R Surya Prakash- Vocal
Raghavendra Rao- Violin
Tanjore K. Murugabhoopathi- mRdangam
1. vakratunDa mahAkAya slOkam
vinAyaka ninnu vinA brOcuTaku- hamsadhvani- Adi -ERB (S)
2. rArA mAyinTidAka asAvEri- Adi - T
3. sItamma mAyamma- vasantA-rUpaka-T (R,S)
4. vAgISvari vANi- sarasvati- Adi- HMB (R,N, S)
5. kANavENdAmO - srIranjani - catusra Eka - PS
6. viruttam- pacchai mAmalai ?- bRndAvana sAranga
saundara rAjaM ASrayE- bRndAvana sAranga-rUpaka- MD
7. parama sAmbhavA- kApi nArAyaNi- dESAdi- T (N,S)
8. dEvadEvam bhajE- hindOLam-khanDa cApu- AC
9. kIravANi- kaligiyunTEgadA-Adi- T (R,N, S, T)
10.viruttam- uLagam ?? hamIr kalyANi, darbAri kAnaDa, bAgeSri, kalyANavasantam
inRu varuvAnO nALaiyO- kalyANavasantam-Adi - ?? Arasi ??
11. eppo varuvArO- jOnpuri
12. tillAnA- hamsAnandi- dim dim ta nana
13. mangaLam
What a wonderful concert this was!! A lot of them were hearing Sri Surya Prakash for the very first time. With a powerful voice he started the concert with a slOkam. Singing kalpanAsvarams for the very first kriti itself made the audience sit up and listen, and, they probably knew what was to come. From then on he enthralled the audience of 30-40 people for the next three hours with excellent choice of ragas and kritis, and manodharma. And off course with great support and excellent playing by Sri Raghavendra Rao and Sri Murugabhoopati, this team deserved loud applauses. At the end he commented that for this kind of audience he would like to give a 5 h concert. That speaks of the stamina he held throughout the concert. Overall I think his control of laya and the style of singing svarakalpana, makes him quite unique.
I enjoyed the vasanta ragAlapana and the svarakalapana. I correctly identified the raga saraswati- I wrote down 4-5 times saraswati and only once vAcaspati which is its mEla. I heard the vAgISwari kriti for the first time. Suryaprakash presented a fantastic neraval at nIvE jIva Sakti.
SaudararAjam -bRndAvana sAranga was sublime. I was just floating away with the flow of the kriti.
He presented the sarasa sAma dAna kriti starting from anupallavi and followed it with mindblowing svaraprastAram at hitavu mATalento.
The highlight of the concert was surely kIravAni which lasted for exactly one hour! Svaras were presented at bAguga in his signature style-simply excellent. Tani was fabulous with interesting nadais I cannot name them but could recognize the shift from one to the other. But I don’t know what happened at the end. They all ended after the korvai? And TKM continued to play again and then there was another ending after a minute
This was followed by a rAgamAlika viruttam, and once he started kalyANavasantam I knew what was to follow. It was ARASI’s inRu varuvAnO nALaiyO- I must say that the small crowd enjoyed this piece very much. I saw them shaking their heads in approval of this wonderful song sung so well.
It was quite funny when he followed this song by singing eppo varuvAro.
The concert concluded with a mangaLam with the priest bringing in the Aarati for the deities-at SrinivAsAya jaya MangaLam.
I got to chat with Suryaprakash before and after the concert. He is the first rasikas.org member I am meeting in person!
The ease with which he meets rasikas, the willingness to share his knowledge and connect with them is something to be appreciated.He mentioned that he met VK and Arunk at Chicago concert.