M.S.Sheela@Buffalo-Oct. 4, 2013

[Lakshman]

Purandaradasa Aradhana concert. 2 hrs 45 mts (all kannaDa song concert). Accompaniments: Mysore Srikanth on violin and B.Sivaraman on mrdanga.
song list:
UgabhOga in nATa followed by
vandisuvadAyali - nATa - Purandaradasa - S
bhArati dEviyE nene - SaNmukhapriyA - Purandaradasa
sakala graha bala - aYhANA - Purandaradasa - A
vara vEda purANa - tODi - UgabhOga - Purandaradasa
shAradE karuNAvAridhiyE - tODi - Vijayadasa - A, N@sarasIruhadaLa nEtrE, S
kaNDu kaNDu nIyenna - shahAnA - Purandaradasa
shrInivAsanu - rItigauLa - Purandaradasa
sakala sAdhanakella - kalyANi - ugabhOga - Purandaradasa
kallu shakkare - kalyANi - Purandaradasa - N@santata bhakutara, S
nODuvadE kaNNu - karnATakadEvagAndhAri - Purandaradasa - A
Ena ODidarEnu - ugabhOga - mOhana - Purandaradasa
hAnge irabEku - mOhana - Purandaradasa
dAsana mADiko enna - nAdanAmakriyA - Purandaradasa
buddhi matu hELidarE - shankarAbharaNa - Purandaradasa
ranga bArO pANDuranga bArO - sindhubhairavi - Purandaradasa
mannaru krSNage mangaLa - madhyamAvati - Purandaradasa

Foe many songs M.S.Sheela sang ugabhOgas instead of AlApanAs.

[rajeshnat]

Lji
I just knew 4 numbers , looks it is indeed a rare concert . Assuming the tani as post kalyAni

[arasi]

Rajesh,
In Bengaluru concerts, I have heard many from the list. Hyange irabEku is something I've heard from her guru also. R.K.Srikantan really belts it out beautifully.

Here is a list to more than please kannaDa speaking rasikAs. I heard that the Bay Area concert barely had any kannaDa songs. "A very good conert, but we missed kannaDa compositions", said an attendee to my friend who couldn't go. It's not like Sheela at all. Perhaps the one who went to the concert missed a song by going a bit late? Bay area has so many from Karnataka that she wouldn't have omitted singing a kannaDa song!

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Arasi avare,

In the Bay Area concert on Sept 15th, Smt Sheela sang the following kannaDa items (Mahavishnu has written a nice review):
Ada hOdallE makkaLu Adikombavaru nOdamma (?)- khamas, hindolam - PD (tuned by Sri TK Govinda Rao)
nandatanayA govindA -Yamuna kalyani - PD (madhyamasruti)
rangabArO - Sindhi bhairavi - PD

[arasi]

Sreeni,

Thank you for letting me know. I had missed reading Mahavishnu's review

By looking at the list, I can figure it out that the attendee left towards the end and missed them all! What a shame!

[Lakshman]

rajeshnat: Yes I forgot to add that the tani was peformed at the end of the kalyANi song.