B. Govind @ Vashi on 24th July

[tyagarajadasa]

Govind is a disciple of Shri Vamanan, P N Krishnamurthy and Radha Namboodiri. A strict adherer to classicism and music minus frills, Govind presented a soulful concert today morning. It was a thoroughly enjoyable affair with NY Easwaran and Tejasvi Sundarrajan providing the perfect support on the Mridangam and Violin respectively.

This concert was the seventh in the chamber music series that has been spearheaded by youngsters in Mumbai to keep alive rich classical music and enhance interaction amongst each other.

The theme of the concert was "Rare compositions of Tyagaraja"; but like Govind and I were discussing later, his choice of compositions were more like "Compositions of Tyagaraja that one has heard of but seldom heard!"

Following was the list:

1.) sudhAmAdhurya - sindhurAmakriya - rUpakam
2.) mApAla - asAvEri - Adi (R)
3.) rAma nI vAdu - kalyani- Adi (tisra naDai) (RNS @ nA manasuna)
4.) shrI mAnini - pUrNashaDjam- Adi
5.) narasimha - bilahari - misra chApu (R)
6.) rAmAbhi rAma - dhanyAsi - Adi
7.) naDaci - kharaharapriya - Adi (RST @ puDami)
8.) ennADu jUtunO - kalAvati
9.) centanE - kuntala varALi

The kalavati and the kuntala varali pieces were new to me. My pick of the day was rAma nI vAdu; the extensive treatment was indeed delightful. As I have mentioned in a previous review of Govind's concert, his voice has a unique tonal quality and this made songs like shrI mAnini and mApAla electrifying. The short asAvEri AlApana reflected Govind's vidwat.

Every composition was presented very well. The pAThAntarams of all the kritis were pure and devoid of any unnecessary frills. The manodharmam was in right measure. Easwaran's strokes reminded one of his Guru's Guru - Shri Palghat Raghu. Tejasvi's replies on the violin were apt and to the point. An enjoyable treat for this Tyagarajadasa by another!

--Gokul--

[appu]

Gokul,

Nice review. Who is Eashwaran's guru. Just curious as I had a close association with the great Shri Palghat Raghu.


Appu

[hariharans]

A few photographs taken during this concert are available at

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 051&type=1

Regards...Mumbai Hari

[rajeshnat]

GOkul
Thank you for review of Govind. As observed by you, the kalavati and kuntalavarAli was also new to me. Your collective enthusiasm to organize chamber concerts has spread from bombay to new bombay (vAshi)too. Keep it going

[tyagarajadasa]

Appu,

Easwaran is the disciple of Rajesh Srinivasan, a student of Palghat Raghu.

Rajesh,

Thanks for the encouragement. We are trying to conduct chamber concerts at different venues in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai is Mumbai enough!


BTW, I forgot to mention that Govind performend a nice round of swarakalpana at "mAdhurya" in the first song! A nice and different eduppu.

--Gokul--

[Smrithi]

I missed this concert !! Nice list of compositions.

Jus a small typo- SudhaMadhurya Bhaashana- is Adi talam

[mahesh_narayan]

Govind also currently learns from my guru Shri G. Balasubramaniam (Uttam Society Chembur) if I am not mistaken. Great to see young talents being given platforms in Mumbai !!! Good job !!!

[jeyaar]

Nice to hear about Govind's concert-i would like to add that Govind learnt under Sri.Chandrasekhara Bhagavathar in the Fine Arts Society Music school .

[gan_jira]

This is a Gr8 forum and lets keep the comments flowing.. it was truly a gr8 concert.

--NY.Easwaran---