Delhi Muthukumar, Music Club IIT Madras

Delhi V Muthukumar - Nagai Sriram - Trivandrum Balaji - K V Gopalakrishnan

Music Club IIT Madras. 10th October 2006.

evari bOdana - AbhOgi varNam - Adi (RS)
vAraNa mukhavA - hamsadvani - rUpakam - KI (RNS)
O jagadambA - Anandabhairavi - Adi - SS (R)
santAna manjari - santAna manjari - Adi - MD (R)
dharaNi garbha (slOkam) in suruTTi
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD
sATilEni guruguha - pUrvikalyANi - cApu - PP (S)
srI subramaNyAya - kAmbhOji - tisra Ekam(2) - MD (RS)
tani Avarththanam
srI bhuvanEsvari - sivaranjani - Adi
viruttam - sEndanai kandanai - valaji, shaNmukhapriyA, khamAs, hamsAnandi
ulaga pasu - hamsAnandi tiruppugazh
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

It was nice concert from the starting. The AbhOgi short sketch was good and so were the svarams. It was real nice to hear neraval at 'munnavanE nI mun ninRRAl muDiyAdadonRillai' and the svarams were good also.

The first elaborate AlApanai was Anandabhairavi. It was done very well and the kriti was well rendered also. The AlApanai of santAna manjari (67th asampUrNa mELam) was the highlight of the concert. The 10 min AlApanai was very moving and just too good. The kriti was well rendered also.

The slOkam and suruTTi and the vAra kriti were good. The svarams in pUrvikalyANi in line with the poruththam in the cittai svaram of the kriti were nice also.

The kAmbhOji AlApanai was intellectual. The kriti was well rendered and the swarams were nice also. The rAgamAlikA viruttam and tiruppugazh were good.

The Violinst was good in parts. His AlApanais needed a bit more vigour. He was good in accompanying the artists and also in the svarams.

The percussion department was very well handled by the mrudangist and kanjirA vidwan. They played for the kriti and svarams all thro'. The tani was nice also.