Sangeetha Sivakumar, Mylapore Fine Arts Club

Sangeetha Sivakumar - VVS Murari - B Ganapathiraman - Papanasam Sethuraman - S Ganesan

Mylapore Fine Arts Club
25th December 2007. 9 am

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI (varNam)
makElarA - ravicandrikA - Adi - T (S)
Ananda naTana prakAsam - kEdAram - misra cApu - MD
sEshAcala nAyakam - varALi - rupakam - MD (RNS)
eTiyOcanalu - kiraNAvaLi - Adi - T
tiruvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNST)
RTP - sAvEri - catusra jhampai (2 kaLai) 3 akshara eDuppu 3 akshara aridi
'karimora vina lEdA harE krishNA'
rAgamAlika svarams in mOhanam, janaranjani
smara sundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS (jAvaLi)
nenjukku nIdiyum - sindhubhairavi - misra cApu - Bharathiyar

The concert was very nice and pleasing. The svarams in ravicandrika were very good and kept the pep. The kEdAram kriti was very moving. The varALi affair was perfectly presented and neat and good to the ear. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was very elaborate and done in a highly classical fashion. However, one was expecting a heavier kriti. The neraval and svarams were nice also. The sAvEri AlApanai and tAnam were leisurely and rendered very beautifully. The pallavi was rendered with the usual anulOmam and pratilOmam. The svarams were rendered in the mEl kAlam only. A few kalpana svarams in the kIzh kAlam were being missed. Smt Sangeetha's voice was in good shape and she could communicate well with the audience. Sri Murari was good in all parts of the concert. His varALi outshowed the subsequent two AlApanais. Sri Ganapathiraman was very good thro' the concert. His playing for the kEdAram kriti needs a special mention. He was ably assisted by Sri Sethuraman. Their tani was nice also.