Fluent technique

PLAYING ON the veena with perfection Rajesh Vaidhya sustained substantial audience interest. His recital featured by Sravanam at the auditorium of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Information Centre, T.Nagar, was an enthusiastic demonstration of his fascination for an entertaining style.

The recital began with a brisk execution of the piece, ``Vatapi'' (Hamsadhwani) suffixed with smart swara exercises. The piece, ``Ganamurthe'' of Tyagaraja came next quite tastefully in a fairly relaxed pace. Completing ``Raghuvamsa'' in Kadhanakuthuhalam with fluency of finger techniques in the metrically accelerated mode, the artiste played the piece, ``Nadaloludai'' (Kalyanavasantham).Following a sprightly recital of `Banturiti' of Tyagaraja in Hamsanadam, the player presented a profile of Hindolam with its melodic appeal.

Karukurichi Mohanaraman (mridangam), S. Karthik (ghatam) and A. S. Krishnan (morsing) provided lively rhythmic support to the recital.

Convincing account

Vaikkom T. V. Jayachandran gave a convincing account of his attainment as a young vocalist. He sang for Kala Kruthi in a non- strident style aligned uniformly on the sruti. The singer's rendition of the piece, ``Karunimpa'' (opening varnam in Sahana) was neat and nuanced with stress on the raga's distinctive grace.

The vocalist's depiction of ``Ramanannu'' of Tyagaraja in Harikambodi followed by a spell of neraval and swara sequences was deft and attested to his awareness of the raga's classical strength. Jayachandran's description of Keeravani was fair and he completed it with a compact rendition of the piece, ``Namo Namaste''. The vocalist's elaboration of Saveri was satisfying and aimed at a rigorous representation of its facets. The piece, ``Durusuga'' in it was rendered by the singer in a comely musical version.

Akkarai Subbulakshmi accompanied the recital skilfully on the violin. Her portrayal of Saveri was elegant.

Umayalpuram Mali (mridangam) and Rajaraman (ghatam) extended energetic percussion support. Their tani in the misra mode was enjoyable.

R.V.

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