Melody is Parthasarathi's forte
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Bilahari turned out to be the most beautiful, elegant and imposing piece of Parathasarathi's concert.
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The Nallan Chakravarthula family of musicians is particularly noted for its creativity. N. Ch. Parthasarathi, one of the leading vocalists among the younger generation musicians, belongs to the family. Kasheeragara Sangeetha Sabha provided him an opportunity last week to perform at the Thyagaraya Gana sabha.
Parthasarathi sang in the company of R. Dinakar on violin and Krishna Prakash on mridangam. He opened with a rare Nalinakanthi varnam, composed by a senior of the Nallan Chakravarthulas, Sri Murthy, himself a talented singer and composer. The varnam reflected his vocal skills. After obeisance to Lord Ganapathi through the composition of Muthaiah Bhagavatar, Parthasarathi chose to sing Ranganathude in Sourashtra.
Impressive rendition
After another brief kriti Marugelara in Jayanthisri, he chose Shanmukhapriya as his first raga effort. He sang Palu Vicharamulela with sahitya import and the nereval and swaram could carry the raga mood. Then appeared Koluvaiunnade in Devagandhari, in enjoyable piece indeed. But the subsequent Thyagaraja Yogavaibhavam of Deekshitar in Ananda Bhairavi thrilled the audience for the way he went for mridanga yati styled presentation.
Bilahari was his main showpiece, along with Dorakuna Ituvanti with nereval and swaras, and thani in it. Parthasarathi presented this piece extremely well. Bilahari gained a beautiful picture, at once elegant and imposing. Then the rendition of Dorakuna had in itself a mood of musicians thrill, as `he prays to god through this medium of music'. He sang with clarity of sahitya. The nereval and swaras too were a treat. The violinist's responses and his own versions of Bilahari and Shanumukhapriya earlier were praise worthy. The Thani Avartanam by the mridangist was neat. Bayarani Vanide, a Javali in Kapi and Patnam's brisk thillana in Khamas concluded this most authentic and pleasing recital.
G.S.
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