TMKrishna -vocal
RK Sriram Kumar -violin
KV Prasad - Mridangam
N Guruprasad - Ghatam
BS Purushothaman - kanjira
1. Guruleka -gowrimanohari -T
2. srimadadi tyagaraja guruvaram - kalyani - mys vasudevacharya
3. sri nathadi - malavagowla -MD
4. dasarendare purandara - vyasaraya on his shishya -rare kriti in y.kambhodi(tuned perhaps)
5. composition in bhairavi by RKSK - khanda triputa
6. anbe jivadaaram - bahudari
7. viruttam in khpriya, varali, desh, sindhubhairavi
8. sarvam brahma mayam - sadasiva brahmendra
was a pretty ordinary show as i was expecting a heavy regular kutcheri from TMK. concept concert on the Guru. good start with Guruleka but things tended to be diluted. Bhairavi was stolid. Clearly he is adding some rare kritis to his concert repertoire. Catered to the "perfume and jarigai pattu" ghostis, margazhimahotsavam gumbals and such fancy-carnatic-music-type afficianados(No offence meant). Ordinary on aesthetic, extraordinary on extravagance and flamboyance(the on stage gimmickry of course). Very light set list and had the Krishna (un)usuals - like the khanda triputa main with thani and neravals in Shri Nathadi Guruguho.
Bottomline: "vadakkupatti Ramasamy-kku kudutha kadan oooh ooh!" from one of my fav goundamani comedies.
I paid 500 for this concert and started from my office in mahindra city(google the place) at 2.30 to get to mylapore by 6. Thankfully they said some part(50k) of it is going to a charitable school for special children which was the face-saver really.