Malladi Bros at BARC, Mumbai - 22/1/2011

[arunsri]

Malladi Brothers - Vocal
Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Mannargudi A. Eeswaran - Mridangam
Vaikom R Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Under the aegis of Bhakta Rasika Ranjani Sabha (BRRS) - on 22nd Jan 2012. The concert followed a prize distribution function, hence started late around 6:50 PM. Normally it is a 6:05 Pm concert on Sundays. Concert lasted until 10:10 PM. Extremely satisfying, with a lot of gauravam associated with the post main pieces. The list speaks for itself. Accompaniment was of high order. The alapana of Anandabhairavi by Sreeramaprasad was extremely inspiring, so was the shorter kalavati alapana by Ravikumar. Kambhoji by him was excellent. The tanam with percussion accompaniment was a delight. All in all a great evening of GOOD music, where the post main tukkadas were given their pride of place.... A lesson to many !

1. vanajAkshi - kalyANi varNam - khaNDa aTa - pallavi gopAlaiyer (S)
2. gaNapatiyE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - pApanAsam sivan [RS, S]
3. nIvanTi daivamu - tODi - Adi - thyAgarAja
4. okapAri jUDagarAdA - kalAvati - Adi - thyAgarAja [R, S]
5. pAhi shrI girirAjasutE - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam - shyAma sAstry [R, N, S at shyAmE adya bhava mama mudE shyAmakRSNasadvaradE]
6. kalAvati kamalAsanayuvati - kalAvati [as per asampURNa mELa paddhathi or yAgapriyA as per sampUrNa mElakartha scheme] - Adi - muthuswAmy dIkshitar
7. RT (with percussion accompaniment) P - kAmbhOji - 'sEshAchala vAsa pAhimAm alamElumangA patE' - tishra jhampa (khaNDa naDai) - rAgamAlika swaras in hindustAni kalAvati, maNirangu, dhanyAsi, hamsanAdam and hamsAnandi + tani Avartanam.

Pallavi structure: Stated one beat after samam in a 30 beat cycle: sEsha - 6, chala - 2, vAsa - 3, pAhimA - 3, m (arudi of 4), alamElu 5, mangA - 4, patE - 3.

8. koluvaiyunnADE - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - thyAgarAja
9. rAmajOgi mandu - khamAs - Adi - bhadrAchala rAmadAsa
10. AkaTi vELala - rEvati - Adi - annamAchAryA [RS}
11. shrimadpayOnidhE - shlOka in sAlagabhairavi followed by nAma vadApi sadA - sALagabhairavi - Adi - maisUr gaNapati sachchidAnanda swAmy
12. paramapurusham anuyAma - bEhAg - Adi - nArAyaNa tIrtha
13. kanDEna gOvindana - rAgEshri - Adi - purandaradAsa
14. thillAna - pUrNachandrikA - Adi - pUchi srInivAsa iyEngAr
15. chandrashEKharA - sindhubhairvi - Adi
16. patiki hAratI rE - suraTi - Adi - thyAgarAja

[rshankar]

A beautiful list! Must have been bliss. The brothers have to be commended for presenting kRtis in so many different languages consistently.

[SabashBale]

Sakala Kalavati?