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RasikasModerator2 · Post by **RasikasModerator2** » 24 Dec 2018, 11:50

This thread is a good idea. We're making it sticky for rasikas to do their tweeting all year long. Although at first we didn't like the idea of tweet reviews, the tidbits turned out to be really good when put in a dedicated thread.

You may tweet anything you like here - parking, canteens, loos, your complaints, schedule stuff, ticket prices, eccentric stuff, funny stuff, anecdotes, even artiste fashion and whom did you take a selfie with or whether there's room to park. Bonus points for anyone who shares cheap and good food tips.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 24 Dec 2018, 12:11

T M Krishna's coming back this Saturday : https://twitter.com/tmkrishna/status/10 ... 13/photo/1

Alas, very very far off though.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 24 Dec 2018, 13:40

The 1:30 pm slot in the Academy has a killer line up this season. Today I think it's VIgnesh Ishwar. Anyone live?

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 14:20

Came to BVB for R.P.Shravan but seems there has been change in program to Violin duet with K.J.Dileep & Sangita. Interestingly there is a young girl on Ghatam almost doubling my previous probability estimate.

Samyuktha Sriram is her name & she played the thani with confidence! Bravo!!

Will post a pic after I figure out how to turn it around.

Piece O cake!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 16:29

Sri PSN just walked into MFAC concert for A.S.Murali with the help of a couple of aides. Seems to have aged much more in the last few months.

A.S.Murali unveiling Parampara jewel in the crown to celebrate

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:05

https://youtu.be/07g7A6hEB9M

Shruti Ravali Manda now in RagaSudha hall. sumasAyaka opener and dhEnuka with RS @#3. Click it for a feast

If you are a fan of singapore rAgams (SSI classification), the RTP is in mOhanakalyANi, k nadai t triputai

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:08

Today saw a man with a small diamond stud, in Academy lobby.

On the nose* (mookuthi).

Naththu, bullaakku, sevippU here they come.

*Don't know if it is the real deal or some pasted/temp costume.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:12

Malladis have of late become vocal about their disdain for popular Chennai practices in CM. Yesterday they sang nenaruncinaanu in vilamba kaalam & mentioned how it was more appropriate to the Sahityam (nidhaanam is there somewhere)! At Pa'swam'sabha they rendered "Darini telusukonti" in the "correct" manner - especially the anupallavi.

Hope it doesn't get any worse

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:16

The beauty of an A.S.Murali concert is that you begin to question if CM is an art or science!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:31

Could the chitta swaras in "kapali" be a good illustration of how there is only one "ga" in Mohanam?

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 24 Dec 2018, 17:35

sureshvv wrote: ↑24 Dec 2018, 17:16 The beauty of an A.S.Murali concert is that you begin to question if CM is an art or science!

Tch, tch. Why doubt? It is the 'Art of Science'

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 18:17

Lady walks into concert hall with Bombay Jayashree hairstyle with back to the audience. And more than one. Good subject for harimau's sociology study!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 18:34

Starts with Lalitha Sahasranama slokam.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 18:50

Rowdy crowd complaining about not enough volume when Patri is banging away mercilessly. May be in future each one will have a bluetooth enabled headset with individual volume controls.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 19:00

Kills "kani manava avatarudai" with "avatarudai" going down scale a few times before finishing it high as commonly heard.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 19:02

Obviously no one told her about the ragas featured in prior concert.

Bright side is it is a rare "Mati matiki delpa". Not sure I have heard it before. Swaras @ Pa'tiki delpa

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 19:18

Teliyaledhu nu aaramcha seruppadi thaan.

The next one better be even rarer!!

Spends an extended time holding notes on the way down & people are scrambling to find out if it is a "graha bedham". Mean trick!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 19:45

People seated both on chairs & on floor on the stage. Wonder if they are priced differently.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 24 Dec 2018, 20:04

So some time last week, after singing his song, the name
of the composer was first mentioned as "Annaswamy Sastrigal" then repeated with the "gal" elided and a sheepish smile.

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 24 Dec 2018, 22:53

@uday_shankar has just invented a new word called "shambura" referring to the phenomena of someone playing a tambura for the whole concert, but we never hear any of it, and not because of lack of a mic.

ark07 · Post by **ark07** » 25 Dec 2018, 00:29

sureshvv wrote: ↑24 Dec 2018, 17:12 Malladis have of late become vocal about their disdain for popular Chennai practices in CM. Yesterday they sang nenaruncinaanu in vilamba kaalam & mentioned how it was more appropriate to the Sahityam (nidhaanam is there somewhere)!

Related to this, here's a very good article on raga Malavi and how it is rarely elaborated these days. It also features a clip of Sri. Voleti (guru of Malladi Suribabu) singing nenaruncinaanu a bit slower than the SSI-GNB madhyamakala standard.

Sachi_R · Post by **Sachi_R** » 25 Dec 2018, 09:12

SureshVV
You're my hero, I love this thread and imagine you zigzagging the Chennai snarled-up lanes slavering for saucy tidbits and succulent musical bites ready to strike randomly with your lovely notes!

Spends an extended time holding notes on the way down & people are scrambling to find out if it is a "graha bedham". Mean trick!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 10:23

The season can be quite a challenge to the one's constitution, especially when you start with a 9am R.Vedavalli concert and end with Malladis at 9pm - and subsist on sabha coffee and keerai vadai(1) so as not to doze off at the auditorium.

The Pharma guys should work on a magic season pill to help with this!

(1): The name itself is a deep rooted conspiracy to make a vile deep fried dish sound healthy and wholesome.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 14:46

Last year Kirtilal's was handing out wall calendars. This year it appears that they are the secret sponsors of the entire season. Many lady musicians are flaunting their "best friends".

