Amritha Murali, Karpagam Gardens

Amritha Murali - L Ramakrishnan - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar

Karpagam Gardens
18 May 09. 7 pm

sadA pAla rUpApi - slOkam from subrahmaNya bhUjangam in nATTai
namO namO raghukula nAyakA - nATTai - rUpakam - A
entarA nItanaku - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (NS)
rAmanAtam bhajEham - kAsirAmakriyA - tisra Ekam (2) - MD (RNS)
vazhi maraittirukkudE - nATTaikuranji - Adi - GKB
kanna tanRi nApai - dEvamanOhari - Adi - T
sari evarammA - bhairavi - kaNDa jhampa - SS (RS) tani
sAgara sayana vibhO - bhAgEsrI - Adi - MDR
vizhikku tuNai - viruttam in sindhubhairavi
tillAnA - sindhubhairavi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. Kum. Amritha did a very job in giving a fantastic concert. All the songs were rendered with a lot of gait and the manOdarmam was outstanding. The AlApanai of pantuvarALi was quite elaborate and was a fitting prelude for the majestic Dikshitar piece. The neraval & svarams at the madhyama kAlam of the anupallavi were done in a very elegant fashion and was very moving. Earlier the neraval & svarams for the harikAmbhOji piece, at 'sEshuDu sivuniki' was very good and filled with rAga bhAvam too. The main course bhairavi was truly classical. It was very enjoyable and Kum. Amritha carefully incorporated all the bench-mark phrases of the grand ragam and built it up in a very matured fashion eventually culminating in the Shyama Sastri masterpiece. The kriti renditions of the nATTaikuranji and bhAgEsrI pieces need a special mention for the azhuttam with which they were rendered and the emotions they created. In Sri L Ramakrishnan was a perfect accompanist on the fiddle. His accompanying the songs was perfect and his replies to manodarmam parts were totally matching. The mridangist, Sri Sivakumar was extraordinary. He played with amazing anticipation and accompanied all the songs with great care and it was in tandem through out the concert including the played a crisp tani that he played.