Ranjani Hebbar, Nada Inbam

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 30 May 2009, 23:36

Ranjani Hebbar - Shertalai Sivakumar - B Ganapatiraman

Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha Hall
20 May 09. 6 pm

Era nApai - tODi - Adi - PSI
rAga sudhA rasa - AndhOLikA - Adi - T (short sketch, S)
shankari samkuru - sAvEri - tisra Adi - SS (RNS)
padavini sadbaktiyu - sALagabhairavi - Adi - T (S)
EtAvunarA - kalyANi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
sAntAkAram bhujagasayanam - slokam in bAgEsrI
sAgara sayana vibhO - bAgEsrI - Adi - MDR

It was a very impressive concert by the young and upcoming vocalist. She has a good voice and shows great energy and stage presence. Her kriti renditions are very weighty and has the right azhuttam. Her manOdarmam is quite matured and has very good flavour of the rAgams.

The svarams of AndhOLika reminded me of MLV at some parts. The AlApanais of both sAvEri and kalyANI were very elaborate and done in a very chaste fashion. They were both unorthodox in they were started and eventually built up, and yet had all essential and classical phrases carefully interwoven to make them colourful and enjoyable. The kriti renditions were very good. The neraval and svarams for all the pieces (as mentioned in the post) were done in a very matured fashion.

The violinst was good in parts. He gave some good replies to the main artist. His sAvEri AlApanai was a tad too short. The mrudangist was very good and played with very good anticipation. His accompanying for all kritis and each sangati was very matching. The tani was very nice also.

I had to leave after the bAgEsrI piece.

bharath

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 02 Jun 2009, 12:09

Sagara Sayana Vibho was followed by a devarnama in Darbari Kaanada and the LGJ Tillana in Maand (unnai charan adaithen).

The main piece of the evening in Kalyani was rendered over a period of almost an hour. It brought out both the extensive imagination of the artiste and the intense voice training that she has undergone to sing at this level. I found the choice of kritis somewhat conservative compared to her previous performance at the same venue a few months ago. May be it is a sign that she is now in the "big" leagues.

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 02 Jun 2009, 14:24

I also heard a Hamsaanandi sometime after Bagesri - Srinivasa tiruvenkatamudaiyaay.

Heard her for the first time and came away feeling really good after the concert. Loved her Saveri and Kalyani.

tmtfan1 · Post by **tmtfan1** » 03 Jun 2009, 11:47

Ranjani Hebbar is performing in Rama Lalitha kala Mandir on 14 th June. We are expecting a stumtuous musical experience on that day.The way she is growing up nicely is to be observed. Best wishes to her.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 07 Jun 2009, 12:30

The hindu write up of the same concert
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/06/05/stor ... 170200.htm

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 11 Jun 2009, 13:57

tmtfan1 wrote:Ranjani Hebbar is performing in Rama Lalitha kala Mandir on 14 th June. We are expecting a stumtuous musical experience on that day.The way she is growing up nicely is to be observed. Best wishes to her.

u mean sumptuous musical experience ?

J.Balaji

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Jun 2009, 20:01

sridhar_rang,
srInivAsA, tiruvEngaDamuDaiyAi was popularized by TVS.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 Jun 2009, 20:33

arasi wrote:sridhar_rang,
srInivAsA, tiruvEngaDamuDaiyAi was popularized by TVS.

Or Smt. MSS?

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 11 Jun 2009, 20:43

arasi wrote:sridhar_rang,
srInivAsA, tiruvEngaDamuDaiyAi was popularized by TVS.

Thanks for that info Arasi...I have heard a dozen or so artistes sing that one but haven't heard TVS' version till now!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Jun 2009, 20:46

Ravi,
Just as sridhar had not heard this song before, I hadn't heard MS sing it in a live performance. I have listened to TVS sing it several times in his concerts. That's what triggered my memory...

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 11 Jun 2009, 20:59

MS has sung it at several concerts including at Pittsburgh Temple if I am not mistaken. If my memory is right about that concert- I am not sure of these levels of memory anymore- she sang "Theradhee yegarada"(Gowli Bandhu) First & "Srinivasa Thiruvangada Mudaiyan"(Hamsanandhi?) towards the end and TEARS were rolling down from her eyes. At any rate I have not heard such a moving& emotional rendering of this composition- I felt TVS WAS GOOD BUT TO ME JUST TECHNICALLY BEING GOOD IS NOT ENOUGH- & will associate MS with this song rendering EVER....vkv