Carnatica Brothers concert on 29 Sep 2012 at Bridgewater,NJ

[jayashreerajesh]

Wonderful concert by Carnatica Brothers - Shashikiran & Ganesh accompanied by Jay Shankar Balan (violin) and Umayalpuram Bhairav (mridangam) @ the Bridgewater temple, NJ on 29 Sep 2012. Carnatica Brothers performed yesterday to support Bhairav's fundrising efforts to help Homefront - an organization commited to help the homeless in Central New Jersey.
Shashikiran & Ganesh complimented each other very well. The concert was a delight to music lovers and was very well attended and received.

Some of the songs they performed include:
Thakitakitathaka(Aandal kauthvam) - Malayamarutham
Vande vasudevam -Shri
Ardhanareeshwaram -Kumudakriya
Kaamakshi amba - Bhairavi
Sarasa samadana - Kaapinarayani
RTP - Kosalam
Ragi thandira - Nadanamakriya
Thillana - Hamsanadham

Snippets :
Beautiful rendition of Ardhanareeshwaram in Kumudakriya ragam by Shashikiran and Jaishankar with Niraval swaram in Aagamadi sannutham in 3 speeds.

Sarasa saama daana - swarams in Hitavumata lentho

Bhairavi swarajati swara sahityam in Brinda - Mukta style was very refreshing

Mind blowing Ragam tanam pallavi in Kosalam, ragam shared by brothers.

Tanams in ragamalika were thematic having the names of places as common between them- like kosalam, saurashtram, kurinji, gaudamalhar, vijayanaagari, kambhoji and reverse order.

Pallavi words- kosaladhipa rama chandra sita manohara paahi in aadhi talam 2 kalai
anuloma pratilomam with chaturasra tisram and tisram, swarams in multi- speeds.
Ragamalika with ragas with names starting from ka and its expansions till ko..as explained by the artists (ka- kannada, ki- kiranavali, ku- kuntalavarali, ke- kedaragaula - violin, kai- kaikavashi
ko- kosalam)

This concert was a fund raiser for the Home front an initiative of master Bhairav.

[mohan]

Thanks for the review. Rare to see a kauthuvam sung in a music concert.

[SangeetaRasika]

Shashikiran announced that they took the request of a rasika for the ragam of the RTP namely Kosalam. They demonstrated their ability to try something dynamic and constructed a theme behind it in the tanam singing choosing ragas representing places. The entire concert was a real treat to the audience.

[arunsri]

How is it that concert after concert the pallavi is impromptu, at the request of the audience, in a raga given by a member of the audience?

[Rasika911]

How is it that concert after concert the pallavi is impromptu, at the request of the audience, in a raga given by a member of the audience?

It is that years of hard work are put in by musicians, during which they acquire the skills required to execute a pallavi in any given raga. Perhaps, some artists thrive off the challenge posed to them by the audience, and it could also be that they feel that such a move would enable rasikas to appreciate their vidvat that may at times go unnoticed.

That's my 2 cents. May I ask how do you think it is so, and what your reasons are for believing so?