The concert started with natakurinji varnam followed by 'Mahaganpathim' in Nata.Next was an elaborate alapana in sriragam with the krthi Srivaralakshmim which was good as usual. the panthuvarali that followed was exotic and the krithi kenjinene is new and I have not heard it so far. The neraval svaram in 'sundharam niraindha 'was really a sundharamniraindha svaraprastharam and kept the audience thrilled.
The next was something which proved that the concerts of TNS are audiovisual. It was "Ramanukku mannan mudi tharitthale"and it should be heard to enjoy the bhava. There was a review in recent Kumudam that TNS will sing ten sangathis in this line of the song.And he did!Such an eloquence that portrayed the actual coronation of Rama was fantastic.
Later in the anupallavi in "paamaramE unakkennadi pEcchEpazam nazuvippAlil vizundhArpol" the elegance with which the pazam slipped and fell into the milk was something remarkable!Pazam nazuvippaalilvizundha azage azagu!We could actually feel it.
Later in the charanam singing the line "parasuraman garvam theerthavandi" TNS portrayed the garva of parasurama through his music that is not only audible but perceivable .Similarly "nAAlu pEril moothhavan" was shown to be such!
This krthi which made everybody jubilant with its visual effect was significantly followed by Kalyanarama which is always delights his rasikas.
Nexr t was 'etijanam'in varaliand the main raga was sankarabharanam the portrayal of the raga was picturesque and the work of the master artiste who painted it with his masterstrokes like a brilliant atrtist. the grahabhedha with thodi was areal master stroke and was applaus ded heavily.The krthi was svararaga sudha and it was really a 'svararagasudha ' nectarine in its delineation of raga and display of svara and laya and it was a svararagalaya sudharasa.
This was followed by the thani by Murugabhoopathi and Srikant.
the end part consisted of ashtapadi sancharadhadhara in sivakalyan and norupamana, a javali in Behag and sindhubairavi thillana
The audience apprciated the concert in every part and never got up even during thani, which was acclaimed by TNS himself and there was standing ovation in the end