TMK - H K Venkataram - Srimushnam Rajarao - G S Ramanujam

[rshankar]

Ramakriya - thanks!

[squims]

Thanks for clearing that up!

[Lakshman]

nIre nI karatare mArasundarana. rAgA: dEs. ATa tALA.

P: nIre nI karatare mArasundarana mArasundarana sukumAra sundarana
C1: gollara maneyoLagidda pAl mosara mellane melluva vallabha hariya
2: yAdavaranella Adarisidana vEda vEdAntana yAdava priyana
3: vara gauripuradalli vAsavAdihana varada purandara viTTalarAyana

[barrakooka]

One small note on the point made in the original post that a lot of Semmangudi favorites were not sung. I think its upto the main artist to sing what they are comfortable with for that day. As Sanjay mentioned in his blog, the influence and popularity of the yesteryear vidwans make rasikas expect certain songs. However, the main artists could choose different pieces to make the concert a success depending on their mood, inclination to sing certain ragas/pieces.
http://sanjaysub.blogspot.com/2008/07/c ... qus_thread

[bilahari]

Barrakooka, you certainly have a point. However, when TMK announced he was dedicating the concert to SSI, one might reasonably expect SSI favourites to be sung.

[KSJaishankar]

Yes... I agree the expectation was there. But Deva Deva, Narasimha Agachha and Maulau Ganga did nod in that direction.

On the subject of the kalapramanam for Jagadananda Karaka being too slow, giving it a "bhajanai" like feel, I actually felt the kriti sounded much better! The fast paced rendering has lots of energy, but that is what sounds more mechanical to me, possibly because of the sameness factor, whoever renders it. The only version of this kriti that I have enjoyed more, is no surprises, MDR's rendition - no prizes for guessing - which was materially slower than even TMK's

[srikant1987]

I also think TMK was constantly singing "jagadhAnandakAraka" which is something MDR would not do.

[vasanthakokilam]

>It's remarkable how much like bhajanai jagadAnandakAraka can feel when slowed down appropriately

I am trying to get a feel for the connection between the bhajanai feel and the slowed down jagadAnandakAraka . I associate bhajanai usually with a few other parameters but not slow rendering..

[mankuthimma]

http://www.mediafire.com/?an20blxkr975g95

RK Srikantan sings this for radio.

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Kulkarni Sir,
You beat me to uploading R K Srikantan's nIre nI karetAre.
I was about to upload another version (also in Behag)

[shreyas]

Did anyone happen to record this TMK concert, or did he give explicit instructions not to do so? The Subhapanthuvarali seems to have been quite an experience...