Vijay Siva in Narada Gana Sabha (3rd Dec, 2012)

[sairaam]

Yesterday Vijay SIva's concert at Narada Gana Sabha was good. But the lack of time (just 2 hrs concert) killed some alap time. Enthaninne in Mukhari was followed by (short) crisp alapanais in kalyani (Thalli Ninnu) and reethigowlai (cheraravathemira ramayya) and the krithi Ekkalathilum Maraven (Nattakurinji).. The main piece was Saveri (Sri Rajagopala) - Alap was again surprisingly a short one.. Lalgudi Viji was in great form yesterday, bringing out raga form beauti -'fully'. Thani by Manoj Siva and Purushotham was very short with just few avarthams in Tisram.. The main issue here being the time-constraint.. Given VS' calibre atleast 2 1/2 concerts wud do justice fully. Hope this changes soon...