R K Shriram Kumar & S Varadarajan - Violin Duet, Nada Inbam

R K Shriram Kumar & S Varadarajan - Violin Duet
K Arun Prakash - Mrudangam

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall.
17th January 2007. 6 pm

In memory of Marungapuri Gopalakrishna Iyer.

vanajAksha - rItigauLa - aTa
kanchadaLAyadAkshi - manOhari - Adi - MD (NS)
sujana jIvanA - khamAs - rUpakam - T (R)
himAdri sutE - kalyANi - tisra Adi - SS (RNS)
inta saukya - kApi - Adi - T (R)
viDajAladurA - janaranjani - Adi - T
pakkala nIlabaDi - kharaharapriyA - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
ini yenna pEcirukkudu - sahAnA - rUpakam - Subbarama Iyer (jAvaLi)
kaNDu danyAnAnE - bEhAg - rUpakam
anRu ivvulagam - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - Andal Thiruppavai
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It is quite understandable for siblings or two people from the same school or bani to perform in tandem together. Two people from totally different backgrounds performing together and in such good tandem complimenting each other well, is something one had to appreciate. From the start of the varnam to the end, the balance was good and it was very well presented. A concert to remember for quite sometime.

The varNam was well played. I was very happy to hear this varNam in a concert after a long time. Such a grand varNam presented with so much of bhavam gave a good start to the concert. The short sketch of manOhari by Sri Shriram Kumar was good. The kriti was rendered with nice neraval and svarams at 'rAkA shashivadanE...' The next was a very nice AlApanai of khamAs by Sri Shriram Kumar. The kriti was rendered very movingly.

Sri Varadarajan's kalyANi AlApanai was very nicely woven and the rare and so beautiful kriti was rendered beautifully with neraval and svarams at 'shyAmakRSNa sOdari gauri paramEshvari girijA'. I have been longing to hear this kriti for a long time and it was very fulfilling to hear it. The kApi AlApanai by Sri Shriram Kumar was very nice. The kriti was rendered very well with a quick viDajAladurA to follow.

The main AlApanai of kharaharapriyA by Sri Varadarajan was very nice and the kriti was rendered with nice round of neraval and svarams at 'manasuna dalaci mE maraciyunnArA'. Short sketches of sahAnA and sindhubhairavi by Sri Shriram Kumar and that of bEhag by Sri Varadarajan were all very good. The pieces were also rendered very well.

Sri Arun Prakash played according to each kriti with very good anticipation. His playing was very good and his tani was nice also.