Madurai T N Seshagopalan

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SangithaRasika
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Post by SangithaRasika »

I havent heard a lot of TNS but my 2 personal favourites are, one uploaded by our own.... coolkarni - Shankarabharanam accompanied by Lalgudi and the second one is the RTP in Surrutti. This was a spontaneous one as he announces later that "his conscience didnt allow him to complete the concert without singing a pallavi in the concert"
Regards,SR
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mdsmenon
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Post by mdsmenon »

Dear SR,
Would you mind sharing these concerts? Is it possible to upload thesee concerts? I am a die hard fan of TNS.
SangithaRasika wrote:I havent heard a lot of TNS but my 2 personal favourites are, one uploaded by our own.... coolkarni - Shankarabharanam accompanied by Lalgudi and the second one is the RTP in Surrutti. This was a spontaneous one as he announces later that "his conscience didnt allow him to complete the concert without singing a pallavi in the concert"
Regards,SR

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Post by kannamma »

CMANA is will be honoring Sangitha Kalanidhi, Madurai Sri T. N. Seshagopalan with CMANA's Lifetime Achievement Award - Sangeethasaagara. The ceremony will be part of CMANAFEST on Oct 6th. CMANAFEST Weekend of Oct 6 & 7

matterwaves
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Post by matterwaves »

No doubt, TNS is a gr8 artist with a fantastic manodharma..I have been attending his concers from the past 10 yrs(when i turned 15!), when i started appreciating classical music and all of his concerts have been a kind of a let down for me because of his extreme deviance from shruti.. agreed he is extremely imaginative and mathematical(some times to the extent that it takes away the aestheticity of swara) but I somehow cannot digest his non-adherence to shruti..i found this in his veena concerts also(so not ony his voice to blame i guess!).. did he spoil his voice by overdoing the brikha bit?

Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

We had the privilege of attending his concert in Toronto on Sept. 22 - after a short shaky start, TNS Sir was simply astounding...the audience members were at the edges of their seats. The concert was reminiscent of his stellar concerts in North America in the early nineties. The thing is, we must see beyond voice limitations and look at/learn from the brilliant ideas being conveyed, especially since we know what the voice was/is capable of...

Ashwin
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vijay
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Post by vijay »

Well put Ashwin, TNS' concerts are an education even when the voice does not co-operate...and when it does, it is sheer magic!
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Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

Vijay, it really was magical, and this is not just hyperbole from a die-hard TNS fan! The voice always changes with use and age, and so should the way in which we appreciate it. For example, I doubt that anyone on this forum would miss a concert of TKG Mama or any of the senior veterans - there's just so much to be gained in seeing the what the artist intends to convey rather than what the voice conveys. If the voice is the medium of expression of ideas, then even Marshall McCluhan might agree that this is one case in which the medium is not the message...

Ashwin

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Post by sankirnam »

What was the list?
And if possible, could you post a review of the concert? I'm curious to know how it went since this was the concert where Sankaran sir introduced his student Arvind Venkatraman, like an arangetram.
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sankirnam
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Post by sankirnam »

Ashwin wrote:The concert was reminiscent of his stellar concerts in North America in the early nineties.
Ashwin
Do you have any recordings those particular concerts?

vijay
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Post by vijay »

That is interesting...still more interesting would have been Trichy Sankaran with TNS! Sankirnam I think some concerts are available from sangeethapriya.org - mail me if you have trouble finding them

gobilalitha
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Post by gobilalitha »

hi , ashwin, I have been expecting Lakshmi's e mail about the kutcheri. you have stepped in to give your views. thanks. we must not mind his occasional shruti lapses, may be due to constant travel etc According to me, on date , he is the last word in music. your defence of his unfortunate lapses was very pleasing. hope to meet you in mumbai and colombo. balu uncle gobilalitha

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Post by chalanata »

gobilalitha wrote:we must not mind his occasional shruti lapses,
one small correction; it should have been 'occasional shruti alignments'.

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Post by veda desikan »

i personally dont agree that shruthi suddam can be overlooked. occasional lapse is understandable but this seems to happen in every second concert of his. undoubtfully being one of the greatest musicians , he needs to take care of shruthi. without shruthi if only message is intented to be conveyed , it could have be just spoken instead and there is no use of raga or songs which are totally based on shruthi.

