T K Govinda Rao, Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur

T K Govinda Rao - V L Sudarshan - Trichur Narendran - B S Purushottaman

Amara Bharathi, Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur
Thyagaraja Aradhanai Festival
13th Feb 2007 6:30pm

ninnE bhajana - nATTai - Adi (NS)
telisi rAmA - pUrNacandrikA - Adi (S)
kadalEvADu - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi (S)
nI vADa nE gAna - sArangA - kaNDa cApu (RS)
mOkshamu galadA - sAramati - Adi (S)
mOhana ramA - mOhanam - Adi (RS)
nArAyaNa hari - yamuna kalyANi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi

I reached late while he was doing the neraval for the nATTai kriti. The svarams were good. The pUrNacandrikA kriti was rendered with all the 3 caraNams and a nice round of svarams. The nArAyaNagauLa kriti was nicely rendered with a nice round of svarams. The sArangA AlApanai, though a bit short was beautiful and the kriti was rendered beautifully with a quick round of svarams. The sArAmati piece began with the anupallavi and was rendered with nice sangatis and a round of svarams.

The main mOhanam AlApanai was off beat from a regular AlApanai one gets to hear in a concert. It was good. The kriti was rendered beautifully with an elaborate round of svarams at the pallavi line. The concluding piece in yamunakalyANi and the mangaLam, both of which were rendered in madhyama sruthi, were nice also.

Sri Govinda Rao gave a nice concert with quite a few nice things to carry back. He was ably supported by his accompanists all thro' the concert who were all good in their individual parts and also on the whole.