63rd Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal: A captivating concert
Spoorthi has made a remarkable progress over the recent years. On Friday, she proved yet again that she is a skilled vocalist. She opened the concert with the popular Bhairavi varna ‘Veeri bONi’ by Pacchamiriyam Adiappayya. An experienced artiste that she is, surprisingly, the charana suffered tala in the second ettugade swara.
The same was observed in the following composition too ‘MahAgaNapatim’ in NAta by Dikshitar wherein instead of applying the Ekatala she sang the kriti in Adi tAla, which she realised and corrected only at the time of swarakalpana at the end of the composition rendition. But after this, the girl was careful not to make more mistakes.
Spoorthi excels in developing neraval and kalpana swaras. ‘Sri Tyagaraja’s ‘Bantureeti kolu’ saw an extensive neraval at ‘RAmanAmamanu vara khadgamivi’ especially in the melkalam that gained appreciation from the audience.
Spoorthi’s selection of compositions for the evening was adequate. She did not choose to sing too many compositions but she tried to do justice to what she sang, elaborating two main compositions — one in TOdi ‘RAjuvadale jUtA murArE’ which is composed on Lord Ranganatha describing him on procession adorned with radiant divine ornaments studded with precious stones on the bank of the river Kaveri in Srirangam as all the kings serve him.
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