Pleasing vocal concert

Duddu Radhika’s presented a well crafted concert for Vijayanagar Fine Arts.

On song Radhika during the recital

One of the active music sabhas of Hyderabad, ‘Vijayanagar Fine Arts’ featured in its monthly concerts noted vocalist Duddu Radhika, last week at its venue Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Devalayam, Vijayanagar Colony. She was accompanied by B Pavan Singh on violin and Karra Srinivas on mridangam. She opened her concert withthe devotional number Sri Maha Ganapathi Ravatumam of Dikshithar in Gowla, backed up with a brief swarakalpana in upper speed. This was followed by Syama Sastry’s Marivere Gati Evvaramma in Ananda Bhairavi. The beauty of this number was that she essayed the melody with impressive sancharis that decorated the melody with grandeur it deserves. The kriti rendition, as it should be was in a very relaxed tempo, soaked in raga bhava.

Rama Ninnu Nammina of Thyagaraja in Mohana was the subsequent number, she presented simple kirtana rendition and the swarakalpana she added spiced it up. The sub main piece of the concert was Kanta Joodumi in the raga Vachaspathi of Thyagaraja. The alapana was well conceived and opened up all the facets of the raga. The kriti was well rendered with stress on sahitya bhava. The swarakalpana presented at the line Alanaadu Soumithri in ‘drut’ tempo made it more attractive with smart mix of short kalpanaswaras making it fairly long swara passage.

Nenarunchinanu in Maalavi of Thyagaraja was fast paced number that served as a threshold to get into main number of the concert

Kaligiyute kada in Keeravani of Thyagaraja. Alapana was well crafted employing Sancharis judicially at slow pace carefully knitting swara passages.

It was, in one word, text book style methodical presentation capturing the essence of the raga. Kriti rendition was flawless and the neravu at the line

Baaguga Sri Raghuramuni Padamula enhanced sahitya appeal and also mirrored melodic beauty of the lyrical part too. Swarakalapana that followed further heightened its wholesome impact. Violinist Pavan Singh also revealed the strength of his manodharma whenever he got the opportunity to play ragas and swaras. Karra Srinivas’ thani avarthanam matched the standard of the concert.

The latter part of the concert included Kannuledutide Ghana Vaikutham of Annamacharya in the raga Jog and Maanasa Sancharare , the popular composition of Sadasiva Brahmendra in Saama.