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Vocal : rAdha vishwanathan and her granddaughther aishwaryA
violin: amritha murali
mridangam : paramEshwaran
ghatam: guruprasad
1A. om namah pranavAkayah "slokham"
1B. nArayananetheh?? namO namO - ghana pancha raga nAttai to shree - purandaradAsar
2. vA vA muruga vA(Raga sketch) - begaDa - spencer venugOpAl
3. ennAgu rAma bhajana(R N S) - pantuvarAli - BR
neraval in "rAma chinuka rokata vinci prema??"
4. rave himagiri(rAga sketch) - tODi - SS
5. shree chamundEshwari (R N)- bilahari - MV
neraval in rAka nishagara sambhavanE
6. nidhichAla sukhama (R N S T) - kalyAni - T
neraval in "mamtha vandana yutha nara stuthi sukhamA"
6B. tani
* speeches were there after tani by cleveland sundaram and before the start by VK Vishwanathan
I personally have not heard smt radha or Ms in a live concert. Went there to hear till the end of tani and speech.
Few pluses:
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# Smt radhA has the rAga bhavam intact and whatever she tried it came out quite well and her song selections were all weighty. Her voice had the age related crack but still her vidwat was there, no ambiguity of ragas like pantuvarAli vs poorvikalyani etc..
# Aishwarya is just studying in 9th standard, her voice was high pitched and she really sang quite well. It was more like listening to high pitch voice of yesteryears radhA when she accompanied ms ammA. Particularly the first pick of nattai to shri krithi with cittaswaras was the most impressive . God bless aishwarya , even if she makes it as 50% ms amma which itself is a stupendous achievement , it is remarkable.
# ghatam and violin were excelling significantly , the mridangist could have lifted much more it appeared not that adequate.
VKV sir in his trademark style spoke. In his own words two of them have made a big history in the 20th century "first was mahatma gandhi and the next ms subhalakshmi". He said the same words in our nageshwaran's house get together. I wish he speaks today at ragasudha, that there are three who made a big difference , the third is ganAkaladhara madurai mani iyer.
I did not hear the speech of cleveland sundaram , I had few words with another aishu's father, venkatraman. There were two aishwarya's one in the stage and the other in the audience , a juxtaposed reversal of roles than the last violin concert of aishu where aishwarya was in the audience.I left when akhilandeshwari or chetashri in dwijAvanthi was just beginning.
cienu,
I have not heard the first dasar pancha ragamaliga krithi.does ms amma sing that . Also does ms amma sing this begada and bilahari.
