Malladi Brothers, Bharathiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam

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Malladi Brothers - M A Sundareswaran - Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - V Suresh

Bharathiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam, Carnatica.net
Narada Gana Sabha. 7th November 2006. 5 pm

sangIta gnAnamu - danyAsi - Adi - T (R S)
nADADinamATa - janaranjani - cApu - T (RNS)
aruNAcala nAtam - sAranga - rUpakam - MD
nAga gAndhAri - nAga gAndhAri - Adi - MD
satatam tApaka - kharaharapriyA - Adi - ST (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
mAyA mOhamu - jOg - Adi - A (R)
chandrasEkarA - sindhu bhairavi - Adi
kAraNamadAna vandu - hamsadvani - thiruppugazh
patiki hArati - suraTTi - Adi - T

I entered the hall a good 20 minutes to find that the artists were just setting sruthi and they began with a nice danyAsi AlApanai. The kriti was rendered nicely with beautiful svarams. The janaranjani elaboration was well executed with nice neraval at 'talaku vaccina bAdha talapAgaku sEtu'. The sArangA and nAgagAndhAri pieces were very well rendered.

The brothers shared elaborating kharaharapriyA which had some rare sancarams in it. The kriti a rare one was well rendered with nice neraval and svarams at 'mama hrudhi vasAnisam madhusUdhanA harE'.

The jOg AlApanai was good and it was refreshing to hear hamsadvani at the end of the concert.

The brothers gave a good concert and the accompanist helped them aptly. Sri Sundareswaran shined in all parts of the concert. The percussion dept was nicely handled. Sri Bakthavatsalam chose to play all the naDais at a stretch leaving just the korappu during the tani. The final kOrvai of the tani was in tandem with the kOrvai the brothers sang during the svarams. Sri Suresh was good as well.