K Saraswathi Vidyarthi, Music Club IIT Madras

K Saraswathi Vidyarthi - Padma Shankar - K V Gopalakrishnan

Music Club IIT Madras

manasija kOTi lAvaNya - hindOLam varNam - Adi - Dr. Pinkapani
slokam "Ekadantam mahAkAyam" - hamsdvani
abhishtavarda - hamsadvani - Adi (S)
dEva dEva - mAyAmALAvagauLa - rUpakam - ST (NS)
mantra balam - hamsanAdam - Adi
aparAdamula - darbAr - kaNDa cApu - T (RS)
mAnamu lEdA - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - T (RS)
naraharim - jaya suddha mALAvi - tisra tripuTa - MD
vara rAga layA - chenchukAmbhOji - Adi - T
R T P - Anandabhairavi - divya sankIrNa tirupuTa (lagu tisra naDai, drutam catusra naDAi) sama eDuppu
'rAma rAma ragurAma jaya jaya rAmA raghuvIra raNadIRa'
rAgamAlikA svarams in vAsanti, dvijAvanti, maduvanti, suruTTi
tani
ninnu jUci - punnAgavarALi padam - tisra tripuTa - kshEtragna
mODi jEsevElarA - khamAs jAvaLi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya and mangalam kOsalEndrAya - madhyamAvati

The concert started with a brisk rendition of the hindOLam varNam. The hamsadvani kriti which was preceded by a nice slOkam and two line AlApanai was good and so were the svarams. The neraval and svaram in the mAyAmALAvagauLa kriti were very well done.

The first AlApanai was a brisk and good darbAr. The kriti which followed and the svarams were very good. The hamIrkalyANi AlApanai was very leisurely and the kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam, with nice svarams.

The AlApanai of Anandabhairavi for the pallavi was done with a lot of leisure. The tanam was good also. The pallavi was in a rather intricate tALam with 6 beats in the lagu in tisra naDai and two drutams in catusra nADai. The pallavi was sung beautifully showcasing all that is there in Anandabhairavi. Though short, all the rAga mAlika svarams were very good. The padam which followed was moving and left one wishing to hear more of it.

The artist has a good and flexible voice. Her manOdarmam is also very good and appreciable. It wasnt evident that she had throat problems till she announced. It was later that one realised why some pieces were cut short, the throat was not cooperating.

The violinst was good and supportive in all parts. She did a good job with all the AlApanais and svarams also.

The mrudangist was very good also. His playing for the kriti and the quick response during the pallavi were all good. The tani in a unfamiliar talam was good as well.

Over all a very good concert.