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Post by rajeshnat »

An excellent writeup of a truly great musician

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/06/06/stor ... 930300.htm

Das
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Post by Das »

Wouldn't you think that the name T.N Seshagopalan alone explains it all. Does he really need those credentials. Don't his kutcheris,lengthy or precise, say it all. I wouldn't leave his concert not humming at least one of the ragams i had heard. I started off with a small collection of recordings from the 1980s comprising of a Thodi,Bhairavi,Chakravaham,Shanmugapriya and Hindolam unheard of. The sangathis this maestro unleashes has to be heard,mere discription alone would explain almost nothing.

December 2007,i land in India and find myself seated at the Mylapore Fine Arts Club(15/12/07) awaiting the tardy arrival of the musician,TNS of course. He began a lenghty alapanam in Shanmugapriya for the second piece, could it be Marivere or maybe Siddhi Vinayakam we wonder. But of course,we are wrong. He sings 'Olam Kandu',a composition of Ambujam Krishna i believe. As i had mentioned in an entry before this,the higlight of this concert was the ragam tanam pallavi set to three ragas( Vasantha,Bhairavi Vasantha Bhairavi). After his alapanam in Bhairavi you hear M.Chandrasekar saying,'ippadi oru bhairaviya ketkurathu romba aboorvam',literally meaning that its rare to listen to such a bhairavi. In fact the entire RTP surpassed excellence,it was amazing. Mind blowing. Who else but TNS could conjure up a pallavi such as this(Sruthi Laya Bava Sangeetham Athai En Vasan Ta,Bhairavi Pavani).

The next i heard him was on the 18/12/07 at the Sri YGP Auditorium. A crowd was absent, but has that ever been the reason for a mediocre concert. Almost laughable i'd think. He starts with a Sri Ranjani,Brocheva. The main piece was in Kambodhi,' Yentha Malai',a tamil compostion dedicated to the Lord Ayyapan. How perfect,at a point in time when you see buses of devotees dressed in black dhotis and irumudis making their way to Sabari. He had to flaunt,and who would i be kidding to say that i wasn't looking forward to that. The calculations in the kalpanaswarams for this piece in particular was far from simplistic.

It was at a sabha next to the temple at Tiruvanmiyoor on he 02/01/08. A concert that lasted for maybe 3 hours and 10minutes. A concert by the Sangeetha Kalanidhis(TNS,M.Chandrashekar and Vellore). So as tradition follows he inaugurated the concert with an Ata Tala Varnam set to the ragam Reethigowlai,and of course there were kalpanaswarams. I got reminded of the one time i saw him back home in Singapore where he performed the Viriboni varnam for 20mins,in both speeds exploring all permutations both in tala and swaras. There were two elaborate raga alapanams present in this kutcheri. The first of which was in Hamir Kalyani. The applause that followed explained it all. Then, one of them from the audience raised his hand to ask what ragam it was and even before the artiste could answer another from the audience did. TNS then in good humour questioned if it was that uncomprehendable. He told that once during a concert ,by a vidwan from the past,a member of the audience got up and told the musician who had just sung a Thodi,that so far its all been good and that maybe he could sing a Thodi. Anyway,the concert went on. And there it was,Thodi, in all its splendour and more. With sruthi bedham he introduced the ragams Mohanakalyani and Natabhairavi. The violinist had his fair share of fun as well playing us glimpses of Anandhabhairavi. The kriti was 'Nee Dayara". The kalpanaswarams that followed were ingeniously planned along with the line chosen for the neraval. The nereval starts with the word Veda. The ragams were Sama,Karaharapriya and Revathi. The latter two being ragams in which the vedas are traditionally sung in. With a virutham in Misra Shivaranjani he sang the evergreen favourite,'Ravisharadhe'.

It was these three concerts from last december together with my personal studio and live recordings collection which i have that i now proudly line myself along with the rest of rasikas who have come to understand TNS sirs music. Listening alone does no justice for his music requires intellect. The ability to appreciate and comprehend the music of the Genius honours you with a Patam as a rasika of Indian Classical Music. Personally i feel blessed to have been born in a generation that has been honoured and privilaged enough to celebrate a musician such as T.N Seshagopalan.

108talas
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Post by 108talas »

Shruthi lapses by gr8 artists are more due to over usage of shruthi bhedam.. victims are GNB, MLV, TNS. Exceptional artists had been very few like Tanjore Kalayana Raman, Voletti Garu.

On the other hand, doing away with shruthi bhedam had fetched excellent results as far throat is concerned. eg. MSS. Maharajapuram Santhanam.( both were MS and Minding Shruthi !!!!. Of course, the shruthi king MMI, I believe, never used to sing Shruthi/graha bhedam.

