Sanjay @ SKGS, 25 Dec 08

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 25 Dec 2008, 21:00

Vid Sanjay Subramanyam - vocal
Vid Mysore Manjunath - violin
Vid Tanjore Ramdas - Mrudangam
Vid Neyveli Venkatesh - Kanjira

1. Ninnu juchi - sourastram - adi 2 kalai - patnam subramanya iyer
2. itara deivamula vella - chaya tarangini - rupaka - thyagaraja (Swara @ itara deivamula)
3. paratpara parmeshwara - vachaspati - adi - papanasam sivan (ragam)
4. vihara manasa rame sachidananda - kapi - misra chapu - Swathi thirunaal (ragam, neraval & swara @ parandaradi vinute)
5. tiruvadi charanam - kambodhi - adi 2 kalai - gopalakrishna bharati (neraval, swaram @ aduthu vanda ennai and tani)
6. RTP - Chaya ranjani - kanda jati triputa talam - sendhil andavanai sevippom varir devadi devanai thiru - 1/2 akshram eduppu
- ragamalika pallavi - behag, anandha bhairavi, varali, bagesri, sindhu bhairavi, ? , desh
(No swaras rendered)
7. tunbam nergayil - desh - adi
8. maname kanamum - bhimplas - adi
9. pavamana - sourastram

Brilliant!! No ragam rendered for main and no swaras for pallavi, no trikalam, however, sung pallavi in ragamalika! Pallavi was good 35 minutes plus. Good team work, manjunath played extremely well, his replies to sanjay were awsome!

Concert started and ended in sourastram!!!!

-hari

pakkavadyam · Post by **pakkavadyam** » 25 Dec 2008, 21:20

i enjoyed the concert very much! main item without ragam alapanai was a bit disappointing!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 25 Dec 2008, 22:06

What is the scale and character of this Chaya Ranjani? Kapi elaboration by Sanjay must've been nice.

maithree · Post by **maithree** » 25 Dec 2008, 22:33

Well... what a concert it was ! I was sitting by the stage and happened to observe name of the mineral water that was served to the artistes - "Team" ! That just about summarizes today's concert. What a team effort that was.

Manjunath was terrific and at times I was even left with the feeling that Manjunath excelled Sanjay. At times it appeared as if Manjunath was simultaneously reading Sanjay's mind even as Sanjay was thinking of kalpana swaras - the anticipation and the way Manjunath followed Sanjay like a "chaya". It was apt that many "chaaya" ragas were sung today. What a fantastic violinist Manjunath is !

The percussionists were excellent in their accompaniment and they added a lot of lustre to the concert. However, probably owing to time constraints, the thani seemed very short and simple. Nothing to take away any credit from the excellent percussion support that they provided.

Kanimozhi (Tamilnadu CM , Karunanidhi's daughter) , in the audience, must have surely enjoyed the well-emoted tamil songs that Sanjay rendered.

A great concert overall.

mravi · Post by **mravi** » 25 Dec 2008, 23:32

The raga after sindhu bhairavi was hamsanandi for the swara...Sanjay continues to be in great form and clearly looks to be the "musician of the 2008 season"...similar to "Player of the series" ward in criciket. He has one more big one to go..coming up in MA after a break

sagars · Post by **sagars** » 25 Dec 2008, 23:46

Absolutely a very great concert. Kapi, kambodhi and RTP all were excellant though no alapan for the main raga was disappointing.

My regret 1,2,3,4,5- five forumites were at the concert. But we could nt meet.

Very very sad.

Let find ways to meet friends.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Dec 2008, 00:03

Maithree - hopefully Kanimozhi enjoyed all the songs irrespective of the language...for there were many fine non-tamizh songs as well.
BTW any idea what raga this Chaya Ranjni is all about?
Odd to see kambhoji main since the next concert at the Academy will also feature the same as main. Maybe this was a "practise" session!
really looking forward to the Academy concert. Hope I will get tickets.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 26 Dec 2008, 00:10

Chayaranjani RTP was sung earlier this season by D Vardhani as part of the RTP series in Gokhale Sastri Hall.

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... -arts.html

It is a Janya of Shubhapanthuvarali I guess.

Sathej

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 26 Dec 2008, 00:10

Vijay, do you know which krithi he is taking up at the Academy?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Dec 2008, 00:22

The souvenir says Rasa Vilasa!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Dec 2008, 00:29

From the description in Karnatik.com, it is neither a janya of Shubha Pantivarali or Simhendramadhyamam. It should be a derivative of Shanmukhapriya/BHavapriya unless there is some other version.

This is another one of what may now be called Sanjay's Abheri-based series. Patdeep, Abheri, Madhuvanti and this one (not counting Rishabha) all follow the same broad pattern. Multani is also one and I hope Sanjay attacks this soon!

