S R Janakiraman, Samajam

SR Janakiraman - Sriram Kannan (vocal support) - S Varadarajan - Tanjore Ramadas

Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Chennai
03 May 2007. 6 pm
Sri Annamayya Jayanthi

srImadhvanIya caritAmruta (guru stuti) - rEvagupti
hari avatAramE - saurAshTram - Adi - pedda tirumalai ayyA &/or chinna tirumalai ayyA - tuned by rAyapaLLi ananthakrishna sarmA
cAladA brahmamidi - gambhIranATTai - kanDa cApu (Short sketch, S) - tuned by SRJ
lEdu bhayamu - vasantA - Adi - tuned by SRJ
sahaja vaishnavAcAravartanula - sAmantA - Adi (A) - tuned to Annamayya's rAgam
telisitE mOkshamu - kIravANi - kanDa cApu (RNS) - tuned by SRJ
I pAdamEkadA - varada (today's hamsanAdam) - kanDa cApu (A) - tuned by SRJ
nIcittamu nAbhAgyamu - shankarAbharaNam - rUpakam (RNS) - tuned to Annamayya's rAgam
AkaTi vELala - subhALi - Adi (O) - tuned by SRJ
srImadhvanIya caritAmruta (guru stuti) - rEvagupti

It was a nice concert. Sri Janakiraman was crisp in his presentation. True to his style, he gave some relavant info about each piece he presented. The rAga AlApanais were crystal clear and identities established from phrase 1. The neraval and svarams exercises were kept rather short, but yet, quite inspiring.

Sri Sriram Kannan, a disciple of SRJ, who sang some snatches of kIravANi AlApanai and neraval and svarams was good. A youngster to keep an eye on.

Sri Varadarajan was good all thro' the concert. his support was much useful in appreciating the music. Sri Ramadas was good in parts.