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Vocal : SuryaprakAsh
Violin : MA Sundareswaran
Mrudangam : Srimushnam rAjA rao
ghatam : EM subramaniam
Concert duration : 2 hours and 10 minutes
1. inta chAlamu "varnam"- bEgaDa - patnam
2. sivalOka nAdhanai kaNdu (S)- mAyamAlavagowlai- GKB
6 mins swaram
3. marukElarA - jayanthashri - T
4. needu mUrthini(R S) - nAttaikurinji - pallavi gopAla or Patnam subramania (one of this Iyer for sure, still not reached consensus)
8 mins alAPanai , 4 mins violin
4 mins swaras
* 5. maharAja rAjeshwari(R,N)- suvarnAngi - mayuram vishwanAtha sAstri
2 mins alApanai without violin return
neraval for 5 mins in "mEra rAga sUra naNdini mecha kaNgi mrithbUshanai"
6. mahalakshmi jagaNmAthA - shankarAbharanam - psivan
7A. yArO ivaR yArO - bhairavi - AK
9 mins alApanai and 5 mins violin return
8 mins swaras
7B. tani for 10 mins
8. RTP - hamsAnandi- his own
9 mins alapanai inclusive of 3 mins violin return
7 mins tAnam
10 mins pallavi and swararAgamAliga
pallavi line was "swara laya rAga bhAva saNgamam dakshina uttara sangeetha sAram "
swaras in hamsAnandi and darbAr(dakshina) and behAg (for uttara -north)
9. inRu varuvAnO - kalyAnavasantham - her majesty being there it was sung
10.nAlai enDru Oru NAl varumA - sindhubhairavi - madurai somu
11. eppO varuvArO - jOnpuri - GKB
12. slokham "poojAya rAghavendrAya" - shuruTTi - ??
The concert was boxed from 10 till 12-10 , as there was another concert to follow. SuryaprakAsh had a stunning team in both left and right flank ,there was all round excellence in this concert.
The start was in begada varnam with raja rao getting into full form. mmgowlai has a special charm , i think it gives a level of comfort for every one in the stage especially rAjarao , song was excellent with some bountiful strokes and gumkhis in arpa sugathai maranthOM , the swaras were very much like semmangudi mAmA , very quick and the flow was fast.
The marukElarA was quick and nice , the contrast of nAttaikurinji with its gentle slope everywhere was well done , the krithi and swaras were sung with lot of azhuttam with some exceptional return from right flank violinist MAS.
The next rAga was not announced , i felt it had a major subhapantuvarali with a little touch up of kalyAni, I have not heard this suvarnAngi much , the krithi was superb with the neraval line in s t r e t c h e d suvarnAngi was excellent .
I did not like the filler mahAlakshmi , because it was a filler to a filler (I guess the perils of short concerts). bhairavi as a main was excellent with no time wasting saNgathis it was really gripping and the krithi rendition was very well done , There was no neraval for this number and the swaras were only for 8 mins definitely less than the usual suryaprakash, but it was evident that he was allocating more time for RTP
The RTP in its glory was hamsAnandi , the rAga that comes too naturally for their school and really most suited for one of the most ringing voice of suryaprakAsh .The alApanai was sung with superb aggression , tAnam was outstanding in all three speeds with the last 2 mins high speed very very aesthetic . The pallavi line was his recent creation , the pallavi line was apt and was embellished well by rAja rAo with bountiful strokes and for dakshina and uttara his swaras in darbAr and beHag was well done , behAg was a shade better.
Arasi and her arasan(krishnan sir) were there in the crowd , the kalyAna vasantham , flag ship krithi of our forums flagship vaggeyakkara was sung beautifully, (nice to see arasi's face was more glowing there). The theme of tukkadas was "will tomorrow come", it came with arasi's inru varuvAno nAlaiyO , immediately jumped into somu nAlai endru ,and finally eppO varUvarO , all were excellent with certainly arasi's number leading the pack.
MA Sundaresan and RAja rAo /EMS :
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Any musician is lucky to get this kind of accompanist. MAS (MSG-MSA's best performing sishyA)was stunning ,being a short concert his play had the essence and he was like agassi returning for the becker serve. His play in hamsAnandi with his parur-msa-msg trademark of cut bowing was excellent .
Energy energy and energy that was srimushnam raja rao sir , his understanding of lyrics and effortless play was superb. Every number he embellished very well and as Krishan sir told me his play was very colorful.EMS also played well ,their tani was well done.
Incidentally parthasarathi swami sabha always is considered as more thamizh bastion , hence like all musicians of past and present there is a slight thamizh overdose of krithis.
Overall an excellent concert,for a 2 hour plus boxed concert this was handled exceptionally well by the entire team. I ,arasi and krishnan sir had kAsi halwA and kumbakonam coffee keeping with the uttara dakshina sangamam pallavi in mind
.* If there is any pointer of recording for this mayuram vishwanatha sAstri in suvarnAngi help me out please.