Promising fare
B.R.C. IYENGAR
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Praphulla Sunder's vocal recital stood out for good `sruti' sense.
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Praphulla Sunder
Praphulla Sunder's vocal concert last week under the aegis of Kalasagaram was an outstanding example of rich talent and even richer voice not being put to appropriate exercise.
The failure lies in the pursuit of popularity and praise in predilection to melody, classicism and fidelity.
It is common to notice among the up and coming artistes that manodharma sanguitha is given least import and, efforts are always on in trying the most unwanted.
Praphulla is no exception. Take for instance neraval, which is the live wire of creative music. In the concert she seldom attempted it except on one occasion. The alapana was inane with no design or plan and swarakalpana a futile staging. She has the doubtless merit of excellent sruti sense that marked a score in her concert. The selection of the items too could have been better.
Coordination errors
Saveri varnam led the way to mahaganapathim in naatai, and later to teliyaleru rama in dhenuka. A lengthy alapana of kalyani, with ineffective wandering showed the way to Thyagaraja's amma ravamma.
Although the common listener does not observe in such situations, the end point of swarakalpana at thamarasa dalanetri was messy between the singer and the violinist.
Enthamuddu enthasogasu in bindumalini was reasonably good. Niravadhisiukhada in ravichandrika was a welcome change.
The selection of varali thereafter was judicious. Ka va va of Shivan came off well. Kharaharapriya was chosen as the main raga for the evening and the krithi, pakkala nilabadi was chosen for the raga. Both the neraval and swarakalpana for the song was just average. The concert ended up with a thillana.
Young Peri Thyagaraju, the disciple of Peri Sriramamurthy accompanied on the violin and he evidently needs more experience, which can be obtained by practicing with a vocalist.
Nevertheless, he did contribute sufficient melody in terms of clarity and precision.
A. Srinivas, the disciple of Lakshminarayana Raju who accompanied on the mridangam has to go a long way. Basically he has to bear in mind that percussion is played not only to rhythm but also to the built-in decoration of the krithi. Change of rhythmic patterns within the framework of the set thala for a song is vital.
The concert was good in parts although young Praphulla has enormous scope to come out as a renowned artiste.
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