Sowmya - Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam

rain_of_nectar · Post by **rain_of_nectar** » 11 Dec 2009, 16:37

S. Sowmya, Embar Kannan (V), Neyveli Narayanan (M), Jayachandran ("Ghata Singari" - a folk instrument)
Jaya TV & Maximum Media's Margzahi Utsavam, Chettinad Vidyashram, RA Puram, Chennai
Dec 10th 2009, 6.30 - 8.40 pm
Theme: "Myriad Hues of Ragas"
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1. Anandabhairavi
- Manasa Guruguha (MD)
- Ambalattil Adugindra (Ramalingar)
- Kshirasagara Vihara (Tygaraja)
- Villinayotta Puruvam (Bharatiyar)

2. Punnagavarali
- Gandhamu Puyyaruga (Tyagaraja's Utsava Sampradaya)
- Kanakshaila Viharini (SS)

3. Mukhari
- Entani Ne Varnintunu (r, s @ sabaribhagyamu, Tyagaraja)
- Madu Tinnum Pulaya (sketch, GKB)
- Tondu Seyyum Adimai (Bharatiyar)

4. Kurinji
- Shri Venugopala (MD)
- Muddugare Yashoda (Annamayya)

5. Yadukulakambhoji
- Innamum Oru Taram (r, s @ karattil aniyum, followed with tani by Narayanan)
- Kakkai Siraginile (Bharatiyar's original meTTu in YK)

6. Nadanamakriya
- Tedi Unnai Saranadainden (Bharatiyar)
- Embirar (Tevaram)

7. Senjurutti
- Chidambaram Pogamal (GKB)
- Bhumi Mechidum (Kavadi Chindu, Annamala Reddiar)

8. Mangalam

(Still assimilating my thoughts after a mind-blowing presentation that was musically fulfilling as well as eloquently erudite. Another hit performance from Sowmya, in keeping with her trend in recent years at this festival. Will post in detail soon...)

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Dec 2009, 17:15

Yes, her margazhi festival concerts are special indeed.
I heard that on the way to her concert, she paid homage to her guru at an event where Dr.S. Ramanathan was honored (our VKV arranged it). I hear she spoke with such endearment about her guru whom she adored. She would have been inspired indeed, after attending that gathering, brimming with thoughts about her guru when she sang.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 11 Dec 2009, 20:33

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:09

Usually Thematic concerts are delivered taking a composer or shtalam or etc and then following
the ariyakudi format or atleast on the line of his format. With this kind of topic
the format is unpredictable. Wondering probably the songs in each raga had
different patterns(melodies) of the raga and hence this format.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:31

srinivasrgvn wrote:Did she sing 2 or 3 songs for each raga? Full songs?

Yes

rajaglan wrote:Wondering probably the songs in each raga had different patterns(melodies) of the raga and hence this format

You are right. The concert was built around the concept of how the same raga sounds / feels in classical and folk music. Let's have the OP gather his/her thoughts and post in detail... however, any verbal description is not going to do justice to the scope of the actual presentation. Hopefully the excerpts aired later this month on Jaya TV will help

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 12 Dec 2009, 00:02

A CD will help for those who cant watch Jaya TV

raj-123 · Post by **raj-123** » 12 Dec 2009, 05:07

This has been raised many times here and other forums and the organizers seem uninterested in producing CDs. This is 10th year od MMU.

dundubi1944 · Post by **dundubi1944** » 20 Dec 2009, 22:59

raj-123 wrote:This has been raised many times here and other forums and the organizers seem uninterested in producing CDs. This is 10th year od MMU.

actually they produced cds one year and were on display at cleveland festival. some controversy about subasree thanikasalam compelling them to pay costs for albums produced by her company. guess thats why they dint try again.

tsubhasree · Post by **tsubhasree** » 26 Dec 2009, 10:36

hello... this is subhasree thanikachalam. we abide by the agreement with the channel and artiste that no form of commercial recordings will be made. MMU strives on good will and support from the artistes. not with money. and i have never brought out a single cd or DVD that are recordings of MMU. what you found in cleveland were exclusive commercial recordings which were requested by upcoming artistes for their own promotion. please do not say "SUBHASREE DID NOT PAY THE ARTISTES". CD DVD production and royalty money making is not my profession. Whatever efforts i am making for the sake of carnatic music on television, is sincerely my passion and i just request this forum to support the art. you may find all the recordings in YOUTUBE sincerely posted by fans and followers for which i am still answering one million questions to the broadcast committee.

nadhasudha · Post by **nadhasudha** » 26 Dec 2009, 19:24

Subashree - I have subscribed to Jaya TV here in North America and I am able to catch a glimpse of the season through the Margazhi Mahotsavam program. I very much appreciate your efforts to telecast Carnatic Music on TV. Great effort. Congratulations on completing 10 years and wishing you success for many many more years to come - Ungal Pani thodarattum

I also enjoy watching your ragamalika program. Nice show that brings out great talent.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 26 Dec 2009, 20:05

Subashree, your great service to CM will always be appreciated. Thank you! =)

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 26 Dec 2009, 23:58

dundubi1944 wrote:
raj-123 wrote:This has been raised many times here and other forums and the organizers seem uninterested in producing CDs. This is 10th year od MMU.
actually they produced cds one year and were on display at cleveland festival. some controversy about subasree thanikasalam not paying singers or compelling them to pay costs for albums produced by her company. guess thats why they dint try again.

Unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations discourage selfless service oriented people from continuing their service.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 27 Dec 2009, 03:44

srinivasrgvn wrote:Subashree, your great service to CM will always be appreciated. Thank you! =)

+1

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Dec 2009, 07:26

Thanks Subashree for the post.

>you may find all the recordings in YOUTUBE sincerely posted by fans and followers for which i am still answering one million questions to the broadcast committee.

I can imagine how tough that is when yanking them is much easier. Thank you for putting up the resistance and saving them on the rasikas behalf. Though we know there is a chance it will show up online, we subscribed to Jaya TV on Dish Network primarily for MMU and other cultural programs.

karthikbala · Post by **karthikbala** » 28 Dec 2009, 10:57

Maximum Media did produce a VCD album for Charulatha, entitled "Nostalgia" during the 2003(?) Jaya TV Mahotsavam. It was a long time ago, but as far as I can remember, it had no material from the TV telecast, but was an entirely separate shoot, reusing only the stage (which was tastefully designed). The production quality was good and the offered package was reasonably priced. The VCD was well received and all 200-odd copies sold out quite fast.

Music admirer · Post by **Music admirer** » 29 Dec 2009, 01:05

Thanks a lot Subashree for all your efforts in promoting Carnatic music. We used to subscribe to Numtv till last year just to watch Jaya TV MMU and Cleveland thyagaraja aradhana in April. We are very happy this year that Jaya TV is being telecasted by Dish Network this year.

We have a request : Can you request Jaya TV to telecast the entire concert of 2 hrs (either one hour in the morning and evening) or two hours at a stretch since this is the only concert that we get to watch. Now, it is only like watching thukkudas since half of the time is taken by the commercials and the question and answer time.

Anyway, we really thank you from the bottom of our heart in taking so much interest in promoting Carnatic music.

Svaapana · Post by **Svaapana** » 29 Dec 2009, 07:37

Music admirer wrote:Thanks a lot Subashree for all your efforts in promoting Carnatic music. We used to subscribe to Numtv till last year just to watch Jaya TV MMU and Cleveland thyagaraja aradhana in April. We are very happy this year that Jaya TV is being telecasted by Dish Network this year.

We have a request : Can you request Jaya TV to telecast the entire concert of 2 hrs (either one hour in the morning and evening) or two hours at a stretch since this is the only concert that we get to watch. Now, it is only like watching thukkudas since half of the time is taken by the commercials and the question and answer time.

Anyway, we really thank you from the bottom of our heart in taking so much interest in promoting Carnatic music.

I fully subscribe to this view/ request

sudarsam · Post by **sudarsam** » 29 Dec 2009, 10:16

Subhsashreeji you are really doing a great work to CM. You have really brought Carnatic Music live in to our homes.
Now that this Marghazhi Mahotsavam as also the Cleveland programmes has been going on for nearly five years Jaya TV should be having a good collection of the Kutcheries also. My only request is whether you could prevail upon Jaya TV to telecast the entire concert of 2 hrs may be in two sessions on a Sunday or a Saturday after the present regular schedule is over.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 30 Dec 2009, 05:56

Hopefully the excerpts aired later this month on Jaya TV will help

It definitely did. Fantastic program. PunngavaraLi, Mukhari and nadanamakriya were top notch

The folk mukhari did not have much of a mukhari feel for me. I used to consider such songs as folk bhairavi, now I know better.

sivakumar_natarajan · Post by **sivakumar_natarajan** » 31 Dec 2009, 00:13

Saw the telecast y'day. By far the best concert of the Jaya TV series. It's already there on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/kamakotisan ... 09EAF10E2F

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 31 Dec 2009, 01:09

>By far the best concert of the Jaya TV series

Yes... this year, so far..

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 31 Dec 2009, 02:35

Agreed. Sowmya's presentation reflects her sound knowledge of the music, its history and an appreciation for the target audience. Very impressive packaging. A+ for Sowmya. This is something that the other (very talented) performers did not do as effectively this year.

Special thanks to Kamakotisankara (whoever he/she is) for meticulously posting every concert on youtube with appropriate tags. And of course, none of this would reach the world without the efforts of Subashree, Manimaran and team. I hope Subrasree's persuasion prevails and the videos remain online forever. They are a global treasure.

tsubhasree · Post by **tsubhasree** » 01 Jan 2010, 20:14

thanks every one. longer telecasts are a commercial impossibility. i dont want to bore you all by talking the detailed logistics. i dont want to be greedy and spoil the good positioning CM is enjoying now. god willing i will continue this for my life time!!

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 02 Jan 2010, 12:15

tsubhasree wrote:thanks every one. longer telecasts are a commercial impossibility. i dont want to bore you all by talking the detailed logistics. i dont want to be greedy and spoil the good positioning CM is enjoying now. god willing i will continue this for my life time!!

Is it possible to release the full concerts as DVDs commercially.

Out of the 2.5 hr concert, hardly 40 minutes get telecast. It would be nice if the whole concert is aired ,may be in 30 minutes installments over a period of time

babaji · Post by **babaji** » 05 Jan 2010, 16:55

Probably 40 mins is what people want i think. Not the rasikas on this forum though (Ahem).

However i would request this, the program be telecast the next day morning with the remaining program continuing from last day evening.

Then i think that would become the correct format.

To argue whether telecasting the entire program is a commercial viability or not will draw us to different points of view. Considering the number of tamil channels and all of them hosting some event or other and off course viewership TRP ratings and timing of the program, all these factors have a role to play more than commercial viabilty because anything today can be made into a commercial product.

Nandri vanakkam.

dundubi1944 · Post by **dundubi1944** » 17 Jan 2010, 11:45

VK RAMAN wrote:
Unfounded and unsubstantiated allegations discourage selfless service oriented people from continuing their service.

sorry i have modified. but otherwise i stand by what i said. not allegations but conflict of interest is also undesirable.