Sugandha Kalamegam, Music Academy
Sugandha Kalamegam - Akkarai Subhalakshmi - J Vaidhyanathan - Kalpathi Shankar
Music Academy
28 Nov 2006; 6 pm
Vivadi ragams concert.
sarasijanAbha - nATTai - Adi - Paramesvara Bhagavathar (Varnam)
ninnE bhajana - nATTai - Adi - T (NS)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
muraharENa mukundEna - suddha mukhAri - rUpakam - MD
gAnAmuda pAnam - jyOtisvarUpiNi - cApu - KI (short sketch)
aTu kArAdani - manOranjani - Adi - T
kAmAkshI - varALi - cApu - SS (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
bAgAyanayyA - chandra jyOti - Adi - T (S)
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvarI - Adi - T (RNS)
aruL seiyya vENDum - rasikapriyA - Adi - KI (short sketch)
madhyamAvati short sketch
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi
I reached late, thanks to traffic on TTK Road, and entered while Smt Kalamegam was presenting the neraval at ' sItAnAtha sakala lOka pLalaka tyAgarAja sannuta' and the svarams which followed were good. The judicious use of the dhaivatham in the svarams is appreciable.
The vijayasrI and suddha mukhAri pieces were rendered well. The short sketch of jyOtisvarUpiNi was good and the kriti was rendered well followed by the quickie in manOranjani.
The varALi AlApanai was nice and done leisurely. The sedate AlApanai was followed with a beautiful rendition of the kriti with neraval and svarams at 'tAmasamElE rAvE'.
The chandrajyOti kriti was rendered well with a quick round of nice fitting svarams. The vAgadISvarI AlApanai was done well making one expect a pallavi. The kriti was rendered beautifully and was followed with neraval and svarams at 'hariyaTa haruDaTa surulaTa narulaTa'. Especially, the sama kAla neraval part was rendered very well. The rasikapriyA short sketch and a nice rendition of the kriti led to the end.
Smt Kalamegam gave a nice concert. Her AlApanais were good and showed essential phrases to show the rAga bhavam. It was nice to hear a chandrajyOti right after an elaborate varALi and vijayasrI as well, in the same concert and it must have been quite suprising to have a double nATTai, though i the first and most of the second one. Her kriti renditions were good and the sangatis fell in place with the correct gamakams and brigas. The neraval and svarams were good also.
Kumari Subhalakshmi wasnt really matching to the level of the Vocalist. One would expect better replies from an artist of her kind, however it was quite disheartening to see her not able to even repeat the exact phrases in some places. It wasnt probably a good day for her.
Sri Vaidhyanathan did a good in job in accompanying the concert. He was following all the pieces and played according to the mood of the concert. He played for all the sangatis correctly and also, was good during the neraval and svarams parts. Sri Shankar was good in giving support to the concert on the whole. The tani they shared was nice and the last kOrvai was strikingly fitting to the starting of the line in which neraval and svarams were sung.
With such a subject in hand, Smt Kalamegam pulled it off without a hitch. It was a good on her part to have sung such a concert and doing a good job with it.
Music Academy
28 Nov 2006; 6 pm
Vivadi ragams concert.
sarasijanAbha - nATTai - Adi - Paramesvara Bhagavathar (Varnam)
ninnE bhajana - nATTai - Adi - T (NS)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
muraharENa mukundEna - suddha mukhAri - rUpakam - MD
gAnAmuda pAnam - jyOtisvarUpiNi - cApu - KI (short sketch)
aTu kArAdani - manOranjani - Adi - T
kAmAkshI - varALi - cApu - SS (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
bAgAyanayyA - chandra jyOti - Adi - T (S)
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvarI - Adi - T (RNS)
aruL seiyya vENDum - rasikapriyA - Adi - KI (short sketch)
madhyamAvati short sketch
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi
I reached late, thanks to traffic on TTK Road, and entered while Smt Kalamegam was presenting the neraval at ' sItAnAtha sakala lOka pLalaka tyAgarAja sannuta' and the svarams which followed were good. The judicious use of the dhaivatham in the svarams is appreciable.
The vijayasrI and suddha mukhAri pieces were rendered well. The short sketch of jyOtisvarUpiNi was good and the kriti was rendered well followed by the quickie in manOranjani.
The varALi AlApanai was nice and done leisurely. The sedate AlApanai was followed with a beautiful rendition of the kriti with neraval and svarams at 'tAmasamElE rAvE'.
The chandrajyOti kriti was rendered well with a quick round of nice fitting svarams. The vAgadISvarI AlApanai was done well making one expect a pallavi. The kriti was rendered beautifully and was followed with neraval and svarams at 'hariyaTa haruDaTa surulaTa narulaTa'. Especially, the sama kAla neraval part was rendered very well. The rasikapriyA short sketch and a nice rendition of the kriti led to the end.
Smt Kalamegam gave a nice concert. Her AlApanais were good and showed essential phrases to show the rAga bhavam. It was nice to hear a chandrajyOti right after an elaborate varALi and vijayasrI as well, in the same concert and it must have been quite suprising to have a double nATTai, though i the first and most of the second one. Her kriti renditions were good and the sangatis fell in place with the correct gamakams and brigas. The neraval and svarams were good also.
Kumari Subhalakshmi wasnt really matching to the level of the Vocalist. One would expect better replies from an artist of her kind, however it was quite disheartening to see her not able to even repeat the exact phrases in some places. It wasnt probably a good day for her.
Sri Vaidhyanathan did a good in job in accompanying the concert. He was following all the pieces and played according to the mood of the concert. He played for all the sangatis correctly and also, was good during the neraval and svarams parts. Sri Shankar was good in giving support to the concert on the whole. The tani they shared was nice and the last kOrvai was strikingly fitting to the starting of the line in which neraval and svarams were sung.
With such a subject in hand, Smt Kalamegam pulled it off without a hitch. It was a good on her part to have sung such a concert and doing a good job with it.
Labels: Vocal
posted by bharath at 9:43 PM
3 Comments:
I was hoping either you or Ram would attend this concert. Smt. Kalamegham is my aunt, so was curious to know what she would sing.
quite surprised and touched and happy and all what more do i say?
The Samantha has put a comment on my blog :)
Smt. Kalamegham is a very great vidushi and her ragam expositions are very beautiful and grammatically accurate. But it is sad and shameful that she has not been given the due recognition she deserves.
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