Malladi Brothers, Bharat Sangeet Utsav, Nov 8, 2009

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 09 Nov 2009, 06:14

Malladi Brothers - Vocal
Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam
T V Vasan- Ghatam

Slokam - Nattai, followed by Jaya Jaya - Narayana Theerthar
Narada Gana Lola - Atana
Pasupatheeswaram - Sivapantuvarali
Kotinalu - Todi
Koniyadina - Kambodhi
Tani

A brief alapana of Atana was presented. The highlight of the concerts were the expansive alapana and swaraprastharam for Subhapantuvarali where the Brothers rendered the rarely-heard krithi of Sri Muthuswami Deekshithar, Pasupatheeswara. A quick Kotinalu in Todi followed and then came that masterpiece in Kambodhi, Koniyadina. A great tani avarthanam, though brief, was played by Sri Easwaran and Sri Vasan.

I had to leave at that point. It was almost 9:30 by this time. I expect there would have been some sankeerthanam by Annamacharya, Bhadrachala Ramadas and/or Purandaradasa as tukkadas after the Tani.

A great concert sans gimmicks. One could see and feel what oldtimers refer to as "gauravam" in this concert.

Pouring rain throughout the day kept quite a few people away from this wonderful concert. Those who came were definitely serious rasikas who expected to be pandered to, but by the likes of Sivapantuvarali - a Hindusthani raga - and Kambodhi and not by bhajans, abhangs or the Song of the Whales.

girish_a · Post by **girish_a** » 09 Nov 2009, 17:36

harimau wrote:Slokam - Nattai, followed by Jaya Jaya - Narayana Theerthar

Was it Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaanaki Kaanta? That is a Purandara Dasa composition.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 09 Nov 2009, 18:19

There are two jaya jaya,
Jaya jaya swAmin jaya jaya - nAttai - nArayana theerthar must have been the one .

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 09 Nov 2009, 23:14

rajeshnat wrote:There are two jaya jaya,
Jaya jaya swAmin jaya jaya - nAttai - nArayana theerthar must have been the one .

Not so fast! This is yet another jaya jaya but also narayana theertha's.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 10 Nov 2009, 06:55

jaya jaya ramAnAtha - khaNDA CApu

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 10 Nov 2009, 12:32

Yep. Thats the ticket

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 10 Nov 2009, 12:34

harimau wrote:
A great concert sans gimmicks.

That may be going too far! Lets just say it had only the indigenous gimmicks