G Ravikiran, Rasayana

G Ravikiran - B.Ananthakrishnan - Mannarkoil J Balaji

Rasayana, Shyam Kalyan's Residence
22 May 2010. 5:30 pm

vanajAkshi niNNE kOri - mandAri - Adi - MV
cEDE buddhi maanuraa - aTANA - Adi - T (short sketch S)
peddadEunDani ninnu nammitirA - mOhanam - Adi - MSR (RNS)
cinna nAtenA - kalAnidhi - Adi - T
Eti janmamidi hA - varALi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varALi - kaNDa cApu - ST (S)
vAchama gOcharamE - kaikavasi - Adi - T
RTP - rItigauLa - kaNDa tripuTa (11/72 eDuppu)
dasarata bAla rAmachandrayyA dayAnidhE mAm pAhi
ragamAlikA swaras gauLa, kEdAragauLa, mEgaranjani in kIzh kAlam and sAvEri, kAmbhOdhi in mEl kAlam
tani
celi nenETlu - parAs - Adi - Pattabhiramaiah
jagadIsha - nAdanAmakriyA - ST
bhujagasAyinO - yadukula kAmbOdhi - Adi - ST
mangalam kOsalendrAya - yadukula kAmbOdhi

It was a good concert.

I was hearing to mandAri varNam after a long time. It also been quite sometime since i heard mOhanam. With Eti janma midi hA being a personal favourite, it was a good concert all the way.

Sri Ravikiran sang well with a lot of bhavam and conviction towards traditional ideas. It was good to hear. With the guidance from his expert gurus, i m sure he will make it much bigger in future. Sri Ananthakrishnan gave very fitting replies and provided good support. Sri Balaji, the veteran on stage, was wonderful. He played in perfect tandem with the main artist.

I wish to place on record my appreciations for the sound setup as well.

Mantra and his family played perfect hosts. The venue, as we have experienced many times before, is just too good for a chamber concert and it was a lovely evening, to end with tasty home-made dinner.

Day of favourites for me: mantra's house as venue, Eti janma midi hA, rItigauLa, paras javaLi, arisi upma, thenga chutney :)