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A wealth of vidwat
BESIDES THE soulful "Ramakatha Sudha," Saint Tyagaraja has composed at least a dozen more, including "Adigi Sukhamu," a real gem in Madhyamavati. But the majority of musicians (both seniors and juniors) appear to have their preference for either "Ramakatha Sudha'' or Syama Sastry's "Paalinchu Kamakshi".
K. Gayatri followed the flock. But this is not to detract from the merit of her rendition of the kriti or the preluding alapana, which was done quite competently displaying a wealth of vidwat. The sancharas and swaras at the anupallavi, "Bhamamani Janaki Sowmitri" had a few original contours giving glint to the exercise. The Dhanyasi alapana also was done in a sedate manner for Syama Sastry's "Meenalochana Brova". Stylised swaras, without distorting raga swarupa, emphasised the artiste's good patanthara.The accompanists were Charumati Raghuraman (violin), who as is her wont, gave inspired support to the vocalist, and K. Sivaraman (mridangam), and K. V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira).
Enjoyable duet
There was a certain vibrancy and craze for speed in Mysore A. Chandan Kumar's flute recital at Raga Sudha. He appeared to have little time for pause, poise and nidhanam, which add to the grandeur and sustainability of Carnatic music. In contrast came violinist S. P. Ananthapadmanabha's performance. But this did not affect appreciably the value of the concert, which was quite enjoyable.
The Madhyamavati alapana from "Ramakatha" was flooded with brigas by the flautist.
Ananthapadmanabha's response was quite effective, and as usual, the duet worked up interest and the crescendo in which percussionists Trivandrum Rajeshnath (mridangam) and S. Sankar (kanjira) joined with loud beats evoked cheers from a small audience. Purandara Dasa's "Tamburimeetidava" (Sindhu Bhairavi) and a Lalgudi tillana in Revathi were noteworthy. — KSR
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