Kalyani Ganesan, Chennai Fine Arts

Kalyani Ganesan - V M Ganesan - Chandrasekara Sarma

Chennai Fine Arts
Visesha Vadhyanubhavam. Concert in memory of Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan
28 April 2012. 6:30 pm

nEranammiti - kAnaDA - aTa
vandEnisamaham - hamsadvani - Adi - MV (S)
dEva dEva - mAyAmALavagauLa - rUpakam - ST (RNS)
danyUDevvaDO - malayamArutam - Adi - PSI (RS)
paradEvatA - danyAsi - Adi - MD (R)
EtAvunarA - kalyANi - Adi - T (RST)
karuNajUDa ninnunammina - srI - Adi - SS (R)
nI nAma rUpamulaku
madhyamAvati

One's second concert at this venue. As one entered, it was heartening to see an imposing backdrop with a huge portrait of Kalpakam mami. Smt. Kalyani was playing the hamsadvani kriti. It was a neat rendition with a round of svarams. The mAyAmALavagauLa AlApanai was crisp. The kriti was rendered well with a nice round of neraval and svarams. The AlApanai of malayamArutam right next was pretty surprising but it was presented wonderfully. The kriti and svarams were much enjoyable as well.

The AlApanai of danyAsi was heavy and classical. All the phrases sounded so wonderful on the vINai. The kriti was rendered in an engrossing fashion. The main kalyANi was an absolutely classical affair. The srI rAgam was elaboration and kriti were awesome tooo.

Later as an aside, Smt. Kalyani said she played kritis that she learnt from Kalpakam mami. After such a wonderful concert and some personal talking about Kalpakam mami it indeed was an emotionally touching evening. It is already more than an year since Kalpakam mami left us.