Vijay Siva, ICICI Bank Music Festival

Vijay Siva - R K Shriram Kumar - Manoj Siva - V Suresh

ICICI Bank Music Festival
Music Academy Main Hall.
11th October 2008. 6:15 pm

sadApala rUpApi - slOkam
mahAgaNapatE pAlayAsumAm - naTanArAyaNi - Adi - MD
pAhi srI girirAja sutE - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam - SS (NS)
gatayA gatayA mAdhavam - kalyANi - misra cApu - NT (RS)
sangITa sAstra gnAnamU - mukhAri - Adi - T (RN)
innamum oru taram - kEdAragauLa - Adi - GKB
kAmAkshI gaurI - sAvEri - Adi - PS (RNST)
shAradA bhujangam - naLinakAnti, nATTakuranji, srI, kIravANi, latAngi, sAmA, jaganmOhini, chArukEsi - tisra nADai
jAnakI nAth sahAya karE - misra khamAj - Thulasi Das bhajan
muddugArE yashOdA - kuranji
verses from kandar anubhUti - gambIra nATTai, hindOLam, mAND, madhyamAvati
svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

It was a great concert. I reached a little late, as he was wrapping up the anupallavi of the Anandabhairavi piece. The neraval and svarams were aptly done. The kalyANi affair was kept short and sweet. The AlApanai was nice and there were some interesting svara patterns. The mukhAri AlApanai was shorter and sweeter. The neraval was great. The main sAvEri AlApanai was outstanding. The neraval and svarams in sAvEri were great as well.

All kritis were sparklingly rendered. Sri Vijay Siva's music is always known to be top class and this concert was yet another proof for the same.

The accompanists were very good and gelled well with the music.