B Ananthakrishnan violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan mridangam
sri rAja mAthangi, suddha dhanyAsi varnam
vAcaspati sketch, kantajUdumi, ns@alanAdu sowmitri. she struggled in upper octaves during anupallavi
surati + slOkam (mAtA maragatashyAmA...kadambavanavAsinIm) bAlakuchAmbikE mAmava varadAyike, rUpakam, s@nIlaratna (nIlakanta?) manOranjani
brOvavammA tAmasamEle grand treatment this received, sedate, slow and regal. Mridangam playing was like a split personality, soft and well played and suddenly going hammer and tongs! now only if she had treated the MD surati piece also to such a slower tempo and sung first kAlam swarams.
kumaranthAl panindEthuvIr
thOdi nannu brOcutaku ns@pannagAbharanuni rAni, tani. Just marvelous Alapanai, choice music it was! Swirled, cascaded, glided and soothed!
mOdi jEsEvElara
virutham (kangaLin oliyAgi, guru surajAnandA) in mukhAri, hamsAnandi?, madyamAvathi. Replete with the rAga bhavam
uruvAi aruvAi.
It is her guru's (Suguna Varadachari) birthday today and so the last virutham and thiruppugazh as a dedication to her guru.