Bombay Jayashri-SICA Golden jubilee festival-May 26,2009

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revanthv552
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Smt Bombay Jayashri was conferred the title "Sangeetha Saraswathi" by the South Indian Cultural association yesterday here in Hyderabad. SICA will be concluding its Golden Jubilee year with this 3-day festival. Inaugural concert was by Bombay Jayashri. Sri N.Murali, the chief editor of the Hindu and also the President of Madras Music Academy was the chief guest.
smt. Jayashri thanked the sabha for conferring the title on her and she also thanked her gurus and the rasikas
The crowd turned out in huge numbers. SICA organised 20 concerts this year, But the response today was over whelming. The ground floor is hardly full on other days but today even the balcony was occupied in huge numbers.

violin-Sri H N bhaskar
mridhangam-Sri Arun Prakash
kanjira-sri K V Gopala krishnan
Tambura- Kum Krithika and Kum.Abhinaya

1.Deva Deva-Poorvikalyani-Swathi tirunal[S]
2.Sabhapathikku-Abhogi-Gopala Krishna Bharathi
3.Ananda natana-Kedaram-Dikshitar
4.Vandanamu-Sahana-thyagaraja[R,N,S]
5.Nee vada nee gana-Saranga-Thyagaraja
6.Pakkala Nilabadi-Kharaharapriya-Thyagaraja[R,N,S,T]
7.Hey Govind-Bhagesri-Surdas
8.Mrigayatha radha madhavam-Behag-Narayana Theertha
9.Jaya Jaya deva hare-Sindhubhairavi-Jayadeva
10.Thillana-Mandu-Lalgudi Jayaraman

The concert was pleasing one. The essay of raga Sahana was really moving. The neraval was done at the lines "Sri Thyagaraja hridaya" whereas the swarams at "Vandanamu" The main piece, Kharaharapriya was dealt well but the krithi was extremely regular. Kharaharapriya had been ruling the Concerts in Hyderabad. Most of the concerts this year,had this ragam as the main. The neraval and swarams were at the same lines "Manasuna" The thillana was really wonderful!
On the whole it was a decent concert.

srinivasrgvn
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Post by srinivasrgvn »

I can't believe that BJ sang raga alapana only for 2 kritis! Was it a very short concert?

revanthv552
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Post by revanthv552 »

Yes, because of the award ceremony and all, probably she had to sing just two. But the concert was over by 9.15. The concert was approximately for 2 hrs i guess

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