MSG trio - Bangalore - 01 May 2009

[s_hari]

Sangeetha Kalanidhi Vidwan M.S.Gopalakrishnan, Dr Narmada, MSG Suresh - violin
Sangeetha Kalanidhi Vidwan Umalyalpuram K Sivaraman - mridangam
Vid. Amrit - Kanjira



1. era napai (varnam) - adi - todi - patnam subramanya iyer
2. giriraja sutha - adi - bangala - thyagaraja (swaram @ gananatha)
3. nada tanumanisam - adi - chittaranjani - thyagaraja (neraval & Swaram @ satyojatati)
4. manasayatulo - rupakam - malayamarutam - thyagaraja (alapana, neraval & swaram @ kalilo rajasa tamasa)
5. janani ninnuvina - misra chapu - reetigowlai - subbaraya sastri (alapana)
6. paraloka bhaya - adi - mandari - thyagaraja (alapana, swara @ paraloka bhaya)
7. lavanya rama - rupakam - purnashadjam - thyagaraja
8. enduku peddala - adi 2 kalai - shankarabharanam - thyagaraja (alapana, neraval & swaram @ veda sastra, tani avarthanam)
9. krishna ne begane - misra chapu - yamuna kalyani - vyasaraja (neraval @ begane baro)
10. thillana - adi - dhanasri - swathi thirunaal
11. niraimadi - hamsanandi - arunagirinathar tirupugazh
12. ni nama rupamulaku - sowrastram - thyagaraja



Comments follows....

-hari

[s_hari]

Concert started briskly with todi varnam, played in two kalams, including charanam. Malayamarutham alapana was by suresh, for about 3 minutes. Durita kala sangathis didn't come out very clearly. Apart from that, alapana was okay, with proper development, pauses in swaras, pa, da & ga. Neraval & swarams were shared by all three, with narmada ending the swaras with a korvai like g- r- s- n- d-.... for 3 avarthanam. A brief alapana by MSG on reetigowlai followed. Mandari alapana was played by Narmada, and she played sangathis in complete tara stayi also. Shanakabharanam alapana was by MSG, again short for a main piece, for 5 minutes. I remember bilahari reporting from San Diego that Shankarabharanam was very similar there also! Here, entire main piece, including thani avarthanam was over in 40 minutes!!! trio shared neraval and swaras. UKS started tani, and then requested suresh to play one more avarthanam (after narmada concluded swara prastaram with a korvai)!!. Soon enough narmada took control, guiding suresh towards completing the swaras. Tani was good, less than 13 minutes. After speech, krishna ni begane followed, and a short neraval was done. Narmada sang neraval for an avarthanam (she did same in shankarabharanam also).

Overall, a good concert, lasting about 2 hour 15 minutes. Narmada announced all songs and ragas.

-hari

[arasi]

Thanks, Hari.
Any reason for stating tALam before rAgam in your list?
Where in Bangalore did this concert take place?

[bilahari]

Thanks, hari. I can't see the pictures completely but it seems MSG can now sit on the ground again? Surprised to see shankarAbharaNam given short shrift again!

[s_hari]

Arasi - This is was part of Ramanavami series in fort high school.

It was just an experiment to keep talam, ahead of raagam!! I have seen few posts by mridangam balaji in similar manner.

bilahari - MSG sat on a chair, kept his leg in the stage to position his violin.

-hari

[Sathej]

Interesting to see - not one person apart from the artistes on stage! Nice.. and good snaps.

Sathej

[badari]

Really a good concert considering Sri MSG's age

[s_hari]

Badari - nice meeting you yesterday. MSG is completing 78 this year! I am looking forward to hearing another 82 year young sing today...

-hari

[jai]

i think you have given the same comments about MSG in your cleveland review earlier
hari .you are astudent of music i suppose
msg playing at this age is fabulous i heard the concert
there was an excellent balancing of the microphones,

mandari was presented in fascinating bhava portraying paraloka bhaya by narmadha
Did you get to hear her raga in full ?????

the thani was very remarkable , melody personified and what a rapport in the concert