Gayathri Girish at Srinivasa Sastri Hall,Mylapore

[priyaram78]

Smt. Gayathri Girish gave a wonderful performance on 22nd September. i was in chennai and had the opportunity to attend this concert.

Gayathri Girish-Vocal
V.V.S.Murari -Violin
Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
Guruprasad - Ghatam

Here is the list :-
1. Valachi- Navaragamalika Varnam
2. Ardhanareeshwaram- Kumudakriya
3. Sithapathe- Kamas
4. Sarasadala nayane- Saramati
5. Marivere- Anandabhairavi
6. Needhan Mechikolla- Sriranjani
7. Ethavunara- Kalyani
8. Ponnar meniyane- Kurinji
9. Thillana- Chandrakouns

would like to mention, her rendition of Ethavunara, Sarasadala nayane,needhan mechi kolla was very well received, generating rounds of applause. the accompanists too put up a good show. hope to read a detailed review.

[soorya123]

Yes, it was indeed a very good concert, Priya. I'll start with a small grouse that the length of the concert was a tad short but Gayathri made excellent use of the time available, to present a brilliant Kalyani alapana- (a sruthi bhedam in Dhanyasi during descent drawing a lot of appreciation). I was also paricularly impressed with the Kumudakriya krithi- Ardhanareeshwaram, sung with a lot of feeling and also have to conragulate her for having sung her trade mark slokam at the head of the concert in the navaraga pattern starting with Sri and ending with Kedaram before she embarked on the navaraga varnam. Keep up the good work Gayathri!