Trivandrum Venkataraman, Mylapore Fine Arts Club

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 14 Dec 2006, 13:54

Trivandrum Venkataraman - Madirimangalam Swaminathan - H Sivaramakrishnan

MFAC. 14th December 2006. 9 am

sarasUDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI (short sketch)
mahA gaNapatim - nATTai - Adi - MD (short sketch, svarams)
aparAdamula - rasALi - Adi - T (S)
sabApatikku - AbhOgi - rUpakam - GKB (RS)
mInAkshI mE mudam - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - MD (RNS)
smaraNE sukhamu - janaranjani - Adi - T
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RTNS)
tani Avarththanam
manasI dussam - Ahiri - cApu - ST
taruNi nyAn - dvijAvanti - cApu - ST (short sketch)
tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLAi - rAgamAlikA - kaNDa cApu - Bharathiyar
sAra maina - bEhAg - rUpakam - ST (short sketch)

The concert began with a unorthodox short sketch of sAvEri and the varNam was rendered well. The nATTai short sketch was nice. The kriti was played in the old style with all the dhaivata laden sangatis intact. The svarams at the pallavi and the korappu were good. The rasALi kriti was rendered with a nice set of svarams.

Sri Venkataraman started AbhOgi in an unambigious fashion, completely ruling out srIranjani or any other allied rAgams. The AlApanai was done very beautifully. The kriti was rendered well with a quick round of svarams. The pUrvikalyANi AlApanai was good. The kriti was rendered neatly with neraval at 'madurA puri nilayE maNivalayE' and a quick set of svarams. The quick janaranjani piece was good also.

The main course, bhairavi AlApanai was awesome. The 15 minutes of AlApanai and a nice tAnam made a good prelude to the kriti, which was rendered in a leisurely fashion. The neraval and svarams at 'vatsamu veNTa dhEnuvu canunO' were done very well. The korappu svarams and the last kOrvai were beautiful.

The Ahiri padam was rendered beautifully. The short sketch of dvijAvanti and the padam were good as well. 'tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLai' was rendered in kaNDa cApu, and the slow rendition did give a better effect than the usual catusra Ekam version. The bEhAg jAvaLi was good.

Sri Venkataraman gave a nice concert. All AlApanais were very inspiring and the neraval and svarams were very good also. Sri Swaminathan on the mrudangam, played with a lot of anticipation. He played aptly for the sangatis. One could distinctly hear the use of thoppi and the right palm while he was playing thro' the concert, and especially during the tani. He was ably supported by Sri Sivaramakrishan on the ghatam, who played well. The tani they shared was nice also.

bharath

sindhu · Post by **sindhu** » 14 Dec 2006, 14:05

Seems a veena player's concert review, I suppose

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 14 Dec 2006, 14:13

sindhu wrote:Seems a veena player's concert review, I suppose

if only your words were true, i would be happier. a long term goal in life, to learn to play the vINai. As of now, only know to listen.

sindhu · Post by **sindhu** » 14 Dec 2006, 14:30

ungaladu kanavu VeenA pOgAdu. But you are already playing with words. Review is well reviewed.

clueless · Post by **clueless** » 14 Dec 2006, 19:11

'tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLai' was rendered in kaNDa cApu, and the slow rendition did give a better effect than the usual catusra Ekam version.

Would it be kaNDa cApu, or catusra Ekam with kaNDa nadai?

I have heard Geetha Ramanathan Bennett (do only vainikas do this?) render it with the same kalapramanam, and it certainly gives a different effect. After listening to this, the usual rendition in tisra nadai seems somewhat hurried to me.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 14 Dec 2006, 19:51

clueless and completely clueless are one and the same or different?

completelyclueless · Post by **completelyclueless** » 14 Dec 2006, 19:58

they are different

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 14 Dec 2006, 20:52

You are not completely cluless after all, completely clueless:)

clueless · Post by **clueless** » 14 Dec 2006, 23:22

I am also completely clueless, but am not the same as completelyclueless

gundakriya · Post by **gundakriya** » 14 Dec 2006, 23:26

rbharath wrote:
sindhu wrote:Seems a veena player's concert review, I suppose
if only your words were true, i would be happier. a long term goal in life, to learn to play the vINai. As of now, only know to listen.

Duh! By 'veena player's concert review' I'm sure Sindhu meant Venkatraman and not you...! :rolleyes:

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 15 Dec 2006, 08:07

completely clueless,
we were completely clueless;where were you all these days?