Accompanied by Akkarai Subbulakshmi - Violin , ManojShiva - Mridangam and Trivandrum Rajagopal -kanjira
The occasion was "Bhagawan Ramana MahArishi Day",the krithis marked in red were on Ramanar
1. Very Short Slokham "Om NamapranaVartaya"
2. gurulEka eTuvanTi (RS, N and S)- GowriManOhari- ThyagarAja
3. eesane engal Iraivane(Viruttam)- kalyAni -??
4. Ennai SivamayamAki - KalyAni -???
5. Shree SharAdAmbal - KamAs -???
6. AaDi nadamAdum alai Anru iruvarthodum alai( viruttam) - KeeravAni -??
7. BAlanai madhi soodhiya MAindhanai - KeeravAni - ????
8. Parakela Saraswathi(S) - NAttaiKurinji -Mysore Vasudevacharya??
9. jambUpathe mAm pAhi - yamunakalyAni - Dikshitar
10.tiruvaDi sharaNam (R N S T) - KAmbodhi - GopAlakrishna BhArathi
11. tannai aRindhu Inbamura - Maand ?-??
12. VinnAlum DEvArkku (Viruttam) - shenjuruTTi -??
13. AnnAmalai thannila - shenjuruTTi -??
14 . Mangalam praising Ramana Maharishi
If today's musicians pack a lot of tukkadAs in the second half, Gayathri packed 6 krithis, 2 viruttams and 1 slokham in the first 60 minutes.Gayathri started with a very short slokham followed with a very good rendition of the popular GowriManOhari krithi. Her Neraval in " tatva bOdhana jEsi"was very good with a nice swaram. Surprisingly the next was a viruttam , followed by the kalyAni krithi. Though KalyAni was quite well settling ,her quick finish without Neraval and Swaram left a lot desired feeling.
kamAs was flat and dipping. Her KeeravAni was excellent, though again it was quite surprising to have another viruttam . The krithi BAlanai suited her melodious voice, certainly the best in the concert. NAttaikurinji was just ok.
I have never liked the jambUpathe krithi ,irrespective of the singer. Surprisingly this Dikshitar krithi's rAga lakshanam stays in between Yamuna and Hameer kalyAni.
Gayatri started with very good alapana in KAmbodhi. A very good Neraval and a good swaraprathanAm followed. All post main tukkadas were good , shenjuruTTI was more like a folk song .
Akkarai Subhalakshmi was very good , though just felt during KAmbodhi she was bit too long,especially in Neraval. The percussionist gave a good support , though their Tani was just ok.
Though rich in krithis on Ramanar , but musically an average concert by Gayathri .