Rudrapatnam Brothers, Music Club IIT Madras

Rudrapatnam Brothers, R N Thyagarajan & R N Taranathan - B U Ganesh Prasad - Mannarkudi Eswaran - N Govindarajan - S Venkataraman

Music Club IIT Madras. DoMS Hall
17th August 2007. 6:45 pm

inta mODi - sArangA - Adi - TT
mAmava sadA janani - kAnaDA - rUpakam - ST
nI dayacE - yadukula kAmbhOji - Adi - T (RS)
Ema ninnE - mukhAri - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RNS)
okapAri - kalAvati - Adi - T (S)
RTP - vAcaspati - Adi (2 kaLai) 4 aksharam eDuppu. 7 aksharam aridi.
dEvi srI tripurasundari dInadayApari sankari
tani Avarththanam
rAgamAlikA svarams in rEvati, nItimati, mAnavati, madhyamAvati.
tanu nilladu - kEdAragauLa - misra cApu - PD
mOdi jEsevElarA - khamAs - Adi
tillAnA - dhanasrI - Adi - ST
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert started with a short sketch of sArangA and the varNam to follow. The kAnaDA kriti was nice. The yadukula kAmbhOji AlApanai by Sri Taranathan was very elaborate and he sang some very nice phrases. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and a round of kalpanai svarams.

The mukhAri AlApanai of Sri Thyagarajan was good. The kriti was rendered beautifully, with nice neraval and svarams in the anupallavi line. The kalAvati kriti was rendered with a ultra short round of svarams. vAcaspati was elaborated till the tAra shadjam by Sri Taranathan and there after by Sri Thyagarajan. The shared a nice AlApanai and a short tAnam. The pallavi was simple, yet executed very well with anulOmam, pratilOmam, tisram etc. The rAgamAlikA svarams were nice. The post tani pieces were all good.

The violinst was good in all parts. His AlApanais, though measured, were good. The mridangist of the day was amazing. His playing for the viLamba kAla pieces was so perfect. His patterns for the mEl kAlam and also, during the pallavi were good. He was well supported by the Ghatam. They kept the tani to be ultra short.