Aruna Sairam

Dear friends,
                     You would have by now listened to the concert of Smt.Aruna sairam either directly through Jaya TV or through the upload of Shri. Manjunathji at Sangeethapriya.

Doubt has arisen in my mind whether my listening ability underwent any depreciation or the quality of MMU or the performance/interest of the artists participating therein is fading. From the beginning till yesterday, the quality of all concerts was not even comparable to last year MMU. Or is it my hallucination?

Whenever any one sings any krithi, our mind automatically begin to probe for the one we had  heard as the best.When Aruna sang Ehi annapurne-the punnagavarali, I could not but recollect the one better sung by Vijay Siva with all the emotions of the raaga. Similarly,Unnai Allal-Kalyani was no where near the one rendered with all its nuances by Sri. Maharajapuram Santhanam.

Smt. Aruna knows that her strength is in singing Uthukadu and Abangs. I don't comprehend why she avoided both, this year. I am happy that she elevated the lady, who inspired her to concentrate on Uthukadu krithis, to sit behind her twinging thambura.

The Bengali song in Durga is not appealing and not music to ears. When the songs in languages we do not know seem Greek, French and Latin to us, the introduction of a Bengali  piece is amusing. Should Aruna impose such things on us?  Please don't blame that I am not a nationalist.

So what is left for us this year? The one sung in the last in Kadhakudhukalam was lilting and was her only best rendition this year, I think. We seek best from You, Aruna.  All the best.
SR.
NB: You would have read my 1st posting wherein I had raised a query on Guru/Acharya. I received an authentic answer. It may be of interest to you too. Refer Below an article.

http://www.sssbpt.org/Pages/Prasanthi_Nilayam/therevolutionoflove-sundayspecial-27dec2009.html

Yours lovingly, SR