V Sumithra, Nada Inbam

V Sumithra at Nada Inbam

Dikshitar Jayanthi concert

slokam
vathapi ganapathim
sri nathadi guruguho
arunachala natham
hastivadanaya
pranathathiharaya
sri vidya rajagopalam
sri kamalambhikayah param nahi re

It was the day after Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan had left us. One was totally engrossed in sorrow and with each MD kriti rolling one after another, it was just not possible to keep oneself composed.

The concert was filled with gems of MD. The elaborations of mAyAmALavagauLa were good. The AlApanai of navarOj was very interesting to listen to. The main bhairavi was absolutely esoteric.