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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

R Vedavalli, Nada Inbam

R Vedavalli - Sumitra Vasudev (vocal support) - Embar S Kannan - Manoj Siva - S Karthick

Nada Inbam. Raga Sudha Hall
16th April 2007. 6 pm

nEra nammiti - kAnaDA - aTa - RSI (short sketch)
chintayE mahAlinga mUrtim - paras - Adi - MD (S)
nijamuga rAmA - kIravANi - Adi - RSI (RNS)
caraNam caraNam - asAvEri - misra cApu - AK
mAmava satatam - jaganmOhini - Adi - T
eTula brOtuvO - cakravAham - misra cApu - T (S)
rAgam tAnam pallavi - shankarAbharaNam - Adi (2 kaLai) 3/4 eDuppu
"manda hAsa vadanA, harE krishnA" rAgamAlika tAnam in rItigowLa, srI rAgam
tani Avarththanam
kalyANOllAsa sImA - slOkam in sAvEri, varALi, nIlAmbari, sindhubhairavi
dAsara nindisabEda - tilang - Adi - T
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
swasti prajAbhya paripAlayantAm - madyamAvati

Smt. Vedavalli gave a very classical concert which was a fitting tribute to the late SVK on his birthday. She remarked that she has sung on most of his birthdays and would present some of his favourite compositions in the concert.

The concert started off with a short sketch of kAnaDa and the varNam. The brisk paras kriti set the mood of the concert and had a fitting round of svarams to follow. The kIravANi AlApanai (Smt Sumithra sang some parts of it in the higher octave) was very inspiring and had some really distinctive phrases. The kriti was rendered very well with some inspiring neraval and svarams at 'vasudalO nIdu vara bhaktalaku'.

The rendition of the asAvEri kriti was filled with bhAvam. The jaganmOhini kriti, a favourite at her concerts, was rendered well also. The cakaravAkam kriti and the svarams that followed were good as well.

The main shankarAbaraNam AlApanai was very well rendered, but for a few throat problems in the tAra sthAyI. It was a very classy AlApanai with many inspiring phrases interwoven. The tAnam was nice as well. A Pallavi was an added bonus. I had been feeling the absence of pallavis in concerts i attend, for a few months now! The Pallavi was rendered very well.

Sri Kannan on the Fiddle gave fitting replies to the main artist and followed her like a shadow as and when the occasion demanded. Sri Manoj Siva and Sri Karthick handled the percussion department very well.

I had to leave as she started with the dhurita kAla svarams.

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