R Vedavalli, Nada Inbam

R Vedavalli, V Sumitra - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
Concert of Compositions on Lord Rama
25 March 2010. 6 pm

mAtA rAma: matpitA rAmacandrO - slOkam in hamsadvani
raghunAyakA - hamsdavani - Adi - T (S)
sItamma mAyamma - lalitA - rUpakam - T
kshitijA ramaNam - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - MD
abhimAnamennaDu - bEgaDa - Adi - PSI
daritApulEka - sAvEri - Adi - T (RNS)
srI rAmam - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi - MD
varugirAnO vArAnO - kannaDa - Adi - AK
nijamukha rAmA - kIravANi - Adi - RSI (RNS)
tanamItanE - bhushAvaLi - Adi - T
nAma kusumAmulacE - srI - Adi - T (RS)
tani
jAnAti rAma tava nAma ruchim - slOkam in kAmbhOji, shanmukhapriyA, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
gata mOhAsruta - shankarAbaraNam - tisra Ekam - T
srI rAma jaya rAma - yadukula kAmbhOji - kaNDa cApu - T
mangaLam - nAdanAmakriyA - Adi - T

It was a great concert. I personally loved the whole concert. The sAvEri was awesome. The kIravANi was elaborate and absolutely bhava laden. The main srI rAgam was fantastic. All the songs seem to have been carefully chosen for the occasion. There was a good mix of ragams and composers and all the songs were rendered with a lot of bhavam and classicism. The accompanists were wonderful and made it a concert to remember for a long time.

Malladi Suribabu, Nada Inbam

Malladi Suribabu - V V Ravi - Shertalai Ananatakrishnan

Nada Inbam
20 March 2010

srI kAmakshi - srI - Adi - Spencer Venugopal
rAmAbhirAmA - danyAsi - Adi - T
srI mAtrubhUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD (RS)
pAhi srI girirAja sutE - Ananda bhairavi - rUpakam - SS (RS)
tali taNDrulu gala - balahamsa - Adi - T (R)
nija dAsa varada - kalyANi - Adi - PSI (RNS)
tani
sAyankAlE kusumitasamayE - slOkam in hamsAnandi, mOhanam, bEhAg, sindhu bhairavi
nahirE nahisankA - valaji - Adi - Sadasiva Brahmendra
mAyA mOhamu - jOg - Adi - A
vEganIvuvAni rammannavE - suruTTi - rUpakam (R)
nagavulu nijamani - yamunA kalyANi - Adi - A (R)
bhaja gOvindam - misra mAND/hamsavinOdini/?? - Adi - Adi Shankara (tuned by Voleti)
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was an excellent concert. I walked in late, during the danyAsi. The veteran musician showed a lot of Voleti in his style of singing. The AlApanais of both kannaDa and Anandabhairavi were brilliantly handled. kalyANi was handled in a superb fashion. The kriti renditions were good. The svarams and neraval wherever done were with a lot of bhavam. The choice of kritis to present was very offbeat and refreshing. The accompanists were matching and did an amazing job with providing much needed support to the main artist. Fantastic concert. Should listen to him more.

Suguna Purushottaman, Nada Inbam

Suguna Purushottaman - Charulatha Ramanujam - Neyveli Narayanan

Nada Inbam.
Concert of Tamil Compositions
19 March 2010. 6 pm

sAmi nI manamirangi - srI ranjani - Adi - PS [pada varNam]
siddhiyaruL siva sakti bAlakanE - nATTai - misra cApu - NS
jhamkara sruti - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - Suddanada Bharati (RNS)
mugattai kATTi - bhairavi - misra cApu - Papavinasa Mudaliar
muttu kumaraiyyanE - shankarAbaraNam - rUpakam (2 kaLai) - Ramaswamy Sivan (sketch)
viritta senjaDai ADa - viruttam in Ananda bhairavi, bilahari, shanmukhapriyA, mOhanam, tODi
Ananda naTEsA - tODi - rUpakam - Ramaswamy Sivan (S)
anda rAma saundaryam - kEdAragauLa - Adi - AK (short sketch)
sivakAma sundari - jagan mOhini - rUpakam - GKB
tiruvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNST)
manju nihar - kAvaDi chindu
eppo varuvArO - jOnpuri - Adi
AlamAmaratin ilai mEl
vAzhiya senthamizh

It was a great concert. All the pieces carefully chosen and presented with a lot of bhavam. Being a thematic concert, there were a few interludes explaining some of the facets and interesting points about the compositions that were presented. Also, there was more emphasis on the compositions and not on the manOdarmam as the occasion demanded. The kritis were all rendered very well. The AlApanai of pUrvikalyANi was short while that of kAmbhOji was very beautiful. The neraval svarams in both were presented crisply. The rAgamAlikA viruTTam was also very beautifully rendered.

K Bhaskaran, Music Club IIT Madras

K Bhaskaran - M A Sundareswaran - K V Prasad - E M Subramanian

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre.
17 March 2010. 7 pm

vandEham jagatvallabham - hamsadvani - kaNDa cApu - A (short sketch S)
sArasamukhi - gauDa malhAr - rUpakam - HMB (S)
enduku dayarAdurA - tODi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tani
sakala graha - aTANA - kaNDa cApu - PD
RTP - ranjani - kaNDa tripuTa (tisra naDai) 1 aksharam eDuppu, 4 akshara aridi
mAruti maindanE anumanE sadA unai paNindEm
rAgamAlikA svarams in mOhanam, kApi, Ananda bhairavi, rAgavardhani, nIlAmbari
alaipAyudE - kAnaDA - Adi - UVS
nArAyaNanE namO - bEhAg - Adi - A
shanti nilava vENDum - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao (R)
raghupathi rAghava rAjA rAm
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. All the pieces were rendered with emotion and classical gait. Both tODi and ranjani AlApanais were good. The tAnam was very well rendered. The neraval svarams in tODi and the pallavi rendition with trikAlam were very good as well. The accompanists made it all more enjoyable in providing good support as needed.

