SURYAPRAKASH FOR MUDHRA- 15/12.

[CRama]

Team- Suryaprakash, MR.Gopinath, Mudhra Bhaskar, Chandrasekhar Sarma(Ghatam)

List of songs.
Varnam-Kalyani-Adi talam
Mahaganapathim-Nata-MD (S)
Marugelara-Jayanthasree-T
Samodam paripalaya- Ramapriya-ST(R,N,S)
Enna punniyam seydeno-Reethigowla- OVK
Manavyala-Nalinakanthi-T (S)
Mohanarama-Mohanam-T (R,S)
RTP-Bhavapriya _Khanta triputa
Slokam-Vande matharam (started in maund)

Three alapanas – Ramapriya, Mohanam and Bhavapriya were rendered very elaborately. Bhavapriya and Mohanam took 15 minutes each. I am very happy at the selection of songs- Ramapriya alapana is very rare and the song of ST is rarely heard in Chennai. (Gayathri Girish rendered it once). SP gave me respite from PK. Mohanam - I was longing to hear as main song.

Bhavapriya- we had lengthy discussions about this ragam and now SP has rendered it excellently – with the gowravam a RTP deserves. The pallavi was from Bharathiar’s song
Veenayadi nee enakku mevum viral naan unakku.
All the parts- alapana, neraval, thanam, trikalam all were presented well. The entire exercise took 40 minutes- this is answer to the discussion going on in another thread. IN the ragamalika session, Sama, Kanada, Behag and one more ragam were sung.

Pakkavadyam proved that they are pukkaa vadyams. HNB raga alapanas and returns were appropriate. Mudhra Bhaskar and C.Sarma embellished the concert well and their thani was energetic and well appreciated.

Rajesh, you missed Bhavapriya. Never mind. Wait for the webcast. An excellent concert.
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[arasi]

I missed that Bhavapriya too...

[CRama]

I have not heard SP much. IIRC, this is the third concert I am hearing of him. In this concert his elaborate neraval at Padmanabha sahodari nayaka (Ramapriya kriti) was very imaginative. Secondly the ragams Ramapriya and Bhavapriya can at times be much confusing. But the way he opened them, there was no ambiguity. His manodharmam for these two ragams as well as Mohanam was commendable.

After singing the praise of Muruga in pallavi, now it is the turn of Bharathiar songs. Of course, no complaints.