Pantula Rama - Sydney - 16th March - Sunday

[HarishankarK]

Hi
Anyone who attended could please share the full song list?
I heard the whole concert was superlatively classical one and that the Mohanam ragam and Mohana Rama was heavenly and the Shanmughapriya RTP was great as well. Violin MSN Moorthy romba pramaadhaamai vaasichchaaraamey

[mohan]

Pantula Rama - vocal
MSN Murthy - violin
Sai Giridhar - mrudangam
16 March 2019 6:30pm to 9pm.
Pioneer Theatre Sydney
Presented by Pallavi, Sydney

1. vanajAkshi ninnE kOri (varNam) - kalyANi - khaNDa aTa - pallavi gOpAla ayyar
2. SrI pArvatiparamESvarau vandE - bauLi - Adi - muttusvAmi dIkshitar (r, s)
3. sArasamukhi sakala bhAgyadE - gauDamalhar - rUpaka - harikESanallUr muttaiyA bhAgavatar
4. ADa mODi galadE - cArukESi - dESAdi - tyAgarAja (r, n, s)
5. azhagA azhagA - SuddhadhanyAsi - khaNDa cApu - ambujam krishna
6. mOhanarAma mukhajitasOma - mOhanam - Adi - tyAgarAja (r, n, s)
7. RTP SanmughapriyA - Adi-misra gati - pantula rama
'sarIga ma pada nIradAm tAm namAmi shivakantAm, shAntAm mandasmitAm mridula swantAm' (edam 3 after samam)
rAgamAlika svaram in kharaharaprIyA, rasikaprIyA + tani avartanam.
8. ADum cidambaramO - behAg - Adi - gOpAlakR.shNa bhArati
9. brahmamokkaTE - bauLi - Adi - annamAcharya
10. bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam manassEvitam - yamunAkalyANi - khaNDa cApu - annamAcAryA
11. dhirana tanadhImta - cenjuruTi - Adi - vIna SEshanna.
12. nI nAma rUpamulaku (mangalam) - saurAstram - Adi - tyAgarAja

Beautiful concert featuring wonderful alApana-s in charukesi, mohanam and shanmughapriya. Her krithi rendition and tanam were also top-notch. The RTP was cleverly conceived in a tricky tAla and the whole RTP was over an hour in duration. The bhAvayAmi was lovely - the best I have heard since MSS. Violin by MSN Murthy was very good, especially mohanam alapana and the tanam rendition. Sai Giridhar was mixture of dynamism and soukhyam!

[rajeshnat]

5. azhagA azhagA - SuddhadhanyAsi - khaNDa cApu - thanjavur Sankara Iyer

down under mohan,
not that much higher bit more lower than thanjavur.The composer is Madurai Ambujam Krishna. Thank u for ur review

[mohan]

Thanks Rajesh!

[arasi]

Rajesh,
Under, above, siRidu, peridu...inda niRam siRidenRum, idu ETRadenRum sollalAmO? said bhArathi. Unless of course, one does it in a scholastic study or discussion They all have their merits, though they could be different

Another question: since we are using expressions in different languages when it comes to musical terms, Mohan, you use the popular word eDam (after samam), a word for 'place'. iDam is the word which is used in the colloquial way there as eDam. it is not pronounced as in eDuppu. Nothing to do with cheese or waist, if you bend the latter the other way

RamAgAru is singing more tamizh krutis, that too with challenges like the opening line with three zha-s. Bravo! Mohan,
I am happy you could hear her in Sydney. She is a treat.

[mohan]

Who tuned ' azhagA azhagA'? Is it TN Seshagopalan?

[HarishankarK]

Wow! Thanks for posting Mohan
The RTP is from Devi Navarathna malika shlokam by Mysore Vasudevacharyaar

[arasi]

Mohan,
Sorry, your question went unanswered. AzhagA, azhagA was indeed tuned by TNS...

[mohan]

Thanks - I first heard it sung many years ago by MLV!