Kalpakam Swaminathan, R K Venkatarama Sastry Birth Centenary Celebrations

Kalpakam Swaminathan - vINai
S R Padmavathi & Gomathi Shankar - vINai support
N Manoj Siva - mrudangam

R K Venkatarama Sastry Birth Centenary Celebrations
Raga Sudha Hall.
15 Nov 2007. 6:30 pm

samukhamu - nATTai - aTa tALam - svAti tirunAL (varNam)
varasiddhi vinAyakA - kAnaDA - Adi - HMB (RS)
endarO mahAnubhAvulu - srI rAgam - Adi - T
purahara nandana - hamvIru - Adi - MD (R)
sarasvatyA bhagavatyA - chAyAgauLa - misra cApu - MD
valli nAyaka nIvE - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - HMB (R)
ikanE tALajAlanurA - guharanjani - Adi - HMB
srI guruguha - dEvakriyA - rUpakam - MD (R)
dEvI mInAkshI - kalyANi - rUpakam - taccUr singAchAri (RT)
srI subramanyAya namastE - kAmbhOji - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
ennaDi peNNE - bEgaDa - misra cApu - KKB (padam)
vA vA murugA - kApi - Adi - MDR
kaliyuga varadan - brindAvana sAranga - Adi - PT
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch.

Another amazing concert in the series. With each day passing this series is becoming more and more enjoyable. AlApanais for kAnaDa, hamvIr, shanmukhapriyA, dEvakriyA, kalyANi, kAmbhOji were all amazing and very enjoyable. Some of them were crisp, but nothing short of being enjoyable. The svarams in kAnaDa, and the neraval and svarams at 'bhUsurAdi samastajana pUjitAbja caraNAya' were kept short and yet made an impact. All the kritis were rendered with great vigour and made it an memorable experience. As usual, Mami had included quite a few rare pieces and being 'kandha shashTi' day, mami played many pieces on 'Lord Subramanya'.

Smt Padmavathi and Sri Gomathi Shankar provided good support and played the kritis along with mami.

Sri Manoj Siva was amazing and played with good anticipation. His playing was much suited for the style of music of Smt Swaminathan. His tani was short and sweet.

bharath