Sowmya, Dikshitar Day NGS

S Sowmya - R K Shriram Kumar - H S Sudhindra -S Karthick

Dikshitar Day. Narada Gana Sabha, Mini Hall.
10 Nov 2007. 6:30 pm

divAkaratanujam - yadukulakAmbOdhi - catusra Ekam (S)
srI gurunA - pADi - rUpakam (S)
narasimhA Agaccha - mOhanam - misra cApu (RS)
saundararAjam - brindAvana sArangA - rUpakam (short sketch)
sivakAmi patim - nATTaikuranji - Adi
narmada kAveri dIra nilayE - nAmadEsi - misra cApu (S)
vINA pUsthaka - Vegavahini - misra jhampai
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam (RS)
kalAvati kamAlasanayuvati - kalAvati
bhajarE cita - kalyANi (main)
nAgagAndhAri rAganutE - nAgagAndhari
srI vEnkaTa girIsam - suruTTi
srI kamalAmbikE sivE - srI rAgam

The AlApanais of mOhanam and bEgaDa were done very beautifully. some of her gamakkams and glides very perfect, precise and very moving.. and both the AlApanais were done in a rather non-orthodox fashion...

Singing svarams in regular rAgams like mOhanam and bEgaDa and rare rAgams like pADi and nAmadEsi, were both handled with equal ease. She did bring out a lot of emotions with all the kritis and made the evening quite a soulful one, till the kalAvati piece.


However, as she began kalyANi... well, for me, listening to the 7th kalyani main in 9 concerts was too much to handle. I hence left the audi.