Sudha Dhanyasi was exceptional, with some beautiful sets of swara singing. Nayaki was the first major raga for the evening for a not often heard palayamam. As Prakash noted later, he would have continued singing for another 3 hrs, if time permits. As the concert progressed, he was visibly getting very excited and was brimming with energy. Almost every krithi, preceded with an alapana ( albeit short for few). As most of the performers here suggested ( including Sri Srikantan), it is the audience that makes the artist to perform to this level.Įverything was in place yesterday. One of the reason for such a high standard concerts here could also be the audience. There is no general public, only those who really care for music and willing to take all that was given. A fantastic concert by the 90 year young maestro. Every concert I have attended here was very good. NI nAma rUpamula – saurAshtram – Thyagaraja Neraval & swara ‘kanakAmbaradhara karuNAnvitavara’Ġ9 rAga sudhA rasa -AndOLika – Thyagarajaġ0 chintayAmi jagadambam – hindOLam – Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar ( A )ġ1 angE irabEku samsAradalli – mOhanam – Purandara Dasa ( A )ġ2 ellA rUpavu tanandE shivA – ? – ? ( A )ġ3 nIne ni karathane mArasundara – behAg – ? ( O )ġ4 thillAna (dhIm nadru dhIm ) – kApi – ?

But I understand this was one brilliant concert.Ġ1 vanajAksha ninne kOri (varNam) – mandAri – Mysore Vasudevachar? ( O )Ġ2 varasidhi vinAyakam – nAtta – Ambi Dikshitar ( S )Ġ3 vanajAksha ninnE nammiti – gambhIranAttai – Mysore Sadashiva Rao? ( A )Ġ4 pAlayamAm srI pankajanAbha – nAyaki – Swathi Thirunal ( A,S )Ġ5 srI mAthrubhUtam – kannaDA – Muthuswami DikshitarĠ6 subramanyena rakshitOham – sudha dhanyAsi – Muthuswami Dikshitar ( A,S )Ġ7 bhArati mathiSna – dEvamanOhari – Muthuswami DikshitarĠ8 parama pAvana rAma – pUrvi kalyANi – Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar ( A,N,S,T ) A devarnama and a sudhasaveri krithi followed before the thillana and the mangalam.īeing a late comer and not part of most of the concert, I refrain from any comment. I couldnt decipher the kriti post main, but remember listening to the harikEsha mudra. Tani avartanam was brilliant, and undoubtedly, the best in this series. Krithi was very good, but it did not have neraval. I entered the hall during the Andolika alapana by Ramakanth. I was told that there was an outstanding reetigaula ( raga ratna malikache) and a beautiful bilahari. As a result, I realise, that I missed the most interesting part of the concert. My efforts to attend the concert on time was also suffered a set back. I could not reach for the earlier felicitation function, in which Sri Umayalpuram Sivaraman was awarded the ‘sangeetha surabhi” title. This final concert of this years nadasurabhi festival. NI nAma rUpamulaku – saurAshtram – Thyagaraja

I understand he sang a Sri Raga Varnam, Bilahari, Karnataka behag, rItigauLa and nAyaki)Ġ7 rAga sudhA rasa – AndOLika – Thyagaraja ( A,S,T )Ġ8 Isvari rAjEshvari Sankari – Sudha DhanyAsi – Muthiah Bhagavathar’s compositionĠ9 japava mADidarEnu – hindOLam – Purandara Dasa ( Short Alapana)ġ0 samsAravemba sAgara – sudhasAvEri – Kanakadasaġ1 thillAna ( takiTa thOm tadana dhIm dhiraNA) – mohana kalyANi – ? ( I came in very late, missing first 5-6 kritis)

Rasa surabhi