LALITHA KRISHNAN AT NUNGAMBAKKAM CULTURAL ACADEMY
Lalitha Krishnan, disciple and daughter-in-law of violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman, performed at the Nungambakkam Cultural Academy on 29th December 2000. The accompaniments were Srinivasan on the violin and Anil Kumar on the mridangam.
To start with, she sang 'Tapulanniyu', Harikesanallur
Muthiah Bhagavatar's kriti in the raga Bowli. She then rendered
Annamacharya's 'Itaraadevagala', in the
raga Bahudari with a few rounds of kalpanaswaras at the charanam. Following
this, she took up Shanmukhapriya in which she rendered a raga alapana and
presented the popular kriti of Papanasam Sivan, 'Aandavane unnai
nambinen', set to Roopaka tala. Her alapana in Shanmukhapriya seemed to be very light. Her next choice was Oothukadu Venkata
Subbayyar's 'Aadadu Asangadu va kanna' in the raga Madhyamavati.
The main raga was Sankarabharanam. She rendered raga alapana followed by the
kriti 'Manasu swadheenamai', a wonderful kriti of Tyagaraja in Misra
Chapu tala. Her post-main section included Arunachala Kavi's 'Kanden
kanden seetayai' in Bagesri, 'Hare Venkatesa' in Sidhubhairavi
and Lalgudi's Tillana in Durga. Lalitha Krishnan has got a good voice with
a capacity to sing the finer nuances. However, she must pay attention to
the sruti.
AUDIENCE VIEWS:
V Sharadambal: She possesses a good knowledge in swara and tala and has a very sweet voice.
I pray God for her further success in music.
B V S Mani: A good musician with a nice voice, brigas and depth of imagination. May God bless
her with
a long life.
Susan Singh: A lovely lyrical sense. A very enjoyable performance.
Misha and Megha: It was good and gave us an insight into our style of singing as we belong to the same
school.
