Vid Abhishek Raghu(ram) - vocal
Vid K.Srikanth - violin
Vid Anoor Ananthakrishna sharma - mridangam
Vid Guru prasanna - kanjira
Bangalore Gayana Samaja - 41st Annucal conference
07 Oct 09, 6pm
1. valachi vacchi - navaragamalika varnam - adi (brief sketch of kedaram)
2. nada tanumanisam - chittaranjani - adi - thyagaraja
3. nee dayarada - vasantha bhairavi - rupakam - thyagaraja (alapana, swara @ nee dayarada)
4. sukhi evvaro - kAnada - adi 2 kalai - thyagaraja (alapana)
5. manusolni - varamu - adi - thyagaraja (swara @ mansuloni)
6. etavunara - kalyani - adi 2 kalai - thyagaraja (alapana, neraval & swaram @ srikarudu thyagaraja kararpita, and tani avarthanam)
7. chandrachooda - darbari kanada - purandara dasa
8. adi deva paramathma - revati - annamacharya
9. pavamana - sowrastram - thyagaraja
highlight was kalyani alapana for about 30 minutes with good imagination and lot of fast paced sangathis and brigas. Not sure why abhishek sang mostly thyagaraja songs. Presentation was neat, and reminds of TNS sir for voice culture, brigas, kannakku etc. good support from everyone on the stage.
-hari