Prema Rangarajan, SAFE

Prema Rangarajan - Amritha Murali - Mannarkoil J Balaji

SAFE, Sastri Hall
10th October 2008. 6:30 pm

varNam - hindOLam
pahimAm srI rAjarAjEsvari - nATTai - tisra Adi - SS
srI madurAmbikE - kalyANi - kANDa cApu - MD (NS)
sandyAdEvi sAvitrIm - dEvakriyA - Adi - MD (RS)
srI janaka tanayE - kalakaNTi - Adi - T
kALa rAtri svarUpiNi - UrmikA - Adi - HMB (RNS)
srI lalitE kanci nagara nivAsini - bhairavi - Adi - AS (RNST)
sarasvati mahAbadrA - slOkam in bhAgEsrI, gOsha vinOdini, madhyamAvati
kAmAkshI lOkasAkshI - madhyamAvati - tisra Adi - SS

It was a concert of rare pieces by the Artist. All the pieces were craftily rendered and the manOdarma was very good. The AlApanais of dEvakriya(aka suddha sAvEri), UrmikA and bhairavi were all very nice and were sung in a very traditional way. They had some nice phrases and made one enjoy them thoroughly. The neraval and svarams done were all very nice as well. Her elaboration of rare rAgams like UrmikA and gOsha vinOdhini were very commendable. The accompanists were very supportive and made it a thoroughly enjoyable concert.