Kadri Gopalnath - A. Kanyakumari in Austin on Oct 24, 2009

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Enna_Solven
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It was an immensely enjoyable concert. B. Harikumar accompanied on the mridangam.

The level of understanding between Kadri and AK was so good that it really defined the meaning of a concert. Both were in excellent form. The mridangist provided very good support. (I have not heard him before.)

The concert was interrupted by a false fire/break-in alarm interrupting the concert half way through Karnaranjani.

The items were:
1. bhaja manasa - Bahudhari
2. sadhincene - Arabhi
3. vancathonu - Karnaranjani (this one was marvelloue, I love this ragam. Was unfortunate it got interrupted.)

after interruption

4. niravadi sukhada - Ravichandrika
5. RTP - in Chandrakauns with pallavi in graha bhaeda ragam (my fellow rsika tols me). I could identify Revathi and Bhupalam only. Both KG and AK
6. theeradha vilayattu pillai - Ragamalika
7. pillan goviya - I was not sure if they played in Kapi or Mohankalyani
8. mutthaitharu - thiruppugazh
9. sai bhajan
10. kurai onRum illai - Ragamalika
11. bhagyada lakshmi - Madhyamavathi

Once the sound engineer adjusted the feedback, the audio level was OK, not too loud. It was interesting to watch Kadri remove the mouthpiece every so often, clean it and put it back.

Kadri spoiled my fun by announcing all songs/ragams before starting them (: but I thank him/AK for such a wonderful concert.

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