mumbai shilpA@skgs on Oct 07th,2013

[rajeshnat]

mumbai G shilpA@skgs on Oct 07th,2013
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Violin : Mumbai G shilpA (disciple of shri LGJ)
Vilon : SudhA R S Iyer
Mrudangam : prasanna karthikeyan

Concert duration/Day : 1 hr and 50 minutes /Monday
Concert Type : Nirvana (no concert to follow)
Hall : kAmakoti hall / mini hall of skgs

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3. sEshAchala nAyakam(R N S) - varAli - MD
4 mins neraval in "aravinda paTra nayanam govindam uraga sayanam"
4 mins swaras
4. durgA devi dhurita niVArini - navarasa kannada - HMB
5. mrithu bhooshani suramrithu bHAshini - amrithavarshini - mangalam ganapathy
6. kaligiyuNtE (R N S T) - keeravAni -T
8 mins alapana and 6 mins violin return
5 mins neraval in "bhAguga shri raghu rAmuni padamula"

In SKGS ,One can always see a lot of upcoming musicians performing , that too from Lalgudi school which generally takes a considerable share . I googled prior to attending the concert and found that Mumbai G ShilpA has learnt significantly in mumbai (balamani and few other teachers) and also learnt recently from shri LGJ.

I went about 15 minutes late and as I entered the submain violin alapana return of varAli was on.ShilpA started with seshAchala nAyaka in a fairly uphill rAgA varAli.There was always a touch of melody in her voice but varAli's rAga swaroopam needs more of a karadu moradAna sangathis , i thought she would give that in neraval and swaras , but it did not turn out that well .

The next was a rare krithi durgA devi she sang quite well, it took me quite a while to realize that the rAgA was navarasa kannada - it was my late identification , certainly the musician sang well. The next was a rare one , I am not sure if I got the words and the raga right , a sprinkle of swaras would have interested me there , I could notice in general from here that shilpa concentrates more on getting a well ironed and practised rendition of krithi .Till now there was not much change or dynamics in tempo . Keeravani alapana and krithi were measured , for a brief time in swaras she came out well with a change in tempo . It was roughly 07:20 pm when the tani got over (the concert started at 6pm) and i thought she may be planning for either a detailed slokham /viruththam or a rtp.

[rajeshnat]

7. jaya thungA tharaNgi gangE ?? - ?? - ???(had a phrase paramahamsA)
8. kaakai chiraginilE - rAgamAligA - bharathiyAr
9. eNNa thavam - kApi - p sivan

10. abhang?? "maaze manorA " - subhapantuvarAli?? - ???
11. tungA teera virAjam - sAlagabhairavi + Ahirbhairavi - kamalesha vittala
12. eruvAi karuvAi?? - behAg - Thirruppugazh(AGN)??

13. gOvindam ina gOpika - bhAgeshri - ????
14. taka dheem ta dheem .... tanjam (thillAnA) - dEsh - LGJ
15. mangalam

The stream of tukkadas were just passable ,incidentally one more thing i noticed is there was not a very perceivable interaction from shilpa with the artist , she appeared way too modest in the stage . In the tukkadas many were new . I got a feel of bhajan like concert through out in kaakai chiranginile and enna thavam . Mumbai artists come with abhangs and usually abhangist from mumbai have a powerful voice like aruna and rg sisters etc , but shipa's abhang just did not lap up the usual chennai a bang crowd to behave like a frenzy mob (I am assuming maaze manOrA is an abhang). behAg thirrupuggazh had a nice enunciation of lyrics and the bhAgeshri tukkada that followed was new and came out well . She ended with a Desh thillana which was good.

The violinist Sudha Iyer was just good , perhaps she had to go in line with a fairly same tempo of the vocalist .The mrudangist played just good . I was hearing all three for the first time. I keep hearing many young to fairly getting established musicians as "upcoming artist" , but most of them generally sing as well established artist , but yesterday after few years I really heard three "upcoming artists".

On the positive side ,Shilpa has a good emote with nice enunciation of lyrics and shruthi sense .On the not so positive side ,She certainly has to sing with a more tight varying leash for each of the krithis - almost all krithis had the same gait and punch(perhaps it was a tiring day prior to the concert) . Hoping to hear a better concert of shilpa in the future.

Overall a good concert for 1 hour and 50 minutes.

[rajeshnat]

Just forgot to mention , it would have been nice if Smt shilpA announced the composers of krithis atleast those that were very rare. She did not announce even one of them.

[Lakshman]

jaya tungAtarangE is by Sadashiva Brahmendra
mAjhA manOrath pUrNa kari dEvA is by Sant Namdev
EruvAi kAruvAi is by Arunagirinathar
gOvindamiha gOpikA nandakandam is by Narayana Tirtha

[rajeshnat]

jaya tungAtarangE is by Sadashiva Brahmendra
mAjhA manOrath pUrNa kari dEvA is by Sant Namdev

Lji
May i know the ragas of the above two?

[Lakshman]

jaya tunga tarange has been sung in hamsadhvani by Bombay Jayashri here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rTJcl37YuQ
In SuraTi by Balamuralikrishna here:
http://www.general-files.org/download/g ... e.mp3.html
It has been listed under kuntalavarALi also.
MajhA manOratha is generally sung in mishrayaman.

[mahavishnu]

Wow, Rajesh. You impressive me with the breadth of your listenership!
I came across this artiste's name for the first time when watching the Lalgudi tribute videos produced by SB Khanthan.

I imagine she would have sung tunga tarangE in Hamsadhwani (occasionally set to madhyama sruti also), probably very similar to the version posted by L-ji.

The kuntalavarali version I have heard in a commercial release by Sangeetha Sivakumar. You can find a short clip here: http://www.charsur.com/index.php/tunga- ... 16866.html

[arasi]

The kunthala varali version was in vogue in our days.