Dr S Sowmya-KannikaParameswariTemple,Malleswaram,14th Feb 2015

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arvenky
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Dr S Sowmya-KannikaParameswariTemple,Malleswaram,14th Feb 2015

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Dr S Sowmya - Vocal
Vid Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin
Vid Cheluvaraj - Mridangam
Vid Sukukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

1. Sri raja mAthangi- (v) - Sudha Dhanyasi - HMB
2. Himachala thanaya - Ananda Bhairavi - SS (S)
3. Parasakthi manuparAdA - Saveri-T (ANS)
neraval at 'purANi dharmasamvardani"
4. Nimma bhagya doddado - PD - Purvi Kalyani??
5. Venkata shaila vihara - hamir kalyani - A (Subbaraya Shastri)
6. Bhogeendra sayeenam - Kuntalavarali - (ST)
7. RAvE himagiri Kumari svarajati - Todi - AST (SS)
8. KriDati vanamali - sindhu bhairavi -(SB)
9. Slokam - thunga theera virajam
10. Mangalam

Very good concert right from the first note. Kalpana swaras in Ananda bhairavi were elaborate and beautiful. Lilting Hamir kalyani alapana, star of the day. There was some irritants in her voice early in Todi alapana but that didn't deter to render a super svarajati. Clever selection of krithis and ragas.
Arguably the best pakka vaadhyams raised the concert to the next level easily. Charulatha Ramanujam was effortless in her returns. Her Todi was just brilliant.
Short and power packed Tani from Cheluvaraj and Sukanya Ramgopal.
Heartening to see very good and appreciative crowd stayed till the end. Thankfully not much of noise from 8th cross traffic and acoustic blunders :-)

Sreeni Rajarao
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Re: Dr S Sowmya-KannikaParameswariTemple,Malleswaram,14th Feb 2015

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4. Nimma bhagya doddado - PD - Purvi Kalyani??

Sitting here so far away from Bangalore, I am guessing, it is bEgaDa.
That's the rAga Smt Sowmya has learned it in from her Guru Dr S Ramanathan. (Refer to her concert from 1990s on Parvathi blog)

I hope a recording of this concert will be shared by someone generous!
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Narasimha
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Yes she did sing Nimma Bhagya is Begada....

Jigyaasa
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tungAtIravirAjam was rendered in yamunAkalyANi as against the more commonly heard sAlaga bhairavi

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