Sai Kiran and Sai Nivedita impressed with their vocal synergy and a well-chosen repertoire

Sai Sisters — Kiran and Nivi — are endowed with sonorous, pleasing voices that reflector each different intimately successful timbre and range. In their one-and-a-quarter-hour concert, astatine Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, the duo made a sincere effort to prosecute the assemblage done a well-chosen repertoire and competent presentation.

Eschewing the accustomed Mohanam oregon Sri raga varnams, they opened with the vibrant Pantuvarali varnam ‘Sami ninne napai’ by Shatkala Narasayya, provding a vibrant start.

This was followed by a little sketch of raga Sriranjani, starring into Tyagaraja’s ‘Brochevarevere’. There was a seamless speech of swarakalpana betwixt the sisters astatine the pallavi, with swars delivered successful accelerated succession. However, the inclination towards excessive loudness occasionally crept it. Whiel open-throated singing tin beryllium effective, stretching it beyond the accepted bounds volition effect successful compromising tonal balance. The duo should retrieve that maintaining utmost vocal restraint volition support them successful bully stead.

The main portion was acceptable successful raga Kalyani. The alapana was shared alaternately by Kiran and Nivi, their dependable traversing crossed the lower, mediate and precocious octaves with ease. However, successful the ‘melkalam’ segment, their dependable became shrill. There is simply a good enactment betwixt loudness and sobriety and this should beryllium cautiously eschewed.

Their astute exchanges successful niraval astatine the charanam and the ensuing swarakalpana carried capable flair. Kiran and Nivi concluded their performance with an abhang.

The young vocalists were accompanied by Gayathri Vibhavari connected the violin and B.N. Kasinath connected mridangam. While Gayathri’s responses during the raga essays and swara passages were measured and restrained, Kasinath provided capable rhythmic enactment , and presented a little yet competent tani avartanam.