Kalpakam Swaminathan, Nada Inbam

Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veena
S R Padmavati - Veena Support
Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Mrudangam

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
20th April 2007. 6 pm
SVK Birthday Concert Series

vanajAkshi ninnE - kalyANi - aTa varNam
srI mahA gaNapathim - aTANA - Adi - JW
rAvE himagiri kumAri - tODi - Adi - SS
vaLLi nAyaka nIvE - shaNmukhapriyA - Adi - HMB
shankari nIvE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri (RS)
nIvE gAni - bilahari - misra cApu - T (RS)
inkEvarunnAru - sahAnA - Adi - Annaswami Sastri (R)
visvanAthEna - sAmanta - misra cApu - MD (R)
naDaci naDaci - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RTNS)
tani Avarththanam
samayamidE rA rA - bEhAg - rUpakam - PSI jAvaLi
tillAnA - kApi - Adi - RSI
nADi tEDi - bhAgeshrI - thiruppugazh
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch.

I reached the concert late, as Smt Swaminathan was wrapping up the bEgaDa AlApanai. The kriti was rendered with a nice round of svarams. Smt Padmavathi's bilahari AlApanai was good. The rare kriti was rendered beautifully with a round of svarams. The sahAnA AlApanai was very moving. The kriti was rendered well, with all the intricate sangatis and the grand cittai svaram. The sAmanta AlApanai and the kriti were nicely rendered.

The main kharaharapriyA AlApanai was nicely rendered. The tAnam was good as well. The kriti was rendered with a lot of nice sangatis and short neraval and a quick round of svarams. The short sketch of bEhAg and the jAvaLi were rendered well.

Smt Swaminathan gave a nice concert. Her AlApanais were crisp and the kritis were weightly rendered. Smt Padmavati was good in providing support. Sri Swaminathan played well with good anticipation.

A really enjoyable concert.