At Youth Hostel, Indra Nagar (Hamsadhwani) on 21st March
Accompanists:
R.K. Shriramkumar – Violin
K.Arun Prakash – Mridangam
B.S. Purushothaman – Khanjira
Songs List:
1. Sri natadi guruguho – Mayamalavagowlai – neraval at maya, swarams at maya, marakoti
2. Sri varalakshmi – Sri – Alapana; neraval & swarams at charumati
3. Teliyaleru – Dhenuka
4. Manasunilpa – Abhogi – Alapana
5. SarojadaLanetri – Shankarabharanam – mix of raagam and taanam with Arun Prakash and Purushothaman joining TMK & Shriramkumar for the last few rounds of taanam; neraval & swarams at samaganavinodini
Tani Avartanam
6. AruLseyya vendumaiyya – Rasikapriya
7. Santakaram (Shloka) – Dhanyasi, Bilahari, dhAmavati, Valaji
Sakalalokadhara – Valaji
8. Srinivasa – Hamsanandi – Raaga Outline
9. Shriya Kantaya – Hamsananti, Surutti
Despite the bad ambience at the venue, I loved every moment of the concert so much that I cannot choose just a few particular parts as the ones that I liked the most!
I have to agree…. beautiful concert.. wonderful concert from the word go..
I was disappointed with sound system there… thought the fans made a very irritating noise throughout the concert.. When TMK sir sang very softly, the mikes range was not good enough to reproduce that loudly enough..
However, the quality of singing was unsurpassed… The sankarabharanam RTP was inspiring.. Although a new approach I thought he brought out the mood of raga very well and explored the raga in depth too.. Nerval in all the songs he did it in was excellent..
back in bombay now on work and cant help envy people in chennai.. lucky as you are ;-)!!!
Rajeev,
I loved the Shankarabharanam too 🙂 Yes the sound system was bad. And so were the chairs there 😐