It was a magnificent concert by Prince Rama Varma, playing to a packed hall at PS 115 on Saturday, May 22. S.Varadarajan accompanied brilliantly on the violin while Patri Satish Kumar stole the show with an awesome display of fireworks on the Mridangam. The concert began with Gajavadana Beduve (Gambheeranaata, Purandaradasa). But in the hands of the Prince, this was no sedate starting piece. With a fiery rounds of swaras, the krithi made the audience sit up and burst into applause at the last round, even before the violin reply! The second song was the 40 minute long sub main piece, Abba Ramabhakti (Panthuvarali, Thyagaraja). There was no neraval, but an extra long round of swaras at "kapi vaaridhi daatuna", interrupted several times by applause. A few short pieces later, he took up his guru Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr.M. Balamuralikrishna’s krithi "Omkaaraakarini" as the Main Piece (in the 4 note ragam Lavangi also discovered by Dr.BMK). Once again, the torrent of swaras kept the audience hooked. The tani by Patri Satish Kumar was broken up no less than three times by wild applause! All in all, it was a very satisfying performance by all the three artists, and brought Shruti Laya’s spring season to a grand conclusion. |
Song List |
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01. Gajavadana Beduve - Gambheera Nata - Purandaradasa 02. Abba raamabhakti enthO goppara - Panthuvarali - Thyagaraja (sub Main) 03. Annapurne Visaalakshi - Sama - Muthuswamy Dikshitar 04. Nenarunchinaanu annitiki - Malavi - Thyagaraja 05. Omkaraakaarini - Lavangi - Balamuralikrishna (Main) 06. Sreerama namam maruvam - Folk - Ramadasu 07. Aliveni enduchaivom - Kurinji - Swathi Tirunal 08. Balaa tripurasundari kaikonu - Prayaga Ranga Dasa 09. Saagara Sayana - Bageshri - M.D.Ramanathan 10. Sarvam Brahmamayam - Janjuti - Sadasiva Brahmendral 11. Tillana - Kadanakuthoohalam - Balamuralikrishna |