Suguna Purushottaman and Suguna Varadachari, Ramana Kendram

Suguna Purushottaman and Suguna Varadachari - Vocal Duet
Charulata Ramanujam - Violin
Mannarkoil Balaji - Mridangam
Trichy Murali - Ghatam

Ramana Kendram. 17th June 2006 6:45 pm

tera tIyaga rAdA - gauLipantu - Adi - T (S)
sera vArum - kEdaram
paruvam pArka nEramA - danyAsi - rUpakam - Anai ayyA (RNS)
abhimAnamennaDu - begaDa - Adi - PSI (RS)
AnjanEya ragurAma dUta - sAveri - Adi (2 kaLai)
tani
chinmaya joti - khamAs - Adi
RTP - shanmukhapriyA - tisra tripuTa misra naDai (2 akshara eDuppu)
sri ramaNa sadgurum chintayE sruthajanAdhi haraNa nipuNam
gurubakthi sei maname - song on ramaNa maharishi
govindA hare - ragamalika - Adi
rAma baktha hanumAn - jOnpuri - Adi
pavamana

I reached while they were singing danyAsi kriti. The neraval and swarams were handled very well. bEgaDa was elaborated very well with all the essentialites of the ragam displayed. The kriti was rendered beautifully with svarams at the pallavi line. The sAvEri kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam.

The main course of the concert, shanmukhapriyA was elaborated very well by both the vocalists, Smt Varadachari started and elaborated over the madhyasthayI while Smt Purushottaman elaborated the tArasthayI and finished the AlApanai. They both sang a short, yet beautiful tAnam. The pallavi was set to an off beat tALam and the veterans sang the pallavi with utmost perfection bringing the rAgam bhavam in each sangati. The mandatory anulOmam pratilOmam were present, followed by svarams.

The violinst was good in accompanying the vocalists. She did a good job in all parts and especially during the pallavi she was also accurate in adhering to tALam without loosing the sAhitya bhAvam.

The mridangist gave good support and was ably supported by the ghatam artists. They played a nice tani as well.

bharath

Delhi Muthukumar, Karthik Fine Arts

Delhi Muthukumar - Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Trivandrum Balaji

Karthik Fine Arts, PS School. 13th June 06. 5 pm

inta chalamu - bEgaDa varNam - Adi - vINai kuppaiyer (RS)
ninnE bajana - nATTai - Adi - T (RS)
rAmanAtam bhajEham - kAsirAmakriyA - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
slOkam 'dharaNi garba' followed by angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD
aruL seiyya vENDumaiyyA - rasikapriyA - Adi - KI (R)
ratna kanchukadAriNi - kAmbhOji - misra cApu - HMB (RNS)
tani avarththanam
nArAyaNa hari - yamunakalyANi - Adi - T
ulaga pasu - hamsAnandi - tiruppugazh

The opening bEgaDa AlApanai was a signal for a nice concert. The varNam was rendered with nice svarams. The nATTai AlApanai was also good, followed by nice svarams.

Those who drooped over the starting of pantuvarALi AlApanai, sat up straight as he elaborated the ragam showing essential raga bhavam and kriti was rendered with nice neraval and swarams at 'kumAra guruguha mahitam kavibrindAdi sannutam'. The slOkam in suruTTi and the kriti were well rendered also.

The highlight of the concert was a good elaboration of rasikapriyA. The artist showed essentialities of the rAgam and the kriti was rendered with bhavam. The main kAmbhOji AlApanai was good. Though short, the not-so-often heard kriti taken up was refreshing. The neraval and svarams at 'indu SEkara harikEsa sundarAnga vihAriNi' was good.

Sri Muthukumar gave a good concert. The violinst did a good job though he fell short on a few occasions. The mrudangist played with good anticipation and the tani was nice and enjoyable also.

Pic Courtesy: Sri Sriram J Iyer.

Seetha Rajan, Neelakanta Sivan Cultural Academy

Seetha Rajan - V Sanjeev - P Satish Kumar - S Karthick

Neelakanta Sivan Cultural Academy, PSK Bhooshanam Hall, Velachery.
2nd June 2006. 6:45 pm

Era nApai - tODi varNam - Adi
mEru samAna - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - T (NS)
OrARu muganE - rItigauLa - Adi - nIlakaNTa sivan (R)
srI ramA sarasvati - nAsAmaNi - Adi - MD
teruvil vArAnO - khamAs - rUpakam - muttu tANDavar
padavini sadbakthiyu - sALagabhairavi - Adi - T
karuNai puri - varALi - misra cApu - nIlakaNTa sivan (RNS)
manavini vinumA - naLinakAnti - Adi - Spencer Venugopal
bAlagOpAla - bhairavi - Adi - MD (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
viruttam 'ADum pari' in bEhAg
thuppAra pADa - bEhAg - tisra Adi - tiruppugazh
enna tavam - kApi - Adi - PS
bansI vAlE - mOhanam - Adi - ST
nI nAma rUpamulaku

It was a nice concert. All the items were presented very well. The neraval and svarams at 'kaLamuna sObillu kanakabhUshaNamula' in 'mEru samAna' were good. The rItigauLa AlApanai was really good. The varALi AlApanai, neraval and svarams were good though the kriti was a bit of a let down. The main bhiaravi was rendered very well also. Real good concert by Smt Rajan ably supported by all the accompanists.

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