Rudrapatnam Brothers, Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust

Rudrapatnam Brothers - V V Ravi - Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Swaminathan

Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust, NGS mini hall
24 Mar 2013. 6:45 pm

panchamAtanga - malahari - rUpakam - MD (sketch, S)
kAmAkshmi anudinamu - bhairavi - misra cApu - SS
vENugAna lOluni - kEdAragauLa - rUpakam - T (RNS)
rAma kathA sudhA - madhyamAvati - Adi - T (RNST)
dEvi brova - cintAmaNi - Adi - SS
nArAyaNa hari - yamuna kalyANi - T
srI kamalAmbikE - srI - kaNDa Eka - MD
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

Absolutely solid classical music with no frills. A very enjoyable concert with the main artists being totally mesmerising and left the audience spell bound. The accompanists could have gelled better though.

Trivandrum G Seethalakshmi, Nada Inbam

Trivandrum G Seethalakshmi - R Hemalatha - J Vaidhyanathan - Anirudh Athreya

Nada Inbam
22 March 2013 6:15pm

bhaja mAnasa - bahudAri - Adi - Tulasi Vanam (sketch,S)
srI rAghavEndra - vasantA - Adi - Jagannatha Vittala (R)
sAmOdam cintayAmi - suddha danyAsi - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
sivakAma sundari - mukhAri - Adi - PS
kAmAkshI bangAru - varALi - misra cApu - SS (RNS)
OrAru muganE - rItigauLa - Neelakanta Sivan
ardhanArIsvaram - kumudakriyA - MD
gajavadanA sammOdita - tODi - Adi - Kumara Ettendra (RNST)
srI rAghavam - slOkam in bilahari, shanmukha priyA, sahAnA, sAvEri, behAg
varuvAi endRum - behAg - Adi - Ambujam Krishna
udhO suniyE - pUrvi - ST [bhajan]
tillAnA - hamsAnandi - Adi - HMB
alasara paritApam - suruTTi - misra cApu - ST
bhujaga sAyinO - yadukula kAmbhOji - rUpakam - ST
mangalam kOsalEndrAya and svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

It was a very enjoyable concert. From the word go, it was classical music at its best. With every ragam and every kriti it was only getting better. The choice of pieces and rAgams was really interesting. And the ideas that were presented were really awesome. What to mention and what to not, one is in a fix!

The AlApanais of vasantA and suddha danyAsi, the neraval in varALi, the slOkam, especially the sAvEri.. gosh.. i could go on and on writing..

The team was just awesome. Prisitine Semmangudi sangeetham at its best! A treat it was...