N Vijay Siva, Bharathiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam

N. Vijay Siva - Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli - Palghat R. Raghu - Abhishek Raghuram

Bharathiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam
Ragasudha, 15th October 2006. 6 pm

vanajAkshi rO - kalyANi varNam - Adi - RSI
rAma nannu brOvarA - harikAmbOji - rUpakam - T(NS)
visAlAkshIm - kAsirAmakriyA - misra chApu - MD(RN)
srI dum durgE - srIranjani - kanDa Ekam - MD(RS)
gandarvAmara - slOkam in bEgaDA
kAmAkshi - bEgaDA - Adi - SS
chinnanADena - kalAnidi - Adi - thyAgarAja
srI subramaNyO - tODi - Adi - MD(RNS)
tani Avarththanam
pArkum tisai tOrum - viruttam in hamIr kalyANi, Ahiri, mOhanam, srI
srI abhayAmbA - srI - Adi - MD
mAdar pirai - chenchuruTTi - rUpakam - thirunAvukkarasar tEvARam
mahAyOga - viruttam in dEsh
viTTalA talakO swAmi - dEsh - Adi - PD (R)
nirAmaya purAdana - danyAsi - Adi - aruNagirinAthar tiruppugazh
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T
svasti prajApya - saurAshTRam

I entered while Sri Vijay Siva was wrapping up the kAsirAmakriyA elaboration. The kriti was rendered with neraval at 'kAsIrAgnIm. kapAlinIm'. The elaboration of srIranjani was good. The kriti, a personal favourite, was rendered well and the svarams which followed were real nice. The bEgaDa slOkam was good again and the kriti, yet another personal favourite, was rendered very well and the kalanidhi piece followed.

The main courese, tODi was well elaborated. However, one felt that all else he sang before and after the tODi piece were better. The kriti was rendered nicely with neraval and svarams at 'bhAsamAna vallI devasenO'. I should tell about the tani separtely.

The rAgamAlikA viruttam was just too good. The way he moved from hamIrkalyANi to Ahiri and the subsequent transitions were really good. The srI rAgam kriti was rendered well. The chenchuruTTi tEvAram which followed was also really nice.

To me, The highlight of the concert was the AlApanai of dEsh. It was just too good. The kriti was also very well and gave a good effect. The short snatches he sang between the lines of the kriti were awesome also. The tiruppugazh in danyAsi was good also.

Sri Vijay Siva gave a really nice concert. With a lot of personal favourites sang, I personally enjoyed it a lot. Sri Chandramouli however was not in his best form yesterday. His bowing was shrieky at parts and the replies, were otherwise good.

Sri Raghu, the old veteran, was amazing thro' the concert. His playing for each kriti and each sangati was just tooo good. One could hear him play the songs on the mrudangam. His tani was just tooo good. Advancing age and ill health seems to have very little effect on his playing. The magic he spelt from his mrudangam is still lingering in my mind. The patterns he played during the tani was just tooo good. Sri Abishek on the kanjIra ably supported his grandfather and was good throughtout.