Amritha Murali - Seattle VEDA Temple, WA, 5/7/2017

[narayara000]

Amritha Murali
Violin: R.K. Shriramkumar
Mrdangam: K. Arunprakash
Venue: VEDA Temple, Redmond WA

1. nAda tanum aniSam (S) - cittaranjani - Adi - T

2. narasimhAgaccha (O, N, S) - mOhanam - miSracApu - MD
- N @ "vIra vara mOhana vibhAsvara mAra vara mAnava harISvara"
- S @ "mOhana vibhAsvara"

3. SrI krSNam bhaja mAnasa (R, N, S) - tODi - Adi (2 kaLai) - MD
- N and S @ "pankaja daLa nayanam vaTa Sayanam guru pavana purAdISam lOkESam"
- was happy it wasn't at the usual "Sankha cakra gadA"

4. dEvi brOva samayamidE - cintAmaNi - Adi (2 kaLai) - SS

5. brOva bhAramA (S) - bahudAri - dESAdi -
- liked the lengthy swarams with korvai, not the usual quick swarams for a filler

6. SAradE karuNAnidhE - hamIrkalyANi - miSracApu - Chandrashekhara Bharathi

7. RTP - sahAnA (R, T, N, S, T) - khaNDa tripuTa (2 kaLai) after 3 beats
- pallavi line: "vaDivElanai nidam nAm pOTruvOm vayyam ellAm aruL purindu kAkkum" - Composed by K. Arunprakash
- Ragamalika Swarams: Sahana, Kanada, Kapi, Hamsanandi, Behag, then all in reverse
- Smooth transitions between ragams
- Tani

8. hari citta satya - jOnpuri - miSracApu - PD

9A. viruttam - yamunAkalyANi - "tAyum nI tanadayum nI"

9B. nirguNa nirAmaya - yamunAkalyANi - khaNDacApu - Thayumanavar

10. mangaLam vara riSyaSrnga - suruTTi - miSracApu - Chandrasekhara Bharathi

[rajeshnat]

Looks like amritha murali has completed atleast half her US tour. It is so rare to get a rtp in ragam sahana. I wish I was there.
Is Suji Ram still there to review this concert???