Manasa Nayana sings at Shankara Mutt

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 03 Oct 2009, 10:51

At Shankar Mutt, Shankarapuram, Bengaluru on 27th September 2009.
Vocal: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin: Sunita Ramabhadran
Mridangam: Vid. Radhesh

01. varNa - mahishasuramardini - Andolika - Adi - muttaiah bhAgavatar
02. vandEnishamaham - hamsadhwani - Adi
03. sArasamukhi - gowdamalhAr - Rupaka
04. ranjani AlApa - sadA sAranga nayane - Adi - mysore yogAnarasimha
05. bhajarEmAnasa - pUrNachandrika - Adi - jayachAmarAja voDeyar
06. bilahari AlApa - shreechamunDEshwari - Adi - mysore vAsudevAchar
07. brahmAnDavalaye - mAnD - Adi
08. mangalam

Review:
The concert started with a beautiful varNam in Andolika followed by vandEnishamaham in hamsadhwani which was elaborated with a short AlApa and a short kalpanAswara. Then came a small piece sArasamukhi in a rare rAga gowDamalhAr. This was followed by an elaborated AlApa in ranjani and sadA sAranga nayanE - a rare krithi by mysore yogAnarasimha. The main item bilahari mesmerised the audience. The neraval and kalpanAswara showed the proficience of the artist. This was followed by an impressive taNi by Vidwan A Radhesh who inspired the artist throughout the concert with a good follow-up. Violin accompaniment by Vidushi Sunita was very good. Her support to the main artist and the ability to repeat many swara-patterns were notable. Manasa's voice was very good and flexible. Two charecteristics of this concert are - the concert was filled with dEvi krithis, the occassion being navarAtri and the krithis were mostly by mysore vAggEyakaras. The only dearth in the concert was the not-so-good acoustics of the hall.

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 03 Oct 2009, 13:29

Thanks for the coverage.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 03 Oct 2009, 13:41

abhiramkeshav wrote:At Shankar Mutt, Shankarapuram, Bengaluru on 27th September 2009.
Vocal: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin: Sunita Ramabhadran
Mridangam: Vid. Radhesh

02. vandEnishamaham - hamsadhwani - Adi
03. sArasamukhi - gowdamalhAr - Rupaka
07. brahmAnDavalaye - mAnD - Adi

abhiramkeshav,
I am assuming all of them are upcoming artists.Keep them coming

02. vandEnishamaham - hamsadhwani - Adi - mysore vAsudevAchar
03. sArasamukhi - gowdamalhAr - Rupaka - muttaiah bhAgavatar
07. brahmAnDavalaye - mAnD - Adi - Jayachamaraja Wodeyar

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 03 Oct 2009, 14:21

Manasa nayana is student of vidwan R.K.Srikantan

-hari

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 03 Oct 2009, 20:38

Good to hear such good things about another young singer from the RKS school!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 Oct 2009, 12:43

Very nice to see this review. I am rather personally touched.

Sri Manasa Nayana is an alumnus of IIT Madras and a personal friend too. He hails from mysore. He learnt music from Vidwan Vairamangalam Sri Lakshminarayanan while he was studying in IIT.

A very good and capable musician that he is, i hope to see more of his concerts and reviews

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 21 Oct 2009, 15:58

Abhiramkeshav,
Thanks for the review!

I hope you will be able to keep us informed with concert reviews in Bangalore.

Naada Priya · Post by **Naada Priya** » 22 Oct 2009, 14:49

Quite some time ago Manasa Nayana sang with Vid RS Ramakantha. Venue was BGS. Voilin MA krishnaswamy and mrudangam by Mannargudy.(apologies. dont remember who was on upa-pakkavaadya) It was a terrific concert. Not much of audience were there on that day.

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 22 Oct 2009, 16:47

Sreeni Rajarao wrote:Abhiramkeshav,
Thanks for the review!

I hope you will be able to keep us informed with concert reviews in Bangalore.

Certainly. I shall write reviews on the concerts which I attend fully.

abhiramkeshav · Post by **abhiramkeshav** » 22 Oct 2009, 16:51

Naada Priya wrote:Quite some time ago Manasa Nayana sang with Vid RS Ramakantha. Venue was BGS. Voilin MA krishnaswamy and mrudangam by Mannargudy.(apologies. dont remember who was on upa-pakkavaadya) It was a terrific concert. Not much of audience were there on that day.

Mysore G.S. Ramanujam on Ghatam. Yes. It was a very good concert by Vid RS Ramakanth. RTP in Shanmukhapriya was followed by taNi (in khanda tripuTa ), at the end of taNi Vid Ramakanth sang the pallavi in rAgamAlika.