T M Krishna, Sri Parthasarathy Swami Temple

T M Krishna - V L Kumar - Poongulam Subramanian - S Karthick

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Vidaiyarthi Utsavam, Thiruvaimozhi Mandapam.
organised for the utsavam in association with Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
12th May 2007. 7 pm

rAju vEdale - tODi - rUpakam - T (NS)
srI rAmam - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi - MD (Short sketch)
vADinEn vADi vanginEn - thirumangai AzhvAr pAsuram - varALi
Azhi mazhai kaNNA - varALi - Adi - ANDAL (S)
manavyALakin - naLinakAnti - Adi - T (R)
rAma bANa - sAvEri - Adi - T (RNT)
jAnaki ramaNa - kApi - Adi - vAnamAmalai jeer (short sketch)
tirupati vEnkaTa ramaNA - sindhubhairavi - Adi - PD (short sketch)
karpUram nArumO - khamAs - kanDa chApu - ANDAL
mangaLam kOsalEndrAya (slOkam) - suruTTi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert began with a brisk rendition of rAju vEdalE (a kriti about Sri Ranganathar's utsavam) with some nice neraval and svarams. The short sketch of nArAyaNagauLa was very distinct and unambiguous. The kriti was rendered amazingly well. The pAsuram in varALi was rendered very beautifully, taking every enjoyable sancaram in varALi and weaving it into the pAsuram. The thiruppAvai was rendered with a round of svarams. Personally, i was expecting a tani right after this.

The naLinakAnti AlApanai, came next. The kriti was rendered well. The main sAvEri AlApanai was rendered very beautifully. The AlApanai demanded a kriti as heavy as rAma bANa or srI rAjagOpala to follow. It was rAma bANa. The neraval was done nicely in trikAlam. I would have personally prefered a round of svarams in sAvEri rather than the 3 tukkaDas which followed.