Then was a traditional thodi raga alapana. I got the raga at the first line itself as it resembled sri pathe nee patha of tyagaraja. Then was the rarely sung nagaswarali alapana. Apt niraval at thandavam aadum and swaras were also interesting. There were swift flowing swaras for the song. Then was the mayamalavagowla kriti tulasi dhala of tyagaraja. After a steady rendering of the sahitya, there was a brief medium paced kalpana swaras. Unni Krishnan started the concert with Narayana Tirta's nata raga kriti Jaya Jaya swamin. It was a wonderful concert.ĭecember 20, 2009, Sunday - Kamarajar Hall The concert was concluded with arunagirinathar tiruppugazh muthaithiru in the raga shanmukapriya. She added words lakumi maamiyum paarkavillai in anu pallavi and alatchiyamo unakku unnai naan viduvadhilai in the charanam. After few lines it was a nice transition to neela mani raga and Aruna sung enna kavi paadinalum. Then was the viruttham om muruga in the raga shanmukapriya. We were rejunuvated by the song, thinking about the childhood days. Then came the request from the audience to sing maadu meikkum kannae. Ganapati paapa moriya mangala moorthi moriya was welcomed by the audience with claps. Then was an abhang in the raga darbari - bhaje mrudanga talavidha. Her traditional way of rendering oothukkadu kritis with absolute bhava was observed in the kriti. Then was the brindavana nilaye in the raga ritigowlai. Aduthu vandha yennai thalla laagadhu harahara yendru sonnalum podhadho - niraval and swaras were just amazing. She sung Tiruvadi charanam yet another composition of gopala krishna bharati. Then was the majestic kamboji raga alapana. After this slow paced song, there was a fast dakka raga song of tyagaraja - the famous raka sashivadana. Then was syama sastri kriti kanakasaila viharini in the raga punnaga varali. Swaras were rendered at the line prabravamadhi of anu pallavi. To ease the emotion, she sang subrahmanyena of muthuswami dikshitar in the raga suddha dhanyasi.
I was about to shed tears when she was about to finish the song. The emotions of nandanar, his longing to see the lord inside the sanctum sanctoram, but nandi infront of the lord stood in the middle. It was Gopalakrishna bharati kriti from nandanar charitham.
After a weight alapana, she sung Vazhi maraithirukkudhe malai pola oru maadu paduthurukkudhe. Then was the kalyani raga kriti of Oothukkadu Venkatasubbaier. She placed a short niraval in the line devadi devanai sendru naam sevithal.
Aruna started to sing Kizhvanam vellendru in dhanyasi ragam. It took nearly 20 mins for the crowd to settle down.
People literally thronged into the entrance much like first show of a new movie released.
Full of people standing in the queue eagerly to enter the hall. Dec 23, 2009, Wednesday - Kamarajar Hall.