S Sowmya, Isaitamizh Vizha by Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust & Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

S Sowmya - R K Shriramkumar - Neyveli Narayanan
Isaitamizh Vizha by Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust & Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
Asthika Samajam (Venus Colony), Alwarpet - 23/6/07, 7 pm

nIla mayil (varNam) - rItigaula - Adi - Dr. S. Ramanathan
ADi koNDAr - mAyAmALavagaula - Adi - Muttu Tandavar (NS)
pUtErndU (tEvaram) - Arabhi - Adi - Tirugnanasambandhar (R)
taruNam idammA - gauLipantu - Adi - Shyama Sastri (S)
eppaDi manam - hUseni - misra cApu - Arunachala Kavi (R)
mA mayUra mIthil - bilahari - Mazhavai Chidambara Bharati
kAlai tUkki - yadukulakAmbhOji - Adi - Marimutta Pillai (R)
piravA varam tArum - latAngi - Adi - Papanasam Sivan (R N S)
tani Avarththanam
kunitta puruvam (Tiruviruttam / Tevaram originally set in Kousikam Pann / Bhairavi) - Tirunavukkarasar (Appar) - Kedaragowla, Bhairavi, Senjurutti
cidambaram pogAmal - Senjurutti - Adi - Gopalakrishna Bharati
vIra sutantiram - yamunakalyANi - Mahakavi Bharatiyar
bhUmi mechiDum (Kavadi Chindu) - Annamalai Reddiar
marukkulAviya (Tiruppugazh) - pUrvikalyANi - Arunagirinathar
vAzhiya sentamizh - madhyamavati

It was a real nice concert. I particularly enjoyed the AlApanais of Arabhi, husEni, yadukulakAmbhOji, the neraval in mAyAmALavagauLa and the svarams for the gauLipantu svarams.

Smt Sowmya gave a nice fullfilining concert with no compromise on the musical aspects or the saukyam. all the pieces were indeed carefully chosen, thus spanning compositions of all the periods. I personally felt that the latAngi main did not fall in place, with the other pieces in the list.

Sri Shriram Kumar was good in all his parts and his replies. Sri Narayanan was good as well.