Gayathri Girish is a disciplined and dependable vocalist. She always plans her concerts in a unique and gratifying manner. She prefers to introduce new ideas within the frame work of Carnatic grammar.
In her concert, she presented a ragamalika RTP with four ragas set to Chatusra Triputa, Kanda Nadai, 2 Kalai. The alapana for the ragas which were lined up in the pallavi, were ‘Ranjani, Sriranjani, Mega Ranjani, Jana Ranjani Mampahi.’ Well, it turned out to be quite a demanding one; but it sounded more of a cerebral exercise than a musical outing.
Besides this, Gayathri presented many lilting numbers such as GNB’s Ranjani varnam ‘Amboruha Padame,’ Swati Tirunal’s ‘Karunakara Madhava’ in Begada, and Tyagaraja’s Dhenuka kriti ‘Teliyaleru Rama.’ She elaborated Sankarabharanam with traditional phrases and lingered on ‘Akshya Linga Vibho’ (Dikshitar) with niraval and swaras on ‘Badari Vana.’
Gayathri included ‘Jamboopathey,’ one of the Panchalinga kritis of Dikshitar, in Yamuna Kalyani and a Muthiah Bhagavatar Chamundi Ashtothra composition ‘Niramayae’ in Kuntalavarali. Her post RTP segment had a tarangam in Sindhubhairavi, Vasanthi thillana of Lalgudi Jayaraman, a Tiruppugazh in Chandrakauns and ‘Nagendra Haraya’ Siva Panchakshari.
Edapalli Ajith Kumar on the violin satisfied the vocalist’s demands with his sober responses. Poongulam Subramanyam and Bangalore B. Rajasekar on the mridangam and the morsing were active partners and made their presence felt in the inspiring thani.
