Rama Ravi, Carnatica

Rama Ravi - R K Shriram Kumar - Mannarkoil J Balaji

Carnatica's Samarpanam. in association with sruthi mag.
Tattvaaloka Auditorium. 6th December 2006. 6:15 pm

Courtesy:www.carnatica.net

ninnE kOri - kAnaDA - Adi - TT varNam
tuLasi daLamu - mAyAmALavagauLa - rUpakam - T (NS)
sItA vara sangIta - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T
dalacina vAru - danyAsi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RS)
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD
mAmava mInAkshI - varALi - cApu - MD (RNS)
mansAvruta garvamEtikE - AbhOgi - Adi - PSI
shankarAcAryam - shankarAbaraNam - Adi - Subbarama Dikshitar (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
vidhi illArkku - kharaharapriyA - trisra Ekam - Anai Ayya
nI mAtalE mAyanurA - pUrvikalyANi - catusra Ekam - Pattabhiramayya jAvaLi
payyAda - nAdanAmakriyA - tisra tripuTa - kshEtragna padam
vazhi maraikkudE - nATTaikuranji - cApu - GKB
ElarAdayanE kAmini - bhairavi - Adi - Chinnaiah jAvaLi
tillai ambalathAnai - suruTTi - cApu - GKB
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

Smt Rama Ravi started the concert with a neat rendition of the kAnaDA varNAm. The next mAyAmALavagauLa piece was rendered very well with nicely structured neraval and svarams at 'sarasIruaha punnAga champaka pAtala kurupaka'. The one Avartana svarams were good. Every time she sang the pallavi line, she ended it as 'tuLasi daLamu'. The dEvagAndhAri kriti was rendered well.

The first major elaboration of the evening, danyAsi was nicely rendered. The kriti was rendered very well with nicely half avartana svarams and a nice kOrvai. The bEgaDa kriti was rendered very soulfully with a nice ciTTai svaram. The varALi AlApanai was very good. The kriti was rendered nicely with neraval and svarams at 'shyAmE sankarI digvijaya pratApini'. The AbhOgi kriti which followed was good.

The main shankarAbaraNam AlApanai was rendered with quite a few nice sancarams. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and neraval and svarams at 'parama gnAna latA AlavAlam'. The neraval was done in a very scholarly fashion. The svarams were good also.

The kharaharapriyA piece was very moving. The pUrvikalyANi jAvaLi was good. The nAdanAmakriyA padam was just too good. The rendition was very soulful. The nATTakuranji and bhairavi pieces were very well rendered. The suruTTi kriti led to the mangaLam.

Smt Rama Ravi gave an amazing concert with all pieces rendered very well. All the AlApanais were done in a scholarly fashion, and so were the neraval parts. The svarams, especially the single Avartanam svarams, were rendered very well. Smt Nandita Ravi who accompanied her, was good. Her neraval and svarams parts in mAyAmALavagauLa and varALi were good.

Sri Shriram Kumar was awesome all thro' the concert. He followed the main artist like a shadow and played all the pieces well. His replies in all the manOdaramam parts were good. His shankarAbaraNam reply was probably better than that of the main artist.

Sri Balaji was good in following the pieces. He played well for all the sangatis. His timely thoughtful playing according to the piece and the pace presented and the sangatis needs a special mention. His playing for the tani was too good.