Amritha Murali @ Naada Inbam, Chennai (13 Feb 2007)

ram · Post by **ram** » 13 Feb 2007, 22:27

Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai

Date: 13th Feb 2007

Organizer: Naada Inbam

Vocal: Vid. Amritha Murali

Violin: Vid. R. Hemalatha

Mrudangam: Vid. B. Ganapatiraman

List of songs (partial):

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* nAradamuni vEDalina - pantuvarALi - Adi (tisra gati) - thyAgarAja (A)

* nIvErA kula - bEgaDa - misra chApu - thyAgarAja (AS)

* vINAbhEri - AbhEri - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar

* venkaTashaila - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - subbarAya sAstri (O)

* bhajanasEyu mArgamunu - nArAyaNi - Adi - thyAgarAja

* srI rAjagOpAla - sAvEri - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANST)

* chandrchUDa - darbAri kAnaDA - Adi - purandaradAsa

* nADi thEDi (tiruppugazh) - bAgEswari - ** (see below) - aruNagirinAthar

* nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) - sowrAshTram - Adi - thyAgarAja

** each avartanam of talam for tiruppugzh was put as two tisra chApus followed by tisra ekam

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Vid. Amritha Murali once again gave a very enjoyable concert. I reached the concert venue late when Vid. Hemalatha was playing a good pantuvarALi alapana. The bEgaDa alapana by the singer was really good and so were the brief hamIrkalyANi outline and the detailed sAvEri alapana. Vid. Hemalatha's alapanas of these ragas were also very enjoyable and neatly presented. Both "venkaTashaila" and "srI rAjagOpAla" were sung with a lot of involvement. Neraval was done in "srI rAjagOpAla" at "smErAnana sEvaka chaturAnana nArAyaNa tAraka divyanAma". The ending kOrvai in the kalpanA swaram was a slightly improvised version of the kOrvai that is usually put for this song (the one that begins with 'sa rI ga sa rI') . The uttarAngam part was the one different from that of the usual kOrvai.

Sri Ganapatiraman was his usual self playing very beautifully for all songs almost as if singing along on his mrudangam. He played a taniavartanam in Adi tALam that comprised the chatusra and tisra naDais.

Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2007/02/ ... m-chennai/

manoranjitham · Post by **manoranjitham** » 14 Feb 2007, 23:37

Kum,Amritha Murali started with a varnam in Kedaram which was, surprisingly, followed by the Bhairavi Krithi of Thyagaraja â€œUpacharamu jesevaruâ€

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 15 Feb 2007, 09:55

a varNam in kEdAram??? would have loved to attend this concert.

however, i was pulled to thiruvanmiyur for TKG's concert, which was good as well. so, no complaints.

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 15 Feb 2007, 20:40

Doesn't Smt. Amritha Murali play the violin as well? Or did I get the wrong AM? Is there an accompanyist named AM?

ram · Post by **ram** » 15 Feb 2007, 22:07

Yes. She is the same lady who plays the violin as well.