Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

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badari
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Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by badari »

A review will follow...

2013 March 04

Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy : Vocal
Vid. CharulataRamanujam : Violin
Vid. SrimushanamVRajaRao : Mridanga
Vid. RanganathaChakravarthy : Ghata

Venue / Organiser : Kalotsav @ Odukattur

01 inta cAlamu jEsitE VARNA bEgaDA Adi vINai kuppiyer
02 chadram bhaja mAnasa asAvEri chaturashra maTTya M.dIkshitar
03 brOchEvA revarE raghupathE shrIranjani Adhi thyAgarAja
04 dhanyAsi AlApane followed by kanulAra kaNTi dhanyAsi rUpaka walajApet venkataramaNa bhagavathar
05 vazhi maraiththu nAtakuranji chApu gOpAlakriShNa bhArathi
06 marugElarA O rAghavA jayanthashrI Adi thyAgarAja
07 shaNkarAbharaNa AlApane followed by enduku peddalavale buddhi shankarAbharaNam Adi tyAgarAja and tani
08 EdayyA gati calanATa Adi koTESwara Iyer
09 iDadu padamtUkki khamAs Adi pApanAsam sivan
10 viruttum kApi
11 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa
12 dhirana tanadhImta TILLANA cenjuruTi vIna seshaNNa
13 rAmachandrAya janaka mangaLam kuranji bhadrAcala rAmadas

ranjanimalavi
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Re: Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by ranjanimalavi »

Very good concert. There were only two alapanas.
Beautiful slow paced neraval in shankarabharanam.

Raja Rao drowned the voice in fast paced swarms, and neravals.
His Mridangam was as usual on a high decibel level.

If the volume is little lower, it would be so great to listen to him.

Raman

arasi
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Re: Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by arasi »

Can't agree with you more!
If the volume were a little lower, I'm another among others who thinks it's great to listen to him ;)

badari
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Re: Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by badari »

@ Arasi, @ Ranjanimalavi.

Totally agree with you on the high decibel was felt at hall.

I felt one more thing. He was a bit more agressive in commanding the proceedings on the dias. Being a new comer to the arena, RK was repetedly looking for a visual consent from him before the next track.

Post viruttum when RK indicated Charulata to proceed , SVRR hinted "NO" through a mridangam beat... and rest what happened is history. Everybody fell into his line.

Review will be updated @ http://arohanaavarohana.blogspot.in/201 ... urthy.html

Rsachi
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Re: Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by Rsachi »

Couldn't make it to the concert.

I have seen RKM show great respect for his accompanists. And he is nowadays performing with some of the best.
I feel this is a tough phase when he could be overshadowed by them in volume and dictating the proceedings.

squims
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Re: Ramakrishnan Murthy @ odukattur Kalotsav

Post by squims »

It was my first time listening to RKM live. Was pleased with the experience. He's got real talent. I will be watching out for his performances hereon.

About the high decibel levels, the acoustics at the hall didn't help either. With that kind of acoustics, I feel that a mridangam can do without a mic itself! But besides that, I loved Srimushnam sir's playing. I seem to have missed on the small drama on stage that badari mentions though. Must have happened in a heartbeat.

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