Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, San Jose, 13

schandi · Post by **schandi** » 15 Sep 2009, 20:30

South India Fine Arts, San Jose, CA, USA
Violin Duo concert by Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam
Tirupanitura Radhakrishnan

Song List:

Varnam - sama - lgj
Sarasiruha - nattai
Muruga - saveri - k.chapu
Sri venkatesha - phalamanjari
Meenakshi - poorvikalyani
Hecarikaga - yadukula kamboji - k.chapu
Ka guha - kosalam - kotiswara iyer
Yenati momu - bhairavi - thyagaraja
Rtp - vasantha - kandi jathi jampa - misra nadai - ananda natana prakasa sabesa natesa jagadeesa - nalinakanthi?, abheri?, kadhanakudhukalam?, sindhu bhairavi?, recap?
Jagodharana - h.kapi
Enna solli - kaanada - ambujam krishna
Thamadham thagadhaiyya - mohana kalyani - lalgudi gopala iyer
Thillana - hindolavasantham - lgj
Thillana - pahadi - lgj
Mangalam

Not much of a reviewer, but since the San Jose folks hardly post the song list these days, I'll try to do it from now on.
This concert is the first of a series of concerts for the Fall Season of 2009. Was a wonderful, well-attended, almost 4hr concert. I've "question-marked" ragas in the Pallavi, since they were not announced

, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Krishnan provided the raga outline for most of the songs and then announced the details of the song.
Thamadham thagadhaiyya was an (elite) audience request and was obliged after the "ippova - romba late aayiduthey". Very very enjoyable as this raga almost always takes me to MMI's Bhuvaneshwariye.
Hindola Vasantham thillana was announced as a "young" thillana, recently composed by the Great Vidwan, I assumed.
Pahadi thillana seemed like Patri Satish Kumar's request.

I thoroughly enjoyed the concert and am now looking forward to the next week's TVS/Nagai/RajaRao concert.
-Chandrasekar

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 15 Sep 2009, 20:46

Thank you, Chandrasekar, for the report. Was EnaTi nOmu phalamu the main piece? Isn't the hindOLavasantam thillAna LGJ's latest composition?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Sep 2009, 22:45

Thanks for that report - a very nice opportunity for them to have showcased both their father's and grand-father's compositions. Did the siblings indulge in any nereval at all?

Lji - do you have the lyrics of the sAmA varNam?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 15 Sep 2009, 23:06

Ravi, the Lalgudi school generally does not believe in playing neravals in instrumental concerts. I think it may be because they don't believe there is any point in performing neravals when the sahitya cannot be articulated.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Sep 2009, 07:21

Thanks Chandrashekar for the review.
I had not heard Patri until last season. I thought he was extremely good when I finally got to listen to him.
There are only a few ghaTam artistes that make a big impression on me in that, however well they play, it is those who play with an emphatic (azhuttamAna) sweet sound who get my attention. One such vidvAns is Tiruppunittura Radhakrishnan. Wish I could hear him more this season. I have heard him play for TNK and others. He is very well suited for a violin (s) concert, I think.

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 16 Sep 2009, 08:15

are they coming to the NY/NJ area?

mridangam.karthic · Post by **mridangam.karthic** » 16 Sep 2009, 08:19

anybody know how to get a hold of patri satish kumar sir?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 16 Sep 2009, 08:26

See schedule here:
http://www.lalgudigjrkrishnan.com/ftgjr.html

SSK · Post by **SSK** » 29 Sep 2009, 00:01

bilahari wrote:Ravi, the Lalgudi school generally does not believe in playing neravals in instrumental concerts. I think it may be because they don't believe there is any point in performing neravals when the sahitya cannot be articulated.

The Lalgudi duo did play fairly elaborate neraval in PoorviKalyani on the famous lines "Madhurapuri Nilaye, manivalaye". Brought me memories of Madhura Mani Iyer singing neraval on the same lines accompanied by Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman.