Of style and sagacity
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Mysore Nagamani Sainath regaled the audience with her own compositions.
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VISAKHA MUSIC Academy featured a vocal recital by Mysore Nagamani Sainath of Bangalore in Kalabharathi last week as part of its monthly schedule.
Endowed with a sonorous voice, she regaled the audience for a little over two-and-a-half hours with style and sagacity.
Veteran vidwan, Kokkonda Subrahmanya Sarma from Angara on violin, knowledgeable Mandapaka Nagalakshmi on mridangam and Mangalagiri Sridhar on ghatam lent excellent support.
A brief but beautiful spell of `aalapana' followed by evocative rendering of "Sivasivayanarada" (`Pantuvarali') set the tone. Then followed "Kaalaharanamelara" of Thyagaraja (`Suddasaveri'), "Ammaraavamma" of the same `vaggeyakara' (`Kalyani').
The piece-de-resistance of the evening was her own composition `ragam', `tanam' and `pallavi'; "Taamarasadala Netri" in `Shanmukhapriya' which turned out to be a scholarly sojourn where `aalapana' and `taanam', and `gathi' and `yathi' negotiated the `pallavi' before concluding with elaborate `swarakalpana' in the two speeds.
Kokkanda on violin especially in his turns of `aalapana' and `swaram', Nagalakshmi with her brilliant choice of `jathis' with sweet vibrant touch very well supported on the `upataalavaadyam' ghatam by Sridhar contributed grandeur.
Enthralling rendition of a "Devaranama' ("Noodidevara") in `Kalaavathi', `Daasaripadam' in `Multan' and her own `thillana' in `Vaasantha' constituted the thrilling tailpiece.
Lecturer, Department of Music, Andhra University, and noted vocalist, Mandapaka Sarada, proposing a vote of thanks, made a critical assessment of concert and described it a veritable and wholesome feast of the Carnatic vocal.
A.R.S.
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