Ramakrishnan Murthy, Kalarasana, 23/Dec/2016

[sankark]

SV, KAP, AA at Tapovan Hall, Chetpet

Just under 50 folks overall against a capacity of 500-550

Being recorded

slOkam sadguru gajAsya s'bharanam

k ata varnam calamEla janaranjani/pUrnachandrikA

nIlAyatAkshi tisra triputai s@sAmagAnalOlE the slow multiple avartana swarams before the 2nd kAlam, that was a royal treatment. KAPs minimalistic approach the right one there and he galloped along with the 2nd kAla swarams

naLinakAnti - 2nd of the season, two too many - manvyAlakincharAdatE s@pallavi culminating in a free for all, with KAP too lending a hand, er hands?, frenzy shorn of musicality. Applause and Aha and Oho

[sankark]

shubhapantuvarALi ennAlu UragE expansive ns@konnAlu sAkEta puramEla tani

[sankark]

kAnAmal vInilE kAlam kazhithOmE nIlAmbari

Arabhi k triputai RTP (unnai maRavA inippiRavA varam vENdinEn ArUrA thyAgEsA, KAP's creation) superb AlApanai in two stages and brilliant tAnam singing

[sankark]

rAgamAlikai swarams in varALi, Anandabhairavi, kuntalavarALi.

slOkam (jaya jaya chinmudhra karE) on shAradAmbAL followed by

srI shankara lyrics by sringEri matAdhipadhi in hAtakAmbari Adi

thirumangayAzhwar pAsuram (kongalarndha malarkkurundham) on thiruvEngadam, rAgamAlikai

[rshankar]

Thank you for that report! I'd have loved that RTP...
It's very easy to forget how young this musician is, given his musical sensibilities!

[sankark]

wrapped with rAmachandrAya janaka rAjajA manOharaya in kurinji + slokam, just about 3 hours.