Vocal : Vrinda Acharya
Violin : Aditi Krishnaprakash
Mrudangam : Adamya Ramanand
List :
01 chalamEla jEsE ( varNam) – nATakurinji – Adi – Rangaswamy Nattuvanar
02 mahA gaNapatim – nATa – Eka/Adi – Dikshitar ( O,S )
03 nArAyaNa ninna nAmada – shuddha dhanyAsi – khaNDa chAp – Purandara Dasa ( A )
04 marivErE dikkevarayya rAmA – SaNmukhapriya – Adi – Patnam Subramanya Iyer ( A,N,S )
neraval & swara @ sannutAnga shrI venkaTEsha nInu’
05 anurAgamulE nI manasuna – saraswati – rUpakam – Thyagaraja
06 rA rA rAjIva lOcana – mOhanam – Adi x 2 – Mysore Vasudevachar ( A,S ,T)
07 jagadOdhAraNA – kApi – Adi – Purandara Dasa
08 thillAna – dhanAshrI – Adi – Swathi Thirunal
Good concert by Vidushi Vrinda Acharya, yesterday at Ranjani Fine Arts
Commendable shanmukkhapriya and a very good mohanam. Detailed alapana for both. Some good impressive phrases. The start of Mohanam was very good. Aditi, started off her mohanam alapana beautifully.
As expected, shanmukkhapriya neraval was the mega affair and she did it with elan. No, neraval for mohanam, though. Probably, because of the time as it was a 2 hr concert.
Nata swaras were good too. Shudhadhanyasi was ok. So was her jagadodharana.
This was supposed to be a thematic on ‘The musical depth in popular compositions’. There wasn’t anything exceptional to justify the theme. She did not explain/elaborate any of the musical or lyrical aspects of the compositions she presented. To me, it was like a usual concert, with or without the announcement of the theme. I might have gone with some insightful explanations and delineations from the artist in line with the theme.
Adamya played very well, both while following the kritis and during his tani avartanam. Good to see the young vidvan progressing to a senior percussionist with credentials.
Brain Drain 