Vinay Sharva @ Nadasurabhi , 15 Dec 2019

Vocal : Vinay Sharva

Violin : Mathur Srinidhi

Mrudangam : K U Jayachandra Rao

Morsing : Bharadwaj Satavalli

List

01 sarasUDA ( varNAm) – sAvEri – Adi – Kothavasal Venkataramna Iyer  ( O )

02 aruNAcala nAtHam smarAmi – sAranga – rUpakam – Dikshitar

03 marivErE dikkevarayya rAmA -Shanmukhapriya – Adi – Patnam Subramanya Iyer ( A,N,S )

neraval & swaras @ ‘sannutAnga shrI venkatEsha nIvu nannu brOvakayuNDuta nyAyamA’

04 jananI ninnuvinA – rItigauLA – mishrachAp – Subbaraya Shasthri ( O )

05 shrI ramaNa vibhO kalayAmi – Arabhi – Adi – Swathi Thirunal ( O )

06 nAdOpAsanace – bEgaDa – Adi – Thyagaraja ( A,S,T )

07 manavE manthrAlaya – shuddha sArang?- Adi – A V Krishnamachar(Padmacharan)

08 shankara shrIgirinAtHa prabhu – hamsAnandi – Adi – Swathi Thirunal ( A )

09 tambUri mITi tava – sindhubhairavi – Adi – Purandara Dasa

10 patiki hArati rE – suruTTi – Adi – Thyagaraja

shLOkam ( mangaLam kOsalEndrAya ) – suruTTi

I haven’t listened to Vinay Sharva in a live concert for a while. But, I’ve listened to him in a few AIR concerts. What impressed me the most was the clarity in his singing. The diction was clear, the stress, split and the completeness of the words were noteworthy. He also has very strong voice, especially in the mid and lower registers, which makes listening to him a pleasure.

The shanmukhapriya was the high point for me in the concert. Very well done alapana, especially the early phase where he sang in the low-mid range. He has a tendency to add bhrigas ( the vibrato one) at odd places. I saw that not only in his alapana ( including begada), but during the kriti singing as well . At times, it wasn’t very appealing to me.  Otherwise a top class alapana, with an equally brilliant return by Srinidhi. Srinidhi also added a couple of ‘awe’ moments from his side. I love a longish neraval. Can be a little tricky  at times, but he did a great job here.

Janani Ninnuvina was ok, nothing great to talk about. Intersting to hear, Shree Ramana Vibho again in a concert after a long long time. I liked the variations at ‘shree-ee-ee’.

Begada main. Another elaborate alapana. Decent effort. Lot more ‘tArasthayi’ phrases. Srinidhi, again , was very good. Nadopasanace, it had to be. He dwelt into some explanation of the composition and theme. Not sure, what prompted it. There was no neraval, but he did a very detailed swara prasthana, in two speeds as usual, as pretty good.

Post main, had the composition popularised by his Guru Sri Shankar. But what impressed all was the Swathi Composition ‘shankara sreegiri’. Nice interplay with the percussion at ‘dhrukuTaddhIm tadhIm tAdhIdhrunna’. Good concert, impressive shanmukhapriya an hamsanandi and a good begada.

 

Vinay Sharva @ Sri Rama Seva Mandali , 11th Apr 2017

Vocal : Vinay Sharva

Violin : Vittala Rangan

Mrudangam : Tumkur Ravishankar

Morsing : Bharadwaj Shatavalli

List:

01 karuNimpa (varNam) – sahAna – Thiruvottiyur Thyagayya ( O )

02 yOcana kamala lOcana – darbAr – Thyagaraja

03 tulasidalamulacE – mAyAmALavagauLa –  Thyagaraja ( A,N,S )

neraval & swara @ ‘sarasIruha punnAga champaha pATala kuruvaka’

04 marivErE – Anandabhairavi – Shyama Shasthry

05 bhOgindra shAyinam – kuntaLa varALi – Swathi Thirunal

06 swararAga sudhA – shankarAbharaNam – Thyagaraja ( A,N,S,T )

neraval & swara @ ‘mUlAdhAra nAda merugutE mudamagu mOkSamurA’

07 jayatu kOdaNDarAma – pantuvarALi – Purandara Dasa ( Raga sketch)

08 muddugArE yashOdA – kurinji – Annamacharya

09 thillAna – dhanAshrI – Swathi Thirunal

10 patiki hArati rE – surutti – Thyagaraja

mangaLam kOsalEndrAya ( shLOkam)

Another youngster who had been recognised by the Mandali this year. Congratulations to the artist.

He started the concert with a neat rendition of the sahAna varnam followed with a non-impressive yochana….

(swalpa sharp…in monitor)

Announced mayamalavagaula and sang a good alapana. Tulasidalamulace was with a nice neraval and good rounds of kalpana swaras as expected.

(tumba humming barutaayide,  base reduce maadi, sharpness beku)

Nice Anandabhairavi, some tricky sangatis.

(hand signal indicating sharpness again)

Bhogindra shayinam, with no fireworks.

( pleads again for sharpness, this time from Ravishankar)

Declaration of Shankarabharanam as main. He sang a fabulous alapana of Shankarabharanam, despite a patchy start. He was at home in the higher registers. Sang some delectable phrases in tara sthayi. Very impressive longish passages, some breath taking (literally) ones.  Vey very impressive. Vittalarangan did a commendable job as well.

( One final ask for sharpness)

Swara raga sudha is one of my favourite. He sang it well. Pretty good neraval as well and an elaborate kalpana swara in two speeds. Some nice calculative patterns from the youngster.

Post main had an impressive devarnama in Pantuvarali. A short , refreshing alapana reflective of the mood of the song was very good.  An Annamayya kriti and a thillana concluded the concert.