gAyatriGirish@kotturpuram on Feb 28th,2009

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Mar 2009, 22:19

gAyatriGirish@kotturpuram on Feb 28th,2009
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Accompanied by akkarai subbalakshmi- violin , neyveli skandasubramaniam - mridangam and
anirudh AthreyA - kanjirA in the nAyaki sabha at kotturpuram.

1A. slOkham "gnanA nanda mayam"- sAVeri -??
1B. sarasooda (varnam) - sAveri -patnam
2. mahAgaNapathE pAlayasumAm - natanArAyani - MD

3. shree varalakshmi (R S)- shree - MD
6 mins each for alApanai and violin return
4. karpaga maNohara (R )- malayAmArutham - psivan
5. telisi rAma - ravichandrikA - T
6. sukhi evarO(R S) - kAnadA - T

7. nA mOralA(R) - yk kAmbOdhi - talapAkkam chiNNayyA
8A. dAsharathI(R N S T)- tOdi - T
12 mins AlApanai , 9 mins violin , 6 mins neraval and 7 mins swaram
neraval in "bOdhincina tyAgarAja karArcita "
8B. tani for about 16 mins

9. murugaNin maru peyar azhagu - behAg - surajAnanda
10. rAma pAhi mEghashyAma -kApi -T
11A. slOkham "shAnthA kAram bhujaga sayaNam" = ?? + hameerkalyAni+ dhanyAsi +shuruTTi
11B. shree venkaTa - shuruTTi- MD
12. pavamAna

OVer the years I have always observed that GG does sufficient homework to give a wide range of krithis in every concert , to that extent her repertoire is always there and is excellent. But having said that plus, at many times I just felt there was not the same excellence exhibited in her rendition and there was sag(at least yesterday the voice weight and breath control in her singing was overall just good)

Her start in sAveri and her rendition of the varnam with quick swaras was very good. natanArayani that followed was also good . Her shree rAgam was definitely well rendered liked her swaras at the end just consistent and definitely shree rAgam, not a shade of madhyamAvati.

The dip started at malayamArutham ,the alApana was nice , usually I struggle to differentiate between valachi vs malayamArutham . But in her alApana the malayamArutham had more close touch to rAmapriya and poorvikalyAni . Just perhaps it is just my total ignorance or may be malayamArutham has to be carefully sung . The krithi was not that well rendered did not have the karpaga manOhara shivan's punch.

KAnadA what a rAga it is , she sang quite good there and her rendition of swaras and krithi was bit slow pace, just missed more swaras there.Her yk kAmbOdhi is a rare one and her rendition did not have the right charm .

tOdi alApanai and krithi rendition was good , the neraval was just ok(considering that being the only neraval , neraval was not exhibited much) she did not go too detailed and also her swaras were bit short. In the tukkadas liked her slOkham the best and the rare kApi krithi a lot.

Akkarai is a usual suspect in proportion , to me that suspicion was there in malayamArutham and tOdi , her play was consistently very good. Both the percussionist were very good to excellent , skanda has the right strokes and anirudh joins a list of classy kanjira artist (he has matured a lot)

Overall the concert was just good and was for 2 hours and 45 minutes. Perhaps another reviewer who was sitting with me can add more comments .

perarulalan · Post by **perarulalan** » 02 Mar 2009, 10:06

gnananda mayam devam is a sloka on Lord Hayagriva by Vedanta DEsikar

saradha rajan · Post by **saradha rajan** » 02 Mar 2009, 12:07

I too attended this concert. Overall, the concert was excellent. Akkarai was superb as always.

swaminathan123 · Post by **swaminathan123** » 02 Mar 2009, 17:26

Thodi alapana was just avearage, The raga could have sung with with finer nuances with aesthetics, as rajeshnat mentioned {her voice weight and breath control in her singing was overall just good)
She has to develope breath control her voice becomes weak in upper octaves sometimes.
over all a good concert, Sriragam was fairly good, the phrase rg,rs was used continuosly which resulted in monotony

ragapriya82 · Post by **ragapriya82** » 03 Mar 2009, 12:11

rajeshnat wrote:
The dip started at malayamArutham ,the alApana was nice , usually I struggle to differentiate between valachi vs malayamArutham . But in her alApana the malayamArutham had more close touch to rAmapriya and poorvikalyAni . Just perhaps it is just my total ignorance or may be malayamArutham has to be carefully sung . The krithi was not that well rendered did not have the karpaga manOhara shivan's punch.

malayamarutam is a beautiful raga, yes it has to be sung carefully to avoid other similar ragas like valaji or ramapriya.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 04 Mar 2009, 14:10

Today I was listening to AIR concert of Anuradha Suresh Krishnamaurthy.I was bathing in the bathroom listening to the alapana with bit of interruptions and thought it was Ramapriya which of course sounded a bit like Poorvikalyani initially.But only when the singer started Manasa Edulo I realised it was Malayamarutham.I was surprised by rajeshnath's posting here.May be this is the latest style of singing MM.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 04 Mar 2009, 17:33

I attended the concert and liked the rendition of the Saveri Varnam. Telisi Rama is in Purnachandrika and not Ravichandrika as mentioned above. The Thodi Alapanai was also nicely done with a leisurely exposition in the middle and lower octaves. Malayamarutham sketch was also good. Malayamarutham is a Janyam of Chakravakam with Chatushruthi Dhaivatham and Kaishiki Nishadam and lacks a Madhyamam. I really fail to see how it could resemble Purvikalyani that has a distinct Prathi Madhyamam. The mistaken perception of Ragams in most cases could primarily be due to the limited expertise of we Rasikas, rather than the performer.

Sathej

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 05 Mar 2009, 17:00

Sathej,

I posted that in a lighter vein in reply to Rajeshnath's.

Anyway what U have written is correct.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 05 Mar 2009, 21:07

Purvikalyani perhaps not....but Ramapriya is very much a related raga - the swaras are the same except for prathimadhyamam in Ramapriya which is absent in MMaruthi...the jump between G and P is close enought to that between G and M2 to create some confusion.

Ramapriya to Purvikalyani takes just a change of the Nishadam but that way you can get all the ragas in CM!