Smt. K. Gayatri at Powai Fine Arts, Mumbai - 15th Sept., 2018

[arunsri]

Smt. K. Gayatri - Vocal
Shri. Shivkumar Anantharaman - Violin
Shri. Vijay Natesan - Mridangam

Powai Fine Arts
Venue: Nahar International School Auditorium, Chandivali, Mumbai
Duration: 2 hrs 30 mins

Concert as part of Dr. MSS remembrance. Items 4, 6 and 9 were popularised by Smt. MSS and was included as a tribute to the icon.

1. om namah praNavArthAya - shlOkam followed by
gaNanAyakanE - ghanarAgamAlika varnam (panchratrna 5 + rItigauLa, nArAyaNagauLa, kEdAram and bhouLi) - Adi - Smt. Suguna Purushottaman
2. karikaLAbha - sAvEri - tishra Eka - muthuswAmy dIkshitar [RS, S]
3. entani nE varnintunu - mukhAri - rUpakam - thyAgarAja [R, N, S at kanulAra]
4. mELa rAgamAlika - chakras 1 and 2 [kanakAngi to rUpavati] - Adi - mahA vaidyanAtha sivan
5. padavini - sALagabhairavi - Adi - thyAgarAja
6. shrI chandrashEkhara yatIndram - shaNkarAbharaNam - khaNDa tripuTa - N.S. Ramachandran [R, N, S at advaithAmrita..]
7. tani Avartanam
8. RTP lalithA - lalithA paramEshwari mAm pAhi pAvani shrI - tishra trupuTa [laghu is mishra naDai, first dhrutam in khaNDa naDai and second dhrutam in tishra naDai] + swaras in pAvani and shrI
9. kATrinilE varum - kalki krishnamuthy
10. kAkai siraginilE - brindAvana sAranga - Adi - subrahmaNya bhArati
11. mangaLam

Pallavi split --
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pallavi starts one BEFORE samam, and has arudi of 9 at 'hI' of the word 'pAhi'
lalitA - 7
paramEhswari - 9
mAm - 3
pA - 3
hi - 9 [arudi]
pAvani - 4
shri - 2

Scholarly pallavi and an 'edge of the seat' execution!!

[rajeshnat]

ArunSri,
I adore Lalita and you would have enjoyed it as RTP. Few musicians have sung in past lalita RTP.There are few musicians in the past who have taken RTP in Lalitha.

Is powai fine arts a very recent and new sabha . I did not know the place chandivali (only knew kandivili), googled to find this venue is in between ghatkophar and andheri. I am assuming the recent metro is a blessing to reach this venue. Nice to hear Mumbai is spreading in other areas other than matunga,mulund and chembur.

I am assuming shivkumar anantharaman is mumbai settled vidwan, any more pointers about him please?. Vijay Natesan is an ex mumbaikar.

Tx for your review, KG has done a clean and meticulous job for 2 and half hours.

[rajeshnat]

9. kATrinilE varum - kalki krishnamuthy

Ragam is savithri