R Ganesh, Astika Samajam Thiruvanmiyur

R Gamesh - V V Srinivasa Rao - A S Ranganathan - Papanasam Sethuraman

Amarabharati
Astika Samajam Thiruvanmiyur
27 April 2010. 6:30 pm

ALAvadennALO - paras - Adi - UVS (short sketch)
srI vAtApi gaNapatiyE - sahAnA - Adi - PS (short sketch, S)
mOhanakara muttukumarA - nItimati - rUpakam - KI
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (R)
dinamaNi vamsa - hari kAmbhOji - Adi - T (short sketch, S)
centanE sadA - kuntaLa varALi - Adi - T (R)
kANAmal vINilE - nIlAmbari - Adi - MT (short sketch)
rAma rAma - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - ST (R

It was a good concert. I am hearing Dr. Ganesh for the first time and found his concert pretty interesting. All that he sang had a distinct stamp of his guru, Sri Santanam. He began with a punchy short sketch of paras. The sahAna was good. He presented a racy suruTTi which was heavily endowed with fast phrases. The kuntaLavarALi AlApanai was pretty elaborate and little more leisurely. The simmEndra madhyamam was very elaborate. The kriti renditions were all good.

Sri Srinivasa Rao gave good and fitting replies all the way. I liked his suruTTi more than his kuntaLAvarALi. The percussionist did a good job in accompanying appropriately.

I had to leave as he started singing the simmEndra madhyamam kriti.