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One
is generally used to seeing violinists faltering when trying to cope with
Seshagopalan, but this was not a problem for this concert. Delhi
Sundararajan handled the swaraprastara-s quite well, and his accompaniment
was of fairly high quality in other aspects too. The percussion, as may be
expected of such artistes as Ramabhadran and Vinayakram, was quite
enjoyable, particularly in the dimension of playing for Kritis.
This
reviewer cannot help but comment on the average behaviour of the audience
during the concert. Frequent applause, as was heard in the midst of the
Subhapantuvarali alapana, is quite avoidable. However, it was also
perplexing that a steady stream of people kept leaving the hall after it
was over.
General remarks:
Voice:
Somewhat scratchy, especially in the higher octave; more comfortable in
the middle & lower octaves.
Acoustics: Overall too loud; balancing poor. The first 20 minutes
of the concert sounded like the sound-check phase.
Hall AC: A little too cold.
Ratings:
Fidelity to sruti - 60 %
Sahitya - 75 %
Rendering of Compositions - 80 %
Alapana - 80 %
Neraval - 80 %
Kalpanaswaras - 85 %
Sowkhyam - 60 %
Overall
effect:
Vocalist
- 65%
Violin - 75%
Mridangam & Ghatam - 75%
Concert
- 70%
Estimated
audience ratings:
Crowd
in hall - 75% in the beginning, 50% towards the end.
Response
for item selection: Effusive for Subhapantuvarali alapana, average for
others.
Concert
success - 80%
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