06.amba nIlAmbari - nIlAmbari - Adi - Ponniah Pillai
7A.pAhimAm ratnAchala - mukhAri - Adi - D (RS@pAhi mAm T)
11 mins alApana and forgot to note the violin return timing
10 mins swaras
7B. tani for 10 mins
8A. Viruththam had lines
... mathanamAda iRu KAthil (nalinakAnti) + vidamani charanavinDangaL (hameer kalyAni) + bAla muttu guruVE (khamAs) --> I am assuming this could be thirruppugazh,some one can correct it if it is not.
8B.konji konji vA guhane - khamAs -Periyasamy Thooran.
9.ninnai sharaN aDaindEn - yamunAkalyANi.- mahakavi Bharatiyar
10A. The concert concluded with a shlOkam in madhyamAvati
10B followed by a rAdhavarana - Jayadevar ashtapadi- madhyamAvati.
For me everything clicked from neelAmbari on. His rendition was really wonderful from konjal in neelAmbari and I liked sankaran sir's thoppi caressing more from neelAmbari on. Mukhari was splendid,perhaps the second best mukhari of this season . Atleast to me out of all contemporary singers vijay excels in mukhAri far more than many musicians . His voice and vidwat matched in mukhAri.Incidentally I and semmu86 were talking as he sang mukhAri alApana that he will go for endraikku sivakripai as he had already covered MD, T and SS krithis. But nevertheless pAhimAm ratnAchala is such a wonderful composition. I particular liked his swaras though short he did different shades with different ma mA (like sa ri mA mA , da sa da pa mA mA) and sankaran was matching well. Also RKSK was matching very well in the second half.
I do know vijay segments distinctly different languages and I do know post tani,few lovely missed languages tukkadas will be there . It was a dose of thamizh tukkadas. The first viruththam (assuming thiruppugazh) was well done particularly the nalinakanti start and PT's kONji kOnji was well done reinforcing his DKP/DKJ school.Vijay is a terrific yamunA kalyAni singer and he got the charm of bharathiYAR in ninnai sharan AdaindEn. He wrapped with a brief slokham and a rAdhA varana somewhat to my liking which is a jayadeva ashtapadi.
As told before , RKSK was more in his elements in the second half and he did provide great support . I remember there are quite a few VS-RKSK-TS combinations that I have attended particularly 2006 kalarasana where he sang a kAnadA rtp and kAMbOdhi main. Trichy Sankaran sir was not his super best yesterday, I guess it has to do with he not having upa pakkAvadhyam , the tani was not fireworks worthy but still quite satisfying. I just dont get as to why such a senior and brilliant mrudangist is not keeping upapakkavadhyam.
Few Cribs:
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Apart from not having upapakkavAdhyam, I in general dont like transforming the CM to bhajana sampradAya finish. I just dont like VS taking cymbals(no to
jalrA ) and singing the last ashtapati, that crib was already told once in this forum .
The second crib is he can repeat attimes the lines twice in a slokham or viruththam .
The third crib is more to do with attendance which Shankar has said , I thought with TS accompanying did expect more (strength was only 200). Also yesterday many of big crowd pulling stars did not sing, so was expecting much more .
Overall vijay brings detail and proportion and as always pattandara suddham is omnipresent.Overall a
very good to excellent concert for 2 hours and 25 mins.
Viruttam had hamIr kalyAni in it.
jalrA ) and singing the last ashtapati, that crib was already told once in this forum .