Abhishek Raghuram @ NGS on 23-Dec

[Rajagopalan_V]

Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Anantha Krishnan - Mridangam

Song List
1. Saami nine kori - Shankarabharanam
2. Saraseeruhaasanapriye - Nattai (n,s)
3. Saaketha nagara naatha - Harikhambhoji (r,n,s)
4. Shankari ninne - Pantuvarali (r, n, s, t)
5. Manasaa manasaa maargamemi - Vardhini (r)
6. Jaathiyum madhamum - Sindhu Bhairavi
7. Mangalam

Not sure that a 2 hour slot could do justice to extraordinary talents such as Abhishek.

'Saaketa nagara naatha' in Harikambhoji - superb neraval and his signature lightning swaras. Audience loved it. Thunderous applause.

Detailed alapana next. Wondering if it was Hamsanandi. Turned out to be Pantuvarali. 'Shankari ninne' kriti by Mysore Vasudevachar.

Neraval and swarams giving a peek into his virtuosity. Mysore Srikanth plays really well too. Audience love again. Applause again.

Thani by Anantha Krishnan - a laya riot for close to 10 mins all by himself as there was no upapakkavadhyam.

'Manasa manasa', a kriti in the raga Vardini. The alapana sounding like a mixture of Suddha Danyasi, Hindolam and Kalyana Vasantam. Experts could opine if there's any connection.

ஜாதியும் மதமும் சமயமும் பொய்யே என
ஆதியில் உணர்த்திய அருட்பெருஞ்சோதி
மயங்கிடேன் சிறிதும் மனம் தளர்ந்து
......................................................................
எம்குலம் எம்மினமென்பது தொண்ணூற்றி ஆறு
அங்குலம் என்றருள் அருட்பெருஞ்சோதி

(
jAdiyum madamum samayamum poyyE ena
Adiyil uNarttiya aruTberu~njOdi
maya#ngiDEn siRidum manam taLarndu
......................................................................
emgulam emminamenbadu toNNUTRi ARu
a#ngulam enRaruL aruTberu~njOdi
)
The above Thiruarutpaa by Ramalinga Adigal set to tune by Abhi's guru Shri. PSN in the raga Sindu Bhairavi.

Again experts to comment on what the 96 here refers to!

The concert finishes by 09:00 pm. No time for RTP.

Sort of like jumping to curd rice straight from sambar - skipping rasam, chitrannam, payasam, sweet and all the good stuff in between - in a Tambram wedding meal

If only half of our nation imbibe the dedication, sincerity and passion in one's profession the likes of Vijay Siva and Abhishek demonstrate, could we not overtake the US of A by miles?!

Yes, people like me in the other half though

[Pratyaksham Bala]

... எம்குலம் எம்மினமென்பது தொண்ணூற்றி ஆறு
அங்குலம் என்றருள் அருட்பெருஞ்சோதி.
... ... what the 96 here refers to!

The human height is equal to 8 spans (சாண்) or 96 digits (விரற்கடை).

[vs_manjunath]

A delightful list of songs from the melodic volcano Abhisek.............Kudos to your concerts !!!

[vasanthakokilam]

Rajagopalan: Thanks for the review. Please post transliteration in English for anything posted in Tamil script. You can use the tool that our forum member Arunk wrote: http://arunk.freepgs.com/cmtranslit/editor.php
(copy&paste tamil script to the lhs, select English on the rhs, click on the arrow icon on the lhs, copy&paste the english transliteration from the rhs)

I have done it already for this thread. Thanks.

[Rajagopalan_V]

Sure vasanthakokilam ma'am. Will do this positively next time onwards. Thanks again

[vs_manjunath]

vkokilam is not madam...He's Vasantha Kokilam in rasikas id only!

[Rajagopalan_V]

Thanks vs_manjunath -- shall I say "Sir" here??!!! :-\

Will correct the previous post as well as follows --> Sure vasanthakokilam Sir!

[vs_manjunath]

no Prefix & no suffix are generally allowed in this forum...but every rule has exceptions...

[vasanthakokilam]

more like 'not needed'

[mohan7narayanan]

Rajagopalan_V ....The ancient Tamil 'angulam' has been found to be equal to 1.763 modern centimetres, according to Sri Balasubramaniam, a professor of materials and metallurgical engineering after his studying archeological records. So we are talking about 3/4 of an inch (2.54 cms = 1 inch).Thus 96 x 3/4 makes 72 inches or 6 feet - the common benchmark to represent a human being's height.

[mohan7narayanan]

Rajagopalan_V.....your interaction with vaanthakokilam......reminds me of the writer Sujatha who was actually Rangarajan, a man!