Visesha Double Header - Balakrishna/Vamsidhar Duet + Shiv

[gardabha_gana]

First Concert (Partial List)

Vid. Shiv Subramanyam (Great Grandson of Sri. NS Ramachandran) disciple of Vid. Vani Sateesh
Vi.d Ashwin Kalyan (Violin)
Vid. Akshay Anand (Mridangam)

Hosted by: Visesha Fine Arts
Venue: Brigade Gardenia - JP Nagar
Date: Saturday August 23rd 5 PM Onwards.

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Karuna jalanidhe - Hemavathi - Rupakam (R, S) - NS Ramachandran
Santhana Ramaswaminam - Hindola Vasantham - Adi - Dikshitar
nIku tanaku RnA- - Begada - M Chapu (R, N, S, T)
N @ Ee Janma Mula
Mano Vachana - Ugabhoga
Neene Gathi - Neene Mathi - Purandarasada

Nice concert for an hour with young performers, Shiv being an NRI trained by Vid. Vani Sateesh. The diction was noteworthy.


Vid. Balakrishna (Veena)
Vid. Vamsidhar (Flute)
Vid. V. Krishna (Mridangam)
Vid. Raghavendra Prakash (Ghatam)

1. Sri Mahaganapathe - Natai - Adi (Sketch(B), S)
2. Sri Varalakshmi - Sri - Rupakam (Sketch(V))
3. Bhogendra Shayinam - Kuntalavarali - K Chapu
4. Meenakshi Memudum - Poorvi Kalyani - Adi (R(B), N, S)
N @ Mathura Puri (?)
5. Bhajare Re Re Manasa - Abheri (R(B, V))
6. Evarura Ninnuvina - Mohanam - M. Chapu
7. Sri Krishna Bhaja Manasa - Thodi - Adi (R(B, V), Tanam, S, T)
8. Speech
9. Krishna Nee Begane - Y.Kalyani - M. Chapu
10. Pavamana - Madhyamavati - Adi

Superb concert by Balakrishna and Vamsi which brought a lot of Vishraanti to the audience. A gimmick free concert of pure music. Wish it was longer - started late. Applaud Vishesha fine arts for featuring instrumentalists in general and Veena/Flute duo in particular. Need more of these in Bangalore. More later.

[keerthi]

g-g,

The third song is nIku tanaku RnA- [RNI-bhAvamu], I presume. It is an uncommon song of tyAgarAja which P.S.Narayanaswamy has taught many of his students.

The song list for the Vamshidhar-Balakrishna duo is a worthy one. I strongly recommend their duet concerts to all rasikas.

[hnbhagavan]

Hello rasikas,

When and where was this concert?It would better to give the venue in each review.

[gardabha_gana]

Hello rasikas,

When and where was this concert?It would better to give the venue in each review.

Sorry - updated the details.

[gardabha_gana]

g-g,

The third song is nIku tanaku RnA- [RNI-bhAvamu], I presume. It is an uncommon song of tyAgarAja which P.S.Narayanaswamy has taught many of his students.

The song list for the Vamshidhar-Balakrishna duo is a worthy one. I strongly recommend their duet concerts to all rasikas.

Thanks. Updated. Agree wholeheartedly. Balakrishna's unhurried approach can get infectious. The Mysore style is self evident in the veena playing. I just wish that he performs more - with full length concerts - 2.5+ hrs w/o speeches. Coming to speeches - Ranganath Chakravarthy did a splendid job. Speeches can be a drag in many sabhas in bangalore - often eating into a possible RTP in concerts.