Vocal : K J Yesudas
Violin : Nagai Muralidharan
Mrudangam : Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam
Ghatam : Vaikom gopalakrishnan
Song list:
01 sarasAngi nI pai (varNam) – sarasAngi – ??? ( S )
02 OmkAra poruLE – hamsavinOdini (bhavAbharaNam) – Punatashri? ( A,S )
03 guruvina yAkke – vandanadhAriNi – ?? ( O )
04 hariya dAsarigenu sariyuNTe – srIranjani – Purandara Dasa ( A,S )
05 entarO mahAnubhAvulu – SrI – Thyagaraja ( on request)
06 ninne nODi dhanyanAkanu – pantuvarALi – Purandara Dasa ?? ( A,N,S )
neraval & swara @ ‘ ninne nODi dhaynanAkanu hE srInivAsa’
07 kshIra sAgara – dEvagAndhAri – Thyagaraja
08 pariyAchakamA – vanaspati – Thyagaraja ( A,S )
09. innu daya bAradE – kalyANi – Purandara Dasa ( A,N,S,T)
neraval&swara @ ‘ Enu mADidarEnu prANa ninnadu swAmi’
tani Avartanam
10 Enu vara bEDali nAnu – kannaDa song
11 kotta bhAgyavE sAku srIkrshNana daya bEku – shaNmukhapriya – Purandara Dasa
12 ranga bAro pANDu ranga bAro – ?? – Purandara Dasa
13 alaipAyutE – kAnaDa – OVK ( O )
14 krishNA nI bEganE – yamunAkalyANi – Vyasaraya ( O )
15 ellallu sangItavE ellallu saundaryavE – sAramati – ?
16 harivarAsanam – madhyamAvati – Kumbakudi Kulathur Iyer ?
17 mangaLam – saurAshtram – thyagaraja
This was another usual Yesudas concert. He was in his usual ‘evangelising’ mood. Advice, commentary , teaching , explaining , requesting to the audience as he moved from one kriti to another in front of a huge crowd at the Fort School Ground. similar to the last years concert, but I thought this time it was slightly more oriented towards the classical side. It might still not be pleasing to the traditional listeners of classical music. Started of with a rare varnam and then a series of not often heard ragas and krithis followed. A detailed swaraprasthana for the hamsavinodini kriti to the receptive audience, a vandanadharini kriti in Kannada. Almost all the major kritis of the day was not-so-known compositions, mixed with his usual ksheera sagara and the on request Endaro Mahanubhavulu.
Very short neravals whenever he engaged in and detailed swara singing, followed precisely by Nagai Muralidharan. Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam was having a good day. He accompanied brilliantly and topped it up with a brilliant tani avartanam. Post main kritis were few kannada songs before winding up with harivarasanam and traditional mangalam.
Brain Drain 