Tanmayee Krishnamurthy , Prabhata Sangeetham @ Nadasurabhi 31 Dec 2017

Vocal : Tanmayee Krishnamurthy

No Accompanyments..

List :

01 shrI gaNEsha sharaNam – tilang – Papanasam Sivan

02 shrI pArvati paramEshvarau vandE – bhauLi – Dikshitar

03 brOva bhArama – bahudhAri – Thyagaraja ( O,S )

04 nagumOmu galanEni – AbhEri – Thyagaraja  ( A,S )

05 shLOkam ( manOjavam mAruta tulya vEgam) – AbhEri??, sahAna

rAmachandruDitaDu raghuvIruDu – sahAna – Annamacharya

06 irakkam varAmal – behAg – Gopakakrishna Bharati

07 pAlincu kAmAkSi – madhyamAvati – Shyama Shasthry

08 ugAbhOga ( mrgagaLa meyyalli bhaktuLa kastUri?? ) – dEsh

kula kula kulavennutiharu – dEsh – Kanaka Dasa

09 ninyAkO ninna hangyAkO ranga – karNaranjani – Purandara Dasa

10 bArO krSNayya – rAgamAlika – Vyasaraya

11 tambUri mITTitava – sindhubhairavi – Purandara Dasa

12 mangaLam – saurAStram – Thyagaraja

Music san noise is always pleasure, especially an early morning session in a close settings. It indeed is a challenge for the artist to perform with only tanpura to support. The short comings of the vocal issues will be out in the open , not hidden by the violin. Also, it is difficult to engage the audience for a longer period with out a percussion to add to the effect. There is also the issue of voice being ready for an early cold morning concert. But, Vidushi Tanmayee Krishnamurthy overcome all those inhibitions with a classy concert on the last morning of the year.

I liked the way she planned the morning. Eased through the early part, spent a lot of time of Shlokam/ugabhoga , spread the morning thtough various composers, mixed it up well and added her bit with two well done kalpana swaras. She, probably could have skipped the ‘pAlincu kAmAkSi’ after the listerner’s choice was in favour of the earlier abhEri. A couple of slips at the lyrics was the only miss in the whole day. She can also look at some of the word stresses in future ( bAramA/ bhAramA , ghalanEni/galanEni, dhootam/dootam etc).

Impressive voice, presentation and manodharmam. Both bahudhari and abheri kalpana swaras were very good, so was the short alapana of abheri. Finally, a grand way to end another musical year for me.

 

Delhi Muthukumar at Nadaloka Prabhatha Sangeetham

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.