Mysore Balakrishna, Music Club IIT Madras

Mysore D Balakrishna - vINai
V S Rajagopal - mrudangam
H Sivaramakrishnan - ghaTam

Music Club IIT Madras
6th February 2007. 6:45 pm

praNamAmyaham - gauLa - Adi - MV (S)
manasulOni - hindOLam - Adi - T (RS)
mAmava mInAkshi - varALi - cApu - MD (R)
shankari nIvE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri (RS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLavarALi - kaNDa cApu - ST
vEnkaTa saila vihArA - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RS)
srI valli dEvasEnApatE - naTabhairavi - Adi - PS
R T P - nATTakuranji - Adi (2 kaLai) 1/2 iDam eDuppu, 4 aksharam aridi
'nATTai kuranji enbAr sirandha engaLadu'
tani Avarththanam
alai pAyudE - kAnaDA - Adi - UVS
bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam - yamunakalyANi - kaNDa cApu - A
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshtRam - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

The concert began with a nice short sketch of gauLa and the kriti was rendered well with a nice round of svarams. The hindOLam AlApanai was followed by the kriti with a nice round of svarams.

The varALi AlApanai was good and the kriti was rendered well. The bEgaDa AlApanai had a lot of new phrases which were sort of detached from the main stream AlApanai at some points. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and a round of svarams. The kuntaLAvarALi kriti was good.

The hamIrkalyANi AlApanai was very well rendered and was having a lot of hindustani-type phrases. The kriti was rendered very beautifully with a nice set of svarams. It was quite surprising to have two Subbaraya Sastri pieces in the same concert, something which doesnt happen all that often. The naTabhairavi kriti which followed was good also.

The nATTakuranji AlApanai was very nice. The tAnam was rendered well. The well known pallavi was rendered beautifully with the anulOma and pratilOma. The svarams were good also. The kAnaDA and yamunakalyANi pieces were good also.

Sri Balakrishna gave a nice concert with some not so often heard pieces. His choice of kritis were good. His renditions were good both in kalpitam and manOdarmam part.

Sri Rajagopal on the mrudangam was very good and played with good anticipation. He was ably supported by Sri Sivaramakrishnan. The tani they shared was good also.

bharath