Seetha Rajan, Music Club IIT Madras

Seetha Rajan - V Sanjeev - P Satish Kumar

Music Club IIT Madras. 9th March 2006

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri varNam - Adi
manasu karugatEmO - hamsadvani - rUpakam - Patnam Subramania Iyer (S)
gnana sabhaiyil - sArangA - misra cApu - PS
enta ninnE - mukhArI - rUpakam - T (RNS)
ninnuvinA gamari - pUrvikalyANi - viloma misra cApu - SS (RS)
cEDe buddhi - aTANA - Adi - T (RS)
nIrajAkshi - hindOLam - rUpakam - MD
O rangashAyI - kAmbhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
mora tOpu - sahAnA padam - tisra tripuTa - kshEtragna
Ada pAduvE - hamsAnandi - Adi - PD
bansi vAlE - mOhana kalyANi - Adi - ST
tillAnA - vasanta - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

The concert started with a brisk rendition of the sAvEri varNam to be followed by the hamsadvani kriti with well structured svarams. The sArangA kriti was rendred with a lot of bhavam.

The first AlApanai of the evening was mukhAri which was done very well. The kriti was rendered with a lot of sAhitya suddham with neraval and svarams at 'kannulAra sEvinchi... '

The next was a long leisurely elaboration of pUrvikalyANi. The choice of the kriti was very apt to the AlApanai that was sung and the song was rendered with a lot of bhavam and not the regular caraNam one gets to hear, but one of the others. The svarams in both kAlam were good. The aTANA short sketch which followed and the kriti were good. The sparkling mEl kAla svarams at the pallavi line for the aTANA kriti were very good.

The hindOLAm kriti was rendered in a good kAlapramANam with a lot of bhavam. The main kAmbhOji AlApanai was good. The kriti was rendered with elaborate neraval and svarams at 'bhUlOka vaikuNTam idiyani'. The highlight of the concert was easily the sahAnA padam. The padam was blissfully rendered showing the raga bhavam very well. After the padam, everything else refused to fall into my ears. The concert was an affair of classism in the fullest. Her manOdarmam and sAhitya suddham are to be appreciated a lot.

The violinst was good. He was sensitive in his replies, though he must keep a watch on his prolonged AlApanais.

The mrudangist was very good and was very good in expecting what comes next. His supportive accompaniment to the main artist and the amazing tani were very good.