - paTNam subramaNia iyer (RNS)
purahara nadana - hamvIru - Adi - MD (R)
sankari ninnE - kAmavardini - misra cApu - vAsudEvacharyA (RTNS)
taniyAvardanam
hariyE - sAmA, hindOLam, sarasvati - purandara dAsA
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshtram
The concert started off with a brisk nATTai AlApanai and the varNam was nice to hear. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was nothing less that what one could hear for a main piece. It showed all the essential lakshaNams and was so beautifully rendered with the kriti which followed being a fit for the AlApanai. The short nerval-svara part was good also. The svarajati was rendered with a lot of bhavam.
Somebody had told me that "Kalpakam Swaminathan is the only person who can do a good gauLipantu AlApanai." This concert made that statement an undisputable fact. The AlApanai was just marvellous not to speak of the kriti.
It was a good experience to listen to sAvEri and gauLipantu in quick succession with just one song in between. All the essential differences were highlighted. The sAvEri AlApanai had a lot of unheard pharases which were very enjoyable and so were the kriti and the nerval and svarams.
The hamIrkalyANi AlApanai was very refreshing and the slow rendition of the kriti was moving. The myth that kAmavardini (aka pantuvarALi) fits a one down position in any concert was broken today, when it was presented as the main piece. The elaborate AlApanai and the beautiful tAnam not to mention the nerval and svarams showing what is what of the ragam and its lakshanams was just brilliant. The tani which followed, though long, was very good. The supporting vainika played her role to the correct measure. The mrudangist and the ghatam artists were good in their roles and played their parts to the fullest.
The concert rounded off with a rAgamAlikA dEvarnama and the mangalam, to be followed by a short crisp shrI ragam AlApanai.
A very fulfilling experience. It is sad that such great vidwans and vidushis who have so much talent dont get enough recognition even as octagenarians.
bharath
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