Vainika followed by Gayaka!

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Coming up next is a brief coverage of YG Srilatha's veena concert!

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Saveri varnam begins gracefully. Very confident and gripped playing leaves the audience without gripes!

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Multiple nadai rendition of purvangam - very confident, composed, and dispels myth that vainikas are weak in tala!

I wish the veena she used had a better nadam though - very tinny, guitar-like sound. Perhaps a veena more like the one used by Jayanthi Kumaresh could suit her better...

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Missed Surutti krithi due to laptop issues. Apparently it was Sri Venkata Girisham. Now she is going to render Durmarga Chara (according to her announcement).

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Sedate alapanai followed by creative swarams at Dharmatmaka. Brilliant, brilliant stuff! Chennai pasanga really need to stretch themselves to be half as good as YG Srilatha!

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Nalinakanthi now. PLEASE don't be Manavyala, I thought...

And thankfully, a rendition of Palaya Sada by Swathi Thirunal!!!

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Swarams in Nalinakanthi!

Kaddanuvariki for a main... <Thodi Alapana shudder>

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Seems like a shastriya three-stage alapanai; the ragavardhani phase is underway now, with the heavenly, ghee-soaked shadja-vajrya phrases on the veena...

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Graha bedham into Mohanam and graceful return into Thodi - BRAVO!!!

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Neraval in Addampu Chellikache

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Swarams there too, with brief graha bedham into mohanam.

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Tani now. Mridangist is very talented and playing is sublime...

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Please provide the icing on the cake, viz. the video link.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRXngJnRVr4