Dr Sowmya at spss, live blog 29/12

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Cracker of a concert shaping up amidst pouring rain...
Sowmya accompd by parur ananthakrishnan, poongulam subramanian and chandrasekara sarma at partha sabha

Mahaganapathe palaya - natanarayani
Pahimam sri - janaranjani (s at janaranjani)

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Now manirangu alapana. Probly the first ive heard all aeason!

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Mamava pattabhirama!
Deceptively simple neraval at navaratna mantape...

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Now a super fast Entha bhagyamu

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Crisp round of swaras with superb percussion support!

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Turning out to be a concert of season-firsts... ahiri alapana now!

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That was Mayamma.
And now, Harikambhoji alapana! Probably main piece...

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Yes seems to be main. Elaborate yet succinct... Topped with Chanitodi in a lively in-btwn kalapramanam! Drummers on a roll!

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Back after a break due to battery n connectivity issues!
Resounding tani after lively neraval & swaras.
Concluding pieces: nanda nandana (desh), enakkum unakkum (senjurutti), thullumada (hamsanandi) and mangalam.
Fantastic concert!

[Rsachi]

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Do you know if it was livecast on any channel, please?

[HarishankarK]

Should surely qualify for the concert of the season. Harikamboji one of the toughest ragas to explore is rarely chosen as main and that too she has further chosen a very rare song Chanitodi teve. Reminds me of Salem Gayathri Venkatesan's bright rendition of Undedi Ramudu prefixed with a 2 min perfect raga sketch and brief swaras on Isai Charal (DD Podhigai). That was nice too.

[pperumal]

sowmya is one of the most complete musicians we have with us today.
sometimes i get a feeling she may even be a tad underrated too.

- PP.