Ragjay · Post by **Ragjay** » 26 Dec 2008, 08:21

This is the sixth forumite reporting. The concert could have been elevated to a much higher platform ifa) a Inthasowkhya was sung as a Kapi krithi b)an elaborate alapana for Khamboji was sung and c) if the RTP could have been shortened both the raga alapana and the thanam was reflecting flavour of too many ragas. This is precisely the reason that such ragas should be stretched to the permissible limit This is not to take away anything from his brilliant performance.I was reminded of a concert which TNK attended and he started singing Tiruvadicharanam without an alapana. He was chided and asked to sing an elaborate raga alapana by TNK and he then sang the alapana.Such krithis imortalised by greats like Madurai Mani Iyer Musiri and KVN. This had a lingering effect. Some how yesterdays concert lacked such a profound effect. No swarasinging for the pallavi was in fact improper planning. On the whole a letdown performance, which was good but could have heightened the pleasure of listening with what I said earlier. Bye Ragjay

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 26 Dec 2008, 08:37

Ragjay wrote:I was reminded of a concert which TNK attended and he started singing Tiruvadicharanam without an alapana. He was chided and asked to sing an elaborate raga alapana by TNK and he then sang the alapana.

ragjay,
TM Krishna was the singer and the violinist TN Krishnan asked TMK to sing an AlAP in kAmbOdhi right.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 26 Dec 2008, 08:39

Rajeshnat, I thought it was TNK-Sanjay-Kamboji alapanai and TNK-TMK-Manji alapanai!

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 26 Dec 2008, 09:21

I remember vardhini saying that chaya ranjani is a janya of simhendra madhayamam. Manjunath was awesome. I wish he accompanies Sanjay more often.

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 26 Dec 2008, 09:40

I agree with Ragjay. The concert till kambodhi was lacklustre. His voice was not at its best till then. Tiruvadi charanam was rendered brilliantly compensating for the lack of alapanai. If Sanjay had decided not sing alapanai to accomadate the RTP, then he didn't do justice there also. Literally there was no pallavi singing , he just launched in to ragamallika and again no swaras. Chaya ranjani alapana and thanam were excellent but a bit too long. Mysore Nagaraj, Thanajvur Ramadass and Neyveli Venkatesh provided brillinat support and elevated th concert. Overall a good concert but no where near the best of Sanjay's concerts.

Met sbala but couldn't locate/identify others

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 26 Dec 2008, 10:49

rajumds wrote: The concert till kambodhi was lacklustre.

I have to differ. I found the elevation of kApi to sub-main slot a refreshing change and was really thrilled by the rendition of both Sanjay and Manjunath especially tha raga alapana.

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 26 Dec 2008, 11:45

I felt he screwed up his voice during the tara sthayi excursions in chaya tarangini krithi. He just couldn't get it back. But, I would still place this concert far above the other ones I had attended this season and it's a tribute to this man's concert presentation skills that hes able to delight the audience even with a recalcitrant voice.

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 26 Dec 2008, 19:53

sbala,

Your wording "s.... up" is mostly used in spoken english that too in desparate situations. May be , consider rephrasing it. We have not become that informal in this forum.

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 26 Dec 2008, 20:30

rajaglan
.

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 26 Dec 2008, 21:10

Ragjay wrote:This is the sixth formite reporting.

One more.. me the seventh forumite reporting.

Excellent concert. Manjunath was awesome.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 26 Dec 2008, 23:44

Rajaglan/Kedharam - I don't think Sriram (sbala) meant it in an indecent manner. It is colloquial usage for sure, but no longer indecent! I can assure you that Sriram's pacific temper is not given to such sentiments.

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 27 Dec 2008, 17:12

Kedharam/Rajaglan,
Sorry if I came across as indecent. We haven't met before but maybe you could have given me the benefit of doubt, as I was only praising Sanjay in that post. Anyway, lesson learnt!
Vijay - Thanks for the support

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 27 Dec 2008, 18:11

sbala,
sorry

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 27 Dec 2008, 23:13

vijay wrote: I can assure you that Sriram's pacific temper is not given to such sentiments.

Thats very true!

As congenial a person as you can get

Sathej

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 28 Dec 2008, 07:13

Hi,

It is not about Sanjay's performance . If you have a different opinion about Sanjay's concert, I will have nothing to say. It is about the word. There can be
a big debate if the word is normal or unusual usage. But not needed. In a long run , we donot want to write like "an artist X screwed Kalyani (raga)" and
it can get as bad as that and we cannot insist people to feel as normal as ever.

Another point is , If I know you well, I wouldnot have written that. But I guess someone else would have felt that. Sorry for the distraction in this post.
I will stop here.