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Post by greatkrishna »

I think many of you may have heard the recording released by Carnatica where TNS Sir is Accompanied by CSM. The Kalyani he has sung is out of this world....no phrase left unturned.....unbelievable....The Nadhaswara style elongated phrases are absolutely electric.....I recommend you all get your hands on that recording.

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Post by Das »

I have a heard a recording of Sir singing Amma Ravamma in Kalyani. The alapanam for Kalyani was like what you have mentioned,"no phrase left unturned....unbelievable". He explored the mandara and madya stayi fully,literally.. and of course soaring at the tara stayi

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Post by arasi »

Das,
You mention a song in shanmukapriyA of Ambujam Krishna in TNS's MFA concert (post#40). Was it kOlam kANa vArIr is NaTTak kuRinji?
I do not know of a 'Olam kANa'. You can't see (kANa) Olam (plaintive cry).
Lakshman, please help.
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Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

arasi: It must be kOlam kANa vArIr:

kOlam kANa. rAgA: nATakuranji. Adi tALA.

P: kOlam kANa vArIr (tiruk) kOsala bAlan karuNAlavAlan mAlOlan tiruk-
A: jnAlam uyya bhAnu kulattukkindu nilamaghaL karam koNDa raghurAman kalyANak-
C: tandai shol Etru kAnakam Eghi daNDaka munivarkkabhayam Indu
tanjamenra iruvarukku anjalenraruLi daraNiyOr magizhvura dashamukhanai iruttu anujar mUvar
puDai shUzha AnjanEyan padam tAnga janaka sutaiyuDan kanaka simhAsanattamar paTTAbhirAman tiruk-

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Thanks, L.

ap:
kulattudittu (kulattu+udittu) =born of
c:
Sol; one word missing in the line: daNDaka vana (the missing word) munivar
'anjEl' (don't be afraid) is how I know it. Anjal also makes sense: I give you protection
After daSamukanai iRuttu, the rest is in madyama kAlam; anujar mUvar puDai SUzha etc.

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Post by Lakshman »

Thanks arasi.

Das
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Post by Das »

Why don't i check the lyrics of the song i had mentioned. I'll post it up as soon as possible.

beginner
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Post by beginner »

108talas,

what you said is true in many artists' cases. It is better to show rAgAs / swarAs individually.

In the music auditions, if a singer / instrumentalist uses a shruti bhEdam, he/she is rejected.

Member_First
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Post by Member_First »

nevertheless, it requires great skill to exhibit shruthi bEdham and come back to the rAg back, controlling imaginations of the other rAg from the original as well as not getting confused whatsoever.

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Post by dvmk »

Small Corrections of the pieces by TNS Sir during the season.

a) The S'anmukhapriya piece sung in Mylapore Fine Arts was "Kolam Kandu Kalitheernden" by Ambujam Krishna set to tune by Sh. TNS himself.

b) The song "Endamalai Sevitthaalum" in Kambhoji is a compositon of TNSs' mother.

c) The Thodi kriti sung in "sabha next to the temple at Tiruvanmiyoor " was "Nee daya ravale" and the "Misra Shivaranjani he sang the evergreen favourite,'Ravisharadhe'. " is the ashtapadi "Praviss'a Radhe".

Rgds
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Post by anupama »

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... ml?login=1

Wonder as to why TNS has not been awarded 'Doctorate' till date, as he is exponent in Vocal, Veena, Harikatha, Harmonium etc.(by member _first)

Yes , why this great legend has not been awarded Doctorate by any university??

I read many informations about TNS sir in the kutcheri reviews topic (RR sabha Jan10 2009), It will be useful and intersting if all the informations could be post in this thread. Many of the postings are very informative

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Post by anupama »

http://rasikas.org/forums/post105156.html#p105156

very intersting information about tns sir
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Post by kuzhalosai »

Thanks for the information sri srinivasrgvn, attend sir seshagopalan sirs concert, It was awesome, Especially the RTP in THodi was excellent with ragamalika swarams, Ksheerasagara sayana and Srisathyanarayana were higlights of the concert

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Post by ragapriya82 »

it was indeed an awesome concert by the master.

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Post by ragam-talam »

video clip of TNS at Cleveland 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxIsVCPDwLg

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Post by rajeshnat »

Shri TNS concert on the day when Smt DKP left all of us.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/07/24/stor ... 350400.htm
Did any one attend this??

