Kalpakam Swaminathan, Dikshitar Day, Nada Inbam

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veenai
Sri L Ramakrishnan - Veenai Support
Smt. Sivasree Gopalakrishnan - Vocal Support & Commentary
Smt. Vasumathi Desikan - Vocal Support
Kum. Amritha Murali - Fiddle
Thanjavur Sri R Kumar - Mridangam

Dikshitar Jayanti.
Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
30 March 09. 6 pm

hastivadanAya - navarOj - misra cApu
kumArasvAminam - asAvEri - Adi
hATakEsvara - bilahari - rUpakam
gauri girirAjakumAri - gauri - rUpakam
stavarAjAtinuta - stavarAjam - misra cApu
gOvindarAjam upAshmahE - mukhAri - misra cApu
vamsavati shivayuvati - vamsavati - Adi
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nAri rItigauLa - rUpakam
rAmacandrAya namastE - tODi - tisra tripuTa
EkAmranAtEsvarENa - caturangiNi - Adi
kAsI visvEsvarO Ehi - kAmbhOji - kANDa aTa
parimaLa ranganAtam - hamIr kalyANi - rUpakam
vEnkaTAcalapatE - karnATaka kApi - Adi
simhAsanastitE - rAgamAlikA - rUpakam
suruTTi short sketch

It was an evening of blissful music. Smt. Swaminathan chose rare pieces of Muthuswami Dikshitar to present for the concert. Smt. Swaminathan played small sketchy AlApanais for almost all the kritis. Sri Ramakrishnan played bilahari sketch and Kum. Murali played tODi. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was elaborate and followed up with a grand tAnam as well. All the pieces were rendered in a very grand fashion with a lot of involvement and bhAvam. Smt. Swaminathan also sang quite a few of the lines while playing them on the vINai. Smt. Gopalakrishnan gave some insightful commentary about each of the pieces that were presented and highlighted the essential points to be noted and known for each piece. Along with Smt. Desikan, she also sang the kritis. Sri Kumar was very supportive played in an appropriate fashion. The full set performed in perfect tandem and made it a perfect concert to celebrate the Jayanti of the great composer.