1A. viruththam (....yAnai mukhatONE) - hamsadhwani - ??
1B. vArana mukhavA thunai(S) - hamsadhwani - Koteeswara Iyer
2. tatvamariya tharamA (S) - reetigowlai - pApanAsam Sivan
3. enna punniyam seidha nenjamE (R N S) - kalyAni - thevAram(appar??)
neraval in "maNN kAveri soozh thiruvalamjuzhi vAnanai vAzhAlE"
4. tarunam eedammA - gowlipantu -SS
5A. virutham + alApanai + viruththam(... sollAy muruga surabhOOpathiyE) - kharaharapriya -???
5B. sivanAr manam kullira upadEsa mantram(R N S T) - kharaharapriyA - AGN (thirruppugazh)
brief neraval at "navaneetam ???"
5C. tani
6. mAlE manivannA - kuntalavarAli - ANdAl thirruppAvai
7. sOdhanai sumaikku - kApi - pApanAsam sivan
8A. viruththam (.... OduvAr) - dEsh + sindhubhairavi + shurutti
8B. mAdiyAki manaDAlum ???(S) - shrurutti - AGN (thirruppugazh??? )
9. tuLLumada vETkai - hamsAnandi - Adi - AGN (Thiruppugazh)
10. vAzhiya senthamizh + brief slOkham - madhyamAvati + shuruTTi
shri NSG is at times turning out to be a difficult musician for me to continously appreciate . There were moments of sheer brilliance , at times the feeling is simply not there. His start of hamsadhwani with swaras were very good. The concert was at its best when he sang beautifully tatvamariya tharamA , his diction was brilliant and he made me feel every bit of lyrics in the nectar of reetigowlai.
thiruvalamchuzhi is famous for a pullaiyAr temple near kumbakOnam, where river cauvery swirls right (hence the thamizh name thiruvalamchuzhi). My head always swirls when there is kalyAni,shri NSG sang a beautiful neraval in the lines "maNN kAveri soozh thiruvalanjuzhi vAnanai vAzhAlE" almost singing like a pallavi line and setting right few suzhi's in my head .His second half of swaras were very good.
Gowlipantu lacked the punch , perhaps shri NSG could have sang more bringing gowlipantu rAgabhavam . The main in thirruppugazh was just good ,as I am too used to hear a very very expansive melakartha 22. Out of the tukkadas kApi stood out , his viruththam despite in three rAgas was just too short . The concert was all thamizh affair aptly titled isai thamizh.
Few minuses in Shri NSG's delivery
Despite having one of the best male voices and rich manOdharmam , at times atleast 3 minuses are bothering me .
1. NSG takes almost every oppurtunity to present swaras , at times the swaras dont last too long to give a wholesome feeling .
2. Too much of appreciation of fellow artists especially the violinist (today with Shri MAS) almost for every move robs intrinsically of what each of them could have delivered more. Afterall CM is best when there is total silence , with possibly little praises.
3. At times staying little too long in sowkhyam just leaves a critical presentation of mel sthayi prayogas getting excluded .Especially when rAgas like kharaharapriya are presented, felt the most.
shri MAS gave a very good support , just felt his kalyAni was little too long in melancholy mode . Excellence was at its best when pathri satish played , he just reminds me of this effortless jamaican sensation usain
bolt.More than tani I liked the way he played for every song with bountiful fast strokes , purushOtam was just good .