Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

Rama Ravi - M R Gopinath - Shertalai R Anantakrishnan

Concert in Memory of Vidwan Sri P N Raghava Rao
Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
30 Oct 09. 6:30 pm

viribhONi ninnEkOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA
daritApulEka - sAvEri - Adi - T (S)
entuku nirdaya - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (RS)
mOmu jUpavEmi rAmA - darbAr - rUpakam - Thirupathi Narayanaswamy (R)
saravaNa bhava - madhyamAvati - Adi - PS
marivEre dikkevvarO - latAngi - kANDa cApu - PSI (NS)
kAppaduvE unadu - Ananda bhairavi - rUpakam - Sivanandam
nAdOpAsanajE - bEgaDa - Adi - T (RNST)
engE tEDi piDittAyaDi - saurAshTram - Adi - GKB
nEra mora jArachOra - hamsadvani - misra cApu
bhAmarO mUvagOpAluDu - kEdAragauLa - misra cApu - K
mODi jEsE - khamAs - Adi
mAyalADi bOdana - suruTTi - Ekam
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. Smt. Rama Ravi started off with a few words about Sri Raghava Rao and mentioned she would include a few compositions that were taught to her by Sri Raghava Rao. It was later mentioned during the concert that they were the darbAr, madhyamAvati and latAngi pieces.

The concert was filled with deep classicism from the word go. The kritis renditions were all precisely perfect. The manodarmam was very apt and measured for each kriti. The concert had a wonderful start in the bhairavi varNam. The sAvEri kriti followed up with a quick round of svarams. The harikAmbhOji AlApanai was short and yet very appealing. The kriti rendition was stunning and appropriate svarams followed.

The darbAr, was something i personally enjoyed the best in the kriti. The AlApanai was quite inspiring and the kriti was a rare one, rendered very beautifully. The madhyamAvati and latangi kriti, with neraval and svarams, followed thro'.

The Anandabhairavi kriti with its intricate cittai svaram rendered with various permutations, led to the main piece. bEgaDa was very elaborate and bhava laden. The kriti was rendered with beautiful neraval and svarams.

The saurAshTram padam was very beautiful. The hamsadvani piece was stunning and rendered with a lot of weight. The kEdAragauLa padam was great too. The khamAs and suruTTi javaLis were very nice too.

Smt. Nandita Ravi provided very apt vocal support to her mom-cum-guru. The accompanists were very good and played their parts perfectly. The violinst was very good in both following the main artist and in giving sensible replies. The mridangist played with good anticipation and in tune with what was presented. His tani was good also.