Alamelu Mani, Carnatica's Samarpanam

Alamelu Mani, Sarayu Srinivasan - Amritha Murali - B Sivaraman - BS Purushottaman

Carnatica's Samarpanam, Swamy's Hall
20th December 2007. 7 pm

Theme: Brinda amma Bani

sumasAyaka - karnATaka kApi - rUpakam - ST (varNam)
srI gaNapatini - saurAshTram - Adi - T
nI bhajana gAna - nAyaki - Adi - T
srI mAtrubUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD (RS)
kAntimati - kalyANi - rUpakam - SD (RNS)
inkevarunnAru - sahAnA - Adi - AS (R)
amba paradEvatE - rudrapriyA - kaNDa cApu
kaddanu vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarttanam
payyAda - nAdanAmakriyA - tisra tripuTa - K (padam)
adi nI pai - yamunakalyANi - Adi - DS (javali)
tillAnA - mandAri - Adi
kAraNamadAgavandu - shubapantuvarALi - 2 kaNDa cApu and 2 drutam - Arunagirinathar (thiruppugazh)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

What a concert it was? The concert reminded of brinda amma recordings. All the kritis were rendered with perfect match to what brinda amma would sing.

The varNam was a very refreshing start to the concert. The saurAshTram kriti was rendered with the brinda style pidis. The kannaDa AlApanai was very moving. The kriti was rendered differently from the currently popular version. It was very nice with a beautiful set of svarams. The kalyANi AlApanai was totally classical. The kriti was rendered with some moving neraval and svarams at 'shAnta rUpamE hrudayani'.

The sahAnA AlApanai was amazing. The kriti was rendered very soulfully. The cittai svara - sahityam were rendered in the Brinda - Mukta style, with Smt Mani and Smt Srinivasan alternating the svarams and sahityam. The rudrapriya piece was rendered with amazing breath control, especially during the cittai svarams. The main tODi affair was great. There was neraval and svarams at 'arththambucE kinacE...'.

The padam, jAvaLi, tillAnA, tirupugazh were all amazing as well. I am short of words to express myself after this concert. The accompanists were good and supported the artist very well.