Carnatica Brothers @ Parthasarathy Swami Sabha-"Venkatesa Va

ramanujam.ambi · Post by **ramanujam.ambi** » 25 Dec 2009, 23:00

Vocals : K.N.Shashikiran & P.Ganesh
Violin : V.V.S.Murari
Mridangam : Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Ghatam : Udipi Balakrishnan

Date : 24.12.09

Am not too sure about the talams...so excuse me for not mentioning that !

1.Varnam-Navaragamalika-Adi-??
2.Sri Venkatesa-Phalamanjari-Patnam subramanya iyer (s)
3.Enta nerchina-Saveri-Patnam Subramanya iyer (r,n,s)
4.Bramhakadigina-Mukhari-Annamayya-(R sketch, s)
5.Paridanamichite-Bilahari-Patnam Subramanya Iyer (r)
6.Venkatachalapathe-Karnataka kapi-Muthuswami Dikshitar
7.Saraguna palimpa-Kedaragaula-Poochi Srinivasa Iyangar (r,s, thani)
8.Venkatachala nilayam-Sindubairavi-Purandaradasa

Neat presentation by the Carnatica Brothers on the theme "Venkatesa Vaibhavam". Vaidyanathan and Balakrishnan played with tremendous energy and elevated the kucheri. So did Murari on the violin !

Navaragamalika varnam always helps to begin the concert with so much majesty ....that was reflected in this concert too... The kalpanaswarams for phalamanjari krithi helped the brothers to give a good start ! Ganesh's saveri raga alapanai was very melodious and he sang with lot of azhutham. Neraval and Swarams for Enta Nerchina were good.

Raga sketch for Mukari was presented by Shashikiran....nice exchanges of swarams came up for the Annamayya krithi. Later Shashikiran sang a Bright Raga Alapanai, for the Bilahari raga krithi.... Paridanamichite came up... lively n brisk...

Ganesh went up to present Kedaragaulai ragam....Sounded very pleasant for the evening ! Main item was the popular Saraguna palimpa !

Vaidyanathan and Balakrishnan' s thani avardanam....was wonderful...Vaidyanathan overall played innovative patterns in the concert.

The brothers concluded the concert with a Purandaradasa composition...Venkatachalanilayam....The brothers have beautifully blending voices... Was again a great experience listening to them sing !

Abhimanam · Post by **Abhimanam** » 26 Dec 2009, 00:37

Nice selection of songs. Being a Thematic concert the bros could have included a Tyagaraja krithi.. also no prathimadhyamam??

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 26 Dec 2009, 07:16

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 26 Dec 2009, 07:28

Ive heard them for a while now and they are very fine artists, previosuly i felt that they didnt sing enough alapanas in their concerts but it seems they have increased the alapanas going by their song lists this season. Hope to see them become more popluar on the concert platform and on this forum

MV · Post by MV » 26 Dec 2009, 08:21

I entered during the Bilahari alapana. Both ragam and Parithanamichite were sung with high energy. I enjoy the song selection of the duo with a good mix of popular and new, plus varied composers.