Prince Rama Varma at Richmond 8th May 2010

[vsarmaiitm]

Sri Rama Varma
Sri S. Varadarajan (violin)
Sri. Patri Satishkumar (mridangam)
Venue: Deep Run High School auditorium, Richmond, VA

ninnu kOri (mOhana varnam, RSI)
siddhi vinAyakam (cAmaram, MD,S)
manavi Alakincha (nalinakAnthi, T, brief R S)
pavana tanaya pAlayamAm (rasikapriya, MBK, R)
janani ninnuvinA (rItigowla, SubbarAya Sastri)
paramapurusham (lalitha panchamam, ST, R S)
gAngeya vasana (hamir kalyani, ST, RSN) (thani avartanam)
Emi ra rAma (no rAgam, Bhadrachala Ramadass)
Sri RV announced tthat "(This song was discovered by Dr. MBK from the villagers of khammam (a city in Andhra Pradesh) where he had gone for a concert. He preserved the original tune rather than re-setting the tune !"
srInidhE hari yanage (bEhag, PD)
jalaja bandhu jaladhi (padam in suruti, ?)
thillAna in kuntalavarAli (MBK)
Bhujaga saayino naama (mangalam, yadukula kamoji , ST)

Very good concert ! All the artists were in great form though this is their 3rd concert in 3 days.
Sri RV announced most of the songs he sang were on requests either made in person or sent over e-mail !!

[Enna_Solven]

Aaah, Aaaah, Aaaah, Ameer Kalyani main. It must have been a wonderful concert!

[arasi]

'srinidhE hari enage' would have been PD's nAnEke baDavanu.
Would have liked to have heard the Emaiyya rAmA in the original tune.
Janani too. I remember Varadarajan playing his solo for that song last season.
Is Patri new in the american circuit? I discovered him late and find him to be something special.
A great continuation of the tour to Rama Varma and his vAdyakArAs!