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Vocal : Salem Shriram
Violin : V.Sanjeev
Mrudangam : B.SivarAman
Duration : 1 hour 45 minutes
1. sivalOka nAdhanai (RS , S) - mAyAmAlavagowlai - GKB
1 min rAga alApanai , 5 mins swaras
2. dinamani vamsa (N,S)- harikAmbOdhi - T
neraval in sharva vinuta nanu samrakSincanu for 7 mins
7 mins swaras
3. nambi vandu uNNai aDaindhEN ramanA (R,S)- paNtuvarAli - ???
8 mins alApanai , 5 mins violin return and 7 mins swaras
4. aNupama guNambuthi - atAnA - T
5. RTP - gowrimanOhari
11 mins alApanai , 6 mins violin and 7 mins tAnam
pallavi for 5 mins
pallavi line was "brahmA naNda swaroopa sathguru ramnEsA"
7 mins swaras
3 mins tani
6. mAnasa sanchararE - shyamA - SB
7. thillAnA - purnachandrika -poochi
8. nee nAma rUpamulaku
Carnatic music kutcheri season and cricket matches have one thing in common, at times just like how tailender batsmen score more runs , similiarly when the seaon nearly ends , the slog over concerts are exceptional. I wanted to hear this musician for one main reason, he was given a slot in academy despite he being not in concert circuit . I know for sure he is based out of US (i think memphis, some one can confirm)
This concert was organized by bhagwan ramanar trust , shriram sang with ramana maharishi in mind where he sang few numbers and this was my first concert of him .Shriram has semmangudish touch , sangathis come very easily and he sang almost all numbers except one in a consistently high quality.
The start was sparkling with a very brief alApanai , the hueness of mm gowlai in a little expressive krithi was a aha experience as his music just began to flow. I am personally a swara centric singer and shriram appears as a swara centric singer . The next dinamani was like semmangudi mama , i did not anticipate the neraval in this line and he sang entirely well.
A rare ramanar krithi (shriram told it was andavan picci or something and he was not sure )was the submain with a lovely spread of swaras . The quality dipped bit steeply in atana, slight slip in layam .The days best was his pallavi , a very very expressive style of packing sangathis in alApana was noteworthy and shriram sang beautifully, tAnam was metered with mridangam and shriram sang in a pure madhyama kAla fashion, pallavi was nice with another great round of swaras . The tukkadas were just two and both were very good
Sanjeev played well and lifted the concert, his play for the harikAmbOdhi was the best. The mridangist b . sivaraman was not perfect , his anticipation and speed needs to be much more , when shriram sang it was felt more,though for violin returns he picks up well. Overall sivaraman has to work on the speed .tani was brief .
Overall salem shriram (sishya of calcutta s krishnamurthi)is indeed a great singer , no second opinions. I and an elderly vidushi walked out , we both felt shriram can be little more open throated , he at times is holding his mouth bit too closed . But overall classicism is intense and sangathi quotient is very high and densely packed and timely delivered like a FEDEX
courier. This concert started 25 minutes late as another concert spilled over. I did hear rajna swaminathan playing mrudangam, donot know the names of the vocalist and violinist before.Overall a very good to excellent concert for 1 hour and 45 minutes. It is india's loss that this musician has settled in US.