M S Sheela: Detroit Sep 28th 2013

[Sreeni Rajarao]

M S Sheela, Mysore V Srikanth and Sethalapathy B Sivaraman



Mini-concert (about 100 minutes duration) as part of Ganesha Habba organized by Pampa Kannada Koota, Michigan

I was fortunate to attend a concert that I enjoyed immensely!

I was late and missed the first two or three items

1. vandisuvudAdiyali gaNanAThana (rAga: nATa)
2. ???
3. ???
4. sakala grahabala nIne (aTHANa)
5. guruvina gulAmanAguva tanaka (kAmavardhini) : I would consider this the main item of the evening as it was an elaborate presentation with AlApana, excellent segments of swara by Sheela and Srikanth, a tani that was enjoyed greatly by the audience)
6. gAnamurthe
7. rAma gOvinda, sItArAma gOvinda (rAga:? I have not heard this song before)
8. indu enage gOvinda (Bhairavi)
9. nA ninnoLanya bEDuvudilla (rAgamAlika, I recognized madhuvanti, hamsAnandi and BhagESri. I have not heard this song before)
10. kalla nAgara kanDare (rAga: dEsh. This is a beautiful vacana of basavaNNa)
11. binnahake bAyillavayya (rAga: rEvati)
12. tAttata dhimita dhimiki enuta hari ADidane (rAga: bRandAvani)
13. mannAru kRShNage mangaLa (madhyamAvati)

[Lakshman]

Both 7 & 9 are by Purandaradasa.

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Thanks Lakshman-ji! I have also confirmed the same after I came home from the concert.

[mahavishnu]

Sreeni: Thanks for your report. And that is a lovely picture too!
I am sure Smt Sheela's kannaDA repertoire had plenty to offer to the crowd.

Btw, I take it that in the kannaDA language you use the word "koota" as gathering and not as "crowd".