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Post by RaviVeda »

Came across this streaming concert by a dream combination TNS-LGJ-PR-GH


http://mt.iadvaita.com/songs.php?albumid=272

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Post by kam »

Dear rasikas,around 10 to 15yrs back I attended a concert of Sri T.N.Sheshagopalan sir in Mylapore fine arts club during december season.In that concert he rendered Sri kantimathim in Himavathi and Karthikeya in Todi as main item.This was a fantastic concert.Seshagopalan sir is in full swing in that concert.The accompanists are Mysore Nagaraj-violin and V.Kamalakar rao-mridangam.I didn't have that concert with me but I still remember the wonderfull items sung by him.If anybody have this concert please do upload it and post the link.Thanks in advanceNamasthe.
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Post by Maheswari Venkitaraman »

I used to hear kakkai chirakinele, Kanukondini, ramamandramu etc., at Trivandrum in AIR BROADCAST veryexcellant singer grom childhood, venkitaraman, AIR staff quarters, Madurai

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Post by Preetvardhan »

Das wrote:Wouldn't you think that the name T.N Seshagopalan alone explains it all. Does he really need those credentials. Don't his kutcheris,lengthy or precise, say it all. I wouldn't leave his concert not humming at least one of the ragams i had heard. I started off with a small collection of recordings from the 1980s comprising of a Thodi,Bhairavi,Chakravaham,Shanmugapriya and Hindolam unheard of. The sangathis this maestro unleashes has to be heard,mere discription alone would explain almost nothing.

December 2007,i land in India and find myself seated at the Mylapore Fine Arts Club(15/12/07) awaiting the tardy arrival of the musician,TNS of course. He began a lenghty alapanam in Shanmugapriya for the second piece, could it be Marivere or maybe Siddhi Vinayakam we wonder. But of course,we are wrong. He sings 'Olam Kandu',a composition of Ambujam Krishna i believe. As i had mentioned in an entry before this,the higlight of this concert was the ragam tanam pallavi set to three ragas( Vasantha,Bhairavi Vasantha Bhairavi). After his alapanam in Bhairavi you hear M.Chandrasekar saying,'ippadi oru bhairaviya ketkurathu romba aboorvam',literally meaning that its rare to listen to such a bhairavi. In fact the entire RTP surpassed excellence,it was amazing. Mind blowing. Who else but TNS could conjure up a pallavi such as this(Sruthi Laya Bava Sangeetham Athai En Vasan Ta,Bhairavi Pavani).

The next i heard him was on the 18/12/07 at the Sri YGP Auditorium. A crowd was absent, but has that ever been the reason for a mediocre concert. Almost laughable i'd think. He starts with a Sri Ranjani,Brocheva. The main piece was in Kambodhi,' Yentha Malai',a tamil compostion dedicated to the Lord Ayyapan. How perfect,at a point in time when you see buses of devotees dressed in black dhotis and irumudis making their way to Sabari. He had to flaunt,and who would i be kidding to say that i wasn't looking forward to that. The calculations in the kalpanaswarams for this piece in particular was far from simplistic.

It was at a sabha next to the temple at Tiruvanmiyoor on he 02/01/08. A concert that lasted for maybe 3 hours and 10minutes. A concert by the Sangeetha Kalanidhis(TNS,M.Chandrashekar and Vellore). So as tradition follows he inaugurated the concert with an Ata Tala Varnam set to the ragam Reethigowlai,and of course there were kalpanaswarams. I got reminded of the one time i saw him back home in Singapore where he performed the Viriboni varnam for 20mins,in both speeds exploring all permutations both in tala and swaras. There were two elaborate raga alapanams present in this kutcheri. The first of which was in Hamir Kalyani. The applause that followed explained it all. Then, one of them from the audience raised his hand to ask what ragam it was and even before the artiste could answer another from the audience did. TNS then in good humour questioned if it was that uncomprehendable. He told that once during a concert ,by a vidwan from the past,a member of the audience got up and told the musician who had just sung a Thodi,that so far its all been good and that maybe he could sing a Thodi. Anyway,the concert went on. And there it was,Thodi, in all its splendour and more. With sruthi bedham he introduced the ragams Mohanakalyani and Natabhairavi. The violinist had his fair share of fun as well playing us glimpses of Anandhabhairavi. The kriti was 'Nee Dayara". The kalpanaswarams that followed were ingeniously planned along with the line chosen for the neraval. The nereval starts with the word Veda. The ragams were Sama,Karaharapriya and Revathi. The latter two being ragams in which the vedas are traditionally sung in. With a virutham in Misra Shivaranjani he sang the evergreen favourite,'Ravisharadhe'.

