Ravindranath moved on to Syama Sastri’s ‘Karuna Judu Ninnu’ in Sriraga. R.Swaminathan (violin), Mavelikara Rajish (mridangam) and Anchal Krishna Iyer (ghatam) ably accompanied the vocalist.īeginning his concert with a Ganapathy stuti in Chalanatta, veteran vocalist Perumbavoor G. After taniavarthanam, he took up ‘Annai thanthaiyum neeyeh’, a composition of Neelakanta Sivan in ragamalika (Malayamarutham, Ranjini, Subha panthuvarali, Sivasakthi Hindolam and Sindhubhairavi) and embellished it with chittaswaras. The neat diction of the sahithya followed by well-arranged kalpanaswaras made the rendering enchanting. An elaborate raga alapana in Kedaragowla followed by ‘Thulasivilva’ of Tyagaraja was well received. Mohan Santhanam also sang the Kamboji varnam ‘Sarasijanabha’. Rajasree (violin), Cherthala Dinesh (mridangam) and Kottayam Unnikrishnan (ghatam) provided marvellous support. Finally he embarked on ragam thanam pallavi in Sankarabharanam wherein the artiste vividly portrayed the multifaceted characteristics of the raga with finesse. Gifted with a powerful voice and an impressive repertoire, Sambagadu Vignaraja rendered ‘Anandanadamaduvar’ (Poorvikalyani), ‘Dandamu Bettedanura’ (Balahamsa) and ‘Telisirama’ (Poorvichandrika) in addition to several other numbers. He began his concert with Swati Tirunal’s Kamboji varnam ‘Sarasijanabha’. Sreekumar (violin), Arun Prakash (mridangam) and Kadanadu Ananthakrishnan (ganjira) enhanced the musicality of the concert. The concert was wound up with a sloka ‘Sringaram’ in ragamalika consisting of Kamboji, Behag and Sindhubhairavi. ‘O Jagadamba’ in Ananda Bhairavi followed by taniavarthanam was soothing and charming. Then he proceeded to Kharaharapriya raga delineation, which was followed by a ragamalika tanam in Hameerkalyani, Kalyani, Sahana, Bhairavi and Yamuna Kalyani. TMK sang Neelakanta Sivan’s ‘Shanmugane’ in Kapi with the right bhava. His opening number was Dikshitar's ‘Dakshinamoorthe’ in Sankarabharanam, which is usually rendered as a main item in a concert. Krishna has thoroughly changed the concept of the ‘traditional kutcheri format’, which has disgruntled a section of the audience. Krishna and Ranjani and Gayatri, present exemplary concerts. The last five days of the 15-day Sree Neelakanta Sivan Sangeetha Aradhana music fete in Thiruvananthapuram saw leading vocalists, including T.M.
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