i am not musically well learned to review concerts
- * varnam - saveri - adi talam
* yochana kamala - durbar - adi talam - thyagaraja - (s)
* sri matrubhutam - kannada - misra chapu talam - muthuswamy dikshitar - ragam, brief swarams at "suvasita"
* parvathi ninune - kalgada - adi talam tisram - shyamu shastry
* dvaitamu sukama - reetigowla - adi talam - thyagaraja (r,n,s) - at "chaitanyamaa vinu"
* bogindra sayinam - kuntala varali - khanda chapu - swati tirunal
* RTP - Saveri - "sri rama parabramha kripa paatra, rama bramha suta sucharitra" - khanda triputa talam - edam was announced by v krishna in his speech as a tricky 3/8 with arudi karvai 7/8. appeared tricky
* japava madidarenu - hindola - khanda chapu - kanaka dasar
* tillana - poorna chandrika - adi
* mangalam
very energetic in long neravals and swara rounds - which peps up the pace.
the almost full audience stayed till the very end.
pakkams were most enjoyable too though i felt the mridangam vidvan sri mt rajakesari was a tad on the louder side - sri v krishna announced that that is apparently the aggressive style of the mridangam vidvan's bani - anyway i am not educated to comment on layam aspects so it could be my ignorance.
violinist sri vittal rangan was outstanding - though it could use bit more volume - he was enjoying himself!!!!
khanjira vidvan sri guruprasad was very effervescent in his support too.
tambura vidvan i couldn't note his name - apologies.
an evening well spent!!!
- murari.