R Vedavalli, Music Club IIT Madras

R Vedavalli - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre
15 March 2010. 7 pm

gnAnandamayam dEvam - slOkam in gauLa
celimi kOri - gauLa - Adi - VK (S)
nIkEla nAyaDa - dEvamanOhari - Adi - RSI
dhyAnamE varamaina - danyAsi - Adi - T (RNS)
EdhO teriyAmal - hamIr kalyANi - tisra Ekam - GKB
kanukonu saukyamu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T (R)
srI raghuvara suguNAlaya - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
nAdalOluDai - kalyANA vasantam - rUpakam - T (R)
svayam pAdam parasvaya sruta durita haram - slOkam in sAvEri, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
kELanO hari tALanO - suruTTi - Adi - PD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

It was a wonderful concert. The pieces were rendered with a lot of bhavam and utmost precision. The AlApanais were all amazing. The danyAsi was meditative, while the bhairavi was racy. The neraval and svaram parts were all fitting to the songs and presented impeccably. The accompanists were wonderful and perfectly supported the main artist all the way.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Charubala Mohan Trust

Kalpakam Swaminathan & S R Padmavati - B Ganapathiraman - H Sivaramakrishnan

Charubala Mohan Trust
Raga Sudha Hall
13 March 2010. 6:30 pm

sAmi ninnE - kannaDa - Adi
vandE nisamaham - hamsadvani - Adi (R)
sogasu jUDa taramA - kannaDa gauLa - rUpakam - T (RS)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
samajavaragamanA - hindOLam - Adi - T (R)
ikanE tALa jAlanurA - guha ranjani - Adi - HMB
EkAmaranAtam - gamakakriyA - Adi - MD (Rt)
tani
sArasa daLa nayanE - sAramati - Adi - HMB
sogasugA nAtO - sahAnA - misra cApu - Sarangapani (R)
ambara cidambara - suruTTi - kaNDa cApu (R)
praNatAtihara - senjuruTTi - kaNDa tripuTa (R)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. Being Sivarathri day, many of the pieces were on Lord Shiva. The AlApanais of bEgaDa and gamakakriyA were both presented with a lot of classical phrases. The kriti renditions were all crisp and clear. The accompanists were good.

On the whole it was an evening if grand classical music from the veteran. The bEgaDa made my day.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Carnatica

Sangeetha Sivakumar - B U Ganesh Prasad - Shertalai Anantakrishnan

Carnatica
Concert of Ashtapadis and Tarangams
11 March 10. 7:15 pm

caraNam bhava karuNAmayi - saurAshTram - rUpakam - NT
krishNam kalaya - mukhAri - Adi - NT (short sketch S)
lalita lavanga - vasantA - Adi - J (RNS)
AlOkayE rukmini kalyANa - kambhOji - misra cApu - NT (RNS)
tani
sanchara tatara sudhA madura - rAgamAlikA - Adi - J
kalyANa gOpAlam - sindhubhairavi - kaNDa cApu - NT
jaya mangaLam - suruTTi - catusra Ekam (tisra naDai)

It was a very good concert. Though a thematic one, the handling of the pieces and manOdarma were both good. The vasantA and kAmbhOji AlApanais were bhavaladen. The neraval & svarams were nice as well. The accompanists were good in playing a supportive role

K Bharat Sundar, Carnatica

K Bharat Sundar - M S Anantakrishnan - Trivandrum V Balaji

Carnatica
Concert featuring various forms of musical composition
11 March 10. 5:30 pm

nIyE caraNam - nATTai - Bharatiyar
ambaramE taNNIrE - kalyANi - kaNDa cApu - Andal (NS)
maruLODu mAyai pOl - danyAsi - Adi - Thiruvarutpa tuned by PSN (short sketch)
vANanai madi sUDiya - kIravANi - misra cApu - Tevaram (RNS)
tani
mannu pugaz kOsalai - rAgamAlikA - kaNDa cApu - Kulasekhara Azhvar pAsuram tuned by Smt. Leelavathi Gopalakrishnan
tillAnA - behAg - Adi

It was a good concert. The AlApanai if kIravANi was good. The neraval svarams in both kalyANi and kIravANi were handled with confidence. All pieces were well rendered. Accompanists were good as well

Vidya Kalyanaraman, Nadopasana

Vidya Kalyanaraman - B Anantakrishnan - Nellai Balaji

Nadopasana
Raga Sudha Hall
3 March 10. 6:30 pm

sadA pAla rUpApi - slOkam in sahAnA
karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK
teliyalEru rAmA - dhEnukA - Adi - T
anudinamunu - bEgaDa - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
enraikku sivakrupai - mukhAri - misra cApu - NS (R)
kamalAptakula - brindAvana sArangA - Adi - T
mInAkshI mE mudam - gamakakriyA - Adi - MD (RNST)

It was a good concert. The bEgaDa was presented well. The mukhAri AlApanai was nice as well. However, I would prefered a more peppy song between the varNam and dhEnukA to make it a better punchy start for the concert. The accompanists were good as well.