K S Gopalakrishnan at Indiranagar

[abhiramkeshav]

3rd July 2010
Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha, Bengaluru

Vid. K S Gopalakrishnan
Vid. Mysore Manjunath
Vid. H S Sudhindra
Vid. Giridhar Udupa

1. sAvEri varNa - sarasuDa - Adi - Kothavaasal Venkatarama Iyer
2. aThAna AlApa - srimahaganapathim - Adi - JayachAmaraaja WoDeyar
3. pUrvikalyANi AlApa - jnAnamosagarAda - rUpaka - thyAgarAja
4. hindOla AlApa - dEva dEvam bhajE - khanDachApu - Annammaachaarya
5. shankarAbharaNa elaborate AlApa - enduku peddala - Adi - thyAgarAja
tani Avartana in Adi tALa
6. kApi AlApa - enna tavam - Adi - pApanasam sivan
7. sindhu bhairavi AlApa - tambUri mITidava - Adi - purandara dAsa
8. bhAgyada lakshmi bAramma - madhyamAvati - Adi - purandara dAsa

Review :
A Great Concert this was!, one of the finest concerts I have witnessed. A great teamwork by the musicians on the stage. The whole concert touched the audience. The concert lasted for 3 hours and fifteen minutes and there was not interrupting speech. Thanks to the organizers for giving the audience a grand treat. Each of the items mentioned above started with AlApa. AlApa's had some expressions from krithi's; for example, in hindOla AlApa, there was a phrase matching sAmajavaragamana. shankarAbharaNa was the main item and pUrvikalyANi was the sub-main. KSG's creativity and classicism is outstanding; it is surprising that many people have not heard him. Violin accompaniment by Dr. Manjunath was very good. His accompaniment was marked by smooth bowing, complete support to the main artist, poignant essays and good follow-up of - krithi's, swaraprastara's and nereval. Vidwan H S Sudhindra and Vidwan Giridhar Udupa played with good anticipation increasing the aesthetic value of the recital. Also, their taNi was excellent. The hall purandara bhavana is a very good hall with a great acoustics. This was a monthly concert of Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha.

[rajeshnat]

The concert lasted for 3 hours and fifteen minutes and there was not interrupting speech.

The maximum that I have heard is 2 and half hours of flute in a live concert.To go for another 45 minutes with just 8 numbers must have been treat .Also the indranagar sabhA always has a very good lighting and a very well set acoustics (I have heard one vijaysiva concert few years back ) .