Vijay Siva @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja , Talavadyotsava
Vijay Siva - vocal Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin Arjun Kumar - Mridangam Guru Prasanna - Kanjiri B.S.Arun Kumar - Morsing This concert was part of the 5 day festival organized by Percussive Arts Center Foundation. We reached the venue a bit late and came to know from a mAmi sitting beside us that we had missed the first couple of songs which were : 1. nAda tanumanisham - Chittaranjani - Adi - Saint ThyAgarAja 2. innum parAmukham eno - begadA 3. karuna judavamma in Ragam PantuvarAli (Adi 2 kalai ) by Shyama Shastri was in progress as we entered the Venue. He sang Neraval & swarams @ marakatAngi panchanadisu rani. 4. Vijay Siva sang a nice Alapanai in Yadukula Kamboji. Since it was a Saturday, I assumed he would sing Dikshithar Navagraha Kriti. He did just that. After a befitting reply to his AlApanai by Charulatha, he sang "niLAnjana-samAbhAsam ravi-putram yamAgrajam chAya-mArtaAnda-sambhutam tam namAmi shanaishcharam" a Shloka dedicated to Lord Shani from the Navagraha...