I was lucky enough to attend a few concerts at Bharath Sangeet Utsav in Delhi organized by Carnatica.
On the first day was Sri Neyveli Santana Gopalan's concert.It was a concert filled with bhakti & was very peaceful to hear.His alapanais & swarams were extremely soulful.I liked his Bhairavi rendition a lot.
After that I heard Sri Sanjay Subramaniam's concert.His concert was filled with high tempo & was loud in contrast to Sri SantanaGopalan's soft & subtle concert.
Both concerts were well attended & enjoyable.I couldnt stay for Sri Sanjay Subramanim's entire concert.I dont have the songlists for both concerts.I hope someone will post the songlists.
On the second day I got to attend Carnatica Brothers & Smt Soumya's concerts.
As Sri K.N. Shashikiran announced the name of the songs,raga,tala & composer after each song I do have the song list for this concert.
Vocal:Carnatica Brothers(K.N.Shashikiran & Sri Chitravina Ganesh)
Violin:Sri V.V.S.Murari
Mridangam:Sri Neyveli Narayanan
1.Varnam-Sahana-Adi-Veena Kuppayyar
2.Ekaamreshanaayike-Karnataka Shudha Saveri-Adi-Muthuswany Dhikshitar(A,S)
3.Sevikavendumayya-Andolika-Adi-Muthuthandavar
4.Entha ninne-Mukhari-Roopaka-Thyagarajar(A,N,S)
5.Edayagathi-Chalanaata-Adi-Koteeshwar Iyer
6.Bhogeendra Shaayinam-Kuntalavarali-Khanda Chaapu-Swati Tirunal
7.Parvathinaayakane-Shanmukhapriya-Adi-Papanasham Shivam(A,S)
8.Venkataachalanilayam-SinduBhairavi-Adi-Purandaradasar
9.Kannan varigindra nerum-Kaavadichanda-Tishragati
Both the brothers gave a good concert.Before they started Sri K.N.Shashikiran asked the audience if they wanted only tamil or mix of all as it was held in the Tamil Sangam.Audience voted for the later.
Sri Ganesh's Mukhari alapana & Sri Shashikiran's Shanmukhapriya alapana both were awesome.Sri Ganesh touches highest octave shadjam & Sri Shashikiran touched the lowest octave notes.Both of their kalpanaswarams rendition is always so interesting to hear & watch.It looks like they both enjoy challenging each other with their own creative ways.
The main song was Parvatinayakane in Shanmukhapriya.I liked Ekamareshnayike,Edayagati & Bhogeendra Shayinam.
They concluded the concert with a tamil folk song which was enjoyable.
Vocal:Smt Sowmya
Violin:Sri V.V.S Murari
Mridangam:Sri Neyveli Narayanan
Smt .Soumya's concert was also very good.I enjoyed her alapanas & swarams.
My best picks were Unnai allal in Kalyani & Devi neeye tunai in Keeravani.The tani by both accompanying artists was very good too.
Both the concerts were very well supported by Sri.V.V.S Murari on the violin & Sri Neyveli Narayanan on the mridangam.