Concert of Gayathri Venkataraghavan on mahA periyavA’

[erode14]

(shrI chandhrasEkarEndhra sarasvthy baktha jana sabha trust, ayOdhyA maNdapam on 7-6-09 at 7pm).

Vocal: Gayathri Venkataraghavan
Violin: Mysore Shrikanth
Mrudangam: Erode Nagaraj
Ghatam: H. Sivaramakrishnan.

Ayodhya Mandapam is a place where rasikas still have a well balanced resistance to fight against TV serials and a passion towards nama sankeerthanam, concerts and upanyasams. Nevertheless the chronic quotes of the noises owing to terrific traffic do disturb the tonic notes of the performers, the artistes and rasikas are least bothered as they have been immunized to such things for decades.

It is high time that proper measures are to be taken to convert the auditorium to a closed and air conditioned one, but the funds needed to build one such and the hOmams that occur there continually may be a reason for the trustee’s taking required time to decide on this.

Gayathri was in a divine mood throughout the concert as she herself is a devotee of periyava and made everyone sail in her boat. She began the concert with gopala Krishna bharathy’s siva lOka nAthanaik kaNdu in mAyAmALavagowLa (rUpaka chApu) with some interesting swaras like ma pa ma gA, dhA pa ma gA, nI dha pa ma gA"¦.

She rendered a beautiful sketch of keervANi and sang Periyasamy Thooran’s puNNiyam oru kOti (Adhi). Shrikanth played well too. An unhurried rendition of the krithi with niraval and swaram in "annai kAmAkshi pOlE anbE vadivAi vandhAr"

[rajeshnat]

kAnchi nagar vAzhum karuNAlayamE - kAnadA - Adhi - Aravarasan

Superb Review Erode nAgarAjan, very aesthetic writing style. Who is Aravarasan , is he a contemporary composer.

[srikant1987]

[quote]I always feel that "chathusruthi rishabam"

[erode14]

thank you rajesh... think he might be contemporary only... haven't heard much...

[naarayanan]

//In the viruththam line "arumaRai thEn pozhi mukilE,"

[arasi]

Rajesh,
Aravarasan! Haven't we called him by that name in threads where he has spun many a pun? Isn't he the author of this review too? Come come Aravarasan! Let's have the words to the song too. I bet GV sang it beautifully..

[rsn.mridangam]

hehe nice coverage nagaraj anna actually i was busy with my class thought of bunking and come to listen your's with akka's combination!! anyhow you sketched it completely including PU llava N

[ganeshkant]

A great review Nagaraj.

It looks more like a poetry than a prose.

Very eager to listen to your kriti.

[cienu]

Excellent Erode.

Your reviews are as delicious as the concerts.

[vasanthakokilam]

Good catch, Arasi.

Nice review Aravarasan!

[erode14]

Hi...

Thank you all...

Smt. Arasi and Shri VK -

actually i noticed later only, that i have talked about pongal and all that and, the review ends with Hitham,Santhosham & Bakthi - HSB!

i think this review has one more place, "hilarity in concert reviews"

I shall upload the song and lyrics as soon as I get a clear recording.

I need all your good wishes and blessings, the energy drink.

[vganesh]

Yes! Yes! the hilarity thread is fading

[arasi]

Come on! The 'punsters' have their busy professional lives besides personal things they need to take care of. Any number of energy drinks won't revive the springs of their imagination. Let's wait for them until they get recharged!
Humor is not an easy commodity...

[sureshvv]

[quote="srikant1987"][quote]I always feel that "chathusruthi rishabam"