Mellifluous blend
GUDIPOODI SRIHARI
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S.V.Subbalakshmi chose a good mix of compositions of great saints for her vocal recital.
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Sangeetha Ksheerasagara Sabha and Sri Thygaraya Ganasabha jointly organised the vocal concert by S.V. Subbalakshmi in the company of S.V.Ramana Murthy on violin and Burra Sriram on mridangam. The programme was held at the Sabha's venue.
Subbalakshmi belongs to a musical family. She is the daughter of Bandi Shyamala, a senior veena virtuoso under whose tutelage Subbalakshmi learned music and later from Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana and Kokkonda Subramanya Sarma. Manda Sudharani is now guiding her. A postgraduate in music from Telugu University with a diploma of Sangeetha Alankara from Maharashtra Mandal, she is graded artiste of All India Radio.
Hasty start
Winner of several awards, she has given numerous recitals in the state. Andhra Music Academy provided her platform to perform. In this concert she appeared to be a bit hasty. Literally she ran through the first four or five kirtanas. She rendered them with undue haste. But settled down only by the time she reached her choice raga Thodi, which she expanded with care. She observed discipline in building this raga with vast scope. Her choice in this raga was Ninne Namminanu of Shyama Sastry in Misrachapu Taala.
The swarakalpana she presented was imaginative. The repertoire for the evening was a good mix of compositions of great saints. They were two of Thyagaraja and two of Deekshitar. All the four were choice numbers, which were hurried through, except the Todi piece of Shyama Sastry. But she rendered them with Sahitya clarity.
Lakshmi began with Vasantha varnam Ninnu Kori an exercising one. This was followed by a popular invocation - Vatapi in Hamsadhwani. Mara Vyri in Nasika Bhushani and Telisi Ramachintanato in Poornachandrika - both Tyagaraja compositions were satisfying. But the main piece was Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi in Mohana. Subbalakshmi delineated the raga with care and confidence.
The Tanam part was quite brisk and engaging. And the Pallavi opened with Rendakharala Jaaga, in Khanda Jati Triputa. Pahimam Parvati Parameswari, Sankari, Sundari, Gowri was the Pallavi she composed for this exercise. This was most satisfying piece.
The last number was of Papanasam Sivan's in Hamsanandi - Srinivasa Tiruvenkata. This was preceded by slokas rendered in a raga chain. The kriti was pure devotional. The Tani by Burra was quite engaging while Ramanamurthy's violin support was laudable.
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