Rasikas get a taste of mellifluous music
P.R. NAIR
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Young vocalists got an opportunity to showcase their skills during the Navaratri Music Festival organised in Ernakulam.
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Bindu's melodious voice and pleasing bhrigas made the concert enjoyable.
MELODIOUS RENDITION: T.N. Bindu, left, and Maruthorvattom Unnikrishnan (below) enchanted listeners with their expertise.
Edapally Sangeetha Sadas organised the Navaratri Musical Festival as part of Navaratri celebrations at Changampuzha Park from October 4 to October 12.
The opening day's concert featured vocalist T.N. Bindu from Thripunithara. She started with a varnam in Vasantha, Adi talam, and followed it up with `Gajavadana... ' in Sri Ranjini (Adi) and `Sarasijanabha... ' in Naga Gandhari (Dikshithar kriti). Saveri too was taken up for elaboration and `Devi Saraswathi... ' by Swati Tirunal was effortlessly sung.
Bindu's melodious voice and pleasing bhrigas made the concert enjoyable.
Rupa on the violin and Srikanth on the mridangam provided good support.
On the seventh day of the festival, Maruthorvattom Unnikrishnan enthralled rasikas with his distinct style of singing.
Unnikrishnan is a disciple of Cherthala Narayana Iyer and a Ganapraveen from the RLV College of Music.
Evocative rendition
After a brief Hamsadhwani raga visthara, he started the concert with `Ganapathim Bhaje... ' instead of the usual `Vathapi Ganapathim bhaje... ' This was followed by `Marakodi Sundara... ' in Bahudari (Adi) and `Bhogindra Sayanam... ' in Kundala Varali (Khanda Chapu) by Swati Tirunal.
Unnikrishnan renderedthe Pattanom Subramanya Iyer kriti `Parampurusha... ,' melodiously evoking Bhakti rasa to the hilt.
The main item of the evening was `Sundari Nee Divya Rupa... ' in Kalyani.
The raga alapana was totally different and most of the rasikas confused this with `Sudha Dhanyasi... ' as the artiste did the sruthi bhedam on `Nishadham.'
The neraval and manodharma swaras were excellent and young violinist, Ananda (a disciple of Lalgudi) rose to the occasion. Krishnakumar on the mridangam and Thripunithara Gopalakrishnan on the ganjra played a scintillating Thani.
Spellbinding
On the day of Vijayadashami, Arunkrishnan Poothalath, a disciple of Kumbalam Baburaj and Jayalakshmi Suresh, kept the audience spellbound by his show of talent.
He started with `Viribroni Atathala Varnam... ' and sung it in Thrisra nada as well. `Gana Nathaya Namasthe... ' in Gowla (Adi), `Sarasa Samadana... ' in Kapinarayani (Adi) and `Neelakandam Bhaje... ' in Kedaragowla (Rupakam) followed.
Two of his selections, `Sri Rajarajeswari... ' in Ravichandrika and `Manikya Mani Mayane... ' in Vachaspathi were his own compositions and the sahitya was meaningful.
At such a young age, Arunkrishnan has proved to be a good vaggeyakaran too.
The main kriti he took up for delineation was `Upacharamulu... ' (Thyagaraja - Adi) in Bhairavi and all the raga bhavas were well brought out.
A.S. Neelakandan on the mridangam and Sairaj on the kanjira provided excellent support.
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