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Vocal : N. Vijaysiva
Violin : Amritha murali
Mridangam : Manoj Shiva
Tambura : Harish (disciple of vijaysiva)
This concert was held in MGR Janaki College at RA Puram, thanks to this sabha nalinakAnthi
1. chalamela "varnam" - shankarabharanam - ST or vadivelu??
2. entani nE varNintunu shabarI (N,S)- mukhAri - T
5 mins neraval in "kanulAra sEvinci kammani phalamula nosagi"
4 mins swaram
3. Emi dOva balkumA(R) -sArangA- T
5 mins alApanai and 3 mins violin return
4. ninnu vina mari galada(ragasketch, S) - reetigowlai - SS
5 minas swaram
5. shrI vEnkaTa girISham (R, N) - shuruTTi - MD
7 mins alApanai and 4 mins violin return
neraval in "alamElu mangA samEtam" for 6 mins
6. inimEl Ayinum - darbAr - rAmasvAmi sivan
7A.shivam harim sAmbam bhaja manasA sadA(R N S T) - kAmbOdhi - HMB
14 mins alApanai , 7 mins violin return
neraval in "mrdamada tilakam mEcakAngam" for 6 mins
swaras for 7 mins
7B.tani for 12 mins
8. paNi mathi mukhi bAlE "malayalam padam" - Ahiri - ST
9A. viruththam "pAl ninaindooTTum tAyinum cAlapparindu" - nAdanAmakriyA ?? + yamunakalyani - mAnickavAsagar
9B. mAdar pirai kaNi yAnai - shenjuruTTi- thirunavukkuarasar???
10. hari vasanada upa vAsaga bhAgyavu ??? - sindhubhairavi - PD
11. thirruppugazh illakkiya illakkana....perumAlE - Bonkers??? - AGN
12. pavamAna
This concert was for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Vijay started beautifully with the sedate shankarabharanam varnam and achieved very early excellence with the entani in mukhAri . The contemplative mood of vijay with the usually contemplative mukhari just suits beautifully, especially the neraval line "kanulAra sEvinchi", that line oozes with so much bhAvam from the days of musiri , without knowing a single word of telugu , I just assume that the meaning of that line is "Do I have anything to lose in life when I have mukhAri rAga to sing"
sArangA alApanai had too much of attachment with his sister kalyAni in the alApanai, the brotherly assert of sAranga was a bit mashed up with sisterly tenderness , the violinist brought it exactly back to sAranga , a rare T krithi with few strokes of rhythmic lines at the end was an eye opener of thyagarAja
Vijay's repertoire is always incredible he gave a quick trinity tour with shyamA sAstri in reetigowlai with a touch of very apt swaras , he continued with MD's shuruTTI with a fairly long alApanai, neraval was quite well done.
Vijay has a voice that at times is too thin and incidentally the darbAr that usually needs a weighty voice did not come too well , to an extent this darbAr was the only dip in the concert
KAmbOdhi alApanai was more centered on the lower and middle octaves for most of the time , he sang a splendid alApana building beautifully stage by stage and it was the best alApana of the day. A rare HMB krithi followed with a neraval that was bit cut short but nevertheless was very good . Swaras in kAmbOdhi did not have the usual KAmbodhi thrust , his swaras were more centered on the lower and middle register, in alApanai he touched few mEl kAlam points but in swaras it was not too noticable that he had cut short.
All the tukkadas were minimally excellent , vijay is one of the best musicians to cover many languages all with ease , it had a contemplative Ahiri padam in malayalam, the viruththam was outstanding expecially the yamunAkalyAni segment, sindhubhairavi krithi of PD was excellent too.The last thirruppugazh was a dhristi of the concert , the raga name was bonkers
and had a perumAle at the end (may be it was madhyamavati or a shuruTTi), the concert ended with a long round of well deserved applauseAmritha played beautifully , her sense of proportion was immaculate and her shruthi sowkyam blended with vijay who had it in plenty. manOj shiva played very well throughout and was little more aggressive than his last few concerts of mine which was very good. Tani was good.
Shortcomings:
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Little more swara prasthanam magic and he can cut little loose in neraval too, he can sing few more mel kalAM sangathis in neraval and swaras
The concert started at 06:30 pm and he could have gone for another 15 to 20 minutes atleast,I did not expect a rtp here in this small sabha but musicians can surprise me and sing that too if they want
Overall an excellent concert of vijaysiva and team, his USP of sequencing different rAgas in different languages was always there,to me personally he is my no #2 for the last 5 years of present generation of artists and he was right there.
