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kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 07 Dec 2009, 09:30

Sanjay, varadarajan, venkatesh @ jaya TV

Gowlai - gana nAdha nin unnadi panindhEn
hamsadvani - agara mudhala ezhuththellAm Adhi bagavan mUdhatrE UlagU, S
kamAs - jAlamE seivadhAzhagAgUmA, R
amrithavarshini - mayil vAganA manamOhana, R, S
thodi - sArasadalanayanan murugA, R, S
thani
kunthalavarali - ozhUkkam UyirinUm OmbapadUm
sindu bhairavi - vA vA vEl murugA
desh - bhAratha sAmrAjya sukhi

I didnÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t want to monopolize the forum with my ramblings"¦gave chennai rasikas a chance"¦now let me give a superficial glimpse of the viswanatha shasthri mEla at margazhi maha uthsavam without taking away the surprise that you can catch from you tube"¦"¦
The concert began with a jubilantly liberated rendition of gana nAdhA followed by agara mudhala ezhuththellAm Adhi bagavan mUdhatrE UlagU without sacrificing detail for speed. His interpretative inspiration in kamAs alapana created an impression of aesthetic immensity and " jAlamE seivadhAzhagAgUmA" was portrayed with storybook imagery, capturing the elegance, expressive clarity and the raw feeling of the composer in the most winning fashion.
After the speedy rhythmic amrithavarshini where the trio flirted with passion, the natural move was a prelude in vilamba kalam, the jaunty sArasadalanayananA murugA. Staying close to the melody in thodi in alapana, he gradually spiraled outward, with an airy swirl of phrases and in the captivating krithi rendition, the lyrical intensity came with a grace without disturbing the melodic fluidity of the composition allowing the pervasive sense of the poetic content a bigger role in the communication of the emotionality of the raga. ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‹Å“bhAratha sAmrAjya sukhiÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ in desh came with an elasticity touching on the composerÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s more enduring softer side with the same lively gait as jayathi jayathi bhAratha mAthA. His energetic singing thrived on the lovely interplay between Sri.varadarajan and Sri.venkatesh"¦

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 07 Dec 2009, 10:01

Wonder what will get telecast in the TV (for the non chennai guys).
Wonder whether Subasree thanikasalam can release their thematic concerts as albums.
May be they have the rights, but not planning as of now.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 07 Dec 2009, 10:02

Also see Sanjay's related blog post http://sanjaysub.blogspot.com/2009/12/s ... natha.html

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Dec 2009, 10:29

Kedharam,
Yet another review from you!
Happy to know that 20th century composers are not going to be neglected after all by performers--especially someone like Mayuram Viswanatha Shastry who was of course widely known for that one song: jayati jayati bhArata mAtA. Other than that, his songs were not heard at all. Even that lone song has been out of circulation. The only other time I remember hearing one of his songs was by Aruna Sairam, more than ten years ago.
Also, I don't think I have heard Sanjay sing a song about Vinayaka before! Are you sure you got the words right?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 07 Dec 2009, 11:01

arasi wrote: I don't think I have heard Sanjay sing a song about Vinayaka before!

I've heard him sing Vatapi (Hamsadhwani) and Siddhi Vinayakam (Shanmughapriya) before.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 07 Dec 2009, 11:05

mohan wrote:
arasi wrote: I don't think I have heard Sanjay sing a song about Vinayaka before!
I've heard him sing Vatapi (Hamsadhwani) and Siddhi Vinayakam (Shanmughapriya) before.

Possibly arasi is connecting a famous vishwanatha sAstri krithi on Lord vinayakA in nAttai "shri mahAganapathE", that was popularized by maharajapuram santhanam ,it is a beautiful number perhaps second most popular after jayathi jayathi bharatha mAtA.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Dec 2009, 11:56

Rajesh,
Ah, didn't know that Sri mahA gaNapatE was his composition.

Kedharam,
Did the song start with the line gaNanAtA unnaDi paNindEn? (nin is un, so it's a repeat word).

Mohan,
I started listening to Sanjay about eleven years ago and do not remember hearing any song on ganEsa in his concerts--may be I didn't chance upon one.

By the way, I found another US concert of Sanjay written about in the other thread--Concert Attendance Report. It is active now: a Prema Rangarajan concert and an RKS one. It is going to be very active during the season. Worth looking at alongside the Reviews to take in the season.

Svaapana · Post by **Svaapana** » 07 Dec 2009, 13:29

thodi - sArasadalanayanan murugA, is a lilting swarajathi

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 07 Dec 2009, 16:03

It is always a pleasure to wait in anticipation of the topic that SANJAY would select for Jaya TV concert. Once I came to know about Mayuram Viswanatha Sastry being the composer for this year's concert, did some googling to find that he has extensively composed krithis on Lord Muruga and a Tirukkural Maamani as a homage to the great KURAL.

