Malladi Brothers @ Sankranti Music Festival , Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, 06 Jan 2019

Vocal : Malladi Brothers

Violin : Embar S Kannan

Mrudangam : Trichy Sankaran

Ganjira : K V Gopalakrishnan

List

01 calamEla jEsE (varNam ) – shankarAbharaNam – aTa – Swathi Thirunal

02 manasu nilpa – AbhOgi – Adi – Thyagaraja ( O, S )

03 Ananda naTEsha – thODi – Roopakam – Ramaswamy Sivan

04 rAma ninnu namminA – mOhanam – Adi – Thyagaraja ( S )

05 nIdu caraNamulE – simhEndramadhyamam – Mishra Chap – Thyagaraja ? ( A,N,S,T )

neraval & swara @ ‘vEda vEdAnta vidituDani velayu shrI sarvEsha rAmA’

06 ninnu pogaDa taramA – kuntaLavarALi – Adi – GNB

07 ranganAyakam bhAvayE – nAyaki – Adi – Dikshitar ( A-vocal )

08 RTP – nAtakurinji – chaturashra triputa , tisra gati, 2 aksharam ( +2/3) eDuppu

pallavi line ‘ koniyADa taramA rAmA nI mahima’

ragamalika swaras in ‘ sAma, kalAvati? , rAgEshrI , sudha sAvEri

09 sadA enna hrdayadalli – behAg – Roopakam – Vijaya Vittala Dasa

10 mAyA mOhamu – jOg – Adi – Annamacharya ( set to tune by Malladi SuriBabu)

11 shLOkam ( shrIyay kAntAya ) – madhyamAvati

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* Trichy Sankaran – Wow.  Every thing was super class. Tani Avartanam, included.

* Brilliant abhOgi swaras. Very refreshing approach.

*GNB tribute ( on his birth anniversary) by singing Ananda Natesa on thOdi and his composition in kuntalavarali ( too much of khamas shades, in their singing)

*Compelling neraval for simhendra madhyamam. Another impressive kalpana swara. Some innovative take, possibly by omitting sa and pa ( ?? ) which gave a very different experience. I was pretty sure, that was not a grahabhedam they tried, but I could be wrong.

*Natakurinji alapana, especially the initial phrases were beautiful. Tanam accompanied by percussion, but at most places it was like an extension of the alapana. Again, very sensitive and sensible approach by Sri Trichy Sankaran.

 

Krishnakumar, Sankranti Music Festival @ Sri Rama Lalita Kala mandira 01 Jan 2019

Vocal : K Krishnakumar

Violin : B K Raghu

Mrudangam : Bangalore V Praveen

Ghatam : G Omkar Rao

Theme  :  Tribute to the legendary singer and composer Sri Balamuralikrishna

List :

01 vEsAriti nIvE ( tAna varNam ) – khamAs – Adi – Balamuralikrishna

02 gAna sudhA rasapAna niratam – nATa – Adi – Balamuralikrishna ( O,S )

03 brhadIshvara mahAdEva – kAnaDa – Roopakam – Balamuralikrishna ( A )

04 mangaLa dAyaka mAmava sad?guru – Arabhi – Adi – Balamuralikrishna ( O )

05 khatilaka vamshA tilaka vikhyAtA – raghupriya – Adi – Balamuralikrishna ( A )

06 hanumA anumA O manamA – sarasAngi – Adi – Balamuralikrishna

07 sharaNam tava caraNam – pantuvarALi – Adi – Balamuralikrishna ( A,N )

neraval @ rAkA sudhAkara bimbAnanE sad-kAmavardhini sAmaja gamanE

08 OmkAra kAriNi – lavAngi – Adi – Balamuralikrishna  ( O )

09 RTP – vAcaspati – tishra tripuTa x 2 kaLai , samam eDuppu

pallavi line : vAgpatim vAcaspatim vandE varagurum

tani Avartanam

10 anu kAlavu cintE jIvake – ??  – Adi – Purandaradasa

11 anila taraLa (yA ramitA vanamAlina ) – durga – Adi – Jayadeva

12 pibarE rAmarasam – Ahirbhairav -Adi – Sadashiva Brahmendra

13 thillAna ( nAdru dru dhIm tanana tOm ) – Ahirbhairav –  Balamuralikrishna

14 mangaLamu gaNanAtHa – sindhubhairavi – Khanda chap – Balamuralikrishna

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* Tribute concert to Balamuralikrishna by one of his senior disciple.

* Highlights : Raghupriya alapana, the swaras he sang for nATa,  a fabulous neraval for kAmavardhani with some nice takes around the rAgamudra.

* Special pallavi for the occasion. Very well executed, especially the tAnam and trikalam. No ragamalika swaras but the vachaspati kalpana swaras were truly top class.

*BMK’s mangalam on Vinayaka was beautiful.

*Solid percussion support. Praveen was in some form.