Carnatica Brothers at Richmond, VA

naaree · Post by **naaree** » 08 May 2007, 23:10

Vocal:Carnatica Brothers Sashikiran and Ganesh
Violin: Nagai Sriram
Mridangam: Tanjavore Murugabhoopati
Kanjira: Ravi Narasimhan
Date:May 4th,2007

Here is a song list from the concert:

1. Varnam - kathanakuthuhalam - Mysore Vasudevachar
2. kanjadhaLAyadhAkshi - kamalAmanOhari - Muthuswami Dikshitar
3. arulavEndum thAyE - sAramathi - dhandapani desikar
4. parAthparA paramEshwara - vAchaspathi - Papanasam Sivan
5. varashiki vAhana - supradIpam - tyAgarAja
6. manasulOni marmamulu - varamu - tyAgarAja
7. EdayyA gathi - chalanAta - Koteeshwara Iyer
8. niravathi sukadA - ravichandrikA - tyAgaraja
9. Ragam Thanam Pallavi - malayamArutham - Adi
"rAgam thAnam pallavi trikAla tishramodu jolikkum"
with swarams in kApi, sindhubhairavi and vAsanthi
10. muruganin marupeyar - behAg - Periyasami thooran
11. kandanAL mudalAi - madhuvanthi
12. maithreem bajatha - rAgamAlika - Kanchi periyavAL.
13. Mangalam

Highlights of the concert:

1. Cittai swaram variations in kamalamanOhari
2. vAchaspathi alapana by Sashikiran
3. Varamu alapana by Ganesh
4. Soulful rendition of EdayyA
5. brilliant ragam and thanam in malayamArutham and the pallavi exploration staying true to its lyric. NijamAgavE jolithadhu (truly shone).
6. The voice of both Sashikiran and Ganesh was in top form.
7. Nagai Sriram's astounding ability to mirror the sancharas and the kanakku patterns produced by the artists, every step of the way.
8. Murugaboopathy's mrdangam was truly a "pakka bala", or "pakka baley baley" vadhyam.

Overall a very enjoyable concert, lasted closed to 4 hours. The professionalism displayed by the artists in terms of the effort they put out in spite of a low turnout, never ceases to amaze me. They delivered an undiluted concert, with rich content and quality. This is one of the characteristics that encourages and inspires us to schedule their concert in our town, every single opportunity we get.

Best wishes to them during the remaining concerts on their tour.

NS

meena · Post by **meena** » 08 May 2007, 23:34

11. Kandanal mudalai is NS Cidambaram's

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 09 May 2007, 00:27

Is Ravi Narasimhan a local artist?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 May 2007, 00:30

muruganin marupeyar is by Guru Surajananda.

naaree · Post by **naaree** » 09 May 2007, 01:23

mri_fan wrote:Is Ravi Narasimhan a local artist?

Yes.

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 09 May 2007, 09:36

That names sounds familar to me...I believe he is a vocalist also...student of TNS/TSK or something like that...do you know if that's correct? (I have no idea where I may know him from)

naaree · Post by **naaree** » 09 May 2007, 21:47

mri_fan wrote:That names sounds familar to me...I believe he is a vocalist also...student of TNS/TSK or something like that...do you know if that's correct? (I have no idea where I may know him from)

Please PM. I will let u know more about him. He is a vocalist. You are correct.