Short is sweet
JITENDRA PRATAP
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A delightful blend by Krishna Birdi.
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With her soft and highly tuneful voice, Krishna Birdi, a close disciple of the Gwalior gharana doyen Laxman Krishnarao Pandit, captivated her discerning audience by rendering khayals and a couple of semi-classical numbers at a well-organised concert presented by Sangeet Surabhi of East Delhi at the PSK (Poorva Sanskritik Kendra) auditorium, 14 District Centre, Laxmi Nagar.
By commencing her recital of the evening with a khayal in raga Kedar (of Kalyan thaat) “Barakha ritu ki” set to the 12-beat slow Ek tala, Krishna established an instant rapport with her audience. She elaborated it with well deployed alap-badhat-behelwa-sargam-taans, all of which were tightly knit and neatly enunciated.
She was equally at her best with the fast 16-beat Teen tala composition in the same raga “Kanganwa mora ata hi amola” wherein Krishna deployed quite a few liltingly phrased variations.
Equally haunting was her next rendition in the season’s raga, Sur-Malhar, said to be a creation of Sant Surdas.
The mid-tempo Teen tala composition “Badarwa garajan ko aaye” was rendered with the raga’s form well maintained and the lyrics rendered with intense feeling.
Welcome change
The thumri in the pentatonic raga Dhani was a welcome change since one listens to thumris mostly in ragas like the Khamaj, Kafi, Piloo, Jangla and Bhairavi.
The tunefully rendered saawani at the end was a befitting finale to her recital, for which Balloo Khan Warsi provided commendable accompaniment on the harmonium, while Abhijit Aich, a disciple of Shankar Ghosh, was a sheet anchor on rhythm.
One would have liked Krishna to slightly prolong her renderings.
However, it was the male compere who remained on the stage a bit too long.
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