Kadri Gopalnath (saxophone), A Kanyakumar (violin), B Harikumar (Mridangam), SSVT Maryland, 1st November 2009. Concert held at University of Maryland's Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Note: (r = rAga sketch, R = rAga)
1. bhaja mAnasa vignEshvaram -- bahudAri -- Adi -- tuLasIvanam [r,S]
2. sAdhinchenE -- Arabhi -- Adi -- tyAgarAja [r]
3. kAmAkShi amba -- bhairavI -- mishra chApu -- shyAma shAstri [r]
4. akhilANDEshwari -- dvijAvantI -- Adi -- muttusvAmi dIkShitar [r]
5. niravadhi sukhada -- ravichandrikA -- Adi -- tyAgarAja
6. RTP -- bRndAvana sAranga -- Adi 2 kalai [R,tAnam,S] rAgamAlikA svaras in vAsanti, kApi?, shubhapantuvarALi?
Intermission
7. jagaddhOdhAraNa -- pIlu -- Adi -- purandara dAsa
8. Om namO nArayaNaya -- karNaranjanI -- khaNDa chApu -- Ambujam Krishna
9. A malayALam song -- ?? -- ?? -- ??
10. maguDi
11. tIrAda viLayATTu piLLai -- rAgamAlikA -- Adi tisram -- subrahmaNya bhAratI
12. tiruppugazh -- ShaNmukhapriyA? -- ?? -- ??
13. bhAgyAda lakShmI bArammA -- madhyamAvatI -- Adi -- purandara dAsa
Other concert attendees, please correct any errors/omissions if you can. I forgot the order of songs after the intermission.
A few personal observations:
1. This concert was certainly a crowd-puller.
2. The bhairavI svarajati was played in three degrees of speed -- the pallavi-anupallavi in one tempo, charaNas 1-6 in a quicker tempo and the last charaNa in the quickest tempo.
3. KG offered the audience a choice of 3 rAgas for the RTP -- rEvatI, chandrakauns and bRndAvana sAranga -- the audience chose BS.
4. In my opinion, the concert was marked by a relative paucity of "heavy" rAgas. Although bhairavI, Arabhi and dvijAvantI were performed, these were performed rather quickly with a short rAga sketch each.
5. There was no neraval, not even for the RTP.
6. This concert program was quite similar to their previous performance in Austin.
Best,
Ganesh
Kadri Gopalnath-Kanyakumari-Harikumar SSVT Maryland, 1st Nov
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