E Gayathri, Music Club IIT Madras

E Gayathri vINai
R Ramesh mrUdangam
B S Purushottaman kanjIra

ninnu jUchi - saurAshTram - Adi - T
samayamidE - kEdAram - rUpakam
nannu brOva - AbhOgi - Adi - T (R)
srI kAmakOTi - sAvEri - Adi - maisUr sadAsiva rao (R,N,S)
nI vADa nE - sArangA - kaNDa cApu - T
nArAyaNAya namO - madhyamarAvaLi - kaNDa cApu - nArAyaNa tIrtar (R)
Eta vunarA - kalyANi - Adi - T (R, T, S)
taniyAvartanam
gangAdIsa - sindubhairavi - guru surajAnanda
tillana - hindOLam - tisra Adi
vadavaraiyai - rAgamAlikA - Adi - iLangO aDigaL
kATrinilE varum gItam
pathiki hArathi - suruTTi - T (R)
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram

The concert started with a good sketch of saurAshTram and the kriti was good. The kEdAram kriti was well rendered with good cittai svarams. The first AlApanai of the evening was AbhOgi had its characteristic dhaivatam descending from the shadjam; it was done well and was followed by a seldom-heard nannu brOva. The sAvEri AlApanai which followed next had the essential sancarams and the kriti was well rendered with neraval and svarams at 'kadambavana nilayE' to be followed by nI vADa nE.

Next, was an AlApanai of a rAgam which was later announced as 'madhyamarAvaLi', which is kharaharapriya without the madhyamam. After a short AlApanai, carefully avoiding other allied rAgams, the tarangam was well rendered. The main piece of the evening was kalyANi. After an enjoyable AlApanai and a fast tAnam, the kriti was well rendered with svarams at the pallavi line.

The taniyAvarathanam which followed was good and did not involve the usual change of naDai; (Was the mridangist wary of giving another long spell to the upapakkavAdyam?) The Accompanists were gennerally supportive during the concert.

the hindOLam tillAnA and the suraTi AlApanai were pleasing.