Rajee gopalakrishnan @ narada gana sabha mini hall

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 11 Dec 2009, 22:05

Rajee gopalakrishnan
Amritha murali - violin
A.S. ranganathan- mridangam
A.s. Krishnan - morsing

Abhogi varanam
SarangA - gana nAdanE, P.Thooran, S
kalyAna vasantham - nAdalOlUdai, T
SAlaga bairavi - padavini, T, R, S
Mohanam- srI ramA ramani, R, N@ athulitha"¦, S
Kannada - srI mAthrUbootham, MD
vandanadhArini - sudhA madhura, GNB
Bairavi - UpachAramUlu, T, R, N, S
N@ jAnaki pathi daya jEsinA
Thani
VandE mAdaram ambikAm bhagavathIm- hamsanandhi, hamIr kalyani, ranjani, ananda bairavi followed by sAmaganapriyE

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 11 Dec 2009, 22:15

I don't understand

"¦if rasikas can stomach Rajee gopalakrishnanÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s unpretentious pure melody is questionable"¦

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 11 Dec 2009, 22:54

"¦if rasikas can stomach Rajee gopalakrishnanÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s unpretentious pure melody is questionable"¦
What do you mean?

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 12 Dec 2009, 06:26

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 12 Dec 2009, 06:30

Yes! oxymorons!!
(we are not morons needing the oxy(gen)

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 12 Dec 2009, 06:32

Kedharam's reviews are very much in the SVK mould

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 12 Dec 2009, 08:54

all i meant was that for this beautiful music, there were hardly 30 listeners...it was around 11 in the night after a full day of music when i posted...sorry for the confusion...will delete my post.

balu · Post by **balu** » 12 Dec 2009, 08:59

bilahari and srini you are absolutely right.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Dec 2009, 10:36

RG's music has quality. We gather from Kedharam's reviews that he is a music enthusiast. His reviews are mostly positive (so, not like those of the professionals). Kedharam's enthusiasm bubbles forth in what he writes and while there was ambiguity about those expressions, I took it to be a positive review. As he said, after long hours of listening, he typed the review in a half-asleep state perhaps, and so it contained those hazy expressions.
I think rasikA reviewers have bundant enthusiasm for the music they hear while understandably it may not be there in a die-hard professional. After all, we are amateurs (lovers) of the arts and evidently, Kedharam is one.

Kedharam, would like to read more of your reviews...

appu · Post by **appu** » 12 Dec 2009, 18:06

Arasi, How beautifully you articulate your sentiments. Wish more of us were like you looking for the positive in every post. I guess experience is what matters. I learn something everytime I read your posts.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Dec 2009, 19:40

Thanks, Appu! However, your high praise makes me 'blush', as Nick would put it

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 12 Dec 2009, 20:54

Don't you wish she was the real ruler (maybe the President!) of India

(She would have solved all our linguistic problems through her amicability!
Long live the Queen! (This is for you Nick

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 12 Dec 2009, 21:49

kedharam wrote: Bairavi - UpachAramUlu, T, R, N, S
N@ jAnaki pathi daya jEsinA

upacAramulanu, neraval in a different line instead of kapata nAtaka . Very nice to hear that. Atleast to me ,Rajee is a top ranking female artist , I like her music a lot , reminds a lot of MLV.

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 14 Dec 2009, 12:09

kedharam wrote:MangaLa dhArini - sudhA madhura, GNB

Is it vandanadhArini ?

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 14 Dec 2009, 14:01

srinivasrgvn wrote:Your sentences are literally incorrect. Please use words that people can understand! We are reading reviews and not Francis Bacon's essays! =)

May be it is poetry and you are using the wrong yard scale... Please let the man write! I am sure his writing is enjoyed by as many as yours.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 14 Dec 2009, 14:04

kedharam wrote:all i meant was that for this beautiful music, there were hardly 30 listeners...it was around 11 in the night after a full day of music when i posted...sorry for the confusion...will delete my post.

Why delete? Instead you should go back and discover what you were trying to say and may be make it clearer...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 14 Dec 2009, 17:05

Kedharam,
Are you there? Why no more reviews?

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 14 Dec 2009, 18:08

We need a more welcoming atmosphere for reviewers especially newer ones. Questions/ criticisms can be put in milder language. Comparisons with SVK can be mentioned with multiple smileys. (I know that one was in jest

/ friendly in tone). Questions like 'why did you enjoy a particular piece, don't you know it is a dumb raga with zilch scope for elaboration' are best discussed in specialised IM (I here stands for Intellectual) sessions dedicated to that raga rather than aimed as attacks on the poor reviewer.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 14 Dec 2009, 20:17

Yes! It does appear like 'Reviewer reviewed'

(like Biter bitten!)
But then reviewers are very special people who must have a thick skin (like the performers themselves)!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 14 Dec 2009, 20:44

Oh god, I hope I didn't drive kedharam away with my comparison to SVK, which was indeed in jest! If I did, I do apologise. I actually really enjoy his enthusiastic reviews and the variety of artistes he covers as well. Kedharam, come back please!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 14 Dec 2009, 21:27

Good! A rAgam-reviewer asking another to come back. You both are very good--and I see an addition to rAgam-named reviewers--aDana!
We miss Vijay. We miss not reading many reviews when Chennai is swinging. Please, bring us more reviews. sridhar_rang is right. Let's not be harsh about them. Just as performers are different, reviewers are too. That's what makes it interesting. Let's welcome more of them and of 'impression'ists too. Several rasikAs who can write about their concert experience have converged in Chennai from other parts of India and from elsewhere.
Though I don't write reviews, I love to read them. I bet there are many more like me on the forum.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 14 Dec 2009, 22:09

Good! A rAgam-reviewer asking another to come back. You both are very good--and I see an addition to rAgam-named reviewers--aDana!
We miss Vijay.

Is "Vijay" the name of a ragam too, arasi?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Dec 2009, 00:07

VijayanAgari (vijay nA ghar AyE).
You too, 'Shri' kanth

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 15 Dec 2009, 20:04