Carnatica's Rasika Forum

Concert of TNSKrishna on 28-6-2008 at Nadhopasana

The rasikas were treated to a beautiful shanmukhpriya, fantastic lalitha and a magnificent thodi . Krishna was accompanied ably by Srikant on the violin and Trichur Narendran on Mridhngam.

Krishna started the concert with the kamas varnam of Muthiahbhagavathar , ‘maadhe malayadhvaja,’ and took up shanmukhapriya for an elaborate alapana which was beautiful and then he sang a viruttham before the dhikshithar krthi ’Siddhivinayakam’ with svara parasthara at ‘prasiddhagananayakam,’ which was delightful. The bhava-laden music of his father has filtered down to Krishna which could be seen in his singing the viruttham in which he portrayed the elephant in the word ‘yaanai’ by his music.

Next was the exposition of ragas Lalitha which was fantastic followed by the krthi ‘naanubrovu lalitha,’ of Shayama sasthri, The svara sung at ‘nannubrovu ‘in the end was wonderful and the remniscent of his father but with his own manodharma.

The navagrahakrhi ‘Divakaratanujam’ in yadukulakambodhi was the next preceded by a sloka on sanibhagavan.

Then came thodi.. the special bequest of Seshagopalan school. The raga alapa was magnificent and the svara in-keeping with the caliber of the raga. The krthi was dasukovalaena of Thyagraja.

Thus Krishna has paid a talented tribute to the trinity by his choice of the krthis which was a ‘nadhopaana’ indeed !

Krishna then sang a viruttham in subapanthuvarali and a thiruppugaz. followed by the seasoned master piece of his father ’vanduketpar illaiyo’ a ragamalika of Oothukkadu Venkatakavi and concluded his concert wit the thillana in Hameer kalyani, a composition of TNS.