Amrutha Murali, MA, 17/Dec/2016

[sankark]

Charulatha Ramanujam violin, Mannarkoil Balaji mridangam, Vazhappally Krishnakumar ghatam

sadguru gajAsya vAni mAyAmALavagowLai
viribOni kEdAragowlai varnam, misra jhampai.
kamalAmanOhari outline, shankaram abhirAmi manOharam, s@pallavi
Anandabhairavi mahilO ambA nIdu mahima
bilahari smarasadA mAnasa, ns@paramapurusham srI pankajanAbham
srI viswanAtham, dIkshitar's 14 rAgamAlikai
ninnuvinA nAmadhendu
thOdi enduku dayarAdura, started at sandadiyani anupallavi, ns@thyAgarAja vinuta tAraka carita tani
pUrvikalyAni RTP, k triputai(lagu kanda nadai, drutam catusra nadai), onnu thalli eduppu? "apAra karuNAtmikAm vandE apUrva kalyAnikAm", sang pallavi in sahAnA, hamIrkalyAni too. a very concise RTP, about 20 - 25 mins overall.
namma hari citta, jOnpuri, PD
paramAgi sUkkumamAgi thUlamAgi, senchurutti and rAgamAlikai?

Till Anandabhairavi, it was just run of the mill/average affair, IMO. kg could have been better with a tad slower kalapramanan. the 2nd kAlam charanam & chittaiswarams appeared to be a rushed kg rather than the characteristic kg.

But from bilahari, she was on her own and found her groove.

CR was outstanding!

[pperumal]

Definitely one of my current favourite musicians who sings Carnatic music by staying true to the Carnatic Idiom 100%,
Missed this concert unfortunately I plan to catch her other concerts this season.
Amritha certainly is a Carnatic Musician in the true sense of the word!!!!

- PP.

[Rsachi]

I have come to apprrciate the musical values, presentation and quality of Amritha Murali's music a lot.
about Charulatha Ramanujam - I feel she is simply brilliant in capturing the music of the vocalist and the highlights of any raga and song so well. She gives me many Aaha moments. God bless.

[arasi]

Agreed, on both counts. A Murali is sweet, solid and soothing in her singing, and Charulatha is an asset of a violinist for veterans and for younger singers alike...

[Vocalist]

Is the last composition maybe a Thiruppugazh?

[sankark]

Is the last composition maybe a Thiruppugazh?

Me thinks it could be a verse of thAyumanavar or vaLLalAr. It was sung more like a viruttam rather than typical rhythmic thiruppugazh

[rshankar]

Was the pallavi for the RTP a creation of vidvAn Sri Sriramkumar? The construct appears very much like the pallavis his student Sri RKM sings, with the rAgamudra in the words (ahObila hari in a bilahari pallavi, and apUrva kalyANi in this).