Sikkil gurucharan at Madras music academy, 19 Decemeber 2015

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Sikkil Gurucharan
V Sanjeev
H.S.Sudheendra
Giridhar Uduppa

1. varnam - mayamalavagowla - swathi thirunaal
2. ninnuvina - reetigowlai - rupakam - shyama sastri
3. palintuvo - kantamani - adi - thyagaraja
4. sri kamalambike - kanda ekam - sri - - dikshitar
5. ethuda nilachite - shankarabharanam - adi 2 kalai - thyagaraja (R, N & S at nuduTa vrAtagAni maTTu meeranu nA, Tani avarthanam)
5. chatur ranjani RTP - ranjani, mano ranjani, jana ranjani, sri ranjani - kanda jaati matya 2 kalai - Tanjavor S Kalyanaraman
ranjani niranjani baktha mano ranjani rasika jana ranjani nalvaram arulvai sriranjani
6. virutham - kapi vAnE nilanE kanalE marapunalE OnnE ....
kanaka sabhayai kanda piravi katchiyum ???
7. thillana - bilahari
8. mangalam

I went late, got held up in previous concert, could reach during sri raga keerthana... Shankarabharanam was awsome to say the least... some very nice sancharas and jaarus, many aaha moments... neraval was equally good, though he could have spent more time in mel kala neraval... Gurucharan has some breathing issues, can hear wheezing like sound at times during mel kala neraval and swarams... hope he gets to pay attention and over come, may be due to some medical issues..

chatur ranjani RTP was presented very neatly, alapana and thanam in all four ragams... very pleasing... towards the end while completing sri ranjani to ranjani, he transitioned on madhyamam, from suddha to prati, was interesting... Trikalam was done... swarams were also perfect, in final round of swaram, each of the ragam swaras were in respective position in pallavi...

Enjoyabale concert #5 of the season !