Carnatica Brothers for Rama Bhakta Jana Sabha, 26th Dec, 200

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 29 Dec 2006, 09:11

Vocal: Shri K.N.Shashikiran & Shri Chitravina P.Ganesh
Violin: Shri M.A.Sundareswaran
Mridangam: Shri Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy
Ghatam: Shri Udipi Balakrishnan

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Song List:

1. kanakA.ngi (varnam) - tODi - aTa - Pallavi Gopala Iyer (Raga Sketch)
2. rAma bhakti - shuddha bangaLa - Adi - Tyagaraja (S at pallavi)
3. sAdincanE O manasA - Arabhi - Adi - Tyagaraja (Raga Sketch, N at samayAniki, followed by the ciTTa svarams)
4. umA gauri - pUrvikalyANi - misra cApu - Chitravina N.Ravikiran (R)
5. sarasa sAma dAna - kApi nArAyaNi - Adi - Tyagaraja (S at pallavi)
6. RTP ("priyE gItapriyE sangItapriyE sadA mAmpAhi") - rishabhapriyA - khaNDa tripuTa (2 kaLai)
(The vocalists announced that they had set the pallavi on their way to their concert)
7. bhAvayAmi raghurAmam - rAgamAlika - rUpakam - Swati Tirunal
8. manamE kaNamum maravAdE - bhImplAs - Adi - Papanasam Sivan
9. makuTakE ma.ngaLam - madhyamAvati - Adi - Purandaradasa

The bros treated the full house audience to more than two and half hours of scintillating music. The organizer lavished praise on the vocalists, applauding their vidwat and declaring that it was the best concert of the series! The accompanists did a wonderful job, following the vocalists to a T.

Suneha · Post by **Suneha** » 29 Dec 2006, 16:02

I attended couple of Carnatica Brothers' concerts this season & their performance was very impressive.I went for their morning concert for Raj TV & their music that morning made me go again for their evening concert at Rama Bhakta Jana Sabha.
RTP in rishabapriya was just too good.The Tani avarthnams of the accompanying artists was very entertaining.Sri Chitravina Ganesh showed his creative talent at kalpana swarams & Sri K.N Shashikiran followed suit.KNS's ability to touch the lowest octave is indeed very impressive.Chitravina Ganesh's rendition in higher octaves compliments that of KNS's.They have an excellent stage presence apart from their scintillating music.This makes them one of the best vocalist duo amongs the current vocalists.