Vijay Siva, Musiri Chambers

N Vijay Siva - Mullaivasal G Chandramouli - N Manoj Siva

Musiri Chambers, 5th June 2005 4:01 pm

varNam - sAmi ninnE - kAmavardini - Adi
lalitE srI pravriddha srImati - bhairavi - Adi - T (neraval and svarams at 'kanna talli')
bhajarE bhaja mAnasa - kannaDa - T (AlApanai and svarams at pallavi line)
rAma rAma pAhi - dEvagAndhAri - ST
nannu brOcuDaku - tODi - Adi - subbarAya sAstri (AlApanai)
brOva bAramA - bahudAri - Adi - T (neraval as 'srI vAsudEva' and svarams at 'brOvabAramA')
abhayAmbA - kalyANi - Adi (2 kaLai) - MD (AlApanai, neraval and svarams 'abhaya varada pANi')
taniyAvardanam
ini enna pEccirukkudu - sahAnA - vaidIsvaran kovil subbarAma iyer
kR.SNam kalaya - mukhArI - nArAyaNa tIrtar tarangam
ArA amudE arasE - rAgamAlikA - tAyumAnavar
veTTa veLi tannil - mukhAri - kudambai siddar
eppo varuvArO - jOnpuri - gOpAla kR.SNa bArati
Amor jonma bhUmi - rabIndra sangIth - Tagore
pUnguyil kUvum pUnjOlai - kApI - kalki kR.SNamUrty
tiruppugazh - mOhanam
pavamAna - saurAshtram

The concert started with a swift varNam and the bhairavi kriti would have been better, if it were prefixed with a short AlApanai. The nerval and svarams were good.

The first elaboration of the evening was kannaDa which was well rendered with svarams and the dEvagAndhari kriti to follow.

The elaboration of tODi was rather thrilling with a lot of nice sancArams. The beautiful AlApanai was followed by a even more beautiful rendition of the grand kriti. It was indeed disappointing to not have nerval and/or svarams for the kriti.

Neraval in bahudAri was nicely done and the swarams were well patterned aesthetically. The main AlApanai of kalyANi was very elaborate and the kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam to be followed by the neraval and svarams which were again well patterened.

The post-tani part saw a brisk sahAnA kriti and a tarangam neatly presented. The rAgamAlikA piece (i guess a kAvaDi sindu) had cenchuruTTi, punnAga varALi and sindhubhairavi.

Then Sri Manoj Siva requested for veTTa veLi tannil, and a second piece in mukhAri was presented.

Then came a set of chits to the diaz. A short AlApanai prefixed the jOnpuri kriti which was started at the anupallavi line. The rabIndra sangIth piece was rendered for a request from the audience for a patriotic song. The nicely rendered kApi piece was on request also.

Sri Vijay Siva was in good form and his voice was well suited for the chamber music concert. His rAga bhAvam and diction deserves yet another appreciation. Sri Chandramouli on the violin did a very good job. His AlApanais of kannaDa and tODi were especially good. His replies to the svarams in bahudAri and kalyANi also deserve a special mention. Sri Manoj Siva on the mrUdangam gave a good accompaniment by playing for the kriti. His taniyAvardanam also had some nice sounding patterns which made it enjoyable.