B Balasubramanian, Musiri Chambers

B Balasubramanian - R K Shriram Kumar - Srimushnam Raja Rao

Musiri Chambers. 14th Jan 2007. 4 pm

sArasa ninu ipuDu(varnam) - karnATaka kApi - tisra Eka - Vadivelu (short sketch)
hastivadanAya - navarOj - misra chApu - MD (short sketch)
avatAram enduku - harikAmbOji - kanDa chApu - T (RS)
saraswati manOhari - saraswati manOhari - Adi - MD
saTrE vilagi - pUrvikalyANi - rUpakam - GKB (RNS)
vINA pustaka - vEgavAhini - misra jampa - MD
ninnADa nEla - kannaDa - Adi - T
vidhi illArkku - kharaharapriyA - tisra Eka - Anai ayyA
gajavadanA - tODi - Adi - kumAra eTTEndrA (RS)
tani Avarththanam
venkaTashaila - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - subbarAya sAstri
valapudAca nEranE (padam) - varALi - misra chApu - kshEtragna
OsOsi (padam) - mukhAri - misra chApu - muddu naTEsA
jAnarO I mOgamu (jAvaLi) - khamAs - tisra Eka - RSI
maharAjukarammanE (jAvaLi) - behAg - misra chApu - DS
kandugamada kariyai (viruttam) - rAgamAlikA (sindhubhairavi, chakravAham, hansAnandi, nATTakurinji, suruTTi & hindOLam)
dIm tAna nana nAdru (tillAnA) - hindOLam - kanDa Eka - MV
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was indeed an awesome concert to listen to. I was fortunate enough to be sitting there.

The rendition of the karnATaka kApi varNam with a short sketch was very nice. The hastivadanAya was good and very moving. The pUrvikalyANi AlApanai was crisp and very nicely structured. 'vINApUstakadhAriNim' was also rendered in a very moving fashion.

The kharaharapriyA piece was very movingly rendered. The tODi AlApanai was very good. The kriti was rendered beautifully. The ciTTai svaram with 14 different gAndhAram was rendered in a very nice fashion.

The varALi and mukhAri padams and the jAvaLis in bEhAg and khamAs were all very nice. However, one felt that if rasikas dont request, it might be possible to hear some new padams and javalis instead of the same ones we hear at most concerts.

bharath

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