ranjAni-gayAtri@NGS on November 6,2006

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 08 Nov 2006, 21:34

Accompanied by charumathi raghuraman - violin , Arunprakash - mridangam and KV
GOpalakrishnan - kanjira

1. sakalagraha bAla ninne (RS)- atAna - PD
2. viDajaaladuraa - janaranjani - T
3. aananda naTam aaDuvaar (R S) - poorvi kalyaaNi - Neelakanta Sivan
4. cheta sri balakrishnam (RS) - dwijAvanti - MD
5. marukElara - jayanthashri - T
6. rAma katha sudha (R N S T) - bAma mani janaki saumitri (neraval) - T
7. devar varuga vendru solvathO?? - rAgamaligai - ??
8. shree rAmachandra kripanidhi?? -yaman kalyAni??? - tulsidAs???
9. janaki nAthu sahAya kAre(bhajan) ?? - yaman kalyAni ?? - ??
10. mAdhasaka - lalith - swami swaroopananda

An excellent concert by R&G , despite deafening sound volume being kept for both the sisters . Hope the sisters or the mike men adjust the sound well in the future. GAyathri started the concert with crisp atanA rAga alApanai and gave a good start. janaranjani was good. A very good alApanai by ranjani and an excellent rendition and swaram followed for the masterpiece of Neelakanta Sivan's poorvikalyAni. Flashes of SSI everywhere.

DwijAvanthi was ok, marukelarA was unbearably loud and deafening as both of them took together throughout. The best of the concert was the rAga alApanai of MadhyamAvati by GayAthri ,she efforlessly soaring to the upper sthayi is a delight to watch. I heard a very slight tinge of Brindavana sAranga though for some time. Neraval was good and swarams were just ok.

The fast rAgamaligai had four rAgas , it was very nice but I didnot catch even one.The last abhang in lalith was excellent, one has to give credit to these sisters as they know how to finish very well.

Arunprakash played good,tani being ok.At times his dharna in dwijAvanti gave me an
impression as though the sisters were practicing at home. The young girl charumathi was excellent and she always plays with a very good nAdham and continuity. I liked her poorvikalyAni a lot.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 08 Nov 2006, 21:41

Both shrI rAmacandra krpAlu bhajamana and jAnakinAth sahAi are by Tulsidas.

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 08 Nov 2006, 22:04

"efforlessly soaring to the upper sthayi is a delight to watch."

i am sure it must have been!!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 08 Nov 2006, 22:33

"effortlessly soaring to the upper sthayi is a delight to hear."

Lakshman
Is the rAga yamankalyAni right for both the tulsidas numbers

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 08 Nov 2006, 22:34

rajeshnat wrote:"effortlessly soaring to the upper sthayi is a delight to hear."

Lakshman
Is the rAga yamankalyAni right for both the tulsidas numbers

rAmacandra kRpALu is generally sung in yamankalyANi. Don't know about the other though.

-Ramakriya

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 08 Nov 2006, 22:40

Yes. Both songs are in yamaklyAn.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 09 Nov 2006, 00:02

DKP was one of the first to render tulsidAs' 'jAnaki nAth sahAy karE tO kaun bigAd karE nar tOrE?' on the concert stage - and she renders in lilting yamankalyAn...
Ravi

mahesh_narayan · Post by **mahesh_narayan** » 09 Nov 2006, 00:26

sakalagraha bAla ninne ........should be sakalagrahabala nIne sarasijAkshA !!!

gravikiran · Post by **gravikiran** » 09 Nov 2006, 11:06

"sakalagraha bAla" gives me the imagery of several commets :p
good catch mahesh!!

sangeetarasikan · Post by **sangeetarasikan** » 09 Nov 2006, 22:12

rshankar wrote:DKP was one of the first to render tulsidAs' 'jAnaki nAth sahAy karE tO kaun bigAd karE nar tOrE?' on the concert stage - and she renders in lilting yamankalyAn...
Ravi

That is interesting. Are you sure it is DKP? I somehow cannot imagine her singing a Hindi bhajan. Would you have an audio clip?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 09 Nov 2006, 23:59

Here you go: this was in 1982...
http://rapidshare.com/files/2670776/21_ ... kalyAN.mp3

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 11 Nov 2006, 11:29

The Madurai kutcheri?

sangeetarasikan · Post by **sangeetarasikan** » 13 Nov 2006, 19:38

RShankar, thanks for the clip. I enjoyed it v.much.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Nov 2006, 19:48

SR,
You are welcome!
Ravi