TM Krishna, Sastri Hall, Mylapore, Chennai, Jan 18th 2016

[kvchellappa]

Picked up in FB:

TM Krishna for Dr S Balachander Trust, Chennai
January 18, 2016

What an experience! Still in a trance more than an hour after the concert got over. The joy of experiencing TMK’s music in a mic-less concert at such close quarters!

Organizer: Dr. S. Balachander Trust
Venue: Sastri Hall, Mylapore, Chennai

Vocal: T.M. Krishna
Violin: Akkarai Subbulakshmi
Mrudangam: Manoj Siva
Khanjira: Anirudh Athreya

List of songs:

* mundu vENuka – darbAr (ANS)
* tAnam – mukhAri
* tAnam – sArangA
* inta mODi (varNam) – sArangA (S)
* mauLau gangA (viruttam) – gauLipantu
* kuvalayAkSirO – gauLipantu
* dinamaNi vamsha – harikAmbOji (ANST)
* mOdi jEsEvElarA – khamAs (tNS)
* shrI subramaNyAya namastE – kAmbOji (AN)
* mangaLam kOsalEndrAya – kAmbOji

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)
https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2016/01 ... _sb_jan15/
(Two 'Modi songs reminded me of his criticism of a programme in which Modi was made a theme).

[Nick H]

mic-less! Oh, I wish I had been there!

[VK RAMAN]

Bring back the micless performance of 30s-40s; let us make the audience number limited, let the audience and artists/pakka vaadyam sit in close proximity; wow!!!!

[ram1999]

A full concert (video) with H K Venkatraman, Manoj Siva and Anirudh uploaded recently in youtube. A fabulous Dwijavanti, Denuka (Thanam and theliyaleru rama) and Hamsadhwani (vathapi ganapathim) spanning over hour and a half. Fabulous concert and manoj siva playing the mridangam is stupendous.

[HarishankarK]

Picked up in FB:
* mauLau gangA (viruttam) – gauLipantu

Would have been shlokam I/o viruttam. Is there no other shlokam in SSI/TMK repertoire?? Always this slokam !!

[Sivaramakrishnan]

moulou or maulau?

[Rsachi]

मौलौ maulau comes from मौलि mauli meaning head or crest. "maulau ga~ngA" means Ganga adorns Shiva's crest.

[VK RAMAN]

mauLau gangA -anything wrong in repeating the same sloka by the artist?

[HarishankarK]

mauLau gangA -anything wrong in repeating the same sloka by the artist?

Then how we will get to appreciate new shlokas. TMK has been in the industry for more than 20 years. He could include some more shlokas in his concerts. Just a suggestion.

[CRama]

SSI has sung many slokas in his concerts which were mesmerising. Apart from Maolau Ganga, he has sung Sringaram- Navarasa slokam from Rama Karnamritam, Kodanda Deekshakuram aprameyam, Kailasasailabhuvane, Susnigdham neelakesam, Neelabja bhringa sadrusam etc. His sojourn into ragas Bilahari, MMG, Varali, Kapi, Nadanamakriya etc. were ecstatic.

[kartik]

TMK has been in the industry for more than 20 years

Alas,Carnatic music has been reduced to an industry. Started out as Bhakti sangeetham, then the creativity and now this.

[kvchellappa]

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[HarishankarK]

TMK has been in the industry for more than 20 years

Alas,Carnatic music has been reduced to an industry. Started out as Bhakti sangeetham, then the creativity and now this.

I withdraw the word industry from my statement. I have the greatest regard for our carnatic music. I'd rather say that TMK has been performing carnatic music for over 20 years.

[arasi]

Industry also means a profession. In tamizh, tozhil. Vocation. sangIthath thuRai means the field of music.

Industries of course means manufacturing.

[HarishankarK]

Industry also means a profession. In tamizh, tozhil. Vocation. sangIthath thuRai means the field of music.
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Yes, I mean't in this way only. But since I realized that it can be mis-interpreted, I withdrew the word.