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Mundane recitation
THE PRESENT day music field provides room for any singer with a fairly pleasing voice and some confidence to sing on stage.
Sometimes, even these prerequisites are overlooked due to other influencing parameters. P.Radha, declared as D. K. Jayaraman's disciple, has a good vocal prowess and was sincere in rendering the kritis at Bharat Kalachar. Her raga exposition of Poorvikalyani (Sati Leni Gurugruha) and her neraval at "Koti Manmatha Roopa" were of the by-heart and reproduce type than inspired way of singing.
The same turned out to be the case with a powerful raga like Keeravani and "Kalikiyunde Kada". Fortunately, the subsequent neraval at "Baguka Sriraghu" was, though laboured, comparatively better than the previous one. But, alas, the kalpanaswaras once again landed on mundane recitation. Radha needs to sharpen her imaginative skill.
Kalpana Prasad on the violin showed better grasp of musical knowledge and expression. Arjun Ganesh proved to be a friendly percussionist and not authoritative.
At great speed
Who says veena cannot be played at a great speed? The rate at which B.Kannan accelerates his instrument may make the listener dumbstruck. But they burst out into a roaring applause. Kannan presented a vocal and instrumental ensemble with some of the Padma Seshadris talents - "Ilayabharathathinai va" a choir type of music with keyboard, drums and the veena. The popular Bharatiyar number was set in raga Savitri, created by Kannan. A tillana in the same raga, again composed by Kannan, followed. The auditorium, full of parents of the participants, enjoyed it. Well, here the quality goes by the popular opinion.
G.SWAMINATHAN
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