The concert was so pleasing. Once he started Khamas alapana many might have thought of "Jayathi Jayathi...." but true to Sanjay it was a different song beautifully rendered. Look at Sanjay's topic handled for JAYA TV concerts in the past 7 years (since I have been attending each one of his concerts).
2003 - Mahakavi
2004 - Tillai (best JayaTV concert to date)
2005 - Sivan
2006 - Tiruvarutpa
2007 - Tamizh Moovender (MuttuTandavar, Arunachala Kavi,Marimutta Pillai)
2008 - Dandapani Desikar

The variety, repertoire, the intensity, the interest to take new topics, SANJAY RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Dec 2009, 17:17

You can't go wrong if you are deep-rooted in classicism, are creative all along, evolve as you move on, follow your own path and are totally immersed in your craft. An experiment here and there might not work out the way Sanjay wants to, but there is authenticity in his craft, and responsibility. I don't think he does something whimsical which takes his fancy--nor does he attempt a particularly new thing because his peers do. Suffice it to say, he is an original, and it counts a lot in my books.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 07 Dec 2009, 17:30

mohan wrote:
arasi wrote: I don't think I have heard Sanjay sing a song about Vinayaka before!
I've heard him sing Vatapi (Hamsadhwani) and Siddhi Vinayakam (Shanmughapriya) before.

Vallabha nayakashya- begada
Karikala- Saveri

manikand28 · Post by **manikand28** » 08 Dec 2009, 05:11

Tanikachalam could at at release DVD or audio CDs after 6 months, so jaya TV can retelecast and get it over with. It is a big loss if these are not archived and sold to public. Of course internet is present, but whatever it is youtube quality is not good. what if google folds in 50 years.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 08 Dec 2009, 05:30

rasika911 - yup I have heard him sing those too - so far its Dikshitar all the way. I vaguely remember him singing Sri Mooladhara too but not sure.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 08 Dec 2009, 05:47

His interpretative inspiration in kamAs alapana created an impression of aesthetic immensity and " jAlamE seivadhAzhagAgUmA" was portrayed with storybook imagery, capturing the elegance, expressive clarity and the raw feeling of the composer in the most winning fashion.

He presented an RTP in khamas with those lines for pallavi on his US tour. Was amazing indeed !

madhyamar · Post by **madhyamar** » 08 Dec 2009, 09:13

http://thetraces.aminus3.com/image/2009-12-06.html

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Dec 2009, 09:35

Pictures which capture the involvement of the artiste, two promising performers of the future flanking him.

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 08 Dec 2009, 11:23

Vid Neela Ramgopal had performed an *exclusive* concert last year of Mayuram Viswanathan Sastry's compositions - this was part of the annual program organized by the Mayuram VS family.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Dec 2009, 19:27

Thanks Sappri. That vidushi keeps surprising me with all that she does. Would like to borrow some energy from her

raj-123 · Post by **raj-123** » 09 Dec 2009, 04:15

arasi wrote:Pictures which capture the involvement of the artiste, two promising performers of the future flanking him.

Who are they?

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 09 Dec 2009, 07:03

Well, the two students who are sitting with him, of course!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 09 Dec 2009, 07:14

Sitting on the right side of the picture is sandeep narayan , Is left swarna rethas???

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Dec 2009, 07:16

Swarna Rethas and Sandeep Narayanan.

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 09 Dec 2009, 15:08

sandeep is a student of Sanjay...missed that point! Nice photos..

Gamakam · Post by **Gamakam** » 10 Dec 2009, 16:05

A blog entry inspired by this thread: http://carnaticmusicreview.wordpress.co ... %e0%af%8d/

sappri · Post by **sappri** » 11 Dec 2009, 11:54

Ms.Arasi - sorry about the delayed response - you're absolutely right - her(Vid Neela Ramgopal's) energy and ability to multi-task really leave me speechless!

annamalai · Post by **annamalai** » 11 Dec 2009, 21:07

While the glowing reviews of the concert, I was totally floored with Sanjay's answer to a query by the moderator - Thanigachalam.

A comparison of cricketers and musicians - the equivalents of Gavaskar, Tendulakar, Dravid. Sehwag.

The musician whom Sanjay compared to Sehwag was Madurai Somu - a brilliant choice by Sanjay.

He may not have the best footwork, he can get out in the early overs, but when he gets going, even McGrath can not stop him.

Somu is the same (lakshya sangeetham, may have some divergence from lakshana sangeetham).
Ragas like thodi, kalyani, kamboji out of the world - what a voice; complete unison to sruti

raj-123 · Post by **raj-123** » 12 Dec 2009, 05:17

annamalai wrote:While the glowing reviews of the concert, I was totally floored with Sanjay's answer to a query by the moderator - Thanigachalam.

A comparison of cricketers and musicians - the equivalents of Gavaskar, Tendulakar, Dravid. Sehwag.

The musician whom Sanjay compared to Sehwag was Madurai Somu - a brilliant choice by Sanjay.

He may not have the best footwork, he can get out in the early overs, but when he gets going, even McGrath can not stop him.

Somu is the same (lakshya sangeetham, may have some divergence from lakshana sangeetham).
Ragas like thodi, kalyani, kamboji out of the world - what a voice; complete unison to sruti

Great, do you remember other questions and answers.

sampath77 · Post by **sampath77** » 12 Dec 2009, 08:51

rajeshnat wrote:
mohan wrote:
arasi wrote: I don't think I have heard Sanjay sing a song about Vinayaka before!
I've heard him sing Vatapi (Hamsadhwani) and Siddhi Vinayakam (Shanmughapriya) before.
Possibly arasi is connecting a famous vishwanatha sAstri krithi on Lord vinayakA in nAttai "shri mahAganapathE", that was popularized by maharajapuram santhanam ,it is a beautiful number perhaps second most popular after jayathi jayathi bharatha mAtA.

Sanjay sings "vatapi" often. He also sings Veena Kuppaiyer's "vinayaka ninu vina brochutaku".

He sings Dikshitar's "vinayaka vighnanashaka" (veghavahini).

He sang the veghavahini kriti recently at Atlanta (oh my my, what a stellar rendition it was, followed by a volley of swaras). I can still remember as if it was sung yesterday, despite my failing memory. I heard it when I was in Atlanta recently, visiting my son.

I am back in Chennai for the Season and you should expect a few posts from me if my arthritic fingers allow me to type! Ha ha.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Dec 2009, 10:49

Sampat77,
Good to know you are in Chennai for the season. Join many others of your age with joint troubles et al--which go hand in hand with a certain age. As I see from your post, music energizes you, of course!
Thanks to all for correcting me. Even if Sanjay has not sung a song on VinayakA in the concerts I have attended, I know now that he sings of yAnai mugattOn, after all.

sampath77 · Post by **sampath77** » 12 Dec 2009, 12:35

arasi

I will mainly attending concerts of serious senior artistes like Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Santhanagopalan and Seshagopalan. Is it not a coincidence that the names of all of these serious musicians all involve the letter S?

The older one gets the more one gets interested in such patterns in letters and words! Ha ha!

I notice this channel is quite enamoured by some other younger musicians.

But, if anyone is interested in my views on concerts of the above senior, serene and serious vidhwans whose names involve the letter S, I will be happy to share my views -- fingers and knees permitting. Ha ha!

I find all the others quite tedious. Ok. I am biased too. But that is something that my grandchildren have drilled into me. Ha ha!

Of course, my dear arasi, oldies like you and me tend to ramble... Ha ha...

But, coming back to topic, has Sanjay not sung tatva mariya tarama in reetigowla too? Also, he has sung many pallavis in which he has invoked the very great pullaiyar! I remember a very superb concert in Bombay at BARC in Jan 2008 in which he was singing a pallavi based on the formidable mover and shaker with a tusk! Also, he singing Tyagaraja's "sri ganapathini" quite often! There is a kharaharapriya kriti on ganapathy that he is also singing that I forget now. Does anyone know that one?

Svaapana · Post by **Svaapana** » 12 Dec 2009, 16:15

sampath77 wrote "I remember a very superb concert in Bombay at BARC in Jan 2008 in which he was singing a pallavi based on the formidable mover and shaker with a tusk! Also, he singing Tyagaraja's "sri ganapathini" quite often! There is a kharaharapriya kriti on ganapathy that he is also singing that I forget now. Does anyone know that one?"

1. I have heard Sanjay sing Srimahaganapathi ravathumam (MD) as pallavi in Gowlai RTP. and the lilting PS's Kharaharpriya krithi "Ganapathiye karuna nidhiye"

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 12 Dec 2009, 16:26

My! That many songs on the tusked god of benevolence, eh? Looks like I have missed the songs as well as the images of GaneSa they would bring to us.

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 19 Dec 2009, 19:35

raj-123 wrote:
annamalai wrote:While the glowing reviews of the concert, I was totally floored with Sanjay's answer to a query by the moderator - Thanigachalam.

