Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
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Vocal : Suryaprakash
Violin : nAgai Sriram
Mrudangam : Tjr Murugabhoopathy
kanjira : Bangalore S purushOtaman
Concert duration/Day : 2 hours and 45 mins /Wednesday
Concert Type : Nirvana (prime evening concert , no concert to follow)
Sabha/Hall : rAgatharangini Trust/ PS High School, Mylapore
Occassion : MMI centenary
1A. slokham "guru brahmA guru VishnO" - hamsadhwani -??
1B. vAthApi gaNapathim (S) - hamsadhwani - MD
5 mins swaras
2. iNi oRu kanam (S)- shreeranjani - papanAsam sivan
4 mins swaras
3. vijayAmbikE (R N S) - vijayanAgari - HMB
6 mins alApana 4 mins violin return
neraval for 4 mins "sangeetha rOOPini kripa shAlini"
5 mins swaras
4. kamalAmbA samrakshatumAm - Anandabhairavi - MD
5. manavyAla kincharA (S) - nalinakAnthi - T
swaras for 8 mins
6A. sukhi evarO (R S T) - kAnadA - T
12 mins alApana 5 mins violin return
13 mins "gA gA" swaras
6B. tani for 8 mins
7. RTP in kApinarAyani
"neerajAkshi kamAkshi nikhila loka janani"
12 mins ragam
7 mins tanam
pallavi and swaras for 19 mins
swara ragamaliga in kAPinarAyani + hamsAnandi + darbAri kAnadA + bahudAri + nAyaki
8A. viruththam then pazhani velavanE eN manathiN manivilakkAi - sindhubhairavi + bhimplas
8B. vellai thAmarai - bhimplAs - bharathiyAr
9. pavamAna
Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
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Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
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Re: Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
The sabha secy spoke for few minutes to introduce the artists and the occassion . The occasion was gAnakalAdhara Madurai Mani Iyer day centenary concert.
Suryaprakash,a gifted artist who is the best of contemporary MMI torch bearer gave a concert to my satisfaction with few glitches . The satisfaction was just bringing the bAni of mmi , but certainly the manodharma alap, neraval and especially swara patterns were original .
The start was nice and vathapi flowed beatifully with a well set voice and ensemble . The shree ranjani was a big glitch as the volume and mikes were bit needlessly adjusted , i found the mridangam and vocal on the loud side and some time during the swaras of shree ranjani the mike was adjusted some what right
The submain vijyanagari was beautifully rendered , great charge and he and bhoopathi maintained amazing tempo in neraval and swaras with sriram really returning wonderfully, it was near 80 + (not +100) sowkhyam and aggression intersect
As customary the slow and fast numbers popped , I enjoyed both especially the long cycle of nalinakanthi swaras was very expressive and nagai sriram really rocked with his return
One can always say that kAnadA especially sukhi evarO is a fanta fabulous main . Liked the real sparkling manodharmam there , kanada swaras are generally have very quick and short busts and with a long tail it was indeed well sung, especially those pivotal pidis of gA gA.
The RTP was in kApinarayani ,the entire pallavi was well done with trikAlam and the ragamaliga swaras were very good, really long ones and there was a bit of healthy competition between sriram and suryaprakash and I liked it . I especially like Sriram's smile and a real elaborate shruthi sudhamAna return in darbAri and bahudAri.
There was just one tukkada and it was a pretty good finish(bit could have been better), I was perhaps expecting one more like kandan karunai , it was 9 pm and mangalam unfolded.
Sriram , Bhoopathy and suryaprakash team up well with a real controlled aggression with lot of sangathis that brings more classicism and vigour. BSP gave able support , and his taps in kAnadA short burst cycle of swaras were very engaging . Tani was bit different and I was glad that it was bit short that way RTP became more emminent.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours and 45 mins.
Suryaprakash,a gifted artist who is the best of contemporary MMI torch bearer gave a concert to my satisfaction with few glitches . The satisfaction was just bringing the bAni of mmi , but certainly the manodharma alap, neraval and especially swara patterns were original .
