Enjoyable RTP
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The range and richness of his voice aided Swarna Rethas in bringing out the nuances of ragas.
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Swarna Rethas
Ragapriya, the chamber of music club, introduced one more worthy singer to the Carnatic rasikas of Madurai at a recent concert.
Swarna Rethas, a disciple of Sanjay Subramaniam, began his concert with an accurate and sonorous rendering of the varnam, ‘Karunimpa’ in Sahana.
This was followed by the Sanskrit lyrics of Swati Thirunal, ‘Jaya Jaya Padmanabha’ in Manirangu.
Elaborate alapana
Undeterred by occasional coughs, the singer presented an alapana in Andolika as a prelude to Tyagaraja’s ‘Raga Sudha Rasa.’
He was fairly successful in evoking the mood of the raga when he sang at a medium tempo while he had to make an effort to replicate the effect at a higher speed.
He brought out the unique beauty of Kalyani through just a few phrases in the elaborate alapana to Dikshithar’s ‘Bhajare Re Chitha’ in Misrachapu.
It was a painstaking effort showing much promise.
Melody is his forte! Be it the alapana to the Ragam, Thanam, Pallavi in Malayamarutham or Gopalakrishna Bharathi’s ‘Enneramum’ or the Purandaradasa kriti, ‘Nanda Tanaya Govinda’ in Bhimplas, the range and richness of his voice aided him in bringing out the nuances of the raga.
The audience were surprised when he began the RTP at a later stage of the concert.
They, nevertheless, enjoyed and appreciated the pallavi that was sung in Malayamarutham, Amrithavarshini and Ranjani.
The light and lively rendering of Papanasam Sivan’s ‘Ramanai Bajithal’ in Mand reminded the listeners of film songs of early Tamil cinema.
RAJALAKSHMI PADMANABHAN
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