Gayathri Girish @ Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 17 Mar 2009, 08:23

Smt Gayathri Girish - Vocal
Shri BU Ganesh Prasad - Violin
Shri J Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam
Shri Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Date : March 16, 2009
Venue : Asthika Samajam, Thiruvanmiyur

1) Chalamela - Nattaikurinji Pada Varnam - O
2) Daya Juda - Jaganmohini - Shyama Sastry
3) Shri Venkata Girisham - Surutti - ANS
4) Aalokaye - Charukesi - Narayana Theerthar - O
5) Ninnu Nera - Panthuvarali - AS
6) Amba Neelayadakshi - Neelambari
7) Sharavana Bhava Guhane - Kannada
8) Balagopala - Bhairavi - ANST
9) Smaravaram - Jog
10) Chuttum Vizhi - Ragamalika
11) Thirupathi Venkataramana - Hamsanandhi
12) Mangalam

It was a concert with a really nice list. The Jaganmohini Krithi of Shyama Sastry was sung well. The Swarams in Surutti were good. Hearing a detailed Surutti after quite some time. The violinistÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s responses here were brilliant. Charukesi is always soothing to me, personally. Neelambari was leisurely and touching with its elaborate Gamakams. The Kannada piece with some rapid Chittai Swarams was a good filler. The Bhairavi Alapanai was done emotively. Good choice of Krithi for main. Mention must be made of some of the nice Swaram patterns laced with a bit of Kanakku sung at two Eduppus - Neela and Sharira. The Thani led by JV was very good. Anirudh on the Kanjira was excellent in his replies. The violinist did an exceedingly commendable job throughout. Post main there was the usual speech by Narasimhan Mama. The Ragamalika was good.

Overall, a nice concert with a fine list.

Sathej

ragapriya82 · Post by **ragapriya82** » 17 Mar 2009, 12:38

It is a very standard list. it is amazing how sometimes members register and post reviews of high praise about some artists.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 17 Mar 2009, 13:48

There we go again into GG bashing mode.

A nice list should be a "standard" list. Ariyakudi's Kutcheri Format is a "standard" format. What is wrong in saying that a concert list was nice. :rolleyes: And Sathej has been with us for a long time

In fact the boot is on the other foot.

It is amazing how a few "member/s" in this forum are on the look out to denigrate this particular singer. I have gone through their posts and am amazed at the similarity of their background, language etc. I can name them for the benefit of the other rasikas (However I am restraining myself from doing so based on CML's request in a different thread not to name).

BTW, there was a fairly critical review by rajeshnat on this singer (link below) and the criticism was done very well. Surely no one will object to such reviews.

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... h2009.html

But then coteries formed to target someone are a different matter altogether.

kamalamba · Post by **kamalamba** » 17 Mar 2009, 18:03

Fully agree with Cienu.

GG has had more than her share of baseless and unsubstantiated criticism in this forum, despite being one of the best and most creative vocalists presently.

In any case, she continues to give excellent concerts (by the account of Sathej and of Mannarkoil Balaji sir in another post).

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 17 Mar 2009, 20:48

Remember, DNFTT!

appu · Post by **appu** » 17 Mar 2009, 21:30

Bilahari, What is DNFTT

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 17 Mar 2009, 21:44

Do Not Feed the Troll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

And god knows we have quite a few lurking around these days. It would be good for the sake of everyone's sanity to adopt the DNFTT rule when dealing with them and letting them die a natural death from neglect.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 17 Mar 2009, 23:21

May be calling them out as a troll is a good way to go.

So may I announce to fellow forumites that "ragapriya82" is a troll that should not be fed even accidentally?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 18 Mar 2009, 06:51

To add to that, I hereby declare Endaroo a troll as well. We should have a thread where we identify trolls and post it as a sticky.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Mar 2009, 10:52

Let them take a stroll out of this Forum

J.Balaji

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 18 Mar 2009, 16:38

It was a very good concert. Bhairavi and surruti were the best. Gayathri Girish has great potential with so much manodharma. I can't believe that i missed you Sathej. I was sitting in the 4th row. We do need some kind of small rasika's badge!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 18 Mar 2009, 20:33

Yes, heed to what bilahari says: DNFTT. In this case, the posting does not make any logical sense, let alone be a controversy creating posting. Reading the past postings by such members sometimes gives you an idea to decide if you want to reply or not.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 19 Mar 2009, 07:23

As Cienu has stated earlier , all the posts condemning her performances for no reason other than personal prejudices seem to be the handiwork of one and the same rasika(?) under different names . .we wish her all the best and request her to contiue her good work undaunted by unhealthy criticism gobilalitha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 19 Mar 2009, 09:52

Well said, Cienu!

Bilahari,
Definitely

Balaji,
We do need that bit of fresh air!

VK,
Would mods think of some tag (like 'banned' for instance) to point out troll posts?

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 19 Mar 2009, 10:36

Madam Arasi

we dont need fresh air madam .. since music is as fresh as ever in our system as we are breathing music, walking music and living music ... unlike others who just try to divert threads just for the sake of it and also make unsavoury remarks and try to vindicate an artiste. We are open hearted, open to suggestions and constantly striving for improvement. They have to go out of this forum or thrown out of this forum which maintains high standards of constructive criticism based on logical reasoning and empirical knowledge backed up by experiential wisdom.

J.Balaji

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 19 Mar 2009, 10:44

Balaji sir,
I meant--to get away from all the diversions, as you said in the first place! Heaven forbid that I request anyone to give up his or her living and breathing music

tribute · Post by **tribute** » 19 Mar 2009, 10:50

arasi, mridhangam and others....
There are some other "trolls" who have extreme pride(garvam) and boast about themselves thinking that they are the ultimate people.
And some other "trolls" who proclaim that what they say is only right.
There should be separate sticky posts for them too.