Ganesh-Kumaresh KaccEri in Atlanta (21 April 2007)

vrbadri · Post by **vrbadri** » 27 Apr 2007, 00:19

The team: Ganesh and Kumaresh on the violin
B. Sivaraman on the mRdamgam
Adambakkam Shankar on the ghaTam.

The song list is as follows:

1 ninnu kOri - Mohanam - Adi - RamnAD ShrInivAsa AiyaGgAr
2 gajavadanA karuNA sadanA - ShrIra~njani - Adi - PApanaSham Shivan (S)
3 nAda sudhArasambilanu - Arabhi - RUpaka - TyAgarAjar (O,S)
4 saMgIta j~nAnamu - dhanyaShi - Adi - TyAgarAjar (A,S)
5 brOva bhAramA - bahudAri - Adi - TyAgarAjar (S)
6 ennEramum - DEvagAndhAri - Adi - GOpAlakRShhNa BhArati
7 RAga PravAham - dharmavati - KhaNDa cApu - GaNESh and KumarESh
8 mOkshamu galadA - SAramati - Adi - TyAgarAjar
9 raghu vaMSha sudha - KadanakutUhala - Adi - PaTnam subrahmanya aiyar
10 RTP- Bhavapriya (rAgamAlika svarams in madhyamAvati, kalyANi, rItigauLa, lalita)-Adi tALam, 2 KaLai
TaniyAvartanam.
11 mAmava mAdhava - NIlAmbari - Adi - NArayaNa TIrthar
12 rAdhA samEtA kRShhNa - MiShra yaman - Adi - ??
13 caraNaShRNgarahita naTarAjastOtram (sada~ncita muda~ncita...) - REvati, Shivara~njani, GambhIra nAtta, vAsanti, kuntalavarALi - khaNDa cApu - Pata~njali
14 O rAma nI nAmam - nAdanamakriya - BhadrAcala RAmadAs
15 English Note - HMB
16 tillAna - Sindhubhairavi ?? - ??
17 mangaLam - SaurAShhTra - Adi -TyAgarAjar

It was very nice of them to honour the request of many listeners. ShrIra~njani, dhanyAShi, and bhavapriya were all audience requests and they obliged. DhanyAShi AlApana and kRti was very soulfully rendered. The first half of the concert included pieces 1 to 7. Then a short break of 5-10 minutes and the concert continued with mOkSamu galadA (they started with the anupallavi, which is quite common). After the peppy raghuvaMSha came the main item of the evening. The highlight of the concert RTP was elaborate and was for about an hour with the main rAga occupying the lion's share of the duration. Unfortunately, the pallavi was not announced. The accompaniments were mellow and and subtle (No overpowering bangs at any point in the kaccEri). Overall a very nice concert.

Badri.

rveeraraghavan · Post by **rveeraraghavan** » 27 Apr 2007, 01:40

Does anyone know if Ganesh, Kumaresh will be performing in NY/NJ/CT areas?

shreekrishna · Post by **shreekrishna** » 28 Apr 2007, 01:37

Indeed, the concert was lovely. Bhavapriya was particularly beautiful. No glitches anywhere, nothing overdone. The choice of songs was good, as was their temperament all through the concert.

A note of appreciation for the percussionists who did a great job too. The tani Avartanam was delightful. Overall, a very very good concert.

Unnikrishnan on May 12th is now eagerly awaited by many in Atlanta, I guess.