Sanjay Subramanian, April 15th, 2006 CMANA, Brigewater

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 01 May 2006, 06:23

Sanjay Subramanian, April 15th, 2006 CMANA, Brigewater Venkataramanaswamy Temple, NJ
With Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Guruvayoor Dorai (Mridangam) & Neyveli Venkatesh (Khanjira)

1. Evasudha -Sahana/Adi/Thyagaraja
2. Ananda Natamaaduvar Thillai - Purvikalyani/Adi, (Thillana Like Swarams)
3. pAmAlaikkiNai unDO - Harikhamboji/Adi/Papanasam Sivan (Alapanai, Neraval @ "tamizh nADu sey tava payanAi vandavA)
4 Paamara Janapalini - Simhendramadhyamam/Rupakam/Dikshithar (Alapanai, Neraval @ "Kaamithaarttha Phaladaayini Kaarunyaamruta Vaahini", Swarams)
5. Saraguna Palimpa - Kedaragowla/Adi/Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (Alapanai, Swarams)
6. Thani Avarthanam
7. Chalamelara - Margahindolam/Deshaadi/Thyagaraja (Raga Sketch)
8. Yarukkum Adangaadha Neeli - Begada, Alapanai (Dint understand this song, to be honest)
9. Kanmaniye Sholladi KamalanayanaRamana - ?
9. RTP - Bhairavi " Maalai Pozhuthu Thochedhu, En Aasai Kannalane" - Jhampa Taalam, 3 speeds
10. Virutham - Karpagambikai Nee Allavo - Behag
11. Kaana Vendamo - Sriranjani
12. Thillana
13. Mangalam

Sorry for the late posting.

The audio arrangements were not great. Crowd was packed, and moving in/out. Fair amount of disturbance. Horrendous introduction by some woman who kept shouting "This is going to be the Best Concert ever" in her opening speech which ran for a good 20 minutes and kept the artists waiting. Chaos, in short reigned, and the artists did well to sing inspite of the ongoing banter.

Great Purvikalyani, excellent Simhendramadhyamam alapanai and fantastic rendering. Sanjay knows a lot, a lot, a lot abt concert planning and execution altho I am not the biggest fan of his krithi selection. Accomplished accompaniments. Great thani.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 01 May 2006, 07:00

Seems to have been a good concert. Some of my favourite ragas like Sahana, Kedara gowlai and Bhairavi.

What do 'tillana like swarams' mean?

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 01 May 2006, 07:04

hey mohan,

the swarams sounded like how syllables are pronounced in a thillana. dint see a particular order/meaning in the swarams rendering, perhaps i am wrong. it dint sound lke the traditional style of swarams i have heard rendered at the end of a krithi. it was refreshing, tho, i must say.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 01 May 2006, 08:33

you mean he sang the sollakattu or drum syllables instead of swarams?ie.

tha dhi ginathom (Ananda)
dhi thaam tha dhi ginathom (Ananda)

etc?

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 01 May 2006, 23:39

mohan, i dont know. not much into thillanas to really know the technicalities, it dint sound like swarams to me. and i find it difficult to recall in exact detail, to be honest. i just write down an obervation at the time.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 02 May 2006, 00:39

Here are the two songs that intrigued you mahesh3.

Arukkum aDangAda. rAgA: bEgaDa. Adi tALA. Composer: Muttiah Bhagavatar

P: Arukkum aDangAda nIli ponnambalattADum kALi
A: pAruL parabhrammattai aDakkiya
shAyaipaDum vEdangaLAlum ariyAda mAyai
C: paramAnandanaip-pAdiyAi mATrinAL parndAman
mukhamadil pal vilangETrinAL shiramadaru paDavE vinai
tanait-tUTrinAL harikEshanagar vAzhum emmaik-kAppATrinAL

kaNmaNiyE shollaDi. rAgA: hindustAnikApi/sArangA. dEshAdi tALA.

P: kaNmaNiyE shollaDi enran kaNmaNiyE shollaDi
A: kamala daLa nayana ramaNaniDattil enran
C1: Aru talai irundum Aru talai shollAmal
mIru maiyarkkuL sikki vADum en duraikkiyendan
2: Ayamum enakkuTra tAyarum pazhi sholla
vEruyirkkumen sheyalE ariyum enran
3: mazhavai cidambaram shol manadirkkurittaruLum
mazhaiyotta karum kuzhal vaLLi maNALan enran

bala747 · Post by **bala747** » 02 May 2006, 10:25

Has Sanjay's voice improved? The last time I heard him in Singapore it was pretty bad.

Nice to see a Kedaragoula main item and more Tamil songs.

And Kanmaniye Solladi is in Kaapi IIRC. HEard MDR's version of it. Beautiful.

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 02 May 2006, 18:30

Hey Bala.

Good to see u back on these review forums, yo

!

Well, Sanjay's voice has definitely deteriorated compared to 2000-2001, when I heard him at his peak. That said, he is still able to sing very well within those limitations today without getting carried away, and he seems to be much calmer on the concert stage. He did very well in this kutchery to sing for as long as he did without his voice completely breaking. This was almost 4 hours, and quite an accomplishment to sing as long as he did with so many alapanais. The other thing about Sanjay is the pace of his concerts --- no peaks and troughs, and is very consistent. Guruvayoor Dorai and Nagai are so accomplished, it is a joy to watch them play together.

Ranjani-Gayathri had come here last week, excellent kutchery by the vocalists, but terrible, terrible mridangist. He got all his nadais confused, and ended up confusing the artists themselves during the thani. They got their taalams wrong, thanks to his gimmicks. They sang beautifully though. I will post the song list later this week.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 02 May 2006, 21:48

An interesting list. Arukkum Adangadha isn't sung so much in CM concerts, more of a Bharatha Natyam item. Look forward to the Ranjani Gayathri review. That's the comment I always get about their concerts. "Sang beautifully" "tala lapses" (though this time because of the mridhangist).

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 02 May 2006, 21:51

Oh, I also understand what you mean for item 2. That was exactly what I thought when I first heard Sanjay sing the piece.

tajjham taka jham taka jhaNu taLAngu taka tadhingiNa tom taLAngu taka tadhingiNa tOm taka dhimi taka tadhingiNa tOm

He repeated these lines several times in more than one nadai.

new_cmfan · Post by **new_cmfan** » 03 May 2006, 06:36

Seems like it was a long concert - how long did it last?

meena · Post by **meena** » 19 Nov 2006, 11:57

Lji

who is the composer for kaNmaNiyE sollaDI ? I have this listed under sree MDR comp.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 19 Nov 2006, 18:07

It is by Mazhavai Chidambara Bharati.

meena · Post by **meena** » 19 Nov 2006, 23:17

thanku