R Vedavalli, Music Academy

R Vedavalli - Vocal
R K Shriram Kumar - violin
Neyveli Narayanan - mrudangam
Sukanya Ramgopal - ghatam

Music Academy - 26th December 2004 - 10:00 am

entO prema - varNam - suruTTi
ninnu jIchi - saurAshtram
praNathAthiharAya - sAmanta
sambhO mahAdEva - kAmavardhini (AlApanai, neraval and svarams at "sura brinda kirITa"
enraikku sivakrupai - mukhAri (AlApani and svarams)
karuNichuDaku - sindhumandAri - paTNam subramaNya iyer
tuLsi bilva - kEdAragauLa (short AlApanai)
dAkshAyani abhayAmbikE - tODi - tisra Ekam - dIkshitar (AlApanai, tAnam in tODi, rItigauLa, shanmukhapriyA, srI rAgam, neraval and svarams in the pallavi line)
taniyAvartanam
ceDiyAya valvinaigaL & vAnAda selvamum - kulasEkAzvAr pAsurams in sAvEri, kharaharapriyA, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
nAdapriyA sivanenba - hamsAnandi - lingAyat vacanam
vAnibandu - kAnaDa jAvaLi
tillAna - sankarAbaraNam
pavamAna

It was a lovely concert. The kAmavardini was good. MukhAri was phenominal. The short but still lovely kEdAragauLa AlApanai was something which still stays in the mind.

The tODi AlApanai with a lot of madhyama kAla prastArams was good. After the tAnam, one was expecting a complicated pallavi. The grand rare abhayAmaba kriti was rendered with a lot bhavam. The neraval and svarams were good. As usual, there was a lot of kaNakku and korappu. The latter part of the concert was also very enjoyable.

Sri. Shriram kumar on the violin was good all thro' the concert especially the tODi and kEdAragauLa. Sri. Narayanan on the mrudangam did a good job while accompanying and the tani was also well done. Smt. Sukanya on the ghatam was also good. Quite different from the some other Ghatam Artists who dont play for half the kriti, one could hear the ghatam starting from the pallavi of every piece.