Parassala Ponnammal, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Parassala B Ponnammal - Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Trivandrum Vaidhyanathan - Pudukkottai Ramachandran

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha.
Veteran's Day. Concert with emphasis on Swathi Tirunal Kritis
24th May 2008. 6:30 pm

sarasija nAbhA - nATTai - Adi - Parameswara Bhagavathar (S)
srI maha gaNapati - gauLa - misra cApu - MD (short sketch, S)
narasimha mAmava - Arabhi - kaNDa cApu - ST (RS)
rAvE himagiri kumAri - tODi - Adi - SS (R)
jnAna mosagarAdA - pUrvikalyANi - rUpakam - T (RNS, neraval at "paramAtmuDu...")
AnjanEyA raghurAma dUtA - sAvEri - Adi - ST (RNST, neraval at "janakasutAti vimOcana lOla jambU mAlidara nicicara jAla")
kaLakaNTi kAdam - nIlAmabari - misra cApu - ST
bhAvayAmi raghurAmam - rAgamAlikA - rUpakam - ST
enna solli azhaittAl - kAnaDA - Adi - Ambujam Krishna
iLa taLir sayanE - punnAgavarALi - misra cApu - ST
tillAnA - danAsrI - Adi - ST
adata dhAnIm vismitOyam - sindhubhairavi - rUpakam - ST (short sketch)
bhujaga sAyinO - yadukula kAmbhOji - rUpakam - ST

What a concert that was!
I am short of words to describe each piece. Each piece was better than the other. The AlApanais were all awesome. The svarams were just too much to take. The clever neraval for the main, for a rather wordy line was incredible.

The pick of the evening was the svarajati.


i m short of words...