Vignesh Ishwar - Sydney - 15 September 2019

[mohan]

Vignesh Ishwar - vocal
L Ramakrishnan - violin
Praveen Sparsh - mrudangam

Pallavi, Sydney, Australia
15/9/19 4:05pm to 7:40pm

1. endarO mahAnubhAvulu - SrI - Adi - tyAgarAja (n)
2. ISanE inda Ezhaikkiranga - cakravAham - rUpaka - pApanASam Sivan (s)
3. narasimhAgaccha parabrahmapuccha - mOhanam - cApu - muttusvAmi dIkshitar (r, n, s)
4. mAyammayani nE pilacitE - Ahiri - Adi - SyAmA SAStri
5. nenaruncinAnu anniTiki - mALavi - Adi - tyAgarAja
6. kshINamai tiruga janmincE - mukhAri - Adi - tyAgarAja (r, n, s, t)
7. vElayyA dayavillaiyA - sAvEri - Adi - kOTISvara aiyar
8. RTP - surutti (tAnam also in rithigowla and nAtakurunji) - tisra tripuTa -
'ten palani vadivElanE | O ArumuganE SanmughanE' rAgamAlika svaram in bEhAg, Arabhi
9. ArumO Aval - mAnd - Adi - kannan ayyangar
10. taruNi nAnendu ceyvu (padam) - dvijAvanti - miSra cApu - svAti tiruNAL
11. udanata tana (tillANa) - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - Muttiah Bhagavatar.
12. ni nAma rupamulakU - saurastrAm - - Adi - tyAgarAja

Lovely concert that showcased Vignesh Ishwar's powerful voice and range. Beautiful selection of rakti ragas with the mukhari alapana being top class - truly representative of the Semmangudi bani!
Soothing and melodious accompaniment by L Ramakrishnan and subtle yet energetic percussion by Praveen, both complementing the main vocalist and enhancing the concert experience.

[rajeshnat]

Pallavi, Sydney, Australia
15/9/19 4:05pm to 7:40pm

3. narasimhAgaccha parabrahmapuccha - mOhanam - cApu - muttusvAmi dIkshitar (r, n, s)
..
6. kshINamai tiruga janmincE - mukhAri - Adi - tyAgarAja (r, n, s, t)
..
8. RTP - surutti (tAnam also in rithigowla and nAtakurunji) - tisra tripuTa -
'ten palani vadivElanE | O ArumuganE SanmughanE' rAgamAlika svaram in bEhAg, Arabhi

Mohan
Super . Ideally 3 and half hours is the best . The submain , main , RTP and tani needs that much cooking time. ShuruTTi is a very difficult ragam to elaborate as pallavi, the venue sydney is a spin(shurutti) track so apt selection by Vignesh. Apart from vignesh rocking for sure ,Tanjore Praveen kumar and L Ramakrishnan would have rocked too.

[rshankar]

Thanks, Mohan for the review. Question about the second part of the pallavi - was it OrArumuganE shaNmuganE?

[HarishankarK]

Yes orArumugane
Like the reethigowlai song

[HarishankarK]

Excellent concert by all three artistes - violin replies particularly superb

[HarishankarK]

Vignesh usually sings neraval for Pancharathnams
Narada gana sabha he sang neraval for Jagadanandakaraka - in line omakara panjara
Now here in Sri Pancharatnam for bhagawata Veda purana that line
High speed neraval that too
Is it common to sing neraval for Pancharathnams?Not sure anyone done it before??

[HarishankarK]

Observed that the thillanna did not have Harikesha mudra strangely-wonder why??