The start was nice and vathapi flowed beatifully with a well set voice and ensemble . The shree ranjani was a big glitch as the volume and mikes were bit needlessly adjusted , i found the mridangam and vocal on the loud side and some time during the swaras of shree ranjani the mike was adjusted some what right
The submain vijyanagari was beautifully rendered , great charge and he and bhoopathi maintained amazing tempo in neraval and swaras with sriram really returning wonderfully, it was near 80 + (not +100) sowkhyam and aggression intersect
As customary the slow and fast numbers popped , I enjoyed both especially the long cycle of nalinakanthi swaras was very expressive and nagai sriram really rocked with his return
One can always say that kAnadA especially sukhi evarO is a fanta fabulous main . Liked the real sparkling manodharmam there , kanada swaras are generally have very quick and short busts and with a long tail it was indeed well sung, especially those pivotal pidis of gA gA.
The RTP was in kApinarayani ,the entire pallavi was well done with trikAlam and the ragamaliga swaras were very good, really long ones and there was a bit of healthy competition between sriram and suryaprakash and I liked it . I especially like Sriram's smile and a real elaborate shruthi sudhamAna return in darbAri and bahudAri.
There was just one tukkada and it was a pretty good finish(bit could have been better), I was perhaps expecting one more like kandan karunai , it was 9 pm and mangalam unfolded.
Sriram , Bhoopathy and suryaprakash team up well with a real controlled aggression with lot of sangathis that brings more classicism and vigour. BSP gave able support , and his taps in kAnadA short burst cycle of swaras were very engaging . Tani was bit different and I was glad that it was bit short that way RTP became more emminent.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours and 45 mins.
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Re: Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
Rajesh, nice list.
The verse, 'gurur brahmA gurur vishNuhu.....tasmai SrI guravE namaha' is the third in a set of 8 verses called guru stOtram, from the skanda purANam (it also has a phala stuti as the ninth verse), and a very appropriate opening given the occasion. No idea of the composer/author.
I have a question about 8A and 8B. I remember a previous discussion we had about using viruttams prior to a kRti, and we had said that it was OK if the language of the viruttam and kRti did not match, but the deity had to...here it looks like 8A was a prayer to muruga and the kRti was on sarasvati. Correct me if I am wrong...
The verse, 'gurur brahmA gurur vishNuhu.....tasmai SrI guravE namaha' is the third in a set of 8 verses called guru stOtram, from the skanda purANam (it also has a phala stuti as the ninth verse), and a very appropriate opening given the occasion. No idea of the composer/author.
I have a question about 8A and 8B. I remember a previous discussion we had about using viruttams prior to a kRti, and we had said that it was OK if the language of the viruttam and kRti did not match, but the deity had to...here it looks like 8A was a prayer to muruga and the kRti was on sarasvati. Correct me if I am wrong...
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Re: Suryaprakash@rAga tharangini sabha on Mar 07th,2012
Ravirshankar wrote: I have a question about 8A and 8B. I remember a previous discussion we had about using viruttams prior to a kRti, and we had said that it was OK if the language of the viruttam and kRti did not match, but the deity had to...here it looks like 8A was a prayer to muruga and the kRti was on sarasvati. Correct me if I am wrong...
I remember the discussion cant recollect the thread in this jungle |( . He sang viruththam on Muruga and during bhimplas, he sang few lines on Goddess saraswati , dont know what they were and then jumped to vellai thAmarai.I am sure this is usually done(always a rule not exception by Madurai Somu) , and SP did on those lines.
There are recordings where MMI takes up VeyOru thOLi pangan , goes on 9 navagraha tours and then decides to go take a small slokham Vaidehi sahitam and then jumps to vellai thAmarai.
So bottom line it is usual case of matching virutham /slokham and the followup krithi on the diety , the key is the last phrase of viruththam /slokham alone generally matches .
There was one exception I heard in the last few years once ,there was a slokham ending in shankarAbharanam and then shankarabharanam note. Those are extreme boundary outliers :tmi: