Season Summary - 2016 - best of best

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rajeshnat
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Season Summary - 2016 - best of best

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Being deepavali(Oct 18th,2017) had time to do this, It is very late to do that ,but it is still before season 2017 .Here is a take representing the best of best concert in margazhi season 2016-2017 :

Season starts from Novemeber 3rd week,2016 to Jan 10th 2017:
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The season of season- 2016 , the count of concerts that I attended was bit more than seasons 2014 and 2015.

I Attended 30 concerts for 23 artists, from the period of Novemeber 3rd week,2016 (what they call as curtain raiser of margazhi)till Jan 10th,2017. Reviewed all 29 that I attended. Most of them was evening concerts with three days where i sat for the preceding afternoon slots , or pre afternoon noon slot.

Few artists like Thoppur Sairam, Padma sugavanam, geetha raja , vignesh Ishwar, kruthi bhat and sikkil mala chandrasekar (flute), only the season 2016 was my debut of hearing them for the first time



Best Varnam:
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Amrutha Venkatesh@NGS Mini on Dec 19th,2016
varnam ... nee dhan un varam venDUm ammA neelayathAkshi - varamu -TRS?

best #2 or #3 (non submain) :
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Trichur Brothers@NGS on Nov 30th,2016
2. Brochevarevare Raghupathe(S)- shree ranjani -T
6 mins swaras

AND

Abilash Giriprasad@Pozhichalur On Dec 16th,2016
2. dudduku gala (R,S) -gowlai - T
2 mins alapana with no violin return
5 mins swaras

Best Submain
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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on Dec 19th,2016
3.karathiniL vEl yEndum kandan(R N S) - hamsanAdam - swami surajAnanda (possibly tuned by SKR or TMT)
neraval in ezhilAna peyar kOnda azhagan eerAru karam koNda murugan for 2 mins
6 mins swaras

AND

Sangeetha Swaminathan@kalAkruthi on Jan 09th,2017
3. hiranmayeem (R N S) -lalitha - MD
5 mins alapana and 3 mins violin return
neraval for 4 minutes in geetha vadhya viNodhini
swaras for 5 mins

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best no between submain and main- Slow Filler:
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May be this time I will segment as two .If you consider a slow filler with either Raga or Neraval or swaras

TNS Krishna@parivAdhini on Dec 03rd,2016
4. janani ninnuvina (R) - reetigowlai - Subbaraya sastri
2 mins alapana with no violin return

AND
Ganesh Kumaresh@BVB On Dec 08th,2016

4A. mOkshamu galadA(R S)-sAramati -T
9 mins alapana and 10 mins swaras

best no between submain and main- Fast Filler:
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If you consider the fast filler with only swaras
Suryaprakash@Pozhichalur On Dec 11th,2016
6. rAmanukku mannan (RS,S)- hindOlam - AK
10 mins swaras

Best main number:
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TNS Krishna@parivAdhini on Dec 03rd,2016
7A. kaddanuvAriki (R N S T) - tOdi - T
14 mins alapana and ?? violin return(forgot to note violin return)
11 mins neraval in baddu tappaka bhajiyincE bhakta pAlanamu
14 mins swaras

AND
Abhishek Raghuram@BGS On Dec 09th,2016
4A. marivEre gathi (R N? S T)- anandabhairavi -SS
13 mins alapan and 7 mins violin return
may be there was a neraval in suga shyamala gana shyamakrishna sOdhari
swaras for 10 mins

AND

Sanjay Subrahmanyan@BGS On Dec 14th,2016
6A. endhuku dayarAdhurA (R N S T)- todi -T
18 mins alapana and 6 mins violin return
neraval in tyAgarAja vinuta for 5 mins
and swaras for 6 mins

Between the three I will go for TNS krishna todi as the best one

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Best Single Raga RTP
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I heard only one that was abhishek but he outsourced the Taanam to Violinist . So no best single raga rtp as it was single raga RP

Best Multiple Raga RTP
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Suryaprakash@Pozhichalur On Dec 11th,2016
8A.RTP for 1 hour 10 mins in keeravani in pancha gati
pallavi line was raghuvaram rAghavam bhajEham seetha manOharam
21 mins alapana and 10 mins violin return
taanam for 7 mins
pallavi nearavl for 7 mins
swaras for 22 mins in keeravani + Revati + behAg + amruthavarshini+ nAsikAbhooshani + shanmughapriya

