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saroja ramanujam · Post by **saroja ramanujam** » 19 Nov 2006, 14:39

concerts of TNS in November 2006

Two of the concerts were already reviewed beautifully by Ram( I wish I could meet you, Ram since I will be present in almost all his concerts, if only to share the joy of listening to TNS.My Emailaddress is [email protected])
I wish to addsome points to what Ram has written and also report on the two others left out.

1-11-2006-Naradaganasabha-oothukkadu compositions.

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The concert was different from the later one at RKSwami hall as there were many new compositions while the other one consisted of all the popular ones.

The first was svaghatham Krishna as in the other concert, in which he has welcomed the Lord Kriishna in Mohanam ,who must have come and sitting in the front row, surely!

Next one in Natakurinji 'kodutthuvaittha punniavan' made all feel that we were kodutthuvaitha punniavangal to hear it.

Sloka in sahana 'krshnaya vasudevaya' was followed by 'vasudevaya namo namasthe,' which was also repeated in the second concert and HOW! I will relate the same when I come to it.

The next was a new one in kalyani'sarasijabhavajaye' ab nd the kalyani was anantha kalyanagunavisushta kalyani, in the delineation of raga and in the svaraprasthara. Next TNS sang 'pullinvai pilandhittai in kamas, a pasuram, favourite of his rasikas, followed by Nan ennat havam in Kamas which was 'sukamas', sugamanakamas,.

The next one was again a new one 'kallame ariyadha,' in amrthavarshini, which was a delightful piece. We were thanking our stars that the rains inChennai stopped for the day and had some trepidation as he sang Amrthavarshini. But we were saved!

Next was the rasika's favourite 'thaye yasodha.' The main piece of the day was 'etthanaikettalum in bhairavi,' which was elaborate unlike that in the later concert which was shorter for want of time.

Next was a new one 'anname' in Sama.
The rest of the concert consisted in muddukrishna,in senchurutti, neelavanam inpunnagavarali and kannallavo insuruti ending with thillana in sindhubhairavi, all of them were dripping with melody and charm and one could feel the presence of Krishna as he did for Oothukkadukavi.

12-11-2006-Mudra- One raga one krthi concert-Naradaganasabha

The raga taken was Kapi and TNS sang the krthi 'inthasoukyamanine' of Thyagaraja.

THose who heard the concert that day was really fortunate because the kapi raga was 'KA API'raga, meaning something that could not be described in words."kapi" or "kopi" in sanskrit besides meaning something or someone also used to denote something wonderful that cannot be described in words. The kapi that day was so exquisite that to describe it in usual terms as a kumbakonam degree kapi etc will be a gross understatement!

'Inthasoukyamanine' was rendered with such skill and imagination that made the audience exclaim with Thyagaraja ;inthasukyamanine , entho emo evariki thelusuno.'

15-11-2006-Muthiah bhagavathar compositions -Naradaganasabha

Ram has covered almost all the points and I will just add a few more.Muthiah Bhagavathar's compositions always attain a special perfection in the hands of TNS he giving full sway to his masterly perfection in svararagalaya.This concert was no exception.

16-112006-oothukkadu compositions atRKSwami hall

Ram has given a true picture of the concert. would just like to share my experience of such a wonderful concert.
The atana was adadana! The beauty of the compositon was fully brought out. There is a dificulty in presenting oothukkadu compositions. Unless the musician is skilled there is the danger of the sahithya swallowing the sangeetha because of the abundance of words in the krthis. But TNS enhances the sangeetha aspect without sacrificing the sahitya also. Both sahithya and sangeeth were wellbalanced and presented a bhava which otherwise would have been absent.

Padmavathi ramanam was beautiful as Ram has said and the sloka that came next 'krishnaya vasudevaya was something unimaginable. In singing the word Govindaya TNS performed Gvindapattabhisheka as was done to the Lord after the govardhanoddharana by Indra. TNS was transformed into another Indra in crowning Govinda .
Next in asaindhadum mayil we could see the cvisualisation that is alwatys present on his concerts and we felt, 'nijamansukham enru onru irundhal' adhu idhudhan.

Next piece 'sonnal oziya manam kelaadhe,' exacctly depicts my view in writing this review. Though Ram has given an elaborate review my mind will not be satisfiled unlessI out in a few words cbecause the joy of listening to the concert is overflowing and will have to be spilt out or spelled out!

All the songs as Ram has written were beautifully rendered that is, Kalyanarama which was always the favourite of rasikas and the kambhodhi 'konju mazalai,' was a delightful portrait of Krishna and his leela, Bharavi 'etthanaikettalum reflected the feeling of his rasikas, wh o were never satiated in hearing his music.

TNS singing 'vanduketpar illaiyo,'a ragamalika , described aptly the performance as it describes the stelaing of the hearts by Krishna, that is exactly what TNS has done with his music on that day.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 19 Nov 2006, 22:00

saroja
Shri TNS singing KApi , he is an expert in that. Was neraval done in the intha sowkhya song.To the best of my knowledge I have not heard neraval at all. How long was his kApi rendition.

kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 20 Nov 2006, 01:03

kApi is one of my favourite ragas but I've never heard TNS singing it. Can someone please post up his sample?

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 20 Nov 2006, 10:15

Sri KVN would sing niraval at 'swara rAga layA sudhArasamandu' - a commercial recording of a concert where he has sung this is available [Asthika Samajam, Tiruvanmiyur, 2002].

ram · Post by **ram** » 20 Nov 2006, 11:04

I think he did neraval at "shankaruniki delusunu tyAgarAja vinuta"

saroja ramanujam · Post by **saroja ramanujam** » 09 Dec 2006, 13:19

Ram was right. the neraval was done in 'sankaruniki' only.