Kalpakam Swaminathan at Veena Balachander Trust

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rbharath
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Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veenai
S R Padmavati - Veena Support
Thanjavur Subramanian - mrudangam
H Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Veena Balachandra Trust, Sastri Hall. 13th April 2006. 5 pm to 6 pm

varNam - nATTai - Adi
srI mahAgaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - Jayachamraja Wodeyar (RS)
bruhannAyaki - AndALi - Adi - MD
dEvI mInAkshI - kalyANi - rUpakam - taccUr singAchAri (RT)
eDu nammina - sAvEri - Adi - Patnam Subramania Iyer (RNS)
ambara chidambara - suruTTi - kaNDa cApu

The concert started off which a brisk rendition of the varNam. The AlApanai of aTANA which followed was very beautiful and neatly showed the nuances of the ragam. The kriti was rendered well. The swarams which followed were very good as well. The AndALi kriti was very good also.

The kalyANi AlApanai and tAnam showed all the beauty of the ragam with all the gamakAs clearly shown and the tAnam also was beautiful. The kriti was a rare one and was rendered well. Quite against the expectations of many rasikas for a kalyANi main, the The sAvEri AlApanai was much more enjoyable. The kriti was rendered well and the neraval and svarams were rendered well again to finish with a beautiful suruTTi kriti. It was an issue of classism to the fullest from the start to the finish. Smt Swaminathan treated the audience with good quality music. The accompanies did a good job.

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