T M Krishna, Asthika Samajam Thiruvanmiyur

T M Krishna - S Varadarajan - Vellore G Ramabadhran

Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur.

Amarabharathi, 20th September 2005, 6:30 pm

Era nApai - tODi varNam
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
Ora jUpu - kannaDa gauLa - Adi - T
ninnuvinA - pUrvikalyANi - vilOma misra cApu - SS (RS)
ambA paradEvatE - rudrapriyA
O rangasAyI - kambhOji - Adi(2) - T (RNS)
taniyAvardanam
navasiddhi peRRAlum - kharaharapriyA - nIlakaNTa sivan
adi nI pai - yamuna kalyANi jAvaLi - dharmapuram subbarAyar
parulAna mATa - kApi jAvaLi - dharmapuram subbarAyar
nirai madi vadana - hamsAnandi tirupugazh
bhujaga sAyinO - yadukula kAmbhOji mangalam - ST

The concert started with a nice rendition of the tODi varNam. The suruTTi AlApanai was very nice and it was an obvious choice to have angArakam after that AlApanai. The neraval and svarams at 'dIna rakshakam pUjita vaidhyanAta kshEtram' were good.

After a brisk 'OrajUpu', Sri Krishna set in for a sedate and un hurried AlApanai of pUrvikalyANi. The AlApanai was very nice and 'ninnuvinA' which followed was rendered with a lot of bhavam and the svarams which followed were well structured with a nice korappu.

'ambA paradEvatE' was very refreshing and gave a good mood for the appreciation of the main kAmbhOji AlApanai. The AlApanai was nicely developed highlighting essential sancarams. The kriti was rendered well and neraval and svarams at 'bhUlOka vaikuntam idiyani' were good.

'navasiddhi peRRAlum' was rendered in a slow tempo followed by the two jAvaLis rendered nicely in quick succession, leading to the tirupugazh and the melodious mangalam.

Sri Varadarajan was good in all parts of the concert. He provided very able accompaniment to the main artist and showed his capabilities during the AlApanais, neraval and svarams also.

Sri Ramabadhran was his usual self, playing for the kriti and following each and every sangati, not to mention his apt playing during the nerval and svarams also. His tani was very enjoyable also.

A Good Concert.

bharath