Vocal : Delhi V Muthukumar
List:
01 senthil vAzh murugayya (varNam) – hamIr kalyANi – T R Subramaniam ( O )
02 slOkam ( vakratuNDa mahAkAya) – malahari ( O )
panchamAtanga mukha – malahari – Dikshitar ( S )
03 lakshaNamulu gala – sudha sAvEri – Thyagaraja ( A,S )
04 santhAnamanjari shankari – santhAnamanjari ( sucharita ) – Dikshitar ( A )
05 sabhApatikku – AbhOgi – Gopalakrishna Bharathi ( started at kripAnidhi..)
06 slOkam ( udyatbhAnu sahasrakOTi ) – pUrvikalyANi ( O )
mInAkshi mE mudam dEhi – gamakakriya ( pUrvikalyANi) – Dikshitar
07 ennakaDa hAyisuvuthu ninnA bhAra ? – nIlAmbari – Purandara Dasa
08 ulaka pasu pAsa thondam – hamsAnandi ?- Arunagirinathar
09 Slokam ( sarvamangaLa mAngalyE) – madhyamAvati
Sunday morning, hardly around 20 people to listen, no violin no percussion to divert your attention. Vid Delhi V Muthukumar made the one hour a memorable experience. Prabhathasangeetham sans accompaniment is now getting into its second year, I guess. I had been for a couple of them earlie. This was a very unique experience today. He did present in a typical concert format and I would have been ok even if it wasn’t so. Fromthe varnam, a slokam and ganesha kriti in malahari, a hardly heard kriti of Thyagaraja in Sudhasaveri, awesome slokam in Purvikalyani, a neelambari before the end. May be the setting was pristine, however I think he did a fabulous job in just over 1 hr.
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