Review contributed by Asha Bakthavatsalam.
Madurai R. Sundar was initiated at a very early age into Carnatic music by his aunt Smt. Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan, a musician of repute. Later came under the tutelage of music legend sangeetha Kalanadhi Madurai T. N. Sheshagopalan in 1972.
An imaginative singer with a rich, enchanting and resonating voice. . Sundar's involvement in sruthi, clarity of sahithya, improvisation of ragam and kalpana swaram had the Houston audience spellbound . Despite Sundar’s busy schedule as an IT professional , his passion for music remains unhindered.
Sundar started his concert to a packed audience in Houston with:
1 Poorvikalyani (Gamakakriya )ragam alapana, Meenakshi me mudam a composition of Mudduswami Dikshitar set to Adi thalam.
2. SreeRanjani ragam alapana, Bhuvini daasudane a composition of Thyagaraja set to Desadi thalam.
3 .Tharama nee mahima pogada in ragam Kalyani set to rupaka thalam , composed by K.V Srinivasa Iyengar (Tiger Varadachari's brother)
4 .Thodi ragam alapana, Enduku daya raadu in Mishra chapu thalam, composed by Thyagaraja.
5 RTP in thisra triputa talam starting at 1 1/2 edupu in Nattai ragam, alapana and kalpana swaram in five ragams - Natai, Gowla Aarabi,Varali and shree.
6 Thirupugazh in Hamsanandi composed by Arunagirinadar
7. Geetharthamu in ragam Suruti set to adi thalam composed by Thyagaraja.
8. Nirupamaana in ragam Behag, set to rupaka thalam, composed by Puchi Srinivasa Iyengar.
9. Mangalam.
Madurai.R.Sundar was accompanied by Jayashankar Balan on the Violin, Dr. Trichy Shankaran on the Mrdangam and Dr. Ravi Balasubramaniam on the Ghatam. The highlights of the concert was the RTP with Tanam accompanied by the Mrdangam and Ghatam. The tani-avarthanam was a high adrenalin class act.
The team left the Houston rasikas asking for more. It was a great grand finale concert.
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