Rama Ravi, Thiruvattiswarar Temple

Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - Melakkaveri Thyagarajan - Papanasam Kumar

Navarathri Concert.
Thiruvattiswarar Temple, Triplicane.
13th October 2007. 6:30 pm

srI mahAgaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JW
srI sarasvati namOstutE - Arabhi - rUpakam - MD (S)
hiraNmayIm lakshmIm - lalitA - rUpakam - MD
tiruvATIsvaram namAmi - pUrvikalyANi - rUpakam - MD (RNS) (neraval at 'campakavalli ramaNam campaka pushpAbaraNam')
srI cAmuNDEsvari pAlayamAm - bilahari - Adi - MV
mAtA innum vAdA - srIranjani - Adi - PS
sivakAma sundari - mukhAri - Adi - PS
kamalAmbAm bhajarE - kalyANi - Adi - MD (RS)
tani Avarththanam
hE kAmAkshi - yadukula kAmbhOji
himagiri tanayE - suddha sAvEri - Adi - HMB
ranjani mridupankaja - rAga mAlikA - Adi - TSI
karpagamE - madhyamAvati - Adi - PS

The concert was amazing. Set in a serene temple atmosphere, for the navarAthri celebrations, the selection of song was apt and they were rendered perfectly making everybody enjoy the divine music. The AlApanais of pUrvikalyANi and kalyANi, were both very meticulously woven phrase after phrase making them complete and wholesome. A kriti on the presiding deity and the navAvarNam of the day were the two elaborate pieces of the day. The neraval in the pUrvikalyANi piece and the svarams were good. The svarams in Arabhi and kalyANi were nice as well. The accompanists were very supportive and made the concert more enjoyable. On the whole, it was a divine musical experience.