Saketharaman - 21 Sep 09 - Bengaluru

[s_hari]

Vid Saketharaman - vocal
Vidushi Charulatha Ramanujam - violin
Vid Thumkur Ravishankar - mridangam
Vid Thumkur Sasshishankar - ghatam

Venue - Gayana Samaja

1. sami ninne kori (varnam) - sri - adi 2 kalai - karur devudu iyer
2. jalandhara - valachi - rupakam - harikesanallur muthaiah bhagavathar (outline, neraval & swaram @ bhava roga nivarini)
3. sivakama sundari - mukhari - adi - papanasam sivan (alapana)
4. yare rangana yare krishnana - hindolam - purandara dasa (swaram @ yare rangana)
5. kamalambam bhajare - kalyani - adi 2 kalai - muthuswami dikshitar (alapana, neraval & swara at kamalambham bhajare, tani avarthanam)
6. Ragam thanam pallavi - saraswathi - tisra jaati ata talam 2 kalai
pallavi - vani saswathi arulpuria vaa ni vinapustaka dharini
ragamalika swaram - dhanyasi - hamir kalyani - sindhu bhairavi
7. sri jagadeeshwari durga mata - ahir bhairav - lalgudi G Jayaraman
8. thillana - madhuvanti - Lalgudi G Jayaraman
9. pavamana - sourastram - thyagaraja

A nice concert, starting with varnam in two speeds. mukhari alapana and kalyani alapana were leisurely done with nice karvais. Pallavi was good, but brief (may be about 30 minutes). He did trikalam. Charulatha is my favourite violonist in bangalore, and she played very well during her turns, particularly saraswati alapana. Saketh could have sung few more songs, concert was over around 7.45pm itself - about 2-1/2 hours duration. Ravishankar supported very well. though his brother (?) on ghatam was little subdued.

-hari

[greatkrishna]

braindrain

I have heard sanjay in some of his concerts also end his rtp rather abruptly after the violinist's final reply in ragamalika. Maybe this becoming a trend or maybe artists feel that the final korvai is time better spent singing tukkudas pity if this is the case