AND

Pantula Rama@Arkays Convention Center on Dec 18th,2016
RTP in varamu for 42 mins
15 mins alapana with violin return
non metered taanam for 8 mins
Pallavi and swaras for 19 mins
Pallavi line --->> agaram madhuram gamanam madhuram madhurA dipathE akhilam madhuram
pallavi in khanda jaathi triputa taala

AND

Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Kalachar on Jan 08th,2017
4A.RTP - ranjani , janaranjani and rasika ranjani
50 mins RTP exclusive of second round of tani
Raagam in Ranjani for 14 mins
taanam in ranjani and janaranjani for 14 mins
pallavi neraval and swaras in ranjani , janaranjani and rasikaranjani
pallavi and swaras 24 mins
Pallavi line --->>> ranjani niranjani janaranjani sadaaa pAhimAm rasika

AND

TNS Krishna Parivadhini Series 4 hour concert
9A. RTP - Ranjani + shree ragam + sumanesa ranjani for 1 hour 8 mins
Raagam for 29 mins
taanam(non metered) for 12 mins
pallavi line was sumana rasikE sumanesa ranjani shree rAjamAthangi
13 mins neraval in pallavi line
16 mins swaras in all 3 ragas

Between the four if I have to choose I will choose suryaprakash keeravani- pozhichalur as the best RTP

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Best viruththam:
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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on Dec 19th,2016
7A. viruththam - kandA guhA shanmughA -hameerkalyani
+ anJel indru Odum ayya - bhAgeshri
+ pArtharul seyya parAmugham- amruthavarshini

AND

VijaySiva@Kalarasana on Dec 30th,2016
12A. viruththam from abhirami anthAdi- parkkum thisaithorum - bilahari ?? +
mAl ayan Theda - hindOlam + pAlaiyum thenaiyum - navarasa kannada

Best Ugabhooga:
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None - did not hear any one

Best Slokham:
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Heard 2 , not much of music or oomph in the two that i heard . So no best slokham

Best tukkada(non viruththam/slokham or non thillAnA)
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This time i am skipping this due to paucity of time in getting this data.

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Best Tani and Accompanist Pair support:
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Mrudangam : Anantha R Krishnan
Kanjira : BS SundarKumar
In
Abhishek Raghuram@BGS On Dec 09th,2016

Best Mrudangist for song :
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Mrudangam : Arjun Ganesh IN Amrutha Venkatesh@NGS Mini on Dec 19th,2016
AND
Mrudangam : Neyveli Venkatesh In Abilash Giriprasad@Pozhichalur On Dec 16th,2016
AND
Mrudangam : TR Sundaresan@ Suryaprakash@Pozhichalur On Dec 11th,2016

Betweeen the three i will go with the younger Arjun Ganesh@NGS Mini for Amrutha , he played and also sacrificed his tani for amrutha

Best Violin support:
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Nagai Sriram in Suryaprakash@NGS on Nov 28th,2016

AND

HN Bhaskar in Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Kalachar on Jan 08th,2017

Best Upapakkavadhyam artist:
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Kanjira : BS SundarKumar In Abhishek Raghuram@BGS On Dec 09th,2016

AND

Ghatam : Ghatam Karthick In Ganesh Kumaresh@BVB On Dec 08th,2016


Best Vocalist:
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Quite difficult to zero on one , i will let go this.

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Concert of the season:
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There were 6 excellent concerts

Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Kalachar on Jan 08th,2017
Suryaprakash@NGS on Nov 28th,2016
Abhishek Raghuram@BGS On Dec 09th,2016

Sanjay Subrahmanyan@BGS On Dec 14th,2016
Abilash Giriprasad@Pozhichalur On Dec 16th,2016
Suryaprakash@Pozhichalur On Dec 11th,2016

The winner as a team was
TNS Krishna@parivAdhini on Dec 03rd,2016
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Vocal : TNS Krishna
Violin : Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Mrudangam : R Ramesh - disciple of Karaikudi Mani
Kanjira : Guruprasanna - disciple of Vyasavittala, who is the disciple of G Harishankar

https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopi ... 13&t=28433

This TNS Krishna was rated by me as excellent to outstanding concert.


Non trivia - Canteen:
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forgot now

Best sabha
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O gosh forgot now

Conclusively
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# All said and done , Season 2016 is overall great, more choices is always a positive thing to me - pray for 30% cut and a definite horizontal spread across the city.From This year My concert live season will drastically come down , perhaps my CM listening is going to take a back seat -commute to work , spending time with family and kid etc.

