A Carnatic Vocal concert at Ananya, Malleswaram by Vid. Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri

on 22nd Oct. 2009
Vocal: Vid. Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri
Vocal support: Sri. Ganesh
Violin : Vid. C N Chandrashekhar
Mridangam : Vid. Cheluvaraju
Morsing : Vid. Satavalli Bharadwaj

List:
01. varnam - vanajAkshi - kalyaNi - Adi -
02. nAta (short AlApa) - kamalAmbike mAmava - Adi - jayachAmarAj voDeyar
03. mArgahindoLam (Alapa) - mArgahindoLa rAga priye - Adi - dIkshitAr
04. bilahari (Alapa) - paramAtma sAdhakara kula kELvanE (A ranga gIte) - khandachApu
05. pUrvikalyANi (Alapa) - jnAnamosagarAda - rUpaka - tyAgarAja
06. shudhdhasAvEri (Elaborate Alapa) - dAriNi telusukonTi - Adi
07. taNi (Adi tALa)
08. vaddanTE kopamA - suruTi - Adi - jAvaLi
09. mangalam





Review: 

The concert started with a shlokam - shuklAmbaradharam in kalyANi followed by  vanajAkshi, a Adi-tALa varnam in kalyANi; after singing the  chiTTeswara-s, the vocalist added many kalpanAswara-s to the charaNam. This was followed by a short AlApa in nAta and kamalAmbikE mAmava. Then came a not so short AlApa in mArgahindolam and a dIkshitAr krithi mArgahindolarAgapriyE in slow pace, elaborated with kalpanAswara. A rangagIte in bilahari was the surprise of the concert. Another elaborated item was jnAnamosagarAda in pUrvikalyANi. The main item was dArini telusukonTi in shudhdhasAvEri, decorated with kalpanAswaram in two speeds and  trishra. The violin accompaniment by Vidwan C N Chandrashekhar was excellent. His support to the main artist was notable and his AlApa in mArgahindoLam, bilahari, pUrvikalyANi and shudhdhasAvEri supplimented the AlApa by the vocalist. Vidwan Cheluvaraju and Vidwan Satavalli Bharadwaj supplemented on Mridangam and Morsing very well. taNi by Vidwan Cheluvaraju and Vidwan Satavalli Bharadwaj was very good. Vidwan Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri has a very good manodharma with a  good diction.

Link to the Audio Recording :  http://ifile.it/pgzt3hu/ShrikantamNagen … t_2009.WAV