R Vedavalli, Bharat Kalachar

Smt R Vedavalli - Vocal
Smt V Sumithra - Vocal Support
Sri V L Kumar - Violin
Thanjavur Sri R Kumar - Mrudangam
Sri H Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Bharat Kalachar, Sri YGP Auditorium.

2nd April 2006. 6 pm

dinamaNi vamsa - harikAmbhOji - dEsAdi - T
ninnu jUci - saurAshTRam - Adi - Patnam Subramaiya Iyer
sari evaarE - srIranjani - Adi - T (RS)
AragimpavE - tODi - tisra Ekam - T (RNS)
mari vErE - Anandabhairavi - cApu - SS (RS)
varugirAnO vArAnO - kannaDa - Adi
parama pAvana rAmA - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar (RNS)
taniyAvartanam
pAsuram 'Anirai mEikka nI' in kapi, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi, madhyamAvati
adaikkalam adaikkalam - madhyamAvati - Adi
tillAnA - hamsAnandi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi

The concert started late by about 10 min and yet without the violinst, who joined only for the srIranjani AlApanai. The concert was filled with classism and it was a regular affair as expected from Smt Vedavalli. All AlApanais were well structured with meaningful sancarams woven into one another. The neraval in three kAlams was also good.

The concert started with a nice rendition of harikAmbhOji kriti rendered in desAdi and the saurAshTRam kriti in oru kaLai rather than the usual renDu kaLai

The sriranjani AlApanai was well sung and had all the essential elements to make it 'ranjagam'. The kriti was rendered with well structured svarams. The toDi AlApanai was very nice as well, with Smt Sumitra sharing some parts of the AlApanai. The kriti with neraval in three kAlams and svarams at 'AragimpavE pAlAragimpavE' was very good. The Anandabhairavi AlApanai showed essential upAnga charecterestics of the rAgam and kriti was rendered with a lot of kaNakku svarams and the kannaDa kriti followed.

The main pUrvikalyANi AlApanai was done very elaborately. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam with neraval and svarams at 'kanakAmbaradhara karuNAnvitavara'. Both the neraval and the AlApanai were had some parts by Smt Sumithra. The post tani part, began with rAgamAlikA pAsuram which in true Smt Vedavalli style was and nice to note the gliding points from one rAgam to another. The madhyamAvati kriti and the hamsAnandi tillAna led to curtains.

Smt Sumithra who provided Vocal support was very supportive and did a good job in the short streches she sang alone.

Sri V L Kumar who joined late, because of some kind of accident, which he told after the tani, was good in parts. His AlApanais were good. He was a bit clueless during many a kaNakku svaram espeacially in Anandabhairavi.

Sri R Kumar on the mridangam provided very good support and played with very great anticipation. He played every sangati and every svaram properly, without a hitch. His tani was good also.

Sri Sivaramarakrishnan provided able support as well.