Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore
Date: 06 Nov 2006
Organizer: Naada Inbam – AL.AR. Chokkia Chettiar Memorial Concert
Vocal: Smt. R. Vedavalli
Violin: Sri M.R. Gopinath
Mridangam: Sri Manoj Siva
Ghatam: Sri S. Karthick
List of songs:
1) evari bOdhana (varnam) – AbhOgi – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer (S)
2) eti yOcanalu – kiraNAvaLi – dEsAdi – thyAgarAja
3) unDEdi rAmuDu – harikAmbOji – tisra Eka – thyAgarAja (NS)
4) marivErE gati – Anandabhairavi – misra chApu – syAma sAstri (A)
5) antaranga bhakti – shaDvidamArgiNi- Adi – kOtIswara iyer
6) tuLasi bilva – kEdAragOwLa – Adi – thyAgarAjA (ANS)
7) mOkshamugaladA – sAramati – Adi – thyAgarAja
8 ) bhajarE rEchita – kalyANi – misra cApu – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANST)
9) hariya nenayaDa – hamsAnandi – Adi – purandaradAsa
10) oruthi maganAi – bEhAg – Adi – AnDAL
11) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshtram – Adi – thyAgarAja
(Key: A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
It was yet another great concert by Vedavalli mami, very ably supported by all the accompanying artistes, who themselves were of very high calibre. The short kEdAragOwLa alapana brought out the essence of the raga very well and so did the detailed kalyANi alapana. bhajarE rEchita in raga kalyANi was the main kriti of the evening in which neraval was done with the line “dEvIm shakti bhIjOdbhava mAtrikArNa sharIriNIm“. Special mention must be made of Sri S. Karthick who, as usual, played superbly. He almost played all the songs on the ghatam and played good kOrvais in the taniavartanam too that had the chatusra and the tisra nadais.
Ramkumar R 