Vocal : Gayathri Girish
Violin : M S Govindaswamy
Mrudangam : B C Manjunath
Ganjira : Vyasa Vittala
Song list:
01 karuNimpa – sahAna - Thiruvottiyur Thyagayya ( O )
02 srI mahAgaNapati – gauLA – Muthuswami Dikshitar ( S )
03 palukavadEmira – dEvamanOhari – Mysore Vasudevacharya ( A,S )
04 Siva Siva Siva enarAdA - pantuvarALi – Thyagaraja
05 chEtAsri bAlakrishNam – dwijAvanthi – Muthuswami Dikshitar
06 bhajarE rE chitta – kalyANi – Muthuswami Dikshitar ( A,N,S,T )
neraval @ ‘dEvIm shakti bIjOdbhava mAtrkArNa sharIriNim’
07 tAmasambu sEyakanE nannu brOvarA – kAmbOji – Veena Seshanna
08 RTP – kIravANi – sankIrNa jAthi tripuTa , 2 kaLai
pallavi line ‘ parama dayAkara varasuguNa madaharaNa sItArAmachandra sharaNu sharaNu’
tAnam , pallavi and swara in kIravAni. No ragamalika swaras.
09 vAnchatOnunA – karNaranjani – Harikeshanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar
10 tAmbUri mItti tava – sindhu bhairavi – Purandara Dasa
11 mangalam – saurAshtram – Thyagaraja
Gayathri Girish gave a good concert at Gayana Samaja, yesterday. Devamanohari alapana and the keeravani pallavi stood out in the concert. Pantuvarali and dijavanti fillers werent all that enjoyable, so was the kalyani alapana. Personally, I cant stand kalyani alapana beyond 2 mins. However, the neraval and the elaborate swara were very good. Swara singing alone was aroud 12-15 mins. Keeravani was the savior of the day. The alapana was very good and so was the tAnam. Pallavi had trikalam in detail with some good support from the percussioninst. There was no ragamalika swaras, which would have given a worthy finish to the concert.
The accompanying artists had provided ample support, but hardly giving us a ‘aha’ moment. Manjunath was better of the trio. I havent seen him before, but seems to be promising.
