Vocal : Smt Sudha Raghunathan
Violin : Mysore V Srikanth
Mrudangam : Neyveli Skandasubramanian
Ghatam : Smt Sukanya Ramgopal
Song list:
01 ninnu kOri ( varNam) – mOhanam – Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar
02 swAminAtha parupAlaya – nAttai – Muthuswami Dikshitar (S )
03 hari nArAyaNa – kEdAram – Purandara Dasa
04 mOkshamu galadA – sAramati – Thyagaraja
05 sharaNam bhava karunAmayE – hamsavinOdini – Narayana Theerthar ( A,S )
06 eTi yOchanAlu – kiranAvali – Thyagaraja
07 dayamADU ranga dayamADu – kalyANi – Purandara Dasa ( A,N,S,T)
neraval & swara @ ‘ ihaparadali nInE indira ramaNa’
08 RTP – kharaharapriya – misra triputa , 2 kaLai
pallavi line ‘ mAdhava kEshava gOvinda harE mukunda nErAyaNa harE harE’
ragamalika swaram in valachi, pUrvi? , kharaharapriya
09 theerAtha viLayAttu piLLai - rAgamAlika – Subramanya Bharati
10 abhang (amrutaga nI gOre ??) - ?? – Thukkaram
11 viruttam ( pUjyAyE rAghavEndrAya)
tungA thIra virAjam – yaman ?- Kamalesha Vittala
12 kurai onrum illai – rAgamAlika – C Rajagopalachari
13 mangaLam – Sourashtram , madhyamAvathi – Thyagaraja
The final concert of the 15 day long Gokulashtami concert was yesterday. You couldn’t ask for more pleasing sight for the organisers as the hall, the projection TV rooms at the first floor and the basement was full with people. The concert was in the expected lines , to the satisfaction of the audience who throng to listen to her. The initial part were ordinary , execpt the alapana of hamsavinodini and a rare kriti that followed. Kalyani alapana was also a standard affair. However, I found the neraval pretty good.
The RTP was of top class. Both the alapana and the tanam was good so was the ragamalika swaras. Mysore Srikanth did a fins job, sitting with a serious looking face. Neyveli Skandasubramanian was enthusiastic and gave a good tani avartanam with Sukanya Ramgopal.
The post tani, surprisingly, was short as it was already past 9:30. She closed the concert with her signature kurai onrum illai to the waiting audience.
