Madurai R Sundar, Nalinakanthi

Madurai R Sundar - R K Sriram Kumar - Palladam R Ravi

Nalinakanthi , MGR Janaki College.
13th December 2006. 6:30 pm

valaci vacci - navarAgamAlikA - Adi (short sketch of kEdAram)
mahA gaNapatE - naTa nArAyaNi - Adi - MD
tuLasi daLamu - mAyAmALavagauLa - rUpakam - T (NS)
budamAshrayAmi - nATTakuranji - misra jhampai - MD (R)
nidhi cAla sukamA - kalyANi - misra cApu - T (NS)
tani Avarththanam
R T P - bhairavi - tisra jhampai (2 kaLai) 2 akshara eDuppu, 3 akshara aridi
'vElanE ninadu padamE thara vENum mayil naDana'
rAga mAlika svarams in vasantA, amrutavarshiNi, rEvagupti, nATTai, rEvati.
nirupamAna sAmi - bEhAg - rUpakam
tillAnA - bilahari - Adi
srI rAmachandranukku - madhyamAvati - Adi - AK

The concert began with a nice short sketch of kEdAram. The varNAm was rendered in three kAlams (including tisram) neatly. The naTa nArAyaNi kriti which followed was good.

The mAyAmALAvagauLa kriti was rendered with nice neraval and svarams at 'sarasIruaha punnAga champaka pAtala kuravaka'. The nATTakuranji AlApanai was nice, showing essential rAga bhAvam. The kriti was an expected number, being a wednesday.

A neat rendition of the kalyANi kriti was followed with neraval predominantly at ' mamata bandhana yuta narastuti sukhamA' and occasionaly including the next line 'surapati tyAgarAja nutuni kIrtana sukhamA'. The svarams that followed were good. A tani in this kriti indicated that a pallavi was coming up.

Bhairavi AlApanai was done well in two parts. It was a beautiful elaboration followed by a nice tAnam. The pallavi was rendered well. He first sang the pallavi in 2 kaLai and the rAga mAlika svarams followed. The rAga transitions were quite quick. Later, he sang it in 1 kaLai (mEl tALAm) and did a nice 4 Avartana kOrvai.

The bEhAg kriti and the bilahari tillAnA were nice as well, and so was the suruTTi mangaLam.

Sri Sundar gave a nice concert. His kalpitam and manOdarmam parts were all nice. He was ably accompanied by Sri Sriram Kumar who played well giving fitting replies. Sri Ravi played well with good anticipation. His tani was good.