Smt. Sowmya - Bharatiya sangeetha vaibhavam, sept 20th 2009

rain_of_nectar · Post by **rain_of_nectar** » 21 Sep 2009, 16:15

Sowmya, Embar Kannan, Manoj Siva
Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam Trust
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Hall, Mylapore, Chennai
Sept 20th 2009, 6.30 - 9.00 pm

1. karunimpa (varnam) - sahana
2. ekamresa nayike - karnataka suddhasaveri - MD (s - "suddhasaverinuta")
3. paripalayamam - ritigaula - ST (r,n, s "tamarasayata")
4. kalavati kamalasanayuvati - kalavati - MD (s)
[this was followed by a brief illustration of the three different flavours of Kalavati - MD's version, T's version & the Hindustani version]
5. brovabharama - bahudari - T (r, n, s)
6. tani avarttanam
7. nagagandhari raganute - nagagandhari - MD
8. tyagaraja palaya - gaula - MD (organizer's request)
9. velavare (padam) - bhairavi
10. cidambaram pogamal - senjurutti - GKB
11. tunga teera virajam - salagabhairavi
12. pAti mati nadi (tiruppugazh) - kharaharapriya - Arunagirinathar
13. mangalam
14. [Appreciation speech by Cleveland VV Sundaram]

Great concert. The slight Dikshitar tilt, one understands is due to a specific request from the organizer. Bahudari as the centrepiece was kind of an off-beat choice I thought, but the execution was top-notch, to be expected of such an erudite artiste. My personal picks: most of the MD pieces (K. Suddhasaveri, Kalavati, Nagagndhari) and the Bhairavi padam. Ritigaula alapana did justice to the raktitva of the raga and the penultimate kharaharapriya had some scintillating briga sangatis. Kannan & Manoj Siva are among today's finest accompanists and they were very good last night.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Sep 2009, 19:00

Wish I were there to hear her. In particular the kalAvati shades and vElavarE umait tEDi oru maDandai! I haven't heard it in ages!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 22 Sep 2009, 06:58

So many things stood out to me making this an extra-ordinary concert.

1. Bahudari main and neraval at pallavi line
2. Bhairavi and Kharaharapriya in elaborately sung tukkadas bringing out full raga swaroopam
3. Swaras for kalavati (a double shot of vivadi) and karnataka sudha saveri
4. neraval for paripalayamam at charanam
5. A ringingly melodious nagagandhari presumably to soothe the intellectual strain caused until then

Incidentally tunga teera was in Yamunakalyani IIRC