Vocal : Sangita Kalanidhi Smt.R.Vedavalli
Vocal support: Smt.Sumitra & Smt. Sumati
Violin : Charulatha Ramanujam
Mrudangam : Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma
Songlist :
01 sarasijAkshi ninne kOri – nAyaki – Rudrapatnam Venkatramayya (?)
02 sari evvarE srI jAnaki ( O,S ) – srIranjani – Thyagaraja
03 enta rANi tanakenta ( N,S ) – harikAmbOji – Thyagaraja
neraval & swara @ ” sEshuDu shivuniki bhUshuDu lakshmaNa”
04 praNatArthi harAya – sAmantha – Muthuswami Dikshitar
05 brOva vamma – mAnji – Shyama Sastri
06 EkAmbranAtham bhajasE hum ( A,N,S ) – pUrvikalyANi – Muthuswami Dikshitar
neraval & swara @ ” panchAkshara manthrarUpam prasannarUpam Sivam ”
07 chEtAsri bAlakrishNam ( A ) – dwijAvanti – Muthuswami Dikshitar
08 muNDu vENu – darbAr – Thyagaraja
09 EkAmbrEsa nAyaki ( R,Tanam,N,S,T) – shaNmukhapriya
rAgam : shaNmukhapriya
tAnam : shaNmukhapriya , rItigauLa , bEgaDa , srI
neraval @ ‘kAnchi nagara nivAsini”
rAgamalika swarams ( after the shanmukhapriya swaras for the krithi) in SAma , mOhanam , behAg and surutti
tani avartanam
10 moguDocci pilacEDu (padam) – sahAna – Sarangapani
11 anri ivvulagam aLandhAi (thiruppavai) – sindhubhairavi – Andal
12 thillAna ( nAdru dhim dhim tom dhim ) – vasantha – AmmAchattaram Kannusami Pillai
13 mangalam – saurAshtram
slokam ( swasti prajabhya )
It was an outstanding concert. The grand old lady of carnatic music gave the audience of the overflowing hall at essae music foundation an treat to cherish. Pure music at its best display. There was no hurried rendering, no unwanted passages, no elongated swara circus. It was pure bliss. There is nothing specific to mention as the whole concert was in a different level. However, I would like to mention the neraval “panchakshara manthrarUpam prasanna rUpam” from the pUrvikalyAni krithi and the majestic shanmukhapriya alapana, the ragamalika tanam and neraval at ‘kAnchi nagara nivAsini’ and the ragamalika swara followed at the end. Charulatha Ramanujam was very supportive and she was awesome in the main Shanmukhapriya krithi. Sri Ananthakrishna Sharma was superb handling the percussion dept alone and he summed up his performance with a good tani avartanam.
Jayan
August 4, 2008 at 11:47 am
Thanks a lot. i have made the changes.
Jayan
k
August 4, 2008 at 11:20 am
Okay, sorry about the mess – please delete the previous replies.
11 is an Andal Thiruppavai (Pasuram) – “andru ivvulagam aLandhAi adi pOttri”, so is composed by Andal.