Filed under: Music
Venue - Gayana Sanaja, Bangalore Date July 10, 2008
Accompaniments: HK Venkataram, – Violin, Shrimushnam V Raja Rao, – Mruidanga, Giridhar Udupa – Ghata
Organisers – Percussive Arts Centre, Bangalore
This is one of the best concerts I have recently attended.
He started with Bhairavi It was very good. Then he sang Saranga After this he sang Shree. I know very few artists sing Shree raga with detailed alapane. But TMK did an elaborate alapane. Yet I was disappointed as he did not do neraval and detailed swaraprastara for this kriti of Shree Dikshitar. After this he took up Saveri (Shree Shyama Shastri’s composition) which was superb. It is superlative with a detailed alapane, neraval, swaraprastara and tani avartana. Its one of the best Saveri I heard recently. It was surprising that only four ragas were sung for over two hours. By 09:15 I had to leave when he started Tillana. The accompaniment was really good.
Overall, the concert was simply superb. It was a great treat.
