Sensational Sikkil Gurucharan

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Vocal: Sikkil Gurucharan
Violin: Nagai Sriram
Mridangam: Skanda Subramaniam
April 12, 2008, SSVT, Maryland


Enthralling, exhilarating, etcetera, etcetera, .........well, exaggerating !!
Sonorous voice, humble rendition (borrowing this word from a friend), scholarly choice of krithis, especially Kosalam and Natabairavi, too good a violinist, captivating everyone. What a Padaantharam!

On the other hand, it took a few krithis for GC to rev up his confidence level. Could say this from one instance. Though he drove his Mohanam alapana towards Tara sthayi Ga, Ri , he could not push his attempts to strike those chords. So, he ended up in circumlocution for a while. The violinist deserves a special mention. Usually the violinist does not play the entire sequence the vocalist sings. But, Sriram is too smart to let the opportunity slip. He definitely stole the thunder. The concert was simply superb. Needn't and couldn't say more.

Here's the list of krithis:

1. Kanada - Ada thala varnam - Neranammithi
2. Mayamalavagowlai - Tulasi dalamula, Roopakam
3. Mohanam - Bhuvanathraya sammohanakara, composition of GNB
4. Ritigowla - Janani Ninnuvina, Misrachapu, composition of Subbaraya Shastri
5. Kosalam (71st Melakartha) - Ka guha shanmuga neeyae gathi, composition of Kotiswara Iyer
6. Natabairavi - Chethulara Sringaramu (Semmangudi style), this krithi is usually sung in Karaharapriya
7. Srutiranjani - Raghunatha Nannu, composition of Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar........sounded very much like Raghuvamsa sudha of Kadanakuthukalam...quite a catch
8. RTP - Saveri
Tanam in Kamas, Suddha Saveri and Malahari
Pallavi - "Krishna Balakrishna Gopalakrishna Guruvayur perumaanae
9. Yamankalyani - Bhavayami gopala balam
10. Viruttam - "Masaru thingal" followed by
Karnataka Devagandhari - Yappadi Paadinaro
11. Viruttam - "Adiyen Ullak kudisaiyil Aravamudhan Thondrinaan" followed by
Kapi - Enna thavan seidhanae
12. Sindhubairavi - Nenjukku neethiyum (Bharathiyar song popularized by MS)
13. Madhyamavati mangalam

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