It was an all karnataka affair for the new year opening concert at Music Academy and it was a nice musical beginning.
S. Shashank - Flute
B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin
Arjun Kumar - Mridangam
Amrit Natraj - Khanjira
I attended the morning open house at the mini hall and got to hear this from about 20 mins into the concert
.... (don't know what the opening pieces were)
* manavyala , nalinakanti
* dharini telusukonti, suddha saveri
* hiranmayi, lalita, detailed alapana, swara,
* paramaathmudu, vagadeeshwari, detailed alapana, neraval, swara, tani
* rtp, behag, pallavi - sada madini ninnu, kanda chapu in vilamba and adi in madhyama kala
* venkatachala, sindhu bhairavi
Shashank's melodious flute playing, range of flutes, sensitive accompaniment by the artistes, music academy acoustics made for an aural treat on the new year morning. The lalita and vagadeeshwari pieces stood out for me and were played quite leisurely. RTP was a short affair (15 mins) and was requested by the audience.
An excerpt from the concert (vagadeeshwari alapana) - http://youtu.be/60zQGDnv4JU