Sikkil Guruchanran at Mudra on 31st Dec

[grsastrigal]

I wanted to end this year with Sikkil Gurucharan’s concert as he has been consistent throughout the season with around 17-18 concerts.
For Mudra, he performed at Infosys hall, T.Nagar.

S.VaradarAjan- Violin
Umayalpuram Sivaraman – Mridangam
E M Subramaniam- Ghatam

-SarasUda – varNam in sAveri

-Tatvamariya tarama – Ritigowla- Papanasam Sivan Swaram in “Guha sodharane”

-SArasamukhi- Gowda malhar – Harikesanallur MB – Swaram in “sArasamukhi”

-SubhapantuvarAli – sub-main followed by “Sri satyanArayanam- MD

Neraval in “satyajnAnanda mayam sarvam vishnumayam”

-Orajuppu – Kannada Gowla- ThyagarAjar

-Main – Bilahari followed by “nA jEEvadhAra” – ThyagarAjar – swaram in the same line

-Tani

-mAle maNivaNNa – kundala varAli – TiruvembAvai

-sashanka chakram – verse from Vishnu sahasranAmam in Behag followed by “smara janaka shuba charita” – I think it is swAthi tirunAl.

-veLLaittAmarai – Bharathiar – Beemplas

-Chandrasekhara Isa Sundareswara Gowreesa – Sindu bhairavi – WHOSE KRITI ?

ThillAna by mudikondAn venkatrAma iyer in HamsAnandi – tAlam – desAthi

Iyal isayil – Desh- Tiruppugazh-ArunagirinAthar

Mangalam

It was my first concert in Mudra. Mudra is celebrating MMI Centenary. So Sikkil’s few songs are tributes to MMI.
Another outstanding concert by the team of professionals. 2 hours 3 minutes- kriti selection, time management and rendition – Sikkil Gurucharan is a class apart.
Tani by UKS- one has to go out and buy ticket again. Brilliant Tani with EMS.
varadarAjan’s karaharapriya in rAja Annamalai manram with Sanjay on 29th was outstanding and his Bilahari yesterday showed another class. Varadu has improved a lot.
Great going. Happy new year to all...

[priyashekar]

I agree with Sastrigal.Sikkil was consistent in the 2 cutcheris I heard of him.Yesterdays concert was very good .Pure classical.Subha pantuvarali and Bilahari were class.I am so overjoyed that I heard 2 good concerts on 2 successive days at mudra.Classic ones.