Abhishek Raghuram @ Pallavi, Sydney 24 March 2013

[mohan]

Abhishek Raghuram – vocal
Vittal Ramamurthy – violin
Neyveli Narayanan – mrudangam

24 March 2013
6pm – 9pm
Ryde Civic Hall, Sydney
Concert organised by Pallavi

1. viribONi ninnE kOri - bhairavi - khaNDa aTa - paccimiriyam aDiyappayyar (O)
2. sarasIruhAsanapriyE - nATTai - Adi - puliyur duraiswAmi Iyer (S)
3. mAmava sadA varadE - nATakuranji - rUpaka - svAti tiruNAL (A, N, S)
4. bhavanuta nA hRudayamuna - mOhanam - Adi - tyAgarAja (S)
5. kArtikEya gAngEya gaurI tanaya - tODi - Adi - pApanASam Sivan (A, N, S, T)
6. rAmacandruDithaDu - dwijAvanti - Adi - bhadrAcala rAmadAs (O)
7. garuDa gamanA garuDadhvaja - hindOLam - rUpaka – annamAcAryA (O)
8. idu tAno tillai stalam - behAg - gOpAla krishna bhArathi
9. nInAmarUpamulaku nitya jaya mangaLam - saurAshTram - Adi – tyAgarAja

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana svara, T=taniavartanam)

Another action-packed concert by Abhishek Raghuram. The concert was filled with his his electrifying kalpana svara full of imaginative kannaku and porutam. The detailed tODi suite lasted for around 90 minutes, with the alapana being broken up into two segments. His neraval and svara around the line mAl maruga was very refreshing. There wasn't time for a RTP since the concert was on a Sunday evening.

Superb support by senior artistes Sri Vittal Ramamurthy and Sri Neyveli Narayanan. In typical UKS style - the tani took off from where Abhishek left and was also electric. After a quick Oceania tour these musicians are now on a flight back to India!

[mahavishnu]

thanks for your review, Mohan.

[MV]

Yes, ditto. Thanks Mohan

[rajeshnat]

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6pm – 9pm
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5. kArtikEya kAngEya gaurI tanaya - tODi - Adi - pApanASam Sivan (A, N, S, T)
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The detailed tODi suite lasted for around 90 minutes, with the alapana being broken up into two segments. His neraval and svara around the line mAl maruga was very refreshing. There wasn't time for a RTP since the concert was on a Sunday evening.

Mohan,
It was a 3 hour concert , but with his evergreen todi he went on and on. That must have been a great treat . No time for a rtp . Do you have a hard stop at 9pm , you cant extend.

[mohan]

Rajesh - yes the thodi was long. The hard core listeners loved it while others found it a little too long and took it as a chance for a snack or restroom break!
Before the concert, we suggested he finished sometime between 9 and 9.30pm. I guess he adopted the strategy to conclude when the audience was wanting more!

[rshankar]

Shouldn't the tODi masterpiece of Sri Sivan be kArtikEya gAngEya gauri tanayA - to succintly describe the various 'mothers' of muruga - gangA, the kRtika maidens, and finally, gauri?

[mohan]

yes it probably should - it is listed as kAngEya in Arun's KritiBook app.

[arunk]

Thanks Ravi and Mohan - will make the correction for the next release (no definite plans yet)

Arun

[mohan]

Thanks Arun - you can see I am making good use of the 'copy' function in the app!