R K Srikantan, Nada Inbam

R K Srikantan - Vocal
R S Ramakanth - Vocal Support
M A Sundaresvaran - Violin
Guruvayur Durai - Mridangam
T V Vasan - Ghatam

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall. 14th December 2005. 4 pm

sAmi ninnE - srI rAgam varNam - Adi (R)
sri mahA gaNapatI - gauLa - misra cApu - MD (RS)
canitODitEvE - harikAmbhOji - Adi (2) - T (S)
kamalAmbikE - tODi - tisra Ekam (2) - MD (RS)
hariharaputram - vasantA - kaNDa Ekam (2) - MD (RS)
taniyAvardanam
summana baruvudE - Anandabhairavi - tisra Adi - PD
smarisO sarvada hariya - hamIr kalyANi - Adi - PD (R)
mangaLam kOsalEndrAya - madhyamAvati

The concert started off with a brisk shrI rAgam AlApanai and the varNam rendered in fast pace. The gauLa AlApanai was good and the kriti was rendered with beautiful svarams at the pallavi line.

The rare harikAmbhOji kriti was a rare treat to hear and so were the svarams in the pallavi line. The tODi AlApanai was very good. The kriti was a surprise to me, it was rendered with a lot of bhavam and the svarams were too good.

The main was yet another surprise. One was quite sure that there is another main to come, when vasantA was taken up for AlApanai. The AlApanai was a bit short but very nice. The kriti was again a masterpiece, rendered with a lot of bhavam and the svarams were too good. The two dasar padams rendered well led to the Mangalam.

Sri Ramakanth was rather struggling to keep pace with Sri Srikantan. He was less creative when it came to AlApanai or svarams in all piece. During the main piece, he was more of the drone kind, than as support.

Sri Sundaresvaran was too good in all parts. His AlApanais and svarams were good. He was found singing the lyrics and the songs along side playing the kriti.

Sri Durai was too good on the mridangam. He literally played the kritis on his mridangam and the tani was good as well. Sri Vasan was his usual self being good in accompanying. The tani which was rather short was well structured and enjoyable.