R Suryaprakash, Unnati Center, Bangalore 6 Oct 2013

[braindrain]

Vocal : R Suryaprakash

Violin : C N Srinivasamurthy

Mrudangam : T S Sundaresan

List:

01.vanajAksha ninnE kOri ( varNam) – rItigauLa – Veena Kuppaiyer

02. gaNanAthanE guNabOdhanE – sAranga – Periyasami Thooran ( O,S )

03. jAlandhara supIThasthitE- valaji – Muthaiah Bhagavathar ( A,N)

neraval @ ‘navashakti swarUpiNi’

04. ranganAyakam bhAvayE – nAyaki – Dikshitar ( Short sketch)

05. sEviykka vENDum ayyA – AndOLika – Pananasam Sivan ( S )

06. nimma bhAgya doDDadO namma bhAgya doDDadO – aThANa – Purandara Dasa ( A )

07. nItu charaNa pankajamulE – kalyANi – Pallavi Gopala Iyer ( A,N,S,T )

neraval & Swara @ ‘O jagajjanani manOnmaNi OmkAra rUpiNi kalyANi’

08. RTP – brindAvani – trisra triputa (purngam in khada nadai, uttarangam in chatusra nadai)

pallavi line ‘ unnata venkaTa ramaNa gOvindA, pannaga shayana mukundA’

ragamalika swaras in ‘brindAvani, behAg, rEvathi’

09. varugalAmO ayya – mAnji – Gopalakrishna Bharathi

10. veLLAi tAmarai – bhImpLAs – Subramanya Bharathi

11. SLOkam ( yOgindrANAm. ) – ??, Sivaranjani, sindhubhairavi

venkaTAchala nilayam – sindhubhairavi – Purandara Dasa

12. tirupugazh – hamsAnandi

13. mangaLam – saurAshtram , surutti – Thyagaraja

Beautifully presented concert by Suryaprakash at the Unnati Center. A top class Kalyani and a fantastic pallavi were the notable among the balanced, cleverly planned concert. Accompanying artist, especially the percussion ( disciple of Yella Venkateswara Rao) was very good.

[arasi]

Braindrain,
Good to hear that Suryaprakash is singing more in Bengaluru. When I mention his name, I realize that not many in the now very musically swinging city have heard him.

As for the old timers who are CM audience staples, they will experience the 'jilu jiluppu'--sparkling quality, in his bell-sounding voice.