premA rangarAjan@NSG (Mini) on May 17th,2009

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 18 May 2009, 09:52

premA rangarAjan@NSG (Mini) on May 17th,2009
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This concert was organized on the occasion of vidwan Palani subramania pillai yearly annual centenary . I have attended few concerts in the last few years, kudos to all the organizers (ArunPrakash, mannArkoil balAji and b.gaNapathirAman), especially for their sumptuous free lunch that was served between this concert and the previous TNS Krishna's concert

Smt Prema rangarAjan was Accompanied amrithA murali - violin,PB KrishnamAchAri - mridangam and H .SivarAmakrishnan - ghatam

1. shree mahAgaNapathE (S) - AbhOgi - NS rAmachandran
2. dharmasamvardhiNi (N S )- madhyamAvati - MD
neraval for 6 minutes in the lines "mAdhava sOdhari sundari madhyamAvati sankari"
swaras for 5 minutes

3A. RTP in shanmughapriyA
rAgam for 12 minutes in two rounds with 4 minutes intermediate violin return
tAnam for 7 minutes
pallavi + swararAgamaliga (shanmughapriyA + malayAmArutham?? + hamsAnandi + madhukowns?? + mOhanam), for 17 minutes
3B. tani for 13 minutes

4.thillAnA "pavana thanaya bhaktha" -vasantA?? - ?

Since this concert had started late , it just was a brief one from 2 pm to 3:35 pm. Smt premA being a disciple of Late sulochana paTTabhirAman always has a very high classical touch. But somehow today I did not get that brilliance .

Her start in AbhOgi was just good , possibly the only reason is her voice did not warm up much to take this expressive AbhOgi. A good to very good madhyamAvati was sung quite well , especially liked her neraval.

ShanmughapriyA is one rAga that is born more for RTP , possibly I felt Smt premA could have charged more , her AlApanai and pallavi was very well dwelt .The tAnam was just good, her rAgamAliga swaras were just good ,could have been more well rounded.

One of the reasons this concert was just good was perhaps due to a mediocre support by the mridangist , at many many touch points the rhythm did not gel that well with the vocalist .The ghatam artist played quite good and his patterns were more well rounded.Amritha's violin playing was very good , her returns were precise and sharp.

Overall just a good concert.

I had just heard the last tukkada(palimpa thamasamA) of TNS krishna , he sang beautifully had a touch of 1980's shri tns there. Can some one post that concert list , I am told he sang also a rtp in tOdi??

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 18 May 2009, 10:03

Pallavi - Talam?

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 18 May 2009, 11:05

The vasantA tillAnA is a composition of ammaCatram kannusAmi piLLai.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 May 2009, 22:38

Pallavi Talam is Khanda Jaati Triputa Tala

Ganapathi Raman is not one of our organisers.

The Palani M.Subramania Pillai Trust was formed in 1995 with the aim of continuing the Guru Puja of Manpundia Pillai at Pudukkottai and Palani Subramania Pillai in Chennai. A trust was formed under the able leadership of Shri.K.S.Kalidas who has done yeomen service for the trust and has brought the trust to this level of popularity. As he was struggling with personal problems for quite some time he requested me to take over the trust and its activities. So recently in April 2009 I was appointed the Managing Trustee with the blessings of other trustees. The trust goes like this :

Patron : Chengleput Shri Ranganathan

Managing Trustee : Mannarkoil J Balaji

Trustees : Shri K S Kalidas
Trichy Sankaran
Guruvayur Dorai
Madirimangalam Swaminathan
A.V.Regguprasad
K.Arunprakash

Mannarkoil J .Balaji

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 19 May 2009, 09:29

I forgot to mention the pallavi line. The line was "shaNkari vashaNkari shivashaNkari sadbhakthiM dEhi"