Ranjani-Gayathri - MA - 25th Dec 2010

[gardabha_gana]

Standard Disclaimer: Raga identification may be incorrect. Knowledgeable rasikas please correct.

Vids. Ranjani Gayathri
Vid. Charumathi Raghuraman (v)
Vid Manoj Siva (m)
Vid. Guruprasad (g)

Evari Bhodana - Abhogi Varnam
Sharanu SiddhiVinayaka - Sowrashtram (S)
Enna Ganu - Pantruvarali (R, S)
Amba Neelambari - Neelambari
Kaddanuvariki - Thodi - (R, N, S, T)
Padavini - Salagabhairavi
RTP - Dwijavanti - KhandaJati Triputa
Ragamalika in Natta,Kanada.,Hamir Kalyani( rendered beautifully by Ranjani) and Sindhu Bhairavi(By Gayathri).
Pasuram - Sanmukhapriya, Arabhi, Hamsanandi followed by Srinivasa Tiru Venkata
Abhang - Durga

[bilahari]

Wow! You have been on some spree, g_g! Thank you for all the lists. Would've liked to hear R-G's dwijAvanti.

[csuresh]

In Ragamaliga swarams of Dvijavanthi RTP RG sisterts sang in this order Natta,Kanada.,Hamir Kalyani( rendered beautifully by Ranjani)
and Sindhu Bhairavi(By Gayathri).
I attended 3 concerts of RG sisters in this season,the point to note is Ranjani who used to be happy with providing supporting role to her younger sister Gayathri has tried sucessfully to take equal role now(if not dominant)

[rajeshnat]

Pasuram - Sanmukhapriya, ??, Hamsanandi followed by Srinivasa Tava

That should have been srinivAsa thiruvenkata - hamsAnandi - pApanAsam Sivan

[csuresh]

Even though RG sisters plan and execute their concerts well,they have lot of repetetions in their song list.Even the Kulasekara alwar pasuram (Shanmukapriya,Arabhi(instead of the usual Mohanam) and Hamsanandhi followed by Srinivasa Thrivenkata Mudayan Papanasam Sivan Hamsanandhi song has featured in so ,many of their concerts.
The neelambari song was really good in this concert.

[gardabha_gana]

Who is R and who is G ? Is the one who sings in the higher octave G ?

[gardabha_gana]

Wow! You have been on some spree, g_g! Thank you for all the lists. Would've liked to hear R-G's dwijAvanti.

Yeah Bilahari, my mom and I and a friend of mine attended a string of concerts starting with Ashwin's concert at MA on 23rd to PP's concert at MA on 28th. Had a great time - my first time during the season. Stood at MA at 5:30 for Sanjay and R&G/E.Gayathri. I am not knowledgeable enough to review - so put out the songlists. Liked MA and KGS for the acoustics and Kalarasana was good too! MFA and Mudhra didn't have good acoustics.

[rshankar]

Who is R and who is G ? Is the one who sings in the higher octave G ?

Yes - I think Gayatri is the best in singing in the upper octaves, while Ranjani (the older, and the one who sits on the left when you are viewing them from the audience) sounds beautiful in the lower...as nuyorker put it in one his reviews, Gayatri has mastered 'miDippu' to the last 'u'....her finishing flourishes are aesthetic as well as brilliant...

[arasi]

Rajesh,
Or, was it SrinivAsa tava SaraNam?

[HarishankarK]

Who is R and who is G ? Is the one who sings in the higher octave G ?

R- Ranjani
G - Gayathri
When you are sitting in the audience, facing the duo, the one in the left is R ji (next to mridangam) and the one in right is G ji (usually near violin) . Yes it is Gji who sings in the upper octaves and brings those electrifying effects and Hindustani touches to the songs. Just to clarify - am not sarcastic and am appreciative of these effects and also i donot mean that Rji is not a good singer either.

[gardabha_gana]

Rajesh,
Or, was it SrinivAsa tava SaraNam?

It was indeed Srinivasa tiru venkata in hamsanandi. I did a flurry of posts that night and goofed up

[rajeshnat]

Did anyone attend the 4 hr concert of RG sisterrs in kalarasana ,if yes post the song list in a seperate thread. I love to always read the 4 hr song list

[HR]

It was a great concert , and the entire team on stage was very good . It was very nice to hear a detailed dvijavanthi.