Prasanna Venkataraman, SSI Golden Jubilee Trust

Prasanna Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Ramadass

SSI Golden Jubilee Trust
Raga Sudha Hall
28 July 2010

sAmi nI - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK [varNam]
nEnendu vEtukudurA - karnATaka bEhAg - Adi - T
tulasi jagatjanani - sAvEri - rUpakam - T (RNS)
bAlakrishNam bhAvayAmi - gOpikA vasantam - Adi - MD
nAma kusumAmula - srI - Adi - T (RS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varaLi - kaNDa cApu - ST
kaddana vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
vizhikku tuNai - viruttam in kEdAragauLa, shanmukhapriyA
saravaNa bhava - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - PS
nADi tEDi - bhAgEsrI [Thiruppugazh]
tillAnA - shankarAbaraNam - dEsAdi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of sAvEri and srI were both handled elegantly. The tODi was very good. The kritis were all rendered very well, with the right measure of bhavam and the necessary punches. The neraval and swarams were all done aptly. The choice of songs, as seen from the list above, did seem very different and nicely chosen.

The violinst was great and gave very fitting replies which in some places were more beautiful than the main artist himself. The mrudangist played in perfect tandem and embellished the whole concert with his timely and appropriate strokes.

Overall a very good and enjoyable concert by the spirited young man.