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Monday, December 15, 2008

T K Govinda Rao, Musiri Chambers

T K Govinda Rao - S Varadarajan - N Manoj Siva

Musiri Chambers
14 Dec 08. 10 AM

varNam - mOhanam
sambhO mahAdEva - bauLi (S)
teratIyaga rAdA - gauLipantu - Adi - T (S)
sItApatE nA manasunA - khamAs - Adi - T (NS)
chEsinadella marachitivO - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
ADa hOdEyalli makkaLu - rAgamAlikA - rUpakam - PD
tillAnA - bEhAg - Adi
arum ponnE maNiyE - senjuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA, sindhu bhairavi
vaNkAra mARbil - sindhubhairavi - kaNDa cApu - Thiruppugazh
manju nihar - kAvaDi cindu
srI vENugOpAla - kuranji - kANDa Ekam - MD
tillAnA - sindhubhairavi - tisra Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

Listening to Sri Govinda Rao has always been a amazing experience for me. To listen to him again at Musiri Chambers on a lazy December Sunday Morning was only nostalgic. It was the same venue and the same man on the occasion of my first every concert listening/blogging experience 5 years ago. It was only re-living that experience.

I dint want to miss the opportunity and went to a concert, though i knew i would be late. As i entered, the svaram in bauLi were flowing. The gauLipantu was rendered well.

The khamAs kriti was rendered well with two rounds of neraval and svarams, once during the kriti and once after the kriti was over. However, the approach to both the bouts of neraval and svarams were totally different from each other and each in its own way were amazing. The main todi was a classy affair. It was just too good.

Sri Govinda Rao extended his love for khamAs with the dEvarnAma which began in khamAs and then went on into other rAgams. With the tillAnA, if one expected to wind up, he wasnt yet happy to finish.

The elaborate viruttam and a couple of pieces in madhyama sruthi were rendered and after that he was pleased to finish off with another tillAnA.

The accompanists were both at home in following the main artist. They were faithful in embellishing the music and also showing their prowess in a fitting way during their solo versions.

It was a wonderful morning concert and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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