G Ravi Kiran at Raga Sudha Hall - 15 Sep 2016

[pperumal]

Had jotted down this list but couldn't post as I had a wedding in my immediate family.
On a Thursday evening, the hall was full and it stayed pretty much full throughout despite the concert being a thematic one of Dikshitar kritis only.
I entered when the violinist Hemalatha was just finishing her talk on the Dikshitar's system of "raganga" ragams.
The concert is supposedly the first part of several more to come to cover all the raganga ragams of dikshitar.
By itself the concert was a heavy and heady mix of ragas that i at least have not heard at all (Except for kalyani main).
Ravikiran as usual sang with sincerity with complete devotion and confidence - nice open voice without any gimmiks - and supported by outstanding pakkams in R Hemalatha and Arun Prakash. Great job.
list that i could capture is below (excuse the mistakes if any)

sri mooladhara - shree ragam - swarams in slow speed only for "lambodara" in last line
souraseneysham - sourasena - fast swarams
santhanamanjari - santhanamanjari
veenapusthaka dharini - vegavahini - ragam
himagiri kumari - ravipriya (?)
bhogachayanataka - bhogachayanata(?)
shree mangalambike - kalyani in ata talam - R,N,S with brief thani avardhanam
kanakambari - kanakambari
shlokam
sri dakshinamurthey
swasthi shlokam

great effort - looking forward to all other parts.

- PP.

[sureshvv]

Most of the concert felt like being in an "alternate universe". Kudos to Ravikiran & Dr. Hemalatha for making this unique presentation.