Gurucharan @BTM Cultural Academy,Bangalore 23rd Jun

appam · Post by **appam** » 23 Jun 2007, 22:09

Sikkil Gurucharan Vocal
H.K. Venkatram Violin
Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma Mridangam
Dayanand Mohite Ghatam

1. Varnam - Inthachalumu - Begada - Veenai Kuppier - Adi
2. Gajananayutham - Veghavahini - Dikshitar - Adi (NS @ "Ajendra Pujitha ...")
3. Nivadanegana - Saranga - Tyagaraja - Khanda Chapu (S @ "Sathyambu nithyambu ...")
4. Varamulosaghi - Keeravani - Rupakam (R S @ "Varamulo ...")_Patnam
5. Yaarukku thaan theriyum - Devamanohari - GKB - Adi
6. Brovamma - Neelambari - Misra Chapu - Shyama Shastri (S @ "Brovamma ...")
7. RTP - Purvi kalyani - Adi 2 kalai
"Madhu madha mohita hridaye gamakakriye" (from Dikshitar's "Meenakshi")
8. Virutham - ??, Mohanam, Shuddha Dhanyasi
9. Narayana - Shudda Dhanyasi - Purandaradasa - Khanda Chapu
10. Meera Bhajan (Hari guna gaungi) - Deepali
11. ??
12. Mangalam

Some thoughts on the concert:

Superb concert that held the audience spellbound for close to 3 hours. Excellent support on the violin by Venkatram and very good percussive support too.

As far as I can remember, ?? in the virutham was basically hindolam with antara gandharam but I dont know the name of this ragam.

Varnam was rendered without second speed, but RTP was exhaustive with excellent thanam. Neelambari was rendered with great bhavam.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jun 2007, 03:17

Appam,
Thank you for the review. I can picture Venkatram and Anoor as accompaniments in the familiar Ramana Maharishi School. They play very often there. Have not heard Gurucharan in that venue, though.
'varamulosagi' is Patnam's composition.

appam · Post by **appam** » 24 Jun 2007, 07:08

arasi

Forgot to mention "Patnam".Thanks.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 24 Jun 2007, 18:48

Sri Appam,

Viruttam starts with " Naradamu Nadalolamu"...

appam · Post by **appam** » 24 Jun 2007, 22:19

Thanks braindrain!

BTB, 'appam' could be Smt. also

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 24 Jun 2007, 22:57

I thought "appam" is gender-neutral!
Perhaps it depends on the kind of appam!

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 25 Jun 2007, 10:46

Dear Appam ( I guess gender does not matter for Dear!! ),

11 was a Javali in Paras ( chelinenetlu..)

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 25 Jun 2007, 13:04

I uploaded recording of this concert

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~harihara ... urucharan/

The last but one song is Javali in Paras - Chelli Nene

The song selection is superb, ragas are very contrasting, and so is talas. He covered triniti compositions. The pallavi is rather simple(:-, he did trikalam though.

Neelambari song was sung excellently in vilamba kalam.

regards
hari

108talas · Post by **108talas** » 25 Jun 2007, 18:38

Gurucharan repeats the song ' yArukku thAn teriyum' in many of his concerts. I have heard him singing 10-12 times within 2 years.