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Voice in sprightly form
Moving recital... T. N. Seshagopalan.
MADURAI T. N. SESHAGOPALAN thrilled the audience for Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha. The flow of his voice had a sort of "flustered sprightliness" during his execution of his recital's initial pieces, Valachi (the navaragamalika varnam) and ``Thulasidalamula'' (Mayamalavagowlai, Tyagaraja). The latter included a spell of flashy neraval and swara lines.
The recital attained an intensely moving `musical mood'. Seshagopalan's voice reached a fascinating form from his diction of the third piece, "Angarakam" (Navagraha keerthana of Muthuswamy Dikshitar).
The piece was preceded by a soulful rendition of a textually appealing sloka in a modulated raga mould of Surati. T. N. Seshagopalan's tranquil presentation of the neraval and swara passages for the line, ``Deenarakshakam'' of this kirtana and M. Chandrasekaran's subtle expressions on the violin enthralled the audience. Equally engaging was the vocalist's rendition of the pasuram, "Ongi Ulagalanda" of Andal.
M. Chandraskearan pleased the audience with his delicate sketches of Surati, Arabhi and Hindolam on the violin. Guruvayur Dorai (mridangam) and V. Suresh (ghatam) followed the recital dutifully.
Aesthetically rich
The vocal recital of the duo, K. N. Sasikiran and P. Ganesh registered as a performance of a serious kind by an accomplished pair of emerging youngsters. They sang with a discipline developed through an instinct for an aesthetically rich style of classical Carnatic music.
Deriving support from the inspiring accompaniment provided by the senior violinist, Parur M. S. Anantharaman, P. Ganesh drew a sedate sketch of Saramathi as preface to the duo's deft diction of the piece, "Mokshamu" of Tyagaraja. The vocalists' presentation of the piece, "Ninnusevinchine" (Yadukulakambodi) of Subbaraya Sastri on Lord Parthasarathy of Triplicane was expressive of their grasp of its bhava moving with "delicate laya intricacies".
Parur M. S. Anantaharaman (violin) delighted the audience with a chaste description of Bhairavi in the recital's phase of the piece, "Balagopala" of Muthuswamy Dikshitar. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan's support on the mridangam was stimulating with "sarvalaghu suddha". A. S. Shankar lent lucid rhythmic support on the ghatam.
Unhurried expressions
Young Aparna Thyagarajan gave a sweet vocal recital with taste for unhurried expressions of a musically dignified class. Trained well in a notable family musical setting, she gave a nuanced raga narrative of Panthuvarali. Her rendition of the piece, ``Ninnenera'' in it was neat. She concluded with a series of smooth neraval and swara passages. The vocalist showed good imagination in her description in her description of Hindolam, ``Samaganalolane'' with stress on the features of its particular loveliness. Jayanthi Kasav drew praise for her comely exercises in Hindolam on the violin. R. S. R. Srikanth (mridangam) maintained metrical clarity in his accompaniment.
Impressive
The veena recital of Ramnath Iyer and Gopinath Iyer had an enjoyable progression with classical substance of an impressive quality. The thanams form a significantly fitting facet of Carnatic music on the veena. The duo's representation of aptly oscillated thanams in the phase of Todi gave much satisfaction.
The piece, ``Emijeseethe' of Tyagaraja was played in a tasteful diction.
Paiyur C. Gopalakrishnan (mridangam) and Tiruvarur Sai Krishnan (kanjira) enlivened the recital with agile accompaniment.
Delightful
Vasundhara Rajagopal gave a delightful vocal recital opening her recital with a fairly enjoyable diction of the piece, ``Gananathane'' in Saranga. The singer's rendition of the piece, ``Evarikai'' of Tyagaraja in Devamanohari was a little scratchy and needed refinement. The vocalist picked up primness from the phase of Varali and delivered a gratifying account of it.
The piece, ``Seshachalanayakam'' in it was rendered by her in a palatable form carried over through a neat session of neraval and swara passages. Karaharapriya included a refreshing rendition of the piece, ``Sowmithri'' of Tyagaraja. The ragamalika piece on Ashta Lakshmi was sweet.
A. G. A. Gnanasundaram (violin), Thanjavur Kumar (mridangam) and Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (ghatam) supported the recital well. — R.V.
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