1. mAyamma - Ahiri - Adi - SrI SyAma SAStri
2. their composition in rAga Aditya
3. a husEni kriti - rUpakam
4. pantuvaRALi - Alapana, a miSra cApu composition - slow fast svarams
5. AndoLika rAga Alapana - rAga sudhA rasa - Adi - Sri tyagarAja svAmi
Intermission / speeches and felicitations, Tea/Samosa/Pakora break.
6. A Bhajan composed by SrI GaNapati saccidAnanda svAmi
7. RTP with notes selected by Audience. Turned out to be dhAtu vardhani - the 69th mELa karta.
Adi tALam - 2 KaLai - no sAhityam was announced - I only remember it as a samam eDuppu of a vervy pURvanga and 7 kArvai.
taniyAvartanam
In the tAnam they played - kAnaDa , varALI and tODi - as those were some requests during rAgA selection before throwing up the note selection.
Ganesh replied tODi with a garaha bhedam to kalayAni - well appreciated by the Audience.
8. Sri rAmA namamu Bhajan with Kumaresh singing
9. Their flights of hanuman composition.
The brothers used a pickup, but I did not notice any of their larger equipment - not sure if they have miniaturized it.
mAyamma was a serene start. Very sweet bowing to render the kriti.
Their composition in Aditya was a Jazzy razzle/dazzle that flew by.
huSEni kriti looked a familiar one. They did not announce it or I missed the announcement.
pantuvaRALi raga Alapana was well done by Kumaresh before Ganesh also pitched in. During the Alapana I could hear the phrase "kAsi rajni kapAlini" at some point. PantuvarALi with their handling was a lilting rAgA , not the usual dry No 3 to pep a concert.
I don't know the composition played - definitely it was not viSalAkshi.
The concert went into high gear with the AndoLika with Ganesh taking the lead. Lot of rakti was shown. The rAga borrows the rakti from madyamAvati and adds the kAruNya in its ndm descent. Lot of long phrases and less of virtuosity. A long drawn Alapana.
rAga sudhA rasa was a majestic rendition. They used its structure very well to show a tight flow and landing. Highlight of their concert.
RTP: A rabble rouser wanted to pick the tALam and was summoned to well of the auditorium as they could not hear him clearly. When they did, they said the challenge would be that he has to keep the tALam and they would do all sorts of things.. and finally able to contain him with " asking for a tALa choice was just asking too much". After rAga calls were made by the audience, they said they could not possibly play all of it.. and offered note selection instead. The rabble rouser was offered the choice - and he said R3. Next a girl (kid) voice selected G2 - to which they said the previous selector knew what he was doing - and he had selected two of them! So G3 it was. M2 - d1, N3 . dhAtu vardhini it was. It was a repeat of the razzle / dazzle of Aditya for a while before they started tAnam in some of the rAgAs shouted out at the beginning - the ones they wanted hear I suppose
. That stole the show , what with a graha bhEdam in KalyAni.Pallavi did not register with me very well. The tani was brilliant between the two of them. I heard khaNDa triSram after the khaNDam when Ghatam was replying.
It was a good concert and an enjoyable drama in the rAga selection.
