Thematic concert on the occassion of Thyagaraja Aradhana at IISc

At Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc. Organised, by Praharshini - a students' group of IISc on 5th January 2010.
Vocal: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin: Vid. Mattur Shrinidhi
Mridanga: Vid. H S Sudhindra
Ghata: Vid. Phanindra Bhaskar

01. jAnakIramaNa - shuddhasImantini - Adi - thyAgarAja (Swara@raktanaLinadaLa)
02. shrImadAdi thyAgarAja guruvaram - kalyANi - rupaka
03. rItigowLa - AlApa - sadguruswAmiki - Adi - poochi srInivasa iyyengAr
04. sItAmanohara - rAma manohari - Adi - thyAgarAja
04. shankarAbharaNa - AlApa - gurucharaNam bhajarE - Adi - vAlAjapeTe venkataramaNa bhAgavatar (nereval, swara  )
05. mangalam - lAli - kEdaragowLa -khanDachApu - thyAgarAja

Review: 

Praharshini - a students' group of IISc had organized this thematic concert on the occasion of Thyagaraja Aradhana. Vid. Manasa Nayana had chosen the compositions of thyagarAja and compositions on thyagarAja on this occasion. The concert started briskly with jAnakIramaNa. This was elaborated with kalpanAswara  at raktanaLinadaLa. The main item of the concert was shankarAbharaNa. Manasa explored this raga in great detail with AlApa, neraval and kalpanaswara. The sub-main was rIthigowLa. Violinist Mattur Srinidhi gave an apt support on violin. His AlApa and kalpanAswara were classic. Vid. Sudhindra on mridangam followed up the  krithi-s  superbly. Phanindra on Ghatam supported very well. taNi was excellent and an entertaining part of the concert. The vocalist's voice cracked at many places and was not at its best. Too many briga-s and complicated kalpanAswara-s marked the vocalist's performance in this concert.