K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
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Vocal : K gAyatri prasanna
Violin : L Ramakrishnan (sishya of vidushi A kanyakumari)
Mrudangam : B Ganapathyraman
Kanjira : BS Purushottaman
Concert Type : Nirvana - No concert to follow
Day/Duration : Sunday/ 2 hour and 05 minutes concert -06:15 to 08:20 pm
sabha/Hall : naadainbam / rAgasudha hall
01. dAni samajEndrA??? -tOdi varnam - ST
02. uNdEdi ramudu (RS N S) - harikAmbOdhi - T
5 mins neraval in tamasAdi guNa rahituDu
6 mins swaras
03. nannu vidachi (R S)- reetigowlai -T
7 mins alapana and 5 mins violin return
swaras for 4 mins
04. shAntamu lEka - shyamA- T
6 mins alapana and 3 mins violin return
05. dayA payO nidhE- jaganmohini - meesu krishna iyer
6A. nijadAsa varadA(R N S T)- kalyani - patnam
11 mins alapana and 7 mins violin return
7 mins neraval in bhujagAdhi
6 mins swaras
6B.tani for 13 mins
7. rAma nAmam amudham manamE - Ahirbhairav - suguna purushottaman
8. neeraja dhala nayanA - mAnd - mannargudi sambasiva bhagavathar
9. nee nAma roopamulaku
K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
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K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
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Re: K gAyathri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
Vidushi K gayatri comes from an extraordinary school. Her guru vidushi Suguna Purushottaman has learnt from two schools musiri and semmangudi . The last 5 to 10 concerts that I heard her , I have seen a lot of promise in her .As i entered bit late the tOdi varnam was in full glory. I am not sure of the todi varnam ,but it was a very elaborate varnam( the varnam is dAni samajEndrA of swatitirunal). Gayatri has a considerable throw in her voice and tOdi came in full glory and I liked her start - voice did settle very well.
The next harikAmbOdi was a type cast of what many have written about khamas and harikAmbOdi in our forum. The alapana was very measured more on the caution of why should I take the risk of tresspassing into the anavsiya kAmBodhi or pause with unneeded ,,,,. Personally this krithi undedi ramudu i have only heard at times promoted as a main , but i felt she started bit slow and continued to sing in a slow pace the whole krithi. The momentum was just not there with harikambodi and i missed the slightly higher pace in hurrykAmbOdhi especially from anupallavi onwards. The neraval was just started well ,bit fizzled out in second speed as I felt she did not dwell longer .Swaras were well done but kutcheri did not reach a zone of excellence with harikambodhi
The reetigowlai showed her immense potential backed by incidental class . THe alapana was certainly measured but her sangathi weight was always there. I am very very biased with reetigowlai as a raga and with the bias i am quite very choosy but I got a great reetigowlai from gayatri. Incidentally during both alapana and violin return I could notice a shade of nannu vidachi sangathi , so even before the song i negated many reetigowlais krithis and I was quite happy that i zoned nannu vidachi even before that came in. Swaras in reetigowlai were polished she tried alternating with kothandarama and kalyanarama once , i wish she went more like her paramaguru's another sishya TRS and gave more cascades of swaras .
Both the shyamA and jaganmohini were just pass throughs , she could have shown her musiri school perhaps by singing a neraval in shantamu especially in shyama .Musiri is a great shyama singer. Kalyani was the main - standard kalyