Neyveli Santhanagopalan , Nadasurabhi Annual fest12th Nov

[braindrain]

Couple of the Nadasurabhi Annual Festival concerts are not featured here. Let me add them..

Vocal: Neyveli Santhanagopalan

Vocal Support : Guruprasad

Violin : Charulatha Ramanujam

Mrudangam : Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma

Ghatam : G Omkar

Thematic Concert on Muthuswami dikshitar Kritis

List:

01 swAminAtha paripAlaya – nAttai – Dikshitar ( S )

02 srI saraswathi namOstutE – Arabhi – Dikshitar

03 kanchadalAya dAkshi – kamalA manOhari – Dikshitar ( O, N, S)

neraval & swaras @ rAkA shashivadanE suradanE rakSitamadanE ratnasadanE ‘

04 rAmachandram bhAvayAmi – vasantha – Dikshitar

05 parimaLa ranganAtham bhajEham – hamIr kalyANi - Dikshitar ( A,S )

06 trilOchana mOhini tripurANi – bhairavi – Dikshitar

07 srI rAmam ravikulAbdhi sOmam – nArAyaNa gauLa – Dikshitar ( A,S )

08 pAlayamAm pArvathIsha – kannaDa – Dikshitar

09 kamalAmbikE – thODi – Dikshitar

10 srI subrahmanyAya namastE – kambOji – Dikshitar ( A,N,S,T )

neraval & Swara @ ‘ bhUsurAdi samastha jana pUjitAbja’

11 srI ramA saraswati – nAsAmaNi ( nAsikAbhUshaNi ) – Dikshitar

12 mAmava pattAbhirAma – manirangu – Dikshitar

13 srI venkaTa girIshamAlOkayE – surutti – Dikshitar

14 slOkam ( mangaLam kOsalEndrAya) – madhyamAvati

Very good concert with few rare kritis and few heavy weights. Nice, balanced fare on a Saturday Morning. Narayana Gaula alapana was brilliant. Hamir Kalyani and Kamboji was a repeat of the previous evening of Ranjani & Gayathri ( Kamboji main and Hamir Kalyani RTP).

Will wait for others to chip in, else will update few snippets..

[squims]

It was a great way to spend a Saturday morning. I loved the Hameerkalyani piece. The aalaapanai was so soothing.
There were a few rounds of super fast swarams that is a trademark of NSG sir. I forget now if it was in the Narayana gowlai or Hameerkalyani, but those were a pleasure to listen to as well.

[rohithc911]

Sounds like an outstanding kutcheri - would someone be able to provide a song list from Ranjani & Gayathri's performance. Thank you so much.

[braindrain]

Here you go..

Vocal : Ranjani & Gayathri

Violin : Charulatha Ramanujam

Mrudangam : H S Sudheendra

Ghatam : Sukanya Ramgopal

List:

01 intha mODi ( varNam) – sAranga – Thiruvottiyur Thyagayya

02 vidulaku mrOkkEDa – mAyAmALavagauLa – Thyagaraja ( O,N,S )

neraval & swara @ ‘ kamalA gaurI vAgIshvari vidhi’

03 srI nArada – kAnaDa – Thyagaraja ( A )

04 tAyE tripurasundari – sudha sAvEri – Periyaswami Thooran

05 maragata vallim – kAmbOji – Dikshitar ( A, S , T )

06 marukELarA – jayanthaSrI – Thyagaraja

07 RTP – hamIr kalyANi – khanDa triputa 2 kaLai

pallavi line : ‘brindAvana gAnalOla muralIdhara gOpAla mAm pAlaya’

rAgamAlika swaras in ‘ ………….., rItigauLa , brindAvana sAranga, mAND

08 ugabhOga ( malagi pADidarE ) – sindhu bhairavi – Purandara Dasa ?

bhaja bhaja mAnasa – sindhu bhairavi – Swathi Thirunal

09 nAtha harE jagan nAtha harE ( ashtapadi) – Jayadeva

10 bhOlAva vittala ( abhag) – bhatiAr – Thukkaram

11 mangaLam – saurAshtram – Thyagaraja

[squims]

Woah that looks like a super concert! Great list.
Would have loved to listen to the Mayamalavagowlai piece, Kaanada aalaapanai and the kriti.

[arasi]

Wish Neyveli would oblige with the kannada kruti again during the season. Never heard it.

squims,
'Soothing' is Santhanagopalan's trademark, anyway.

VidvAn Vidyaarthi,
Hope to hear it during the season. Thanks...

[squims]

squims,
'Soothing' is Santhanagopalan's trademark, anyway.

Yes, yes!
I've already said this a few times, but really, when artistes like NSG sir exude so much warmth and soukhyam when they're performing, there's a separate joy (thani sandosham )in it. It leaves me with an un-erasable smile on my face!

Oh and I forgot to mention earlier. Charulatha Ramanujam is one of the most malleable artistes I've seen, in the sense that she so effortlessly moulds herself into the style of the main artiste, complimenting each artiste in a unique manner, yet maintaining her own stamp. I just love to listen to her!

[tyagarajadasa]

Dear arasi madam,

Pl find the kannada kriti here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEooFobZT5A

[arasi]

Thanks, Gokul!
Talk about instant gratification!

[rshankar]

Arasi, the bhairavi one also sounds wonderful...never heard that one either.

[braindrain]

Arasi, the bhairavi one also sounds wonderful...never heard that one either.

A quick search by google did not yield any result.. Will any one ( Lakshman sir) have more details on this kriti.. NSG did mention that this is hardly sung and every word apparently starts with the 'tri'..

[arasi]

Wait!
Then, I did see the bhairavi kruti in the song list!
When I looked at it again to recollect the words, it was missing! I put it down to my young memory in mixing it up with another list
So, I edited out the bhairavi stuff from my post!
Then I see Ravi's post and your post! I don't see it in the list even now! Please help with the line and I can request vidyaarthi if he could sing it! Thanks!

[arasi]

Blush, blush! Another look--and guess what...I have been looking just for that bhairavi by scrolling, and have been looking at R&G's list ;(
Sorry for all the ado. Two lists in one thread isn't that good, perhaps--especially for us young ones...!

[tyagarajadasa]

Here is the bhairavi kriti:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXr3Plq_ ... re=related

[arasi]

Gokul,
Thanks again.
What a song! So well sung by the young american student

I have heard Jayalakshmi Shekhar's fine vINa playing, but didn't know that she also plays the violin and the flute!

[rshankar]

Gokul, thank you! A lovely composition indeed. Made my day.