Sangeetha Sivakumar, Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R K Shriram Kumar - Poongulam Subramanian - S Karthik

Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust & Narada Gana Sabha, NGS Mini Hall
24th April 2007. 6:45 pm
Sri Thyagaraja Jayanthi

vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALavagOwLa - Adi (short sketch, NS)
vAcAmagOcaramE - kaikavasi - Adi
bhaktuni cAritramu vinavE - bEgaDa - Adi (RS)
raghuvIra raNadhIra - husEni - rUpakam
yajnAdulu - jayamanOhari - Adi
endu dAginADO - tODi - misra cApu (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
ennagA manasuku - nIlAmbari - Adi
tava dAsOham - punnAgavarALi - Adi
jayamangaLam nitya shubhamangaLam - ghaNTA - kaNDa cApu

The short skech of mALava gaULa gave a good start. The kriti was rendered nicely with neraval and svarams at 'kamalA gaurI vAgIsvarI vidhi'. The bEgaDa AlApanai was very nicely rendered by Smt Sangeetha. Sri Shriram Kumar's reply was amazing. The kriti was rendered with quick round of svarams. The husEni kriti was nice. The main tODi AlApanai was extensive by the vocalist and the violinst. The kriti couldnt get heavier. It was rendered with all its grandeur, with neraval and svarams at 'alanADu kanakakashipu niNDAru'. The nIlambari piece was nicely rendered as well. The ghaNTA mangaLam was good and a welcome change, from the usual saurAshTram piece.

Smt Sangeetha gave a very classical concert with pieces which are quite endangered in concert circuits. Sri Shriram Kumar was good in all parts and gave good support. Sri Subramanian was aggresive from the beginning. Sri Karthick was good. The tani was short and had only catusra naDai and a 8 Avarththana kOrvai.