Thematic concert by Manasa on the occassion of Thyagaraja Ar

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 10 Jan 2010, 15:34

At Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc. Organised, by Praharshini - a students' group of IISc on 5th January 2010.
Vocal: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin: Vid. Mattur Shrinidhi
Mridanga: Vid. H S Sudhindra
Ghata: Vid. Phanindra Bhaskar

01. jAnakIramaNa - shuddhasImantini - Adi - thyAgarAja (Swara@raktanaLinadaLa)
02. shrImadAdi thyAgarAja guruvaram - kalyANi - rupaka
03. rItigowLa - AlApa - sadguruswAmiki - Adi - poochi srInivasa iyyengAr
04. sItAmanohara - rAma manohari - Adi - thyAgarAja
04. shankarAbharaNa - AlApa - gurucharaNam bhajarE - Adi - vAlAjapeTe venkataramaNa bhAgavatar (nereval, swara )
05. mangalam - lAli - kEdaragowLa -khanDachApu - thyAgarAja

Review:
Praharshini - a students' group of IISc had organized this thematic concert on the occasion of Thyagaraja Aradhana. Vid. Manasa Nayana had chosen the compositions of thyagarAja and compositions on thyagarAja on this occasion. The concert started briskly with jAnakIramaNa. This was elaborated with kalpanAswara at raktanaLinadaLa. The main item of the concert was shankarAbharaNa. Manasa explored this raga in great detail with AlApa, neraval and kalpanaswara. The sub-main was rIthigowLa. Violinist Mattur Srinidhi gave an apt support on violin. His AlApa and kalpanAswara were classic. Vid. Sudhindra on mridangam followed up the krithi-s superbly. Phanindra on Ghatam supported very well. taNi was excellent and an entertaining part of the concert. The vocalist's voice cracked at many places and was not at its best. Too many briga-s and complicated kalpanAswara-s marked the vocalist's performance in this concert.

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 10 Jan 2010, 20:00

Abhiram,
Thanks for reporting on this concert.

I was surprised and happy to see sRimadAdi tyAgarAja guruvaram (Mysore Vasudevacharya's) on the list. This kRti is not heard much.

Any chance of getting an audio file?

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 10 Jan 2010, 21:48

Sreeni Rajarao wrote:Abhiram,
Thanks for reporting on this concert.

I was surprised and happy to see sRimadAdi tyAgarAja guruvaram (Mysore Vasudevacharya's) on the list. This kRti is not heard much.

Any chance of getting an audio file?

Hello Sreeni Sir

I have to get the audio recording from my friend. I shall take the artist's permission before giving you the audio-recording. This might take a few days.

Thanks,
Abhiram Soori

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 10 Jan 2010, 23:19

Thank you, Abhiram!

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 11 Jan 2010, 09:29

Dear Abhiram, Thats a beautiful review. If the recording is available and you get the persmission of te artists, I will appreciate if you can post it on here. Many Thanks.

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 11 Jan 2010, 16:13

mahesh3 wrote:Dear Abhiram, Thats a beautiful review. If the recording is available and you get the persmission of te artists, I will appreciate if you can post it on here. Many Thanks.

Dear friends,
I am sorry to disappoint you. Since the artist's voice was not good on that day, he requested me not to upload this concert here. But I can certainly upload some other concert recordings of the same artist.
Abhiram Soori