Sudha Ragunathan at Narada Gana Sabha 28/12/19

[mohan]

Sudha Ragunathan - vocal
Charumathi Raghuram - violin
R. Sankaranarayan - mrudangam
R. Raman - morsing

Narada Gana Sabha
28/12/19 4pm to 6:30pm

1. viribONi ninnE kOri - bhairavi - khaNDa aTa - paccimiriyam aDiyappayyar
2. SaSivadana bhaktajanAvana - candrajyOti - Adi - tyAgarAja
3. kaRpaga manOharA kAttaruL kR.pAkarA - malayamArutam - khaNDa jhampa - pApanASam Sivan (r, n, s)
4. candracUDa Siva - SankarAbharaNam / rAgamAlika - Adi - purandara dAsa
5. SrI valli dEva sEnApatE - naTabhairavi - Adi - pApanASam Sivan (r, n, s, t)
6. RTP - hamsanAdam -‘pArtasarati avar pAdamEgati tiruvallukEni pOtrum‘ - khanda jAti triputa + hamsadwani, hamsAnandi, hamsavindOdini
7. mArOprana - yaman - Adi
8. venkaTAcalanilayam - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - purandara dAsa

A delightful concert where Sudha displayed her excellent vidwat and mastery over music. Her voice was in good form and she revelled in the Natabhairavi and Malayamarutam alapanas. Very sweet responses from Charumati on violin. Kalpana swaras were full of vigour and creativity.

The RTP was very short with a 1 minute alapana by Sudha followed by tAnam on violin. The pallavi was rendered in khanda triputa and later was reduced to rupakam for the fast speed ragamalika svaram in ‘Hamsa’ ragas. Would have liked to see some rare ragams like hamsakalyani or hamsagamani included here!

[arasi]

Good to hear about Sudha Raghunathan's concert, and from you, Mohan Savor the season!
Great to hear that she was in good voice. Haven't heard that chandrajyothi kriti before. Hope we can soon hear it on the web.
Charumathi's playing would have added more sweetness to the concert.

[mohan]

I’ve heard Sashivadana on a recording of MLV

[arasi]

Oh, my reading it as sadA vandana in a hurry! SaSi vadanA I am familiar with. Have heard MLV's recording and Sanjay singing it a couple of times. The only other one I know in the rAgA is bAgAyanayya nI mATalentO. Wish I can hear more. The rAgA has a mellow sweetness to it like moonlight.