Lalgudi Duo at KGS (Dec 23)

grappelli · Post by **grappelli** » 23 Dec 2008, 21:25

1 Bowli varnam
2 Kannatandri - Devamanohari (S)
3 Arunachala - Saranga (S)
4 Moksamu galada - Saramati
5 Sankari Neeve - Begada (R, S)
6 Palintuvo - Kantamani
7 Pakkala - Karaharapriya (R,N,S) - Thani
8 RTP - Bhavani - Kanta Triputa (tisra nadai)
Ragamalika neraval and swaras in Atana, Saveri, Maduvanti, Bagesri
9 ?? - Kapi - a Kalki krishnamurthy composition
10 Thillana - Misra Mand

An excellent concert! There were many highlights including Krishnan's swaras for saranga built using the NDPM pattern of the pallavi, Viji's begada alapana, the kuraippu played during the swaras for pakkala (with a lot of "vishayam") and the rendering of the beautiful thyagaraja composition in kantamani which is rarely played nowadays. But, my pick of the concert was the RTP. The ease in which they presented the RTP in bhavani (a panchama varja janyam of bhavapriya) and in an unusual time cycle belied its complexity. The ragam, which was shared by the duo was just beautifully played, each of them picked another ragam and played a small neraval and then swaras in that ragam. They were well supported by mannargudi easwaran and karthik on the ghatam. Their thani was built on the swara pattern for "manasuna" and was well executed.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 23 Dec 2008, 22:27

9. pUnguyil kUvum?

shyam223 · Post by **shyam223** » 24 Dec 2008, 09:06

Bhavani sounds so delightful. Blessed are the audience!!! I loved MLV's short Unnai andri yaar utra thunai by Sri Dandapani Desigar,how sedate. What was the pallavi line? Was it announced.
On a totally different note, why dont some instrumentalists announce the pallavi? I would like that...

grappelli · Post by **grappelli** » 24 Dec 2008, 10:17

I think the pallavi line was "Paramukam yaenayya parpugzhal vaellaiya" starting 4 beats after the samam (in tisra nadai), Viji sang the lines to illustrate the pallavi. I have heard bhavani only once before (a composition rendered by sri S Ramanathan), it is a beautiful ragam and deserves more attention.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Dec 2008, 14:48

grappelli wrote:I think the pallavi line was "Paramukam yaenayya parpugzhal vaellaiya" starting 4 beats after the samam (in tisra nadai),.

The bolded word must either be 'pArpugazh' (praised by the world), or 'pArpugal' (refuge for the entire world)..