Vocal : Archana & Samanvi
Violin : Anirudh Bharadwaj
Mrudangam : Trichy G Aravind
Ghatam : Sharath Kaushik
List :
01 viribOni ( varNam ) – bhairavi – aTa – Pachimiriam Adiyappa
02 kancadalAyadAkSi – kamalAmanOhari – Adi – Diksitar ( A,S )
03 nanda sukumAra krSNa – darbAr – Oothukkad Venkata Kavi
04 apamAnavAdadE oLLidu ?? – pUrvikalyANi – Adi – Purandara Dasa ( A,S ) – set to tune by Prof. Aravida Hebbar
05 smarAmi sadA kSitijA ramaNam – gambhIravANi – Adi – Chitraveena Ravikiran
06 nanu pAlimpa – mOhanam – Adi x 2 – Thyagaraja ( A,N,S,T )
neraval & swara @ ‘karamuna shara kOdaNDa kaNTitO’
07 eShTO kAla hambalisiyu?? ( kavana) – khamAs – rUpakam – Subraya chikkadi ( set to tune by Prof. Aravinda Hebbar )
08 kAnaDa rAja puNDarIcha ( abhang ?) – hindOLam – Adi – ??
09 thillAna ( tana dhImta dhImta dhiraNA) – mAND – Adi – Lalgudi Jayaraman
10 ugAbhOga ( naguvu sahajada dharma ) – bihAg & kAnaDa
ellarigu eega nama ? – bihAg – Adi – from mankuthimmana kagga ??
11 nI nAma rUpamulaku – saurAStram / madhyamAvati – Adi – Thyagaraja
The young girls definitely made an impact yesterday. The competence, maturity and confidence were beyond their age. The duo presented a brilliant concert yesterday to start the 2 day Annual Youth Festival of Nadasurabhi.
I understand that they hail from South Canara and was under the tutelage of Prof. Aravind Hebbar and now taking advance training under Chitraveena Ravikiran. Their music indeed shows that they had been in good hands. It was evident from the way they sang the varnam. Even the stage composure, the sharing of parts, the smooth takeovers, the sense of proportion shown , selection and detailing of kritis were all noteworthy. I’m sure we will see them more often in the years to come.
Poorvikalyani was the first test of their mettle for me. They sang a measured alapana, the elder one ( they are not sisters by birth) sang the early stages and most of the lower and mid registers and the younger one did a splendid second part. Anirudh had some good phrases in his return, but thought he should play it a little slower. Purandaradasa devarnama, set to tune by their Guru was very good. Good rounds of swaras too. Ravikiran’s influence was shown through the Oothukadu composition and one of his own creation in Gambheeravani. Apart from the Thyagaraja kriti ‘sadA matin’ and a thillana of T K Govinda Rao, I’ve not heard any other composition in this ragam.
Mohanam alapana was again very well done. As in the previous case, the early part was done by the elder one and the later half by the younger ( and some bit of back and forth towards the conclusion). Anirudh did a good return , especially with some fast paced plays, in his turn. Skillful neraval and very good kalpana swaras in two speeds as expected. Trichy Aravind and Sharath ,after a slow start to adapt to the scene, had covered a great bit. They percussion duo also played a nice little tani avartanam.
post main had a poem of Subraya Chikkadi tuned in a style of a javaLi by their Guru. A marathi song, played in line with the Ranjani&Gayathri style. They concluded the concert with what I guess is a kagga from the ‘mankuthimmana kagga’ of DVG.
The young ladies sang a brilliant concert, and all the wishes to them for a great musical career.
Brain Drain 