prashant wrote: I was informed that the main piece was SankarACAryam. The grand yadukulakAmbhOji of Subbarama Dikshitar, 'pArthasArathini' was sung, as was tyAgarAjENa samrakshitOham in sALagabhairavi. Perhaps our forum member Smt. Sivapriya [the source of this informaiton] or Nick H, both of whom were at the concert, could provide more details.
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Concert list :
Siddhivinayakam Anisam - Chamaram - swara at Prasiddha Gananayakam
Pavanaathmajaagachha - Chalanata
Parthasarathini - Yadukulakamboji - R, S
Tyagarajena Samrakshitoham - Salagabhairavi
Sankaraacharyam - Sankarabharanam - R,N,S
GuruguhaMurte - Udayaravichandrika - R
Virutham - slokam on Muthuswamy Dikshitar
Abhayaamba - Sri - MANIPRAVAALA kriti
I was ecstatic listening to this stellar concert of my Guru, which had the grandeur of a majestic elephant and the spirit and power of a sprinting lion.
I was resisting writing about this concert, because of being 'wanting' for words that could describe the experience. Now that some have requested and I have also settled for a few days, I took the keyboard on hand.
Everytime I hear her sing Yadukulakamboji, I always wonder as to how she could spin myriad phrases without repetition and without even once treading upon allied ragas ! This time's alapana beat it all!
With heavy weight masterpieces of Dikshitars, generally the average opinion would be that the concert would be heavy and of a slow tempo. She proved that weight can create wonders, if only one had worked on it . Only through sheer sadhana can such effortlessness manifest in ones singing.
M A Krishnaswamy was at his best , with some very good rounds of neraval and alapana. ArunPrakash , knows how best to follow RV along with her in soft tones and build the rhythmic background to suit her style of singing. He came alive in the Thani and proved his mettle. V. Sumitra provided excellent support , with some stupendous raga alapana in Sankarabharanam.
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**** Nick, Now you could add and repeat as you may please. I have done the listing and description !!!