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 25 Dec 2018, 15:10

The music Academy is now issuing tokens to guarantee tickets to whoever can come at 4:30 in the morning and buy. One of my friends has somehow, somehow got a token for Ranjani and Gayathri. He says even the screen tickets are sold out by 6 in the morning.

That's right, now we need tickets to buy tickets!!

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 25 Dec 2018, 16:35

siva shankari has aandufied me with kadaikkaN. Brinda M has taken kadaikkaN vaithhennai right now

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 16:48

Chandrakauns for submain raga & Basavanna vachana as kriti - vasudha ravi @ vani mahal. Even explained the meaning. Ranjani Hebbar would have had the evening slot now.

H.M.Smitha on the violin is turning out to be the season surprise!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 17:04

She had cancelled the last couple of concerts due to voice problems. No sign of any impairment at all today.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 19:16

Amrutha Venkatesh shining her effulgence on Srimahaganapathey in Abhogi with its wonderful swaraksharams. A bout of 2 avartanam swaras where you are sure she is going to run out of space every time but just lands each time in the nick of time. May be eliding a swara or something.

PS: Not eliding. Packing them in last minute. May be.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 25 Dec 2018, 20:45

Brilliant swara segments flouting standardized strategies. Main sahana had just slow speed swaras (just ri was repeated half a dozen times with various gamakas) leading to thani.

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 26 Dec 2018, 17:08

SrinathK wrote: ↑25 Dec 2018, 17:42 Another tOdi? Now I claim it's a conspiracy. All the artistes are in on the joke.

SrinathK wrote: ↑25 Dec 2018, 17:47Oh my god!

thOdi main by VS again. Vivek Sadasivam that is. Though given his Dikshitar lineage the probability of a rare MD is high instead of koluva or endhuku daya or dachukovalena or karthikeya or kamalambike

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 26 Dec 2018, 17:27

He took STs navarAthri kriti bhArathi mAmava

SrinathK · Post by **SrinathK** » 26 Dec 2018, 18:06

I don't know what is funnier - this semi English "manipravaLam" jAvALi or how Sikkil Gurucharan manages to sing it with a perfectly straight face : https://www.facebook.com/ramaswamy.nara ... 426988728/

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 26 Dec 2018, 18:44

Live relay of Malladi in Podhigai right now from Vani Mahal with MAS, MannargudiEaswaran, VSuresh

Tomorrow VS from IFAS is also scheduled for live relay @ 7pm.

No idea if it is full concert or the first half/one hour

Live now online @ https://ddpodhigai.org.in/index.php/live.html

kunthalavarali · Post by **kunthalavarali** » 27 Dec 2018, 10:11

only for an hour.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 12:13

Srungara sathyayudhadhara saravanasya dasoaham at MA

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 13:30

Venkatanagarajan at the Academy reminds me of those blokes from remote villages walking the corridors of the IIT hostel with the "deer caught in the headlights" look.

Finishes off concert with a classic Sanjay viruttam - "summa iruppadhu aridhu" & dakshinamurthy tiruppugazh.

Sounded a bit like Sanjay via Sethlapathy Balu during the Suddha Danyasi parts.

Gomathy Sankar made a good showing in the thani.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 14:26

K.P.Nandini has both violin & vocal slot... Thought that was a no-no at the academy

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 14:43

Sriranjani singing "oosi" pallavi at the Academy. Explained what it was.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 15:17

Switched from Mohanam to Sivaranjani in a long flash during the ragamalika viruttam. Mass hypnotism. Moment of the concert for me.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 16:56

Read that amoebas are solving the TSP (Travelling Salesman Problem) faster than computers. Wonder if they will work for the Sabha hopping rasika.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 27 Dec 2018, 17:58

Chitrambari for main & Sama gana lola. Wonder if that is happening anywhere else today, or this week, or this month, or this year.

Venkat Ramachandran · Post by **Venkat Ramachandran** » 27 Dec 2018, 18:21

Sanjay- Nasikabhushani RTP

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 28 Dec 2018, 00:11

I actually met Sureshvv.

We see each other all year... But never in December!

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Dec 2018, 09:58

Nick H wrote: ↑28 Dec 2018, 00:11 I actually met Sureshvv.

We see each other all year... But never in December!

Indication that you are spending more time in the concert hall and less at the canteen

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Dec 2018, 10:01

Last time I heard Chitrambari for main was more than 10 years ago at a Carnatica sponsored concert by Vasudha Keshav inside the MGR Janaki college auditorium in a thematic concert on Mysore Composers.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Dec 2018, 16:16

V.Subhasri & Prasanna Venkatraman @ Raga Sudha. Great line up promising an intetesting evening.

Subhasri starting with Surutti varnam & then Srirama padama with some lively swaras at pallavi line. Great demonstration of control of sustain in voice. Pleasure to hear such clarity of notes & lyrics.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Dec 2018, 16:42

Kannada alapana & bhaja re bhaja manasa. Neraval & swaras witn shifted eduppu @ bhoo sama shantham bhoo ja kantjam

sankark · Post by **sankark** » 28 Dec 2018, 19:01

After a terrific pantuvarALi siva siva, Prasanna is treating us to a superb husEni
Also line @
https://youtu.be/sTVbtQ0MxeI

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 28 Dec 2018, 22:39

Prasanna was beginning to zone in after a sprightly Pantuvarali and an enchanting Husseini and started on Kambodhi when Ravikumar of the Malladi bros. duo walked into the auditorium. That was like a Stage 3 rocket being set off full thrust. Kambodhi was developed in grand detail and his most pliant voice followed every idea and unravelled the raga in all its glory. Best alapana of the season!