D Vardhani, Chennai Fine Arts

D Vardhani - Ambika Prasad - T R Sundaresan

Chennai Fine Arts, KN Shanmukha Sundaram Hall, Gokhale Sastri Institute.
13 Dec 08. 5 pm

ganapatE suguNanidhE - janaranjani - rUpakam - HMB (R)
RTP - chAyA ranjani - vilOma tisra rUpakam (pancha naDai: beat of lagu in misram, little finger in kaNDam, ring finger in sankIrNam, beat of drutam in catusram, wave in tisram)
ranjani rAganutE srI lalitE mAm pAhi chAyA. eDuppu at the samam of ring finger, 5 akshara aridi.
rAgamAlika svarams in ranjani, srI, lalitA.
tani Avarthanam

The RTP concert had a nice beginning with janaranjani AlApanai. I was expected a RTP in janaranjani, however it got more interesting. The rAgam taken up for the pallavi was chAya ranjani, a janya of simmEndra madhyamam. The tALam was more interesting.

However, Smt Vardhani did an excellent job in elaborating the rAgam, singing a tAnam and also rendering the pallavi effortlessly doing the trikAlam and also singing rAga mAlikA svarams to appropriate places where the rAgam names comes in the pallavi.

It was very delightful to watch the rendition. The accompanists were very good and gave a fitting accompaniment to the concert.