Violin concert by Mysore brothers

7th July 2010
ECE Golden Jubilee Hall, IISc. Organised as a part of a conference by IMI, IISc.

Vid. Mysore Nagaraj and Vid. Mysore Manjunath
Vid. Arjun Kumar
Vid. N Amrith

1. Varna - Sarasuda - Saveri - Adi - kOttavAsal venkaTaramaNayyar
2. Harikamboji AlApa - dinamani vamsha - Adi - tyAgarAja
3. Simhendramadhyama AlApa - ninnEnammitinayya - mishra chApu
                                                      - mysUru vAsudevAcharya
    taNi in mishra chApu
4. bahudhAri AlApa - brova bArama - Adi - tyAgarAja
5. enna tavam - kApi - Adi - pApanAsam sivan
6. nIlambarai - mAdhava mAmava - Adi - nArayaNa tIrtHaru
7. tillana - dhanashrI - Adi - swAti tirunal
8. mangalam

It was a good concert; lasted for 1 hr and 40 minutes. Good show by Mysore brothers and the percussion artists. Thanks to the organizers. Fast and scholarly phrases, good swarakalpana's and very good tani (in mishra chApu) were the specialties of the concert. dinamaNi vamsha was a fast piece with swarakalpana at dinamaNi vamsha. Simhendramadhyama was the main item with neraval and swarakalpana at pannagEndrashayana. Percussionists rocked the show with a great taNi and active follow-up of krithi's. On the whole it was a good short concert.

A poignant flute recital by K S Gopalakrishnan at Indiranagar

3rd July 2010
Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha, Bengaluru

Vid. K S Gopalakrishnan
Vid. Mysore Manjunath
Vid. H S Sudhindra
Vid. Giridhar Udupa

1. sAvEri varNa - sarasuDa - Adi - Kothavaasal Venkatarama Iyer
2. aThAna AlApa - srimahaganapathim - Adi - JayachAmaraaja WoDeyar
3. pUrvikalyANi AlApa - jnAnamosagarAda - rUpaka - thyAgarAja
4. hindOla AlApa - dEva dEvam bhajE - khanDachApu - Annammaachaarya
5. shankarAbharaNa elaborate AlApa - enduku peddala - Adi - thyAgarAja
   tani Avartana in Adi tALa
6. kApi AlApa -  enna tavam - Adi - pApanasam sivan
7. sindhu bhairavi AlApa - tambUri mITidava - Adi - purandara dAsa
8. bhAgyada lakshmi bAramma - madhyamAvati - Adi - purandara dAsa

Review :

A Great Concert this was!, one of the finest concerts I have witnessed. A great teamwork by the musicians on the stage. The whole concert touched the audience. The concert lasted for 3 hours and fifteen minutes and there was not interrupting speech. Thanks to the organizers for giving the audience a grand treat. Each of the items mentioned above started with AlApa. AlApa's  had some expressions from krithi's; for example, in hindOla AlApa, there was a phrase matching sAmajavaragamana. shankarAbharaNa was the main item and   pUrvikalyANi was the sub-main.  KSG's creativity and classicism is outstanding; it is surprising that many people have not heard him. Violin accompaniment by Dr. Manjunath was very good. His accompaniment was marked by smooth bowing, complete support to the main artist, poignant essays and good follow-up of -  krithi's, swaraprastara's and nereval. Vidwan H S Sudhindra and Vidwan Giridhar Udupa played with good anticipation increasing the aesthetic value of the recital. Also, their taNi was excellent. The hall purandara bhavana is a very good hall with a great acoustics. This was a monthly concert of Indira Nagar Sangeet Sabha.