Brisk and pleasant vocal
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An endearing recital captivated the audience.
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Last Friday, Kalabharathi witnessed an engaging Carnatic vocal recital. V. Lalitha Chandrasekhar, in the company of G. Annaji Rao on violin and S. Subrahmanyam on mridangam, rendered it for Visakha Music Academy.
She got off to a brisk start with Sri Mahaganapathi of Jayadevaraj Vadayar (Athana) and sustained audience interest till the end with her choice of a wide repertoire and meaningful intoning of the lyrical phraseology in perfect sruti.
After rendering Sree Saraswathi of Dikshitar (Aarabhi), Devibrova of Syama Sastry (Chintamani), Gouri Sukumari of N. Ch. Krishnamachari (Vasantha), Maatru Bhootayya's Neemadichallaga (Anandabhairavi), she elaborated Tulasee of Tyagaraja (Saveri). Her aalapana and swaram reflected good taste. The expansive elaboration of Dikshitar's Paamarajanapaalini (Simhendramadhyamam) tended turned out to be an erudite effort. Subrahmanyam on mridangam contributed grandeur through his thani at the end of the composition in Simhendramadhyamam.
Enlivening Sur Jhankar
Sur Jhankar enlivened the audience at various Durga puja pandals with their rhythm and beat through karaoke singing. Belting a mix of old and new numbers in Bengali and Hindi, singer duo Mitul Bhattacharjee and Anthony Chatterjee held the audience captive.
They performed at the Durga puja festival hosted by the West Visakaha Cultural Association at Sriharipuram and at the Town Hall for the Bengali Association.
They were aptly supported by a troupe of children — Roopsha Bhattacharjee, Ankona Bhowmik, Shilpa Dutta, Shimpa Karmakar, Ankita Bhowmik and Joy Roy, who also delightfully danced.
A.R.S
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