P Unnikrishnan, Music Club IIT Madras

P Unnikrishnan - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash - S V Ramani

Clasfest 09. Music Club IIT Madras
Central Lecture Theatre
12 August 09. 6:45 pm

vandanamonarinchi - vAchaspati - Adi - Tiger Varadachariar
varAlendu - gurjari - Adi - T (S)
karunayelagaNTe - varALi - Adi - T (NS)
Arukku thAn theriyum - dEvamanOhari - Adi (RS)
darisithaLarndu mukti pera - latAngi - misra jhampai - MT (R)
upachArmulanu - bhairavi - adi - T (RNST)
maharAjukarammanE - bEhAg - rUpakam - DS
rAma rAma rAma sItA - tilang - rUpakam - PD
brahmam okaTE - bauLi - Adi - A
tillAnA - chandrajyOti - Adi - KS Raghunathan (short sketch)
vijaya gOpAlatE mangaLam - suruTTi - Adi - NT

It was a nice concert. The elaborations of dEvamanOhari and latAngi were good. The kritis were rendered well. The neraval svarams passages were nice also. The main bhairavi was pretty elaborate. All accompanists were excellent.

P Unnikrishnan, Isaitamizh Vizha by Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust & Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

P Unnikrishnan - R K Shriramkumar - K V Prasad - S V Ramani
Isaitamizh Vizha by Saraswati Vaggeyakara Trust & Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
Asthika Samajam (Venus Colony), Alwarpet - 26/6/07, 6:45 pm

angayarkanni (varNam) - bEhAg - Adi - Dr. S. Ramanathan(R)
siva lOka nAtanai - mAyAmALavagauLa - rUpakam - GKB(S)
tuNai purindaruL - varamu - Adi - PS (R)
yArukku tAn teriyum - dEvamanOhari - Adi - GKB (S)
innum oru sthalam - simmEndra madhyamam - rUpakam - Muttu Thandavar (R)
tirvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
aravinda lOchananE - nItimati - Adi - Ambujam Krishna
sAnti nilava - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao
suttum vizhi - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Subramania Bharathi
mOsam pOgAdhE - kApi - Adi
tillAnA - sindhubhairavi

The concert began with a nice short AlApanai of bEhAg. The varNam was good. The AlApanais of varamu and simmEndra madhyamam were both good. The svarams in mAyAmALavagauLa were a bit over done. The kriti renditions of all the kritis were nice. The simmEndra madhyamam kriti, however, stood out, above the rest. The main kAmbhOji AlApanai was nice. However, one personally felt, the neraval and svarams could have been handled a little more elegantly. Sri Shriram Kumar was good in all parts. Sri Prasad and Sri Ramani, though were a bit loud, handled the percussion department very well.