Small tribute to DR BMK as a composer
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Few Specials also came up as Dr BMK passed away and these songs were sung and each were special. Thank you suryaprakash, pantula rama and trichur brothers for rendering these BMK as a vaggeyakkara specials.

1. varnam - Omkara pranava nAtho - Shanmughapriya- BMK
- sung by Trichur Brothers@NGS

2. kAvavE kanyakumari neeve(raga sketch)- sahana -DR M Balamuralikrishna - sung by Suryaprakash@NGS

3. sAma gAna sarva bhowma swami thyagarAja(R,S) - amruthavarshini - BMK - sung by Trichur Brothers@NGS

4. gam gam gaNapathim(S) - ganapathi - BMK
3 note raga of BMK in sa pa ga sung by Pantula rama@NGS

Thank you all musicians- lovely vidwans and vidushis , They say "Better late than Never". best wishes for your futuristic Season 2017.

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Never understood why anyone likes Abhishek Raghuram. He is barely tolerable at best with alapanas (bhavam kilo enna velai?), mangles krithis..

But he can do a sixteen raga sruthi bhedam in Mohanam. Dear lord. Someone tell this GNB-wannabe to go back to paatu class and learn to sing 10 krithis well first. The actual words, not random syllables strung together.

TNSKrishna is surprisingly tolerable. Much more than his father ever was at times. Still prone to the same sruthi-lapses but nowhere near that bad.

I would love to actually hear that concert you mentioned.

And it's great to hear that TRS sir is still playing actively. He is probably the most underrated mridangist I have known.

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rajeshnat wrote: 18 Oct 2017, 17:55

The winner as a team was
TNS Krishna@parivAdhini on Dec 03rd,2016
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Vocal : TNS Krishna
Violin : Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Mrudangam : R Ramesh - disciple of Karaikudi Mani
Kanjira : Guruprasanna - disciple of Vyasavittala, who is the disciple of G Harishankar

https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopi ... 13&t=28433

This TNS Krishna was rated by me as excellent to outstanding concert.
Thanks for bringing it up - celebrating this Deepavali evening with that fantabulous pantuvarALi.

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bala747 wrote: 18 Oct 2017, 19:47 The actual words, not random syllables strung together.
It's what I remember saying about Unnikrishnan several years back - Abhishek shares the same guru I think so I don't know if it's just part of the style? It seems to be a disappointing trend with many upcoming youngsters too, though there are a few who are taking care to pronounce the actual words correctly without compromising musicality.

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The Instrumental Concerts do not find mention.
Lalgudi GJR krishnan and Vijayalakshmi presented a very melodious Violin recital incidentally was the best instrumental concert judged by music academy.The list goes:
atana -varnam LGJ
Vara Narada Narayana - Vijayasri
Sujana Jeevana - Khamas
Sri raghuvara Sugunalaya- Bhairavi
Enthamuddo entha sogaso- Bindu malini
Shankaracharyam - shankarabharana
Thillana

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rajeshnat wrote: 18 Oct 2017, 17:50
Best tukkada(non viruththam/slokham or non thillAnA)
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This time i am skipping this due to paucity of time in getting this data.

I am adding in next post , I just had time today to wrap up Best Tukkada (non Viruththam/slokham or non thillana)

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Best Tukkada (Non viruththam/slokham or non thillana)
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Injikudi Subramanian@ParivAdhini On Dec 02nd,2016
# kanda nAAL mudhalAi (R) - madhuvanti - NS Chidambaram

AND

Sanjay Subrahmanyan@BGS On Dec 14th,2016
# gOpala bhakthim Dehi(Cittaswaras) - bhageshri -ST

AND

Amrutha Venkatesh@NGS Mini on Dec 19th,2016
# pranathARthi haram bhajE- shenjurutti- MV

AND

Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on Dec 19th,2016
# eNmugham pArayya - amruthavarshini - Yazhpaanam veeramani

AND

Suryaprakash@SKGS on Dec 31st,2016
# ninaikAda neramillai - Rakeshri - kavignar vaali (popularized by madurai somu)

AND

Thoppur Sairam@SKGS on Jan 01st,2017
# thillai thillai endRAl illai illai - kapi - GKB

AND

RK Shriramkumar (violin)@sringeri(RA Puram) on Jan 04th,2017
# sAgara sayana vibHO (raga sketch) -bhageshri -MDR

AND

Sangeetha Swaminathan@kalAkruthi on Jan 09th,2017
# omkara mangalam - pharaz - gnanananda swami

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