Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai
Date: 04 Feb 2007
Organizer: Nadopasana
Vocal: Sri T. Lokanadha Sarma
Violin: Sri V. Sanjeev
Mrudangam: Sri Parupalli Phalgun
Khanjira: Sri Venkataramanan
List of songs:
1) vighna nivAraNa vinAyakA – nATTai – Adi – ?? (A)
2) raghunAyakA – hamsadwani – Adi – thyAgarAja (S)
3) viruttam (couldn’t get the words properly) – sAvEri
eTu namminavO – sAvEri – Adi – paTTaNam subramaNya iyer (ANS)
4) sarasa sAma dAna – kApinArAyaNi – Adi – thyAgarAja
5) sundari nI – kalyANi – Adi – thyAgarAja (ANST)
6) visvEshwar – sindhu bhairavi – rUpakam – swAti tiruNAL (A)
7) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – sowrAshTram – Adi – thyAgarAja
sriya kAntAya (mangaLa slOkam) – madyamAvati
(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
This is the first time I am hearing Sri Lokanadha Sarma sing. He presented a very simple concert devoid of frills. Sri Phalgun on the mrudangam was very impressive. He played very well for songs. I first heard him play for Sri Shashank (Flute) a few months back and from then on I have been wanting to hear more of him. His style of playing and fingering looks very similar to that of Sri Patri Satish Kumar, one of my favorite mrudangists in the concert circuit today. He uses the middle finger as an anchor while playing, in place of the ring finger which most other mrudangam artists use.
Ramkumar R 