Vignesh Ishwar @ Nadasurabhi, 17 Mar 2019

Vocal : Vignesh Ishwar

Violin : B K Raghu

Mrudangam : K U Jayachandra Rao

Ghatam : Sukanya Ramgopal

List

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01 dhariNi telusukoNTi – shuddha sAvEri – Adi – Thyagaraja ( S )

02 birAna brOva idi manci samayamurA – kalyAni – Adi tisra nadai – Tarangampadi Pancanada Iyer ( N,S )

neraval & swara @’nI pAda pankajamu nera namminavADa ‘

03 marivErE gati evvaramma – Anandabhairavi – mishra chAp – Shyama Shastry ( A )

04 vAdAnyEshvaram bhajEham sadA – dEvagAndhAri – Adi – Dikshitar ( O )

05 paTTi viDuva rAdu – manjari – Adi – Thyagaraja

06  marakata vallIm manasA smarAmi – kAmbOji – Adi – Dikshitar ( A,N,S,T )

neraval & swara @ ‘hari hrdaya vESiNim mOhinIm’  ( shouldn’t it be ‘hara hrdaya’ ?)

07 shLOkam ( shAntAkAram bhujaga shayanam) – sahAna , hamIr kalyANi, bhAgEshri

sAgara shayana vibhO – bhAgEshri – Adi – M D Ramanathan

08 nInyAkO ninna hangyAkO – rAgamAlika ( chenchuruTTi,nAtHanAmakriya,sindhubhairavi, punnAgavarALi ) – Adi – Purandara Dasa

09 rAmachandrAya janaka – navarasam ? – Bhadrachala Ramadas

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*Natural flow of music. Easy into kritis, subtle sangatis with precision clarity.

*Solid start with the heavy composition, sangati clad. He did a tremendous job, but the amplification was being stabilized. In spite of all that, it was very very good.

*Good kalyani, nice kriti, sang a notch higher on speed, I thought. Neraval and swaras were good.

*Good Anandabhairavi alapana. As mentioned earlier, clean , erudite singing of Shyama Shastry’s master piece.

*Brisk start of kAmbOji alapana, but settled to much mellowed singing. Very impressive. MarakatavallIm was a welcome change. Elaborate neraval. He sang it as ‘hari hrdaya’, but I think ( and seen some discussions on it) it should be ‘hara hrdaya’.

*Couple of ragamalika kritis post main.  Again, some confusion on the lyrics of ‘sAgara shayana vibhO’.  The anupallavi line, shouldn’t it be  ‘bAga brOvumayya’ ?

*Enough of nit-picking. He actually sang a brilliant concert. Very natural singing and we will see and listen to him many times over the next few years in Bangalore.