I'll be very brief, as i didn't take any notes, and writing from my memory and based on my experience in three parts.
My dear friend, elder brother Narayanan nochur anna conduct this festival every year, it's one decade now, and it was also his 50th birth day per englis calendar, coniciding with krithika nakshtram in panguni - sri muthuswami dikshitar jayanthi.
1. kamalamba navavarnam
Thamarakkadu govindan namudhiri performs navavarna keerthana, post navavarna puja every year early morning... For those of you who don't know him,Sri Namudhiri sings navavarnam at his home every morning all 11 keerthanas with dedication. Often he closes his eye during thodi keerthana and open his eye only after mangala keerthana in sri. This year, in last mintue, due to a death in family he wasn't able to participate, and a teen ager, Bharat Narayanan, who;s a full time musician, and son of Dr Baby Sreeram and Sreeram, travelled all the way from chennai to kozikode and sang all 11 keerthanas... I will post a sample keerthana after checking.. He sang with ease and bhavam... a rare to hear a teen ager to sing all navavarna keerthanas...
He also sang two other songs on request, agastheeswaram in lalitha and jambupathe in yamuna kalyani !
The rendering started at 615am and ended around 745am
2. Jayathi Kumaresh, P V Anil kumar (father of child prodigy and hanumaan chailsa famous surya gayathri) and vazhappally krishna kumar
Here are some of the songs rendered... Sri Kumaresh was in audiencce and right in front of jayanthi mam and encouraging each and every one, a rare sight. Both of them travelled by car from bengaluru carrying conventional veena. More about annectodes later.
a. panchamathanga - malahari (swarams)
b. anandamrutakarshini - amrutavarshini
c. sri dum durge -sri ranjani (alapana)
d. shankaram abhirami manoharam - kamalamanohari
e. meenakshi memudam - purvikalyani (alapana, swarams, tani avarthanam)
f. annapurne visalakshmi - sama
g. sri kamalambike - sri
it's hard to explain musical experience in a chamber concert... i have recording, will upload samples after getting permission. and few pictures below iwll convey the mood
3. N Vijay siva, Charulatha ramanujam, N C Bharatwaj
a. sadabala - slokam
b. gunijanadhi - gurjari
c. sri guruguha - devakriya / suddha saveri
d. arunachalanatham - saranga
e. mayuranatham - dhanyasi
f. soundararajam - brindavana saranga
g. girijayA ajayA abhayAmbikayA - shankarabharanam
f. gange mam pahi - chenchurutti
g. somasundareshwaram bhajeham suddha vasantham
10. sloka - thodi, ananda bhairavi, kalyani, shanakrabharanam, kambodhi, bhairavi, punnagavarali, sahana, ghanta, ahiri, sri
11. sri kamalambike - sri
after customery annoncement that the concert shall not be recorded, and another customery sadabala rupapi, another great experience.. I want to hear gunijanadhi with graha beda chittaswaras (as it should be sung, said authentically by SRJ mama), it was not to be so. shankarabharanam alapana was very detailed, and charulatha mam's shadowing was something else.. the keerthana was a pleasant surprise... soundararajam was in its full splendor. it doesn't tire if one listen even infinity time.
the slokam in all 11 ragas of navavarnam was something special, wish i get to hear it again....
Photos in next post...
sri guruguhaya namaha... shive paahi...
