TMK - Kalarasana - 4 Jan 2009

hariharans · Post by **hariharans** » 04 Jan 2009, 22:58

Kalarasana - 4 hour concert
4 Jan 2009 - 17:00hrs

Sri TM Krishna - Vocal
Sri S Varadarajan - Violin
Sri Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam
Sri BS Purushotam - Kanjira
Sri Rithvik Raja & Kum Vidya R - Tampura

01 neranaMidhi - kanadA varnam - Kanda ata
02 aparAdhamula - latAngi - Adi - rAgA sketch, N Sl at vega nanny brovu
03 sanandA kamalA manohari - kamalA manohari, hamsadhvani, revagupti, tarangini - Adi - swati tirunAl - R
04 cheta sri - dwijAvanti - rupakam(2)
05 Sri valli deva - natabhairavi - Adi
06 dakshinAmurthe - sankarAbharanam - misra jumpa - R, N & S at akshaya swarna T
07 rAjuvedala - thodi - rupakam
08 RTP - janaranjani - khanda triputa
pallavi: pAhimAm sri rAjarSheswari kripAkari sankari
pallavi rAgamAlikA: shanmukhapriyA, yadukulakhAmboji, sindhubhairavi,
09 piththam theliya - chenchuriti - Adi
10 thungA theera vihAram - sAlaga bhairavi - Adi S
11 sAgara sayana vibho - bAgeswari - Adi - MD Ramanathan
12 vande mAtaram - desh - Adi
13 mangalam - Desh

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 05 Jan 2009, 04:46

hariharans wrote: 03 thAnandam kamalA manohari - kamalA manohari, hamsadhvani, revagupti, tarangini - Adi - swati tirunAl - R

It should be sAnanda kamalA manOhari dhavam........

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 05 Jan 2009, 06:35

Desh mangalam? First time I'm seeing this.

poornashadjam · Post by **poornashadjam** » 05 Jan 2009, 10:23

Hi all,

I was there at Rani Seetai hall for the concert and it was a wholesome concert . Despite voice problems , TMK brought out some superb manodharmam in Jana ranjani ragam . The Dikshitar piece -Sri Dhakshinamurthe was well handled and the tani was electrifying with ganjira Purushothamman giving perfect replies to Maestro Trichi Shankarans Kanakkus. What a tani it was . Varadarajan on the violin was superb barring the Pallavi Trikaalam where he struggled.

Bilahari - The Mangalam was in the form of a slokam " Mangalam Kosalendraya " sung continuously with the Vande Mataram song .

N Sridhar

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Jan 2009, 12:15

I had to shell out a fair amount of money for this concert as a result of which I found myself deposited right in front of the stage - my second "senior rasika" moment of the season! The veterans around me were keeping time with practised elegance. I joined them during some of the sarvalaghu passages but recalled a nightmarish concert experience during which this habit of mine brought the proceedings on stage to an abrupt end, and wisely abandoned my pretense! I will be back in the cheap seats from the next concert!

The concert started very well with Kaanda Varnam/Lathangi and the mellow rendition of Cheta Sri Balakrishnam was a pleasant contrast but somehow Dwijavanthi, Sankarabharanam and Janaranjani over 3 hours seemed a little repetitive (the Natabhairavi and Thodi krithis were no longer than 5 minutes each) although each of these items was very well rendered. It was really refreshing when Krishna sang swarams in Shanmukhlapriya - now, that would been a great choice for the RTP. I did not notice the voice problems though...

Just wondering whether it is unusual for a pallavi like this to be discussed and rehearsed by both the vocalist and violinist before the concert? Or maybe it was just a momentary lapse of concentration from Varadarajan who is normally quite alert. I felt he could have let it pass and do a simple neraval rather than try something he was not too confident about. Anyway he played exceptionally well otherwise...

A great tani too - a nice korvai for Misra Jhampa - IIRC, done over four avarthanas + 2 matras (i. e 162 matras).

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 05 Jan 2009, 12:27

hariharans wrote: 03 thAnandam kamalA manohari - kamalA manohari, hamsadhvani, revagupti, tarangini - Adi - swati tirunAl - R

Was there a rAga mAliga in alApanai , or did the krithi had ragamAliga sAhityam.
How long was the tani in minutes??.
Was there also another round of mini tani at the end of RTP.?

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 05 Jan 2009, 12:48

There was RM AlApana! The Bhoopalam-like (to my ears!) strains of Revagupti followed by tarangini (which TMK announced) did a lot to perk me up and set high expectations for the rest of the concert....only to be follwed by a very very sleep-inducing (it could have been just me

!) chEtaSri - I found the SankarAbharanam AlApana equally soporific but highly enjoyed the swara rounds in the main - in fact the swara rounds were most appealing in every time the TMK-Varadarajan duo took up one. At one point Varadarajan led the swara essay and TMK followed him, which was very pleasing to see/hear. The electric misra-jhampa tani made everyone sit up and nicely set things up for the RTP that followed. Yes there was a smallish tani at the end of RTP as well. All in all, a great 'peak' season-ending concert for me. Of course my season will stretch till end of March thanks to Hamsadhwani!

shenbagaraj · Post by **shenbagaraj** » 05 Jan 2009, 13:15

rajeshnat- the kriti was sananda kamala manohari as ksrimech made a correction earlier
the krithi had ragamalika sahityam with raaga mudras in it..
tani was for about 25 minutes
there was no mini tani..
the former was ecstatic enough

Shen

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 05 Jan 2009, 13:26

Hmmmm....the 2 minute 'tani' with RTP wasn't a tani technically then?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:21

There was a quick tani at the end of the RTP with a korvai...I guess this is what Rajesh refers to as a mini-tani

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:27

Forgot to add that the 'Mangalam' was embedded within item 12 "vande mataram" - 'Mangalam Kosalendraya ...' woven within the Desh piece towards the end and the concert ended with the words Vande Mataram!

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 05 Jan 2009, 14:30

It is SAnandam kamalAmanoharinam and not all those things.. this song is interesting,(and controversial) because it has a tarangini passage - which SSIyer has sung in the proper CHarukeshi janyam way, while Semmangudi himself was the most vehement proponent of Maaye being sung in the popular tune they do - Janjooti passed off as tarangini, claiming that it is sudha-tarangini.

Unfortunately no one asked Semmangudi how this song - Saanandam (which also has the phrase kshIra-tarangini) could be song in one version of the rAga, while MAye is sung in the JanjUti clone - Sudha-tarangini!

Sudha = KshIra

shenbagaraj · Post by **shenbagaraj** » 05 Jan 2009, 19:12

that is messed up!

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 07 Jan 2009, 00:06

Both Main and Pallavi items are in his commercial release album's'. May be he should have taken a different song for main or different raga for pallavi.
But I liked both the renditions in his albums and a live peerformance will be terrific experience from TMK.