Veena Iyer Brothers @ Boite World Music Cafe, Melbourne (04

kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 05 Nov 2006, 08:23

Venue: Boite World Music Cafe, Melbourne
Date: 03 Nov 2006
Organizer: Boite World Music Cafe

Veena: Ramnath and Gopinath Iyer
Mrudangam: Sridhar Chari

List of songs:

1) karuNimpa - sahAna - Adi - Tiruvottriyur Tyagayyar
2) shObhillu saptaswara - jaganmOhini - rUpakam - Tyagaraja
3) annapUrNe - sAma - Adi - Muttuswami Dikshithar
4) marivERE dikkevarayya - shaNmukhapriya - Adi - Patnam Subramanya Iyer
5) nenarunchi nAnu - mAlavi -Adi - Tyagaraja
6) banTureeti kOlu - hamsanAdam - Adi - Tyagaraja
7) Sri krishnam bhaja mAnasA - tODi - Adi / swarams at "shanka cakra gadA padma vanamAlam" - Muttuswami Dikshithar
8) enna thavam - kApi - Adi - Papanasam Sivan
9) tillAna - dhanasrI - Adi - Swati Tirunal

It was an intimate, acoustic affair. The fact that it was mostly a western audience did not discourage the Brothers from presenting the traditional format with a main piece, thani, thillana, etc. and the audience was very appreciative. The shaNmukhapriya was wonderful (but I could be biased given the fact it's my favourite ragam!) and the tODi essay was elaborate (at least an hour long) with a nice little thani avartanam tagged on at the end. With the artistes' approval, I will look into posting the kucheri on the board.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 05 Nov 2006, 12:39

5 - nenarunchi nAnu - mAlavi/Adi - thyAgarAja
7 - was not a RTP but was Sri krishnam bhaja mAnasA. tAnam was played in ragamalika (Ranjani, Hindolam, Behag + one more I can't recall)

It should be mentioned that this was a mic-less concert so we could here the true sound of the veena-s played very melodiously by the talented Iyer twins. Sridhar played elegantly and softly so as not to drown out the veena-s.

kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 05 Nov 2006, 14:20

Mohan, many thanks for the correction of the glaring rtp mistake! Didn't know of the veena kutcheri tradition of playing tAnam for the main ragam until earlier today...so much to learn so little time

rasam · Post by **rasam** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:06

So, was "shanka cakra gadA ..." the neraval line for shri krishnam bhaja mAnasa?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Nov 2006, 03:18

Mohan,
I like the words you use for Sridhar's playing to suit the microphone-less concert. 'Elegantly' and masterfully too when it comes to some senior vidwans, but alas, 'softly', they don't go for...
Would you know the season schedule of the Brothers?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 06 Nov 2006, 04:36

Rasam - yes the neraval was at 'shanka chakra'. This is the common neraval place for this song but I have heard some do it at 'pankajasana ...' as well.

Arasi - The Iyer brothers will be playing around half a dozen concerts during the season - you can check kutcheribuzz.com for the dates next month.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Nov 2006, 06:25

Thanks Mohan. I still can't figure out why I couldn't download your music from NATYA section. My usual techno ineptness?

kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 06 Nov 2006, 06:30

Original post edited for corrections.

meena · Post by **meena** » 06 Nov 2006, 06:48

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kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 18 Nov 2006, 07:55

Concert is now available for download from http://file.uploadr.com/ad4c