T V Gopalakrishnan, Sravanam

T V Gopalakrishnan - S Varadarajan - T V Vasan - V Suresh

Sravanam, T T D Centre
11th June 07. 6 pm

sahanA vavatu - slOkam in sAvEri
sarasUDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
girirAja sutA - bangALa - Adi - T (RS)
hiraNmayIm lakshmIm - lalitA - rUpakam - MD (R)
jaganmAtA - pUrvikalyANi - misra cApu - Nadopasana Srinivasan (RNS)
chinna nAdEnA - kalAnidhi - Adi - T (AS)
vEnkaTa saila vihArA - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RS)
tani Avarththanam
centanE sadA - kuntaLa varALi - Adi - T
cEta srI - dvijAvanti - rUpakam - MD (R)
pArvai ondrE pOdumE - bhImpLAs - Adi - OVK
agrE pashyAmi - slOkam in nIlAmbari
mAdava mAmava - nIlAmbari - Adi - NT
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
mangaLam kOsalEndrAya - madhyamAvati

Sri Gopalakrishnan gave a real nice concert. It was announced that he was celebrating his 75th birthday today.

The concert began with the slOkam in sAvEri. The varNam followed. The short AlApanai of bangALa was nice. The kriti was rendered with nice sangatis and a quick round of svarams at the pallavi line. The AlApanai of lalitA was having quite a few suddha svarams and gave a different flavour to the ragam. The kriti was rendered well starting at the anupallavi.

The pUrvikalyANi AlApanai was kept short. The kriti, a nice composition with some intelligent usage of the misra cApu tALam, was rendered moving with very quick neraval and a round of svarams. The short AlApanai of kalAnidhi was followed by the kriti and a quick round of svarams.

The main AlApanai of hamIrkalyAni was rendered with some real nice phrases. The kriti was rendered beautifully with a nice round of svarams. The kuntaLavarALi kriti was very nice. The dvijAvanti AlApanai, made one expect a pallavi, however, cEta srI, begining from the anupallavi was nicely rendered. The pieces which followed were good.

Sri Varadarajan was good in all parts and gave fitting replies. Sri Vasan was good and played some interesting patters. Sri Suresh ably supported him thro' the concert. The tani was differently structured and enjoyable.