Pattabhirama Pandit@Toronto-May 29th

[Lakshman]

Accompanied by V.V.S.Murari on the violin, Trivandrum Balaji on the mrdanga and Chandrashekhar Sharma on thae ghata. 3hrs 15 mts.
Song List:
sabhApatikku vEru deivam - Abhogi - Gopalakrishna Bharati
nAyakanAi ninra - darbAr - Andal tiruppAvai - S
piravA varam tArum - latAngi - Papanasham Shivan - A, N@ pArvati nEyA, S
mA ramaNan - hindOLa - PapanAsham Shivan
annapUrNE vishAlAkSi -sAmA - Dikshitar
svararAga sudhA - shankarAbharaNa - Tyagaraja - A, N@ paramAnanda, S, tani
RTP SaNmukhapriyA - k/triputa - ADum deivam porppAdam paNivOm (naTamADum) takatakiTa tadhimi takatakiTa takata - pallavi composed by Trivandrum Balaji
svarAs: rasikapriyA, kharaharapriyA, riSabhapriyA
krSNA nI bEganE bArO - yamunAkalyANi - Vyasaraya
tattOm tanata dhiranA - tillAnA in paraju - Poochi Iyengar
nI nAma rUpamunaku - saurASTra - Tyagaraja

[rshankar]

Lakshmanji: why was the concert so heavy with tamizh pieces? Not complaining- just wondering if there was a reason!

[rajeshnat]

This is the first time hearing about trivandrum balaji composing a pallavi.
Ravi
I am assuming bulk of rasikas would have been srilanka tamilians and the sabha is bharathi kalai manram

[Lakshman]

I don't think there was a reason for the abundance of Tamil krtis. Also the assumption that the bulk of rasikas would have been Srilankan tamilans is also not correct but the audience was much smaller than normal.

[sriramganapathy]

Very interesting pallavi by Sri Trivandrum Balaji incorporating all the 'priya ragams'..

[arasi]

Thanks for the list, Lakshman...As can be expected, many KVN numbers.

Balaji, a composer is a pleasant surprise.

I suppose a majority of tamizh songs just happened--just as in some concerts, mostly T's kritis sung does not
mean it's a tyAgarAja utsava.

Poochi's tillAnA starts as tAnOm tanata tiranA??

[Lakshman]

He sang it as posted.