Gaanaamrutham

Attended a concert titled "Gaanaamrutham", performed by local Abu Dhabi artists. This concert was organised by Ragamalika as part of 13th Annual festival 'Swara Raga Sudha 2018' on 4th May 2018 at Sudanese club Abu Dhabi. I attended the concert with Jayant. 

The singers were Raga Mayuri, Shalini Kumar, Poornima Iyetal, Radhika Duggirala, Urmila Santosh, Mruduvani, Divya, Sharanya, Subha Harish. Shriram Sundaram on Mridangam and Sujith Warrier on keyboard accompanied the ladies. 

They presented following songs:

1. 'Jaya jaya swamin' in Raag Nattai and Aadi tal composed by Narayana Theerthar in Sanskrit. 

2.  'Devi Neeye Thunai' in Raag Keeravani and Aadi tal composed by Papanasanm Sivan in Tamil.

3. Kriti 'Ayye methakadinam' in Ragamalika and Aadi taal in Tamil.

4. 'Rakshchu rakshimchu' in Raag Shanmukhapriya and Aadi taal in Telgu.

5. Annammacharya krithi 'Meluko sringara raya' in Malayamarutam in Telgu.

6. Purandaradasa's 'Nara janma badhaga' in Raag Kapi and Aadi taal in Kannada.

7.  Tillana in Raag Hamsanandi and Aadi taal.

8. Purandaradasa's 'Hanumantha deva' in Raag Poorvikalyani in Aadi taal in Kannada.

The concert was supposed to have ended there. But upon request by the organizers, the group sang famous and my favourite 'Bhagyada lakshmi' in Raag Madhyamavati and Aadi taal to conclude the concert. 

If one reads through carefully,  the common theme of the concert was Aadi taal (Aadi talam), which is the most common taal and has Trital as it's twin in Hindustani music. 

All the ladies sang all the songs in chorus. They created good sound waves and positive energy. It was very pleasing to ears and created a divine atmosphere.

These ladies are presenting Gaanaamrutham for last 13 years in the same festival. It's a great achievement and deserves applause. One or two of them were good enough to be given a chance to perform solo. 

It goes without saying that Abu Dhabi has got talent.  

Entertainment rating 8/10