Rasikhapriya Concerts May 30th Kolkata

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 03 Jun 2009, 17:50

Having been down with the flu, I was unable to attend all the concerts and apologize for the fact that this update comes a little late and covers the proceedings of only May 30th .

Sri. JA Jayanth, grandson and disciple of Vidwan TS Sankaran, presented a flute recital in the company of Tiruvarur Smt. N. Balam (violin) and Sri. Mohanakrishnan (mridangam). Sri. SankaranÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s presence on stage made one reflect on his role in nurturing the talents of his grandson and, in a broader sense, on the vitality of a tradition in music performance and teaching. This was indeed the first time I heard Jayanth. His expansive essays of Malayamarutam (Manasa etulortuney) and Kalyani (Ragam, Tanam, Pallavi in Adi Tala) revealed technical virtuosity in abundance. Splendid teamwork was in evidence during the RTP segment. Sri. S. Kannan (secretary of Rasikhapriya) remarked on JayanthÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s prodigious talent and recalled an instance where he had confidently played the raga Devamrutavarshini even as a seven year old! The post-tani segment of the program was short and featured a very enjoyable "Kaatrinile varum geetam"

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Jun 2009, 19:13

Nandagopal, glad to know that you're feeling better. A very nice review - I wonder if many of the post-tani pieces that you heard for the first time included his own or his mother's compositions!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 07 Jun 2009, 18:53

[quote="knandago2001"]and the Papanasam Sivan composition on Panduranga in Saramati were very attractive. Surya tells me that the Saramati piece was one of the "movie musical hits"

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 07 Jun 2009, 19:16

thank you knandago. Hope you are keeping ok now.

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 09 Jun 2009, 10:16

VK: Thanks - IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢m OK now.
Rajeshnat: I had forgotten to write down the words - thanks for the lead. Apparently, MKT had sung the song in the movie Rajamukti. Nice that Suryaprakash chose to show case this gem at his concert.

links to the song
http://www.geocities.com/ambagarathur/index.html
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/t ... ger.13154/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7rXRnnA ... re=related

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Jun 2009, 13:38

Thank you Nandagopal sir. I just posted Dr.Ganesh's concert in a different thread. The violin accompaniment was by Melakkaveri Thiagarajan and not Vijayaraghavan.

Mannarkoil J Balaji

knandago2001 · Post by **knandago2001** » 09 Jun 2009, 14:10

my sincere apologies to Melakkaveri Sri. Thiagarajan.. i have edited my earlier post accordingly.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Jun 2009, 21:43

Nandagopal,
Hope you are fine now. Thank you and Balaji (in the other thread) for the reviews from Kolkata.
Balaji's mention of the hospitality of the folks from your city speaks of the richness in culture your city offers...
Surya's concert can energize one, no doubt.
On MKT: Raja Mukti was his own production, the one which marked his returning to the scene after his sojourn in the Andamans. The mere mention of his name gives me goose bumps. The few times I have met him as a child, I was struck by his kind heart and dignified demeanor.
And his singing!

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 09 Jun 2009, 23:22

arasi wrote:
On MKT: Raja Mukti was his own production, the one which marked his returning to the scene after his sojourn in the Andamans. The mere mention of his name gives me goose bumps. The few times I have met him as a child, I was struck by his kind heart and dignified demeanor.
And his singing!

PL ALLOW me to be a bit nostalgic: My last activities before I left for USA in 1959 were:
On the day before I left, (caught the Bombay mail) I went to Gaiety Talkies & saw Raja Mukti (MKT- I agree totally with your remarks about him) & Thyaga Bhoomi(SIVAN); In the evening I SAW the one & only C.R.-C.Rajagopala chariar- at BEACH (in front of I.G'S Office- he was kind enough to talk to me for half an hour & advised me to stay in USA & not return to India. His advice has come true & I am still in USA tho' my heart is still in Chennai!...I cannot think of a better "Trifecta" unless I had met Koteeswara Iyer, Thygabrahmam(on his way to Kovur(?), and Shivaji(who had actually visted a temple in George Town- proof is in the ceiling of that temple) in a Parallel Universe theoretically possible according to Physics!....VKV

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 10 Jun 2009, 06:37

VKV,
So nice to hear of the unforgettable hours you spent in India before you left for the US.
The nice thing about the forum is that many rasikAs who are much younger to us are keen on listening to these stories to get an idea about how times were when the musicians that they love to listened to lived. Of course, we seniors like to take walks in memory lane any time!