Malavika Sundar, Sri Ram Samaj, 24/Sep/2017

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sankark
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Malavika Sundar, Sri Ram Samaj, 24/Sep/2017

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At Vasanta Mantapam, Chromepet
with Usha Rajagopalan, Madipakkam Suresh & Madippakkam Murali

khamAs sketch mAtE malayadhwaja
siddhi vinAyakam s@prasiddha gana nAyakam
akilAndEswarIm rakshamAm
malayamArutam kaRpaga manOharA s@pallavi. superlative, the last elongated round around d/n was outstanding
thOdi kamalAmbikE
pArAmukhamElanamma (kAnadA)
kalyANi bhajarE rE chitta ns@dEvi shaktibIjOdhpava mAtrkArna sharIrinIm tani
thillAna in basantbahAr by MahSanthanam
mangaLam

First time ever in a live setting. Enjoyed this one very much - voice is very good to excellent (though after an hour or so of listening to such voices, I wish for earplugs :)), uninhibited singing, very well supported by the rest of the cast. Mostly madhyama kAlam, would have been good to have had some slow paced items too.

I think navarAtri golu invite robbed 30 mins so expectedly 2:30 hours became just 2:00.

Tidbit - both violinist and vocalist are training/trained under Padmavathi Ananthagopalan, the vainikA.

sureshvv
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Re: Malavika Sundar, Sri Ram Samaj, 24/Sep/2017

Post by sureshvv »

sankark wrote: 24 Sep 2017, 22:41 voice is very good to excellent (though after an hour or so of listening to such voices, I wish for earplugs :)),
I feel your pain :)

Seems carnatic musicians start working on their vocal delivery only after reaching a certain threshold of success!

Vocalist
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Re: Malavika Sundar, Sri Ram Samaj, 24/Sep/2017

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Listening to her voice for more than 5 minutes sometimes seems like a feat in itself.

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