Malladi Brothers @ Sri Ranjani, 31/12/2007

[Sankar K]

Malladi Brothers, V Sanjeev, K V Prasad & Kanjira (Artiste?)

They sang to a packed hall.

Nattai - Jaya Jaya Swamin - Adi - Narayana Theerthar? (S)
sarasangi - Neekela dayaradhu - Adi - Ramaswamy Sivan/Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan (S). The raga was announced.
Begada - Gatti ganu nanu - Rupakam - T (S)
Vagadeeswari - Paramatmudu - Adi - T (RS at hari hara)
varali - Mamava Meenakshi - Misra Chapu - D
Brindavana Saranga - Kamalapta kula - Adi - T (S at kamalapta kula)
Kambodhi - Ma Janaki - Adi - T (RNS T?)

I had to leave as they started nereval at Ma Janaki courtesy my long trek back home

The brothers have such powerful voice. The vagadeeswari alapana was a tad long and it jarred on my ears. Mebbe because of its vivadiness. However, the kambodhi essay was pure bliss in three octaves. The brother (shorter one) shone in the higher octaves with his long held karvais. Sanjeev's vinyasa of Kambhoji was perfect as well.

I haven't heard any of these songs except for Paramtmudu (TKR) & Ma Janaki (MMI) in recordings.

Overall I am very satisfied that I chose to attend them yesterday.

[Jigyaasa]

Nice concert... Though I found it a little odd that the first FOUR items had swara appendages. nIkEla dayarAdu is in khaNDa chApu. The bEgaDa kriti packed in a lot of punch with it's lovelt madhyama kAla sAhitya(something about shiva bhajana and rAma bhajana). Neraval at hariyaTa haruDaTa was very good... The swaras and the rendition of KamalAptakula seemed engineered for uproarious audience response...
The kAmbhOji AlApana was a soulful offering on the altar of carnatic music... neraval and swaras were at mA jAnakI. After the tanI, they sang nandakadhara, an Annamacharya composition tuned to janasammOdinI rAga. The mandatory tamil kriti was kumaran tAL paNindEn(yadukulakAmbhOjI). Then came muddugArE yashOdA(kurinji) followed by pavamAna.