Vid T.M.Krishna - Vocal
Vid M.A.Sundareshwaran - Violin
Vid Tiruvarur Bakhtavatsalam - Mridangam
Vid N Amrit - Kanjira
24 Dec 2007
1. ninne kOri - kanadA (varnam) -Adi - Veenai Kuppaiyar
2. kAlaharana - sudda sAveri - rOpakam - thyagarAja (Swara at dina dina munu)
3. mInalOchana brOva- Dhanyasi - Mishra chapu - Shyama Sastri (Raga alapana; Neraval & swara at kamapAlini bhavAni)
4. vidajAladura - janaranjani - Adi - thyagarAja
5. kanavendAmo - sriranjani - papanAsam sivan (Raga alapana)
6. RTP in ragamalika - Shankarabharanam, Thodi, Kalyani & Darbar
shankarAbharananai azhaithOdi vAdi kalyAni darbharukku - Adi
7. karacharanana krutam - sloka; irakkam varAmal - behag - gopAlakrishna bhArati
8. jaya jaya shankara - bhajan - dharbar kAnada
9. thillana - pOrnachandrikA - pOchi srinivAsa iyengAr
The songlist was well choosen to match the occassion arudra dharsanam. Dhaynasi & Sriranjani raagams were well elaborated; but no swarams for kanavendamo.
RTP immortalized by ariyakudi & KVN was sung with perfection as main piece. Ragam, thanam and pallavi duration was proportionate. The raga change was in quick succession and violinist followed like a shadow. Swaras were also sung exceedingly well, and transition from one raagam to another raagam was done effortlessly. thukkadas were also good, not much time spent however, since RTP would have taken more than 1 hour. It was nice to see RTP occuping center stage