Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad @ Sastry hall 18-12

[sureshvv]

1. slokam om nama pravarthaya

Fine tuning of audio settings

Rousing pantuvarali overview

2. Sami nee - varnam - adi

Brisk speed - 2nd speed simply rolling off the tongue. Pgt. Ramesh kumar looking a bit like a stage actor in a historical play making his presence felt.

3. Bilahari alap - aaradhayami tarunatraye ham?- khanda chapu - swati?

2 rounds of chitta swaram

And now kalpana swaras starting small (2 aavarathana) and cascading up. Srinivasa rao on violin proving nice support.

3. Suddha danyasi alapana

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"voice culture voice culture" nu edho solluvaangaley... This must be what they mean!

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violinist doing an good job in the alap with some fast passages

Sree parthasarathina is the kriti chosen

neraval at:
gopasthree mohita venuganena
Sri Rukmini manolasa karanena

Team really getting into it. Chandrasekhara sarma on ghatam showing off his dexterity

Swaras now

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korvai kind of went under the radar from vocalist & violinist. Percussion made up for it.

4. Palukavemi na deivama in poornachandrika sung with beautiful nadai variations

Chitta swarams for almost every item so far

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5. Soaring varali overview but a little underwhelming since so soon after the pantuvarali start

Kamakshi - m.chapu - syama sasty

Sung in slow grandiose manner befitting this masterpiece of a kriti

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Suresh,

I think she is Ranjani Guruprasad now. Anyway,

I hope you get to hear her sing ikO namma swAmi, jagadantaryAmi in maNirangu.

I have only listened to recordings of her and I have liked them!

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6. Vachaspathi alap showcasing many lilting prayogas, fast akarams and extended mandra sthayi sancharas drawing loud baleys and applause from the audience

Pahi jagadjanani - adi - swati

Neraval in two speeds at sadhu jana sevithe ..

Good support from mrudangist playing both sides nicely for the swaras. Another patri in the making?

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loud thani with complicated long winded korvai left everyone in the dust

8. Yadava nee baaro? yadukula nandana in Maand of purandara in slow speed with some fabulous aakara passages.

9. dwijavanti tillana - LGJ - sung with same intensity & feeling as the opening song.

[sureshvv]

I think she is Ranjani Guruprasad now.

Fixed. Thanks!