TR Subramaniam-VV Subrahmanyam-Karaikudi R Mani @ Mumbai (1975)

Live at Mumbai (1975)

Prof TR Subramaniam- vocal
Prof VV Subrahmanyam- violin
Karaikudi R Mani- mridangam

1) Thulasidalamulache- Mayamalavagowla, Rupakam, Thyagaraja
2) Yochana Kamala Lochana- Darbar, Adi, Thyagaraja
3) SogasugA Mridanga TAlamu- Sriranjani, Rupakam, Thyagaraja
4) NIve Gathiyani- Kalyani, Adi, Mysore Vasudevacharya
5) PayorAsi BAle- Dwijavanthi, Misra Chapu, Kalyani Varadarajan
6) Thatvameruga Tarama- Garudadhwani, Rupakam, Thyagaraja
7) Kanada RTP (Shankari Va Shankari Shiva Shankari Sadgatim Dehi)- Kanda Thriputa (2 kalai- starting from second beat with palm facing down)- TR Subramaniam
8) Lalitha Pancharatnam (Virutham)- Atana, Adi Shankaracharya
9) Ramakrishnaru Manege Bandaru (incomplete)- Thilang, Misra Chapu, Purandaradasa

TRS has become one of my favorites over the years. What I love about him is the brilliant scholarship, superb spontaneity and love for the music. His style was a cerebral one which he made it pleasing to listen to. He is a perfect example of the ever learning student of music who never rested on his laurels and wanted to bring music lovers together. He would sing krithis of the "then" new vaggeyakkaras like Dr. BMK, LGJ and Kalyani Varadarajan to name a few and made every krithi his own. Most importantly, he was always encouraging of the upcoming artists and would attend their concerts until his passing in 2013. My pranams to him.

Here we get a mixture of the familiar and the rare. Many of you will probably skip to the rare krithis. What is even better is the maverick TRS is joined by fellow mavericks VVS and KRM and the trio provide a glorious feast for us!

Thanks to Sris V Somasundaram and Muralidaran.