NARADA GANA SABHA
Manodharma at work
M. RAMESH
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Sumitra Nitin's concert was good but she should trust her talent more.
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Photo: K. N.Muralidharan.
Sumitra Nitin.
Sumitra Nitin is singing much better this season than she did in the last. In fact, her concert for Narada Gana Sabha was so good that one wonders why her approach was conservative.
Early on came an Atana piece (`Innum Irakkam Varlayya' of Neelakanta Sivan) and a commendable Nattakurinji (`Eppadi Ennagam Pugundayo' of Ambujam Krishna). Then came the main piece of the concert, the Dikshitar Purvikalyani thriller, `Meenakshi Memudam.'
Up to this point, the concert seemed format-based and well-rehearsed. Blemishless and certainly enjoyable, but the free-flow was missing. After the tani, Sumitra presented a beautiful Kalyana Vasantham, a Tamil composition by Arasi.
The Sanskrit verse, `Venkatadri Samasthanam' (Begada) flowed like a mountain river. Clearly, manodharma was at work. When the second line of the sloka came, Begada segued into a superb Brindavana Saranga, leading on to Annamacharya's `Entha Matramu.' A job well done.
A commendable aspect was the obvious emphasis on bhava. With voice at her command and manodharma, it is obvious that there is a lot of music lurking inside the artiste. Which is why Sumitra should give up defensive, rehearsed singing and trust in her talents. Papanasanam Gokul on the violin and Umayalpuram Kalyanaraman on the mridangam gave splendid support.
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