17 Dec 2011
for Karthik Fine Arts
at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, Mylapore
Sri N Ramani - Flulte
Sri M Chandrasekaran - Violin
Chidambaram Sri Balashankar - Mridangam
N Guruprasad - Ghatam
sAmi ninnEkOri - shrI - Adi
vallabhA nAyakasya - bEgaDa - rUpaka - MD (S)
maRivERE - Anandabhairavi - cApu - SS (R)
bhajana sEyarAdA - dharmavati - rUpaka - T (RS)
nannu pAlimpa - mOhanam - Adi - T (RS)
rAgamAlika piece beginning with mAND
behAg tillAna by LGJ in tishra Adi
pavamAna sutuDu - saurAShTra - Adi - T
madhyamAvati sketch
It was a fulfiling concert. Expect Bilahari to write some comments soon. Also hope to find time to write more myself!
N Ramani, Karthik Fine Arts 17 Dec 2011
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N Ramani, Karthik Fine Arts 17 Dec 2011
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Re: N Ramani, Karthik Fine Arts 17 Oct 2011
Srikant, the concert was held in December and not October! Also, the rAgamAliga was bArO kriSnayya.
I thought it was a beautiful concert, though it concluded within 1.5 hours. Every piece was played immaculately, with pristine shruti shuddam, which immediately elevates any concert to a higher plane. The manOdharma components were all concise, with a few rounds of swaras in bEgaDa, and crisp alapanais of Ananda bhairavi, dharmavati, and mOhanam.
The Ananda bhairavi alapanai by both Ramani and MC was the highlight of the concert for me. Particularly, NR's ability to weave several piDis together in elongated but coherent phrases was striking, and he didn't need to exploit G3 and N3 to move us with his essay. MC responded with phrases NR had not covered, so the two of them presented a pretty complete picture of the rAgam together.
I enjoyed the dharmavati too, but mOhanam is not my favourite ragam by a distance, so I zoned out a bit. LGJ's bEhAg tillAna provided a nice conclusion to the concert.
The percussionists were both capable and maintained the calm atmosphere created by Sri Ramani throughout the concert. The tani was also crisp.
I thought it was a beautiful concert, though it concluded within 1.5 hours. Every piece was played immaculately, with pristine shruti shuddam, which immediately elevates any concert to a higher plane. The manOdharma components were all concise, with a few rounds of swaras in bEgaDa, and crisp alapanais of Ananda bhairavi, dharmavati, and mOhanam.
The Ananda bhairavi alapanai by both Ramani and MC was the highlight of the concert for me. Particularly, NR's ability to weave several piDis together in elongated but coherent phrases was striking, and he didn't need to exploit G3 and N3 to move us with his essay. MC responded with phrases NR had not covered, so the two of them presented a pretty complete picture of the rAgam together.
I enjoyed the dharmavati too, but mOhanam is not my favourite ragam by a distance, so I zoned out a bit. LGJ's bEhAg tillAna provided a nice conclusion to the concert.
The percussionists were both capable and maintained the calm atmosphere created by Sri Ramani throughout the concert. The tani was also crisp.