It was these three concerts from last december together with my personal studio and live recordings collection which i have that i now proudly line myself along with the rest of rasikas who have come to understand TNS sirs music. Listening alone does no justice for his music requires intellect. The ability to appreciate and comprehend the music of the Genius honours you with a Patam as a rasika of Indian Classical Music. Personally i feel blessed to have been born in a generation that has been honoured and privilaged enough to celebrate a musician such as T.N Seshagopalan.
The RTP is available in sangeethapriya. I cant recollect the folder name

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Post by babaji »

I personally like his kapalini trisulini ezhil sindumbhairavi with you know what ragams its quite obvious how he introduces wordplay in pallavis making it sound recognizable to a few and not so to others.Seshu mama is a genius in this aspect apart from his extremely brilliant intellect in music.

However the vasantha bhairavi pallavi also a favourite of mine Chandrashekar mama simply excels together with seshu mama.

Also i like his bageshwari pallavi somasundareshwara priya vamabaghesri rajamatangi pahimam.

Without a doubt the trinity of extreme manodharma in all forms be it ragam neraval swaram kriti rendition kriti creation pallavi srutibhedam graha bedam are Tanjore s.kalyanaraman mama,Balamuralikrishnagaru and Our own T.N.Seshagopalan mama. This is my opinion however i also know many others who fit in this category but these three take the cake with regard to their daredevil type stuff they do.

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Post by rajeshnat »

Writeup of a recent concert in parthasArathy temple. It always amazes me , the kind of effort shri TNS puts for a thematic concert.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/05/21/stor ... 340300.htm

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Post by ragam-talam »

Lovley Mohanam by the maestro: http://youtu.be/VSHsGXq8QrA
(with MC accompanying!)
- who is mridangam vidwan Trichur K.Jayakrishnan's guru?

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Post by braindrain »

This is from the wonderful concert at the 'koothambalam' of Kerala Kalamandalam, part of their platinum jubilee celebration...

The concert started at 9:30 pm and it was 2: 45 am, by the time it was over. One fantastic concert to remember.

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Post by ragam-talam »

2:45am! wow, that's impressive!
braindrain, do you know the items TNS presented that night? I could locate only the mohana varnam on youtube.
And when was this concert held?

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March 10 ( into 11) - 2007

01 varNam - mOhanam - 11 min
02 endarO mahAnubhAvulu - SrI - T ( A ) - 20min
03 bhajanasEya - dharmavathi - Mysore Vasudevachar ( A,N,S) - 35Min
04 viruttam + hariharaputram - vasantha ( S ) - 20min
05 soundararAjam - brindavanasArang - MD ( A,N,S,T ) - 1: 08 min
06 sAkshAl natana - Ahiri - 10min
07 RTP - bhairavi+sindhubhairavi - 1:20min
08 viruttam - rAgamAlika 20 min
08b bArO krishNayya - mAND - Kanaka Dasa
09 thillAna - dhanAsri - Swathi Thirunal
10 mangaLam - saurAshtram + slOkam - Sri

there could be a few errors, open for corrections..

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Post by Sathej »

braindrain wrote: 06 sAkshAl natana - Ahiri - 10min
That would be the Narayana Teerthar piece Veeksheham with an Anupallavi start that TNS sings in Ahiri. The Anupallavi starts as 'Sakshath Madana Koti..' if I remember right..

Sathej

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March 10
My birthday Concert :clap:

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mankuthimma wrote:March 10
My birthday Concert :clap:
Oh, you should have been there.. the settings at the mecca of Kathakali.. unmoved , packed audience lost in the music, light chilli air in circulation, MC immersed in the magic ... and brindavanasarang taking us over midnight into the new day..


Sathej : Thanks, that must be the one..

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Post by ragam-talam »

braindrain - that's an awesome concert indeed! Brindavana saranga and RTP for >1 hour each! That's vintage TNS!
By any chance, was this concert recorded at all?

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Post by mankuthimma »

TNS
The last of the Titans. In my books.

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Post by sivapriya »

TNS was awarded the best Scholar award for propagating Tamizh isai by the raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar Trust, this year. The function was held on the 30th September, 2010 in Chennai. Link from The Hindu given below .

http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/01/stories ... 650500.htm

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Very well deserved...belated congratulations!!

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