Alathoor S Venkataraman, Nadopasana

Alathoor Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Kumar

Umayalpuram Swami Bhagavathar Concert, Nadopasana, P S High School.
23rd March 2007 6:30 pm

sarasUDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
sItA manOhara - ramAmanOhari - Adi - T
siddhi vinAyakam - cAmaram - rUpakam - MD (S)
pAhimAm srI rAjarAjEsvari - nATTai - Adi - SS
sarasIruhAnana rAma - mukhAri - Adi - T (R)
enduku nirdaya - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
srI mAtAh - bEgaDa - Adi - MD
kAruvElpulu - kalyANi - Adi - T (RS)
tani Avarththanam
OmkAra pancharasukhI - rAgamAlikA - Adi
pada sarasamu - kApi - Adi
candrasEkarA - sindhubhairavi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert began with a nice rendition of the varNam and the ramAmanOhari kriti. The cAmaram kriti was rendered with a nice round of svarams and the rare nATTai piece was rendered well.

The mukhAri AlApanai was very nice, the kriti was rendered beautifully. Sri Venkataraman's elaboration of harikAmbhOji was very beautiful. He rendered the kriti very nicely with quick neraval and nice svarams at 'dharalO nIvai tyAgarAjupai'. The bEgaDa kriti was rendered in a moving fashion.

The main kalyANi AlApanai was done in a nice fashion. The kriti, another rarity in concert circuits these days, was rendered nicely with many sangatis and elaborate round of svarams at the pallavi line. The rAgamAlikA which followed was nice as well.

Sri Venkataraman gave a nice concert with quite a few not-so-popular pieces carefully chosen and rendered them beautifully. Though there were some problems with his throat and voice, his concert was very enjoyable.

Sri Varadarajan on the violin played very well in accordance to the main artist and gave very fitting replies. All his AlApanais and svarams were nice. Sri Kumar on the mrudangam, played well nicely with nice anticipation. His tani was nice as well.