Friday, December 10, 2010

58th Sawai: Smt. Savani Shende-Sathe (Vocal)

Main Artist: Smt. Savani Shende-Sathe
Sangatkar:
Tabla: Ramdas Palsule
Harmonium: Suyog Kundalkar
Tanpura: Anuradha Patwardhan, Madhura Gadre

Savani started her performance with raga Puriya Dhanashree (bada khyal
in vilambit Ektaal - kesar rang sham chhayi, chhota khyal in drut
Ektaal - tore jaya jaya karatar, tarana in drut Ada Chautaal).

Savani has a beautiful and tuneful voice. The ragavistaar during
vilambit khyal was systematic, elaborate and quite laydaar. Tara
shadja was sung with a lot of power. Taans were well thought and well
executed. Tarana was packed with a lot of power.

Savani continued her performance with raga Hemant (bandish in
madhyalaya Ektaal - chalo sakhi aao aao)

Savani concluded her concert with an abhang - bolava vitthal karava
vitthal jivabhav)

Suyog Kundalkar and Ramdas Palasule provided very good tabla and
harmonium sangat respectively that included many excellent solo
pieces.

Overall a memorable performance.

- Bansuriwala

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1 comment:

  1. The vilambit ektaal bandish and the tarana in Puriya Dhanashree were composed by Savani herself. Savani announced that the madhyalaya bandish was a traditional composition attributed to Tansen. The bandish in Hemant was composed by Savani's grandmother Late Smt. Kusum Shende.

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