Kamala Deepti- MP Aditya- Anoor Vinod Shyam
1. Sakala Graha pala ninne- Atana- PD
2. Pantureethi Kolu - Hamsanadham- Ragam, swaram.
3. mamava pattabhi rama -Manirangu
4. Anjikinyathakayya- Kalyani -PD-Ragam , Swaram@ Purandara vittalana
5. Neekela daya Raghu ramachandra- Kadana kudookalam- Mys Vasudevachar
6. (sou) Mithri bhagyame bhagyamu manasa-sou - Karaharapriya, Ragam, neraval, swaram, thani. Thyagaraja. Started the song at Chitra Rathnamaya
7. Virutham followed by
Pahi Rama dhootha jagat prana kumara -Thyagaraja
8. Thavada soham x 3 daasarathe -Punnagavarali-Thy.
9. Rama manthrava japiso - Jonpuri
10. mangaLam
My observations:
a. She is a young talented artist. Taking that into consideration, the concert was fairly good. It was for 1.5 hrs.
b. First two songs were well presented. Quite impressive.
c. Raga and song selection were good in that most of the numbers were well known pieces.
d. All songs were presented at break neck speed. No pauses. No viLamba kaalam. The neraval and swarams went on for many continuous avarthanams at these speeds and without a chance for violin returns, closed.
e. The violin volume was increased unnecessarily, highlighting the harsh sounds it produced. Aditya is a disciple of Sri.T.S.Krishnamurthy who has the softest and most enjoyable bowing technique. Aditya has to fine tune this skill to make his presentation enjoyable.
f. In mamava pattabhi, Kamla deepti just could not reach the higher swarams. Should have avoided the song.
g. In both alapanaais, there were starting hiccups at the lower octave. Rest of it was good.
h. She is a student of Sri.TNS. Should listen to a few hundred hours of his recordings multiple times, to know the variety one can present in a concert, instead of making it a Shatabdi express.
i. She has the potential of becoming a good all round performing artist probably in a couple of years time with constant hard work. I wish her a great musical future.
j. Mridangam gave good support.
Others:
a. On either side of the stage, there were large murals of Anjaneya and Swami Vivekananda sitting on rocks. Where else except India, we can quietly elevate a swamiji to the level of an established god. The oddity is generally not even noticed or realised. Quite interesting and a bit amusing, too !!
b. We were allowed to go to the hall with shoes on. On our way out, we saw sundal prasadam being distributed. Unable to resist the temptation we joined the queue along with the devotees returning from the darshan of Lord Anjaneya. They refused to give prasadam to a shoe wearing person. Weighing the difficulties of removing the shoes and forgoing the prasadam, we decided to skip the prasadam. My wife was a bit disappointed. I consoled saying that, after all, we do not deserve the prasadam as we did not have darshan of the Lord. Sour grapes !!
