Vid Neela Ramgopal's concert today at NMKRV

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 09 Feb 2009, 09:22

Can someone pls post the details - if possible the recording (with the artists' permission of course)

I missed the chamber concert and am due to miss today's as well - terribly under the weather

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 10 Feb 2009, 09:55

Heard that there was a brilliant sub-main - kayoroganesham (karnataka devagandhari), a great shanmugapriya (mamavakarunaya) and a superb Bhagyashri pallavi???

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 10 Feb 2009, 10:08

Here is the partial list. I could reach only by this time.

???? reached at this stage.. there could have been more !

05 mAmava karuNaya - shaNmukhapriya - Swati Thirunal ( A,N,S,T)

neraval & swara @ ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‹Å“ kAmita dala lOla kamanIya susheelaÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢

tani Avartanam

06 anjEl anjEl ini konjamum ? - kuntaLavarALi - ?

07 RTP - bhAgEsri - misra jati triputa 2 kaLai

pallavi line : ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‹Å“ sOma sundarESwarapriya vAma bhAga srI rAjamAtangi mAm pAhiÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢

ragamAlika swaras in bhUpALam ( or rEvagupti ?) , dwijAvanti , ? , sindhubhairavi

08 thillAna ( tom dru dru tani dru dru dhim) - kApi ?

09 mangaLam - saurAshtram - thyagaraja

All I can comment is that it was another brilliant concert. Bhagesri, ruled the show.

If anyone attended the full concert can let us know.

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 10 Feb 2009, 16:11

Thanks Braindrain - as always coming up with answers

- let's wait for the complete list

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Feb 2009, 18:46

Sappri,
Missed you at this truly riveting concert. I missed her house concert on sunday. You missed both. Hope you are feeling a bit better now.

Braindrain,
Thank you for your post with the partial list. Did not know you were there.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 10 Feb 2009, 19:20

arasi wrote:Sappri,
Thank you for your post with the partial list. Did not know you were there.

Slipped in silently , and left soon after the concert. There were very few people left towards the end of the concert. Did not notice you ...

You could tell us about the initial kritis. I heard there was Mukhari , Gangeysbhushani and Abheri ( devagandhArm)..

And would you know whose krithi is the kuntalavarali song...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Feb 2009, 19:45

The complete list of songs:
1: varNam: vanajAkshi rItigowLa aTa tAlam Patnam Subramanya Iyer
2: samayamidE kEdAram rUpakam Patnam Subramanya Iyer (RS)
3: kArubAru mukhAri Adi T (R)
4: kAyArohaNESvaram dEvagAndhAram rUpakam MD (RS)
5: sulabha pUjeya mADi gAngEya bhUshaNi khaNDa chApu PD
6; mAmava karuNayA shaNmukhapriya miSra cApu ST(RN)
7: anjEl anjEl kuntalavarALi Adi mAyavaram viSvanAta SAstry
8: RTP in bhAgESri miSra jati tripuTa 'sOmasundarESvara vAma bhAga Sri raJAMaTangi MaM Pahi'
rAga mAlikA in : bowLi, dvijAvanti, hindOLam, sindhubhairavi
9: tillAnA: durbAri kAnaDa Adi lalgudi jayaraman
mangalam

Neela Ramgopal is one of my favorite female singers of today-I don't mean just among the seniors! Well, she does not sound like a senior when it comes to her voice, her imagination and verve. She is such a seasoned singer who is keen on the new while clinging faithfully to the old. The inflection in her voice is very pleasing. The depth in her pAtAntaram and her imagination together whip up wave after wave of musical phrases which are ever so pleasing to hear. She brings to us different composers in her concerts and rAgAs many others do not dare to sing.

The kEdAram had such gambhIram, the dEvagAndhArm was excellent from start to finish. Yes, that shaNmukhapriya (I hear one after such a long time) was delicious and the bhAgESri RTP was captivating.
Cheers to her also on account of her being a senior (like me) and a forumite too

Sorry, I am not a big fan of the violinist, but he was adequate. Neyveli Narayanan and Kartik enlivened the concert no end.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 10 Feb 2009, 22:02

Who was the violinist?

Amruthavarshini · Post by **Amruthavarshini** » 11 Feb 2009, 06:03

Is it TNS' pallavi?

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 11 Feb 2009, 09:20

bilahari wrote:Who was the violinist?

Violin : V V Ravi
Mrudangam : Neyveli Narayanan
Ghatam : Dr.S.Karthik

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 11 Feb 2009, 09:23

Ms.Arasi - thanks so much for asking, yes better. And *super-thanks* for such a wonderful review..... (as always, may I add...)

vganesh · Post by **vganesh** » 11 Feb 2009, 09:35

Sorry, I am not a big fan of the violinist, but he was adequate

If I am right, does he not belong to a great family of violinsts? Can't we have list of top 10 violinists, mridhangists..

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Feb 2009, 14:56

Vganesh,
Tastes differ. As a result, we will end up with a list of more than ten, for sure!
Apologies for my sweeping statement. Perhaps it wasn't one of his best days. I have heard him only a few times to make up my mind about his playing, my taste playing a part in it. Hence, apologies to him and to his fans as well...