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Accompanied by padma shankar - violin , kallidakurichi SivakumAr - mridangam and
pApanAsam sethurAman - kanjirA
1. sarasooda(varnam) -sAveri - patnam
2. sAkEta nagara nAtha(N S) - harikAmbOdhi -MSR
neraval in rAjitAmara pAla rAmacandra bhUpAla, 5 mins neraval and 3 mins swaram
3. cEra rAvadEmirA - reetigowlai - T
4. marakata maNi(R S) - varAli - T
8 mins alApanai, 4 mins return and 6 mins swaram
5.shree rAmam - nArayanagowlai - MD
6. parama purusha jagadEEshwara - vasantA - ST
7A. pakkala nilabaDi (R N S T)- kharaharapriyA - T
neraval in "manasuna dalaci mE maraciyunnArA "
10 mins alApanai , 6 mins return, 5 mins neraval and 6 mins swaram
7B. tani for 10 minutes
8A. slOkham "jAnAthi ramA ??" - kApi +yamunA kalyAni - ??
8B. pibarE rAmarasam - yamunA kalyAni - SB
9. shree rAmachandra .. kripAlu bhaja karana - sindhubhairavi - TulsidAs
10. pavamAna
amrithA sang for just 2 hours .There was always deep classicism in every number that she handled . The start in sAveri varnam was very good , she sang quite well especially her 2nd speed was very impressive .
HarikAmbOdhi is perhaps kind of monopolized by thyagarAja , I have heard one great number by few eminent singers , a shivan composition which I thought was superb , this mysore sadashiva rao is certainly right there along with shivan to challenge thyagarAja in harikAmbOdhi. Her rendition was excellent with very good grip and speed in neraval , just perhaps little more swaras could have been better , certainly SSI stamp was evident everywhere.
What a beautiful rAga is reetigowlai , particularly thyagarAjA has handled beautifully in this particular cEra rAvadEmirA krithi .It is a simply a musically brilliant number in the charanam line cEra rAvadEmirA itself one gets all the contours of reetigowlai, amritA was just right there and gave a beautiful rendition.
The best pick in alApana was her varAli ,it was excellent throughout with a nice diction and excellent swaras centering in that distinct gA gA piDi of varAli . Her nArayana gowlai was inside out SSI like rendition and was excellent .The filler before main was the fast vasantA would have been nice if she had sung few swara patterns at the end
I was expecting a bhairavi or kharaharapriyA , she was right there in the famous pakkala nilabaDi, her alApanai had lot of nAdaswara pidis keeping in line with her guru's guru trademark.Her krithi rendition was very good , she lost a bit of steam in swaras at some places ,though her neraval was top notch.
The slOkham was excellent the topping in kApi and yamunA kalyAni was followed with a very emotive pibarE rAma rasam . Her last tulsidAs bhajan was also very good.
The accompanist padmA shankar was excellent , very very high shruthi sense and her proportion was apt . I particularly like left handed mridangist because that gives more chance to see both the violinist (who are always right handed) and the mridangist to expose more of their performing side of their respective instruments .kallidakurichi had very good control in kalApramanam and lifted the concerts , the tani was just good .
It was a very good concert overall, amritha murali could have sung for more time well that is the only crib in the concert.When I grew up I have heard the fable where cindrella disappears at 12 midnight , in chennai at the end of 2 hours anytime from 8:30 to 8:45 pm it just happens again and again.
I also had a chance to hear one last number of ritvik rAja in the previous slot, he sang a kamAs thillAna to wrap up the concert.
I love the Cindarella analogy!