A comparison of cricketers and musicians - the equivalents of Gavaskar, Tendulakar, Dravid. Sehwag.

The musician whom Sanjay compared to Sehwag was Madurai Somu - a brilliant choice by Sanjay.

He may not have the best footwork, he can get out in the early overs, but when he gets going, even McGrath can not stop him.

Somu is the same (lakshya sangeetham, may have some divergence from lakshana sangeetham).
Ragas like thodi, kalyani, kamboji out of the world - what a voice; complete unison to sruti
Great, do you remember other questions and answers.

No words to describe his concert. He makes even unknown songs a hit in the concert.
Thodi was not telecast. The main was amrutavarshini. I simply liked the song though I never heard it before. The only alapna was
khamas. Editing didnot affect the overall feel. Thanks to subasree.
I watched the Q&A also today in TV.
He described Sunil to GNB.
He described Sachin to TNS. He said TNS tried everything in CM sucessfully just like Sachin in his career. He also later mentioned
that Sachin is one person he respects a lot. And also he reminded us of the 1975 great innings by Viswanath at Chennai
and he was watching it in the ground when he was 7 years old.
Ya, somu to Shewag.
Now comes the Dhoni. He said Dhoni is liked by some , not liked by some otehrs and he tries new things etc. And he said this
topic is contemporary and he can not elaborate much and many 'including him and others' might be compared here.

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 19 Dec 2009, 20:07

After having attended the concert and enjoyed it, I was anxious to see the songs that will make it to the telecast. Although the Kamas alapana was edited, it was still good. Who else can make "Tirukkural" look as proper songs to be dealt in a carnatic concert. The reason for unheard of songs becoming hits is the total involvement and commitment that Sanjay brings to his delivery of such songs.

"Paada Vendume..." from last year concert (Hamsanaadham) is one such piece. Most of his songs from Tiruvarutpa concert will become popular since he has even released a CD on that. Irrespecitve of the topic, Sanjay makes it a perfect "Carnatic" concert and not a "bhajan" session!!!

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 19 Dec 2009, 20:21

is this on youtube yet?
any raskias planning to upload??

naarayanan · Post by **naarayanan** » 19 Dec 2009, 22:47

agara mudhala was in hamsadhwani, i think. i also have heard a mmd version of this.

on googling i found this link.

http://www.mediafire.com/?dvuvdemwdzz

sivapriya · Post by **sivapriya** » 20 Dec 2009, 00:10

His comparison of the cricketing greats like Gavaskar, Sachin, Sehwag to the musical greats like GNB, TNS , Somu was quite apt.

Also another very interesting answer that Sanjay gave on technicality vs Ranjakathvam.

He said " what is pleasing to the ear " is Ranjakatvam. He also said that this worry has to be that of the musican .

He said the listener has to feel nice about hearing the musical piece. Technicality is for the artist to manage. However technical, if the artist can give it in a manner that pleases the ears and sensitises them then that is what is ranjakatvam.

I am also reminded of what I heard about a quote of Tiger Varadachariar : he used to say : "musicians should pass judgements, critics should give opinions, listeners should just listen "

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 20 Dec 2009, 06:40

>And also he reminded us of the 1975 great innings by Viswanath at Chennai and he was watching it in the ground when he was 7 years old.

Ah... I can now claim that Sanjay and I were in the same cricket ground at the same time!!

I wish Jaya TV included Thodi instead of Amrithavarishini, may be kamAs and Thodi both did not fit in the hour. The songs selected for the broadcast were on the lighter side.

The kamAs song sounded a bit generic until the naDai change set in which made it interesting. That was a bit OVK'ish.

I liked the Kuntalavarali and Desh songs.

As with songs of any vaggeyakara, repeated singing will give them the necessary shine and depth. Let us hope for that.

Given what Sanjay says about Sri. Viswanatha Shasthri in his blog and the curious naDai change hinted in the kamAs krithi, it is definitely worthwhile to dig into his compositions.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 20 Dec 2009, 08:04

kadambam · Post by **kadambam** » 22 Dec 2009, 01:01

IMO, Sanjay misunderstood the question on social responsibility of musician's fraternity. He started talking about Unions, strikes etc and i think that was off-track. A similar question was handled by Vijay Siva, where he mentioned that a musician is presenting something that impacts lives (listener's) and hence, the art form should be handled with care.

Also, i was surprised that Sanjay didn't take GNB's compositions, especially considering it is Maestro's birth centinary. Overall the musical impact was less considering the expectation one has on Sanjay. He is no doubt a remarkably talented musician, but may end up like another BMK!! (from a personality perspective)