Ramakrishnan Murthy at Coimbatore 30th July 2016

[arvenky]

T S Sankara Iyer Memorial Concert,30th July 2016
Sri Kothandaramaswamy Temple, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore
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Vid Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal
Vidushi Smt Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin
Vid Sri Manoj Siva - Mridangam
Vid Sri Anirudh Athreya - Khanjira


List of Krithis
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1. mOhana raama - Mohanam (T) (S)
2. raamanuku mannan muDi- Ananda Bhairavi (Arunachala Kavi)
3. SankaraM abhirAmI manOharaM - Kamala Manohari (D) (A,N,S)
neraval at pankajAsanAdi pUjitAbja padaM bhakta mArkaNDEyAyuHpradaM
4. brOvavammA tAmasamE - mAnji - (SS)
5. idhi nyaayamA - maaLavi - (PSI)
6. shrI raghuvara - khambhodi (T) (A,N,S)
nearaval at sItA nAtha tyAgarAjanuta nIla sutApta
7. tAni
7. short virutham in kApi?, darbAri kAnada
8. gOvardana giridhaara - darbAri kAnada
9. Andavan darisaname - HMB
10.Tirupugazh
11. Mangalam

Concert starved for many months this came at right time. Ram was brilliant from the start. Charumathi's bowing was equally brilliant with her returns. Being held at Ramar temple the firt two krithis came on Lord Rama and there were few heads shaking when he sung rAmanukku mannan mudi in Ananda Bhairavi.
The first alapana came in kamala manohari and the neighbhor was expecting kanchdalayadakshi. And whattey mAnji it was. It will surely haunt for some more time. Brilliantly sung this one. maaLavi filler was quick. khambhodhi alapana was eloborate and Charumathi's raga playing was excellent. He rendered shrI raghuvara majestically with exceptional neraval. Tani by Manoj Siva & Anirudh was good without raising the decibel levels.

Both mAnji & khambhodi were exceptional and smart frame work with respect to the list of krithis/composers.

[sureshvv]

T S Sankara Iyer Memorial Concert,30th July 2016

Did Thanjavur Sankara Iyer pass away recently?

How come no compositions of his? Not even Rama namame thuthi or manadhirku ugandadhu!

[rajeshnat]

sureshvv
You could have phrased the question better . T S Sankara Iyer is different from the living vaggeyakkara Thanjavur Sankara Iyer.
See this write up of T S Sankara Iyer - the industrialist

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metrop ... 568878.ece

[sureshvv]

Happy to note that Thanjavur Sankara Iyer is still around.

Nice article Rajesh