Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi, Music Club IIT Madras

Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - J Vaidhyanathan - V Suresh

Clasfest 2008. Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre.
8th August 2008. 6:45 pm

varNam - asAvEri - Adi - LGJ
koniyADa taramA - vakuLAbaraNam - Adi - Karur Devudu Iyer[Garba puri vasar] (S)
anupama guNAmbudi - aTANA - kANDA cApu - T
mA ramaNan - hindOLam - rUpakam - PS (RS)
amba nIlAyadAkshi - nIlAmbari - Adi - MD
RTP - dharmavati - Adi - eDuppu 1 aksharam before eDuppu, 7 aksharam aridi
thaththadimi thadimi dimi yena sadA naDamiDum kanaka sabEsA
rAgamAlikA svarams in kuntalavarALi, varALi, suruTTi, kAnaDa, patdIp, bEhAg
rAmachandra prabhU - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - ST
tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLAi - rAgamAlikA - kANDa naDai - Bharathiyar
Emani vEgintulE - husEni - Adi - T
tillAnA - rEvati - misra cApu - LGJ
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madyamAvati short sketch

It was a nice concert. The inclusion of rare numbers like the varNam and the vakuLAbaraNam piece was very good, and they were played well. The hindOLam AlApanai by Smt Vijayalakshmi was soulful and had some beautiful phrases played. The kriti was followed with some intricate kaNakku swarams.

The nIlAmbari kriti was played between 8pm and 8:08 pm. As part of the 88888 campaign, all lights, A/C and the sound system was switched off for these 8 min. It was very soothing to hear the music of the instruments in their natural tone. The kriti was indeed the best of the evening.

The Ragam of the pallavi was elaborately presented by Sri Krishnan. The tAnam and pallavi were rendered well. The rAgamAlikA section succeeding the tani was quite good as well. The post tani pieces were all nicely rendered.

The siblings shared a great rapport and played the concert very nicely. Sri Vaidhyanathan was playing in tandem with the music. It was playing for each piece and each sangati and embellishing the renditions. Sri Suresh ably supported in the whole affair. Their playing for amba nIlAyadAkshi, needs special mention for their soulful and sensible support they gave to that kriti. The tani they played for the RTP was short and yet very good.