Nisha Rajagopal @ Narada Gana Sabha - Live Blog

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Nisha has two things going for her -- A strong sonorous voice that fills the entire auditorium and permeates and takes control of the rasikas cconsciousness totally

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and i forget what the 2nd is.

Just finished a rousing ennalu uraga with a round of swaras, thyagaraja composition in subha pantuvarali

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kumaran thaazh paninde thudhi sung as filler

Now bhairavi alapana

Now that we have gotten thodi (yesterday) also out of the way, look forward to heer other appearances

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very nice bhairavi alap by blr. Balu raghuram on the violin

(periya) upacharamulanu for main...

Yesterday was kaddhanuvariki... More evidence of the unspoken rule...

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neraval @ kapata nataka suthra dhari vai

These mid afternoon concerts can become quite the torture as people take advantage of the canteen...

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neraval & swarams nicely done with great support from tvm. Balaji on the mrudangam & rajaraman on the ghatam

Short thani followed by

Chelinene - javali in paras

Che

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mudivondri moovulagathum (m.s. popularized pasuram) in senjurutti, punnagavarali, yamuna kalyani, sindhu bhairavi

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tillana in sivaranjani, adi talam

And yeah, the 2nd thing is the incredible intensity she brings to her delivery on stage and focus on getting the difficult sangathis right...

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mudivondri moovulagathum (m.s. popularized pasuram) in senjurutti, punnagavarali, yamuna kalyani, sindhu bhairavi

muDiyonRi mUvulagagaLum (periyAzhvAr)