Alamelu Mani, Rukmani Arts & Music Trust

Alamelu Mani, Sarayu Srinivasan - V V S Murari - B Ganapathiraman

Rukmani Arts & Music Trust
22nd December 2007. 6:30 pm

pankajAkshi ninnE - pUrvikalyANi - Adi (varNam)
panca mAtangamukha - malahari - rUpakam - MD (S)
nIlAyadAkshI - paras - tisra tripuDa - SS
gIta vAdhya naTana nATakapriyE - nATakapriyA - Adi - TSI (RNS @ 'mAra kOTi sundarEsapriyE')
amba nIlAmbari - nIlAmbari - Adi - PP (R)
srI ramya citta - jayamanOhari - Adi - T
ninnE nammitinayyA - simmEndramadyamam - misra cApu - MV (RNS @ 'pannakEndra sayanA pannakAri vAraNA')
manasA manasA - vardini - rUpakam - T
srI lalitE kanci nagara nivAsini - bhairavi - Adi - AS (RNS @ 'nIlAbja daLa lOcanE sadAsruta dAsajana rakshaNE')
nittiraiyil soppanattil - pantuvarALi - Adi (padam)
dalatsukoNDa - kuranji - misra cApu (padam)
vagalAdi bodanaluku - bEhAg - misra cApu - TN (jAvaLi)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

All the kritis were rendered perfectly. Each gamakkam falling in place with atmost precisions. The concert started with a rare varNam in pUrvikalyANi. The three elaborate pieces nATakapriyA, simmEndra madhyamam, bhairavi were all very good. The AlApanai for nATakapriyA was very nice and reflected the rAga bhAvam from the beginning. AlApanais of simmEndra madhyamam and bhairavi were very well done. The neraval in all the kritis very elaborate and moving. The svarams for rare ragams like malahari or nATakapriyA or popular rAgams like simmEndra madhyamam and bhairavi, were handled with equal ease and the felicity with which Smt Alamelu handled them was just too good. All the kritis were rendered very emotively. The padams and javALi were also amazingly rendered.

All the goodness of a perfect chamber concert were perfectly realised at this concert. Many eminent artists and senior teachers of music were present and enjoyed the music thoroughly.