violin : Vid Sri S R Mahadeva Sarma
Mridangam : Vid Sri K V Prasad
Ghatam : Vidwaan Sri Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
Masterclass concert by this team ! Started off the day so well
1Varnam - Shudhdha dhanyasi - muthiah Bhagawathar
2Tulaseedhala - Mayamalavagowla- Tyagaraja- niraval swarams at saraseeruha- very nice especially second speed niraval and swarams- violin and percussions gave superb support - already Kutcheri rose to great heights - saraseeruha became swaraseeruha because the swarams were like archanai with beautiful fragrant colourful flowers
3Sahana Main - Chittam irangadu yennaiyya - misra chapu - Papanasam Sivam - first of all huge thanks for singing Tamizh kruthi as main and that too alapanai by both vocal and violin was full of bhava filled phrases and emotion packed rakthi phrases
Kruthi rendered well with some nice sahana evoking sangatis and swarams at pallavi done nicely in two speeds
Tani was v brisk and energetic and enjoyable
4Karuna ela gante - Varali- Niraval at paramatmudu jeevatmudu no swarams but niraval done v nicely
5RTP - chalanattai- ragam only by Vishnudev ji and tanam only by Mahadeva Sarma ji (time constraints)- both v nice but violin exhibited some v fast speed phrases during Taanam that drew applause
Arunachala natham sada muda smarami
Aadi tala tisra gathi pallavi
Ragamalika swarams were done hindolam, kamas, Kuntala varali and a couple more ragams came up - Kuntala varali shone brightly
6Ramachandra prabhu - sindhu bhairavi- very moving raga bhava
7Thillanna mohanakalyani
Vishnudev ji’s voice was really awesome and in mandhara sthyaai phrases sounded beautiful and crystal clear without any shakes which was so soothing
As a team this concert was delivers in a superb manner
After that sahana and RTP didn’t want anything more
