Pleasing recital
Gudipoodi SrihariG.S
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Sanjay's full-throated singing evoked a good response from the audience.
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In connection with the celebration of the Foundation Day of the 46-year-old South Indian Cultural Association (SICA), at Ravindra Bharati, here recently , Sanjay Subramanyam presented a colourful vocal recital. R.K. Sriram Kumar accompanied him on the violin and K. Arun Prakash was on the mridangam. Sanjay is now regarded as one of the best among the present generation of young musicians. His vocal style, range and verve are praiseworthy.
He also practiced rightly what is called full-throated singing, without manipulating his voice for the sake of an artificial melody, which most young musicians are resorting to these days. Sanjay's acumen is laudable and manodharma in particular was admirable.
Sensible support
The sensible support of the accompanist enriched the concert. Sanjay opened with Navaragamalika varnam quite aggressively as if it was time to exercise his voice and get it the needed ease. The swaraprathara he presented in the invocatory number Siddhi Vinayakam with a brief raga picture of Shanmukhapriya helped build a rapport with his sizable audience. There was good applause for each number that followed, a sign of wholehearted acceptance.
Abhimanamennadu in Begada and swaras in it shaped as a perfect kriti and swara combination. Then came the rare Kari Kalabhamukha of Deekshitar in Saaveri, preceded by a good raga essay. He applied all the textbook methods to elaborate the raga. This delineation also reflected his rich manodharma. So did his Kharaharapriya, which he rendered a Tamil composition, addressed to Lord Ayyappa.
Topping it all was the rendition of raga Mohana. The delineation was quite soulful. Thyagaraja's Nanu Palimpa with neraval and swara prasthara brought in the role of the percussionists excellently and was the highlight of the evening. Sanjay sang it rightly with Sahitya Bhava, as this is one of the finest krithis of Thyagaraja, embedded with dramatic element.
Arun Prakash came up with a beautiful, crisp and precise thani. Sanjay then took up Charukesi for a ragam tanam pallavi exercise. Pallavi in Mishra Chaapu had neraval and swaraprasthara, ambitiously presented by Sanjay.
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