with Jayshankar Balan on violin, Trivandrum Balaji on the mrdanga and Karthik Venkataraman on the kanjira. 3 hour concert. First concert of the 3 day Shyama Shastri festival.
Song list:
inta cAlamu-BragaDa varNa--Vinai Kuppier
taruNam IdammA-gauLipantu-Shyama Shastri
marivErE gati-Anandabhairavi-Shayama Shastri-S
himadrisutE pAhimAm-kalyANi-Shyama Shastri-A, N@shyAmakrSNa sOdari, S
MayammA aninE-Ahiri-Shyama Shastri
kaNDavarkku kanavilum-kuntalavarALi-Svarna Venkatesha Diskhitar
RTP nATakuranji in vilOma cApu ADi tALA-tAnam in nATakuranji and SaNmukhapriyA. Pallavi: guru malaraDi pani manamE tiruvaruL pera piravi talaiyara
enna tavam seidanai-kApi-Papanasham Shivan-tani
viruttam in bAgEshri followed by Erumayil Eri-Arunagirinathar
niriniri ga ma gari sA (t)-pUrvi-T.Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
mangaLam
Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
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mahavishnu
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
L-ji, thanks for the song list.
It was a very interesting concert by NSG. His voice was in good shape and his creative spontaneity took him to whimsical areas. Like his guru, he would think of singing swarams off the cuff at an arbitrary (but appropriate) location and then just do it.
I loved every bit of it.
The pallavi was a very complex viloma-chapu with an aditala cycle. I am as much a pallavi buff as anyone, but this was a tough one to put talam to. The ta-ka-di-mi | ta ki ta meter is not particularly intuitive and with a potential to transition into easier ratios than 7:4. NSG, however, was rock solid. He effortlessly did trikalam and all other kinds of linear-algebraic manipulations like he was folding pastry dough.
I think the intention was to have a tani after this, but it would have been murder on the mridangist (and the audience). So, NSG decided to have the tani after "Enna tavam". Yes, you read that right. And an elaborate tani it was, with an extensive khanda nadai exploration.
Tvm Balaji was having some trouble with his instrument. Consequently, his manodharmam was a bit inhibited throughout the concert. Jaishankar Balan played with his usual cheerfulness. His Nataikurinji returns were very nice.
Three things I uniformly love about NSG.
His stage presence and demeanor.
His unbridled flow of akarams.
His measured ease (I might have said that before).
It was a very interesting concert by NSG. His voice was in good shape and his creative spontaneity took him to whimsical areas. Like his guru, he would think of singing swarams off the cuff at an arbitrary (but appropriate) location and then just do it.
I loved every bit of it.
The pallavi was a very complex viloma-chapu with an aditala cycle. I am as much a pallavi buff as anyone, but this was a tough one to put talam to. The ta-ka-di-mi | ta ki ta meter is not particularly intuitive and with a potential to transition into easier ratios than 7:4. NSG, however, was rock solid. He effortlessly did trikalam and all other kinds of linear-algebraic manipulations like he was folding pastry dough.
I think the intention was to have a tani after this, but it would have been murder on the mridangist (and the audience). So, NSG decided to have the tani after "Enna tavam". Yes, you read that right. And an elaborate tani it was, with an extensive khanda nadai exploration.
Tvm Balaji was having some trouble with his instrument. Consequently, his manodharmam was a bit inhibited throughout the concert. Jaishankar Balan played with his usual cheerfulness. His Nataikurinji returns were very nice.
Three things I uniformly love about NSG.
His stage presence and demeanor.
His unbridled flow of akarams.
His measured ease (I might have said that before).
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arasi
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
Mahavishnu,
Loved your review as much as I love NSG's music!
'effortlessly did trikAlam like he was folding pastry dough'
'his unbridled flow of akArams'!
'his measured ease'...
You have captured it all!
Lakshman,
Thanks for the song list.
A beautiful pallavi line he came up with: guru malaraDi paNi manamE, thiruvaruL peRa, piRavi thaLaiyaRa--essence of a line,in place of a whimsical
one.
Loved your review as much as I love NSG's music!
'effortlessly did trikAlam like he was folding pastry dough'
'his unbridled flow of akArams'!
'his measured ease'...
You have captured it all!
Lakshman,
Thanks for the song list.
A beautiful pallavi line he came up with: guru malaraDi paNi manamE, thiruvaruL peRa, piRavi thaLaiyaRa--essence of a line,in place of a whimsical
one.
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
Lji - Ramesh - thank you for the list and review...
Ramesh - speak for yourself, when you say that folding pastry dough is 'easy'. Now, 'falling off a log' is easy - maybe even universal!
Ramesh - speak for yourself, when you say that folding pastry dough is 'easy'. Now, 'falling off a log' is easy - maybe even universal!
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arasi
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
Ravi,
You have a lot to catch up on! I imagine you to be a good cook, though
You have a lot to catch up on! I imagine you to be a good cook, though
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rshankar
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
Fantastic even, if it has anything to do with boiling water (instant coffee, eggs, Maggi noodles, etc....the list is endless)!arasi wrote:I imagine you to be a good cook, though
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arasi
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Re: Neyveli Santhanagopalan at Toronto-April 27th
Wish you had stopped with instant coffee