A Kanyakumari & V Sanjeev, Music Club IIT Madras

A Kanyakumari & V Sanjeev - K V Prasad - Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Music Club IIT Madras. DoMS Hall
20th August 2007. 6:45 pm

chalamEla - nATTakuranji - Adi - Rangaswami Nattuvanar (short sketch)
srI mahA gaNapati - gauLa - misra cApu - MD (S)
srI viswanAtam - caturdasa rAgamAlikA - Adi - MD
ninnADa nEla - kannaDa - Adi - T
dariNi telusukoNti - suddha sAvEri - Adi - T (RS)
nArAyaNa - madhyamarAvaLi - kaNDa cApu - NT (R)
RTP - rEvati, chandrakauns - Adi (2 kaLai) 2 akshara eDuppu. 7 akshara aridi.
'srI rAma jaya rAma rAmA sItA rAma rAmA'
tani Avarththanam
kurai onRum illai - rAgamAlikA - Adi
kaNDa nAL mudalAi - madhuvanti - Adi
kUvi azhaiththAl - valaji - Adi
muddugArE yasOdha - kurunji
krishNA nI bEganE - yamunA kalyANi
tillAnA - dEsh - Adi
bhAgyAda lakshmi bArammA - srI rAgam
venkaTAcala nilayam - sindubhairavi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert began with a short sketch of nATTaikuranji and the varNam was rendered nicely. The gauLa kriti had a round of svarams at 'prakAshakarO'. The caturdasa rAgamAlikA was rendered amazingly, reminding one of MLV. The kannaDa kriti which followed was quick and built the tempo of the concert.

The main AlApanai of suddha sAvEri was done in an amazing fashion. The kriti was rendered with all the sangatis and kalpanai svarams at the caraNam were real nice. The madhyamarAvaLi AlApanai and kriti were both rendered well.

The starting of rEvati was quite surprising and made one expect something different. The shifting of rAgam from rEvati to chandrakauns in the middle of the AlApanai was still more interesting. All thro' the AlApanai Vidushi Kanyakumari played rEvati and finishing in a phrase from chandrakauns, while Sri Sanjeev picked up from there and played chandrakauns to finish with a phrase in rEvati. And this exchange led to a nice tAnam which was also played similarly. The pallavi set to rEvati in the pUrvAngam and chandrakauns in the uttarAngam was played nicely with kalpanai svarams also coming in a similar fashion, with both rAgams alternating and ending with a 6 Avarththana kOrvai featuring both the rAgams.

Vidushi Kanyakumari gave a nice concert featuring some rare pieces and also doing a great job with them. Sri Sanjeev played well. His svarams were nice. His AlApanai and tAnam during the pallavi were also nice. Sri Prasad gave amazing support to each piece. His playing during the rAgamAlikA and also during the main kriti and for the pallavi were real nice. Sri Gopalakrishnan also supported the percussion department with his able support. The tani they shared was nice and the last mOhra of the tani was also structured similar to the kOrvai played during the pallavi.