Nisha Rajagopal, 4 hour Concert for Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha, 14/Jun/2015

[sankark]

@ Raga Sudha Hall, Mylapore

Charumathi Raghuraman - violin, B Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, H Prasanna - Ghatam

viribOni - bhairavi - K ata - pachimiraiam adippaiah
chandrasEkaram sadA bhajEham - mArgahindOLam - Adi - MD
dhanyudevvarO - malayamArutam - Adi - PSI (R, S@varamaddaLa)
aruL seyya vEndum - rasikapriya - Adi - KI (R, S@pallavi)
mAyamma yaninE - Ahiri - Adi - SS
rAga ratna mALika - rItigowlai - rUpakam - T (R, NS@bhAgavadhOttamulu kUdi)
virutham (ArAdha aruLamudham) followed by rangapura vihArA - brindAvana saranga - rUpakam - MD
evvari mAta vinnAvo - kAmbhOji - Adi - T (R, NS@parama bhakta parAdinudanu, tani)
patti viduvarAdu - manjari - Adi - T
RTP (EzhumalaiyAnE emperumAnE unnai Ezhu swarangaLAl thuthippEnE gOvindanE) - simmEndra machyamam - m cApu (4 kalai t triputai?) - rAgamalikai swarams in Arabhi, AbhOgi, Ranjani?, ?, mOhanam, aTAnA, kalyani each one round and final one round in the reverse order in one stretch
bArO krishnayya -

had to leave when she started this and it was already 4 hours.

+ voice, next best after GV. very pliant voice and obeys her command and she was mostly in the middle and upper octaves. not much into lower one. not much observable coarseness/stress except a little on the kAmbhOji upper reaches
+ all alapanai's were grand affairs and rItigowlai was the pick of them, especially in upper octave.
+ team, have to applaud for sitting down on the stage first and foremost for 4 hours
- no parivAdini

[CRama]

Nisha always gives quality performance. And a four hour concert - really commendable. What was the ragam of the RTP.

[Nick H]

Wanted to be there. Am unwell, and had to attend neighbour's marriage reception.

[sankark]

simmEndra madhyamam. Edited the post to add that.

[bombal]

Had the pleasure of attending this concert, albeit an hour late and left as the RTP was getting winded up with the rAgamAlika...came in at Arul seyya vEndum charanam...what a concert it was. the voice throw was superb, especially the high notes, exquisite...great stage presence and the right amount of confidence, required to make the concert a success. good Azhutham, bhAvam and laya gyAnam.

Charu/GR and Prasanna(from his style I am guessing he is Suresh's student) were very soothing...the glaring thing for me, is what GR and Prasanna played in the thani especially the Thisram turn, and it went wayward for both GR and Prasanna (the eduppu, was one before samam)

Nisha is someone, who I look forward hearing to, with varied accompaniments...

great teamwork and a good concert overall..

BcnB

[rajeshnat]

sankark
Glad to see the report of yours and doubly glad to notice that sarvani sangeetha sabha is having this 4 hour concert . I wish I was there for the pallavi. May I know how long was the pallavi?.

With she singing raaga ratna in reetigowlai that too with Neraval and swaras and arul seyya vendum ayya in rasikapriya - just reminded me of an immortal TRS style delivery.

[sankark]

The RTP was about 50 mins - ~25 mins on RT part and the rest on P & Swarams. She said this was a pallavi of TRS, her guru.

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha - seems to have had roughly 20 4 hour concerts so far - Nithyashree, Ranjani & Gayatri, Ramakrishnan Murthy, Aruna Sairam are some of the names I recall now from their announcement at the start of the concert.

[rajeshnat]

The RTP was about 50 mins - ~25 mins on RT part and the rest on P & Swarams. She said this was a pallavi of TRS, her guru.

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha - seems to have had roughly 20 4 hour concerts so far - Nithyashree, Ranjani & Gayatri, Ramakrishnan Murthy, Aruna Sairam are some of the names I recall now from their announcement at the start of the concert.

Crama or some one else ,
Is the pallavi of TRS mama available or is the pallavi the one that TRS helped Nisha after he quit as a performer. If there is a pallavi rendition of TRS mama please do post in TRS thread.

Sankark
I am not sure if Aruna sairam indeed sang. I have heard RKMurthy,GV and Gurucharan --- all very memorable