Sandeep Narayanan, Music Club IIT Madras

Sandeep Narayanan - Shertalai Sivakumar - R Sankaranarayanan

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MUSIC CLUB IITM. DoMS Hall
10th Jan 07. 6:45 pm

vanajAkshi - kalyANi - kaNDa aTa - Rangaswami
samayamidE - kEdAram - rUpakam - PSI (S)
rAma nI samanA - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - T (RNS)
kalayAmi raghurAmam - bEgaDa - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
srI rAmam - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi - MD
krupajUcuTaku - chAyAtaraNgiNi - Adi - T
gana naya dEsikA - rishabhapriyA - Adi - KI (RS)
tani Avarththanam
tuma bin - kApi - Adi - Meera Bhajan
bArO krishnayyA - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Dasar Padam
Gayati vanamAli - Hamsadvani - Adi - SB
tillAnA - darbAri kAnaDa - misra cApu - S Kalyanaraman
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

The concert began with a neat rendition of the kalyANi varNam. The kEdAram kriti was rendered well with a quick set of svarams. The kharaharapriyA AlApanai was good. The kriti was rendered with a good dose of neraval and svarams at 'paluku paluku'. The bEgaDa AlApanai was mixed, the rAga seeming unable to withstand the modern adventurous flourishes. The emphasis on phrase-based singing, which is essential for carnatic music, wasn't apparent with the rendition. The kriti was rendered with neraval and svarams.

Mercifully, most contemporary musicians do not have a grip over the once-popular nArAyaNagauLa. Without improvisations and flourishes, the kriti was rendered well. The rishabapriyA AlApanai was good. The kriti was rendered nicely with a good round of svarams.

The post tani pieces were all rendered nicely.

The vocalist is talented and promising but needs to slow down a bit, provide gaps between phrases during his AlApanAs and create an ambience of sowkyam. Sivakumar, though not his best, provided competent support. SankaranArAyaNan, who is generally capable of adroit support, was again a shade below his usual standard.