Vocal Concert by Arun Mahadevan at IISc

[abhiramkeshav]

At Choksi hall, IISc. Organised by Samskrta Sangha of IISc on 2nd January 2010.
Vocal: Arun Mahadevan
Violin: Satyaprakash K R
Mridangam: Balakrishna

01. varna - valachi - Adi - lAlguDi jayarAman
02. mumuchuvEnirAma - darbAr - rUpaka
03. shrIsatyanArAyaNa - shubhapantuvarALi - rUpaka - dikshitar
04. mOhana AlApa - rArArAjiva lOchana - Adi - mysUru vAsudevAchAr
05. aDugAna - manOranjani - Adi -
06. bhairavi - AlApa - lalite shrI- Adi- thyagarAja
07. bEhAg - irakkam - rUpaka
08. jagadoddhArana - kApi - Adi - Purandaradasaru
09. tillAna - mOhanakalyANi
10. mangalam

Review:
Arun Mahadevan - a BE student gave a good concert at IISc. He is trained under O S Thyagarajan and T R Subramanian. The concert started with a varnam in valachi. This was follwed by a short AlApa in darbAr and mumuchuvEnirAma. The main item was bhairavi and the sub-main was mOhana. It was nice to hear Mysore Vasudevaachaar's rArArAjIvalOchana - a krithi rarely heard these days. Yet another rare composition aDugAna in maNoranjani was rendered with full bhAva . The main piece bharavi was rendered very well with neraval and swarakalpana at teliyani-bAluDa. Sathya on violin and Balakrishna on mridangam provided able support. Sathya's ideas were notable. Balakrishna - a student of ShreemushNam Raja Rao followed up the krithis very well with a good aesthetic sense. At no point of time mridangam sounded noisy. Arun is gifted with a very good voice and his rendering sounds effortless. He has to improve his grip on laya.