Ravikiran @CVHTS Temple, Middletown, CT on June 23rd

rveeraraghavan · Post by **rveeraraghavan** » 24 Jun 2007, 06:53

Chitra veena - Ravikiran
Mridangam - Rohan Krishnamurthy
Violin - Keshav Raghavan

This was the way it was announced. (mridangam before violin ) Violinist Keshav is a young high school student ( perhaps just graduated ), and is Ravikiran's student. For his age he performed very well. Ravi kiran had a lot of praise for both his young accompanists. Ravikiran of course was the master. He asked us, the audience after raga alapanas, what keerthanai we would like to hear in that ragam, and I know I felt quite thrilled to suggest songs! It was a concert, though short, was excellent. Audience was very much into it. The concert started around 4:45 after the introductions etc and lasted till around 7PM.

Here's the list.
1. Varnam, Karunimpa idi, Sahaana, Adi, Veenai Kuppaiyer
2. Eka dantha Vinayakam, nAttai, OV
3. bhuvini dhaasuDanE, Shri Ranjini, Adi, T
4. Saarasaaksha, Pantuvaraali, Adi, ST
5. garuDa gamana samayamidE, naagaswaravaraali, roopakam, PSA
6. Baala Gopalam, Bhairavi, Adi, MD
7. Muruganim, Behag, Composer - unsure Some Thyagarajan
8. Thillana, Sindhu Bhairavi, OV
9. Mangalam. Suarashtram, T

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jun 2007, 07:06

'muruganin maRu peyar azhagu' is by surajananda.

Of course, Ravikiran reigned. We have heard a lot about Rohan's abilities. How much did the young violinist play? Did he play for neraval and swarams too? I am assuming he played the rAgams...

rveeraraghavan · Post by **rveeraraghavan** » 24 Jun 2007, 07:48

The violinist, for his age did pretty well. I must say. He couldn't , of course keep up with the Maestro during complex alapana sequence, neraval or Swaram, but he hung in there and did a good job.