Vocal : Vijay Siva ( supported by Arun Shankar & S R Vikneswaran )
Violin : R K Sriramkumar
mrudangam : Manoj Siva
Ghatam : S Krishna
List :
00 shLOkam ( sadA bAla rUpApi )
01 nIlAyatAkSi – paras – tishra tripuTa – Shyama Shastry
02 dinamaNi vamsha – harikAmbOji – Adi x 2 – Thyagaraja ( N,S )
neraval @sharva vinutA nanu samrakSincunu
swaras @ dinamaNi vamsha
03 prEma svarUpA sarasa lOcana – Anandabhairavi – mishra chAp – Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi ( A,S )
04 shrI cAmuNDEshvari – kannaDa – Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar
05 kOrinavara mosagumayyA – rAmapriya – rUpakam – Patnam Sbramanya Iyer ( A,N )
neraval @ sarivArilOna nanu chauka sEya valaDu nIdu’
06 cinna nADEnA – kalAnidhi – Adi – Thyagaraja
07 akSayalinga vibhO – shankarAbharaNam – mishra chAp – Dikshitar ( A,N,S,T )
neraval & swara@ badarI vanamula nAyikA sahita’
08 RTP – jayantasEna – chturashra jhumpa, 2 kaLai , samam eDuppu
pallavi line : sEnApatE shaktipANE jaya jayAnanta-‘
tani Avartanam
09 shLOkam ( kalyANOllAsa sImA ) – bihAg, dhanyAsi, yadukulakAmbOji
svAmi mukhya prANA – yadukula kAmbOji – rUpakam? – Purandara Dasa
10 verses from Narayaneeyam(rukmini kalyanam) – rAgamAlika – Malpattur Narayana Bhattathiri
11 mAlE maNivaNNA – kuntaLavarALi – Adi – Andal
12 tirupugazh (kUrai pagutha?? ) – madhyamAvati – Adi tisragati -Arunagirinathar
13 nI nAma rUpamulaku – surAStram- Adi – Thyagaraja
shLOkam ( swasthi prajabhyA paripAlayantAm)
There was a person standing at the gate, handing out a paper to every one. It did not look like a typical paper insert of an advertisement. Curious enough, I collected a copy for us. Interestingly, it had the list of ragams in sequence and the composers listed, which one would be listening in the evening’s program. now, that is an interesting development. Since, it did not reveal the composition, it is not a 100% give away, there is some amount of suspense maintained. For example, it said Shankarabharanam and Muthuswamy Dikshitar. While, one can still narrow it down, it still has a few possibilities. Does this also mean that, in case I did not like what is expected in the list, I can turn back and go ? In any case, the paper did not mention ‘kalyANi’ as main anywhere, and I did not back out 🙂
Leaving that aside, it indeed was a very fulfilling concert by Sri Vijay Siva and the team. Shankarabharanam was a super duper affair. I loved every bit of it. The tarasthayi phrases ( where he is very strong ) in the alapana were very very good. That arguably, overshadowed the other parts to some extend. Brilliant neraval and badarivana. Very elaborate, fabulously constructed and expanded, some breathtaking singing at the higher octaves. The swara patterns, followed the neraval, was stupendous. Some of the early slow speed takes were of shear excellence and beauty. Sriramkumar added his bit to it with some innovative returns. That probably was the best of the evening.
Jayantasena pallavi was a shortish affair, lasting around 20 odd mins. Short alapana, decent tanam. There was an attempted trikalam, but did not extend it, and there was no ragamalika swaras.
Earlier in the evening, he had a detailed neraval and swaras for dinamani vamsha, which sort of set the things in motion. nice little alapana of Anandabhairavi followed, for Oothukadu composition, added with a few rounds of swaras. Submain in the form of Ramapriya was again a stellar affair. Solid alapana bu both, Patnam’s composition was very good. He sang a neraval at sarivarilona as expected, which was splendid.
Post pallavi had a devarnama preceded with a ragamalika shlokam ( dhanyasi part was awesome) and few verses from the Narayaneeyam. It was presented in a unique way , I thought.
Fabulous concert , especially the shankarabharanam, rAmapriya and Anandabhairavi. I find his music is ‘rushing to me’ ( not sure if I make sense here), similar to what I find with Saketharaman’s singing. That aside, the concert was very very good.
Brain Drain 