Violin: S.Varadarajan
Mri:Tvm Balaji
Song List:
1.Sarasooda – kAmbOdhi Ata thAla varnam
2.Sri Raghukula – hamsadhwani – s@pallavi
3.kalayAmi – kannada – R,S@pallavi
4.kadaikkaN nOkki kAvadhadhum EnO – Todi – R,N@ mayilApurikiraivA,S
5.VEnugAnalOla – k.G (started from the a.pallavi)
6.needhu mahima – hamsAnandhi
7.RTP – Jog – un dharisanam kidaiikumO natarAjA dhayAnidhE – Adi
8.thEril ErinAn – kalyAni
9.mA(y)lOn maruhanai – virutham in Sind Bhairavi
10.manadhirkuhandhadhu – S.B
11.Mangalam
Somewhere in 85-86’ when listening to TVS in Sastry hall,I couldn’t identify the rAgam.So,I asked an young man of my age who was sitting next to me pensively listening,my doubt.Visibly irritated with a chidu chidu face he almost yelled at me ‘KANADA’. Suddenly I remembered this and that put a smile on my face while listening to SS.Yes,folks Ur guess is right.But I doubt;SS may not remember this incident.
Danseuse Chitra visweswaran,the chief guest left soon after the Todi kriti.Had she remained she would have surely danced for the KG kriti; it was so much soaked with bhAvam.wah…what a rendition !
All the 3 rAgams were sung splendidly.very difficult to grade them as 1,2,3.
The jOg was sung in style,reminded of a concert of Rashid khan I heard long back.SS touched the tunes of prabhO ganapathe,pramadhavanam, and panivizhum malar vanam that added different color and shades to this poetic rAga. Beautiful.
SS’s performance had a 100% homogeneous perfection in this concert,I would say.
SV’s reply of kannada was v.good so as the other rAgams.
Tvm Balaji played according to the main artist’s style and mood and his tani was excellent with strokes reminding me of karaikudi Mani.I know he is a disciple of PR.
So,let me finish with my signature whenever I hear a concert that lingers on me.
AhA…….What a performance!
