Kalpakam Swaminathan, Nada Inbam

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan - vINai
Smt. Vijayalakshmi - vINai support
Thanjavur Sri Subramanian - mrudangam
Sri N Govindarajan - Ghatam

Nada Inbam. Raga Sudha Hall. 4th Nov 2005 6 pm

varNam - kadanakuthukalam - maisUr vAsudEvAcAryA
mahA gaNapatim - nATTai - Adi - MD (R S)
duDugu gala - gauLa - Adi - T
nAda sudA rasa - Arabhi - rUpakam - T (R)
brOcEvArevarurA - khamas - Adi - maisUr vAsudEvAcAryA (R)
amba vANi nannu - kIravANi - Adi - HMB (R N S)
paritAnamichidE - bilahari - kaNDa cApu - patNam subramaNya iyer (R)
sankari ninnE - pantuvarALi - misra cApu - maisUr vAsudEvAcAryA (R N S)
taniyAvaradanam
sAramaina - bEhAg - ST
tulsi dAsbhajan - lalath
tillAnA - dhansrI - ST
tiruppugazh - asAvEri
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam
short madhyamAvati AlApanai

The concert started with a brisk rendition of the varNam. Elaboration of nATTai was good and the kriti was rendered with amazing sangatis which were far from the poplular versions knows. The difference between rendering of the svarams and the sAhityam was clearly brought out during the rendering of the pancaratna kriti.

Arabhi AlApanai was something very enjoyable and all the more enjoyable was the rare kriti. The Khamas AlApanai and kriti were good also.

Smt. Vijayalakshmi's kIravANi AlApanai was good, though it was not exhaustive. The fast paced kriti with nice neraval and svaram was followed by a short and sweet bilahari AlApanai and the kriti.

The main pantuvarALi AlApanani was good. Though Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan had taken up the same kriti at an earlier concert for the main item, this AlApanai was quite different from that one. The kriti was rendered well with neraval and svarams. The bhajan in a rare ragam, lalath and the asAvEri tiruppugazh were enjoyable as well.

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan gave a very enjoyable concert. Smt. Vijayalakshmi provided good support all thro' the concert. The percussionists did a good job both while accompanying for the pieces, by playing in tandem with the sangatis and also did a good job with the tani also.