Illustration of intense training

THE VOCAL recital of Nityasree Mahadevan featured by Sravanam, at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Information Centre, T.Nagar, was enjoyable and reflective of her enthusiasm to impress the audience with interesting ingredients.

Nithyasree began her recital with a brisk rendition of the piece, ``Venkatesanatham'' in Brindavanasaranga in the tisra gati. The piece, ``Nannugannathalli'' of Tyagaraja in Kesari came next in an agile musical form. The vocalist displayed her fascination for elaborate exercises in swaras at the conclusion of the succeeding piece, ``Ekambresanayike,'' all arrayed in agile metrical formats.

Her narration of Latangi was by and large attractive with the details of its comeliness sought to be conveyed through a wide scalar range. The piece, ``Jagadambikaiye'' of Papanasam Sivan succeeded it with sufficient stress on the classiness of its musical contents. The piece was completed with series of catchy neraval and swara texts.

The singer's description of Begada and Bhairavi and her delivery of the pieces (``Kamakshi'' and ``Nipadamule'') in them revealed the intensity of her training to depict the ragas' features engagingly in terms of refined musical phrases.

M. A. Krishnaswamy provided agreeable accompaniment on the violin. His portrayal of Begada and Bhairavi in tasteful forms drew praise. Melakkaveri Balaji (mridangam) and A. S. Krishnan (morsing) maintained the recital's rhythmic course zestfully.

Pleasing recital

Geetha Rajasekhar delighted the listeners with a pleasing vocal recital at the auditorium of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T.Nagar. Her dainty and non-strident delineation of the pieces, ``Ninnenera'' (Pantuvarali), and ``Brovabarama'' (Bahudhari) of Tyagaraja and ``Ramaramaguna'' (Simhendramadhyamam) of Swati Tirunal evoked special audience appreciation. The vocalist's presentation of the profiles of Bahudhari and Simhendramadhyamam with a clear grasp of their significantly appealing classical identities was praiseworthy.

The singer's passages of improvisation in Simhendramadhyamam were elegant and expressive of her skill. Padma Shankar's affable accompaniment on the violin added adequately to the pleasantness of the recital. The sketches of Bahudhari and Simhendramadhyamam drawn by her were succinct.

Tanjore Murugabhupathy (mridangam) and A. S. Shankar (ghatam) extended enjoyable percussion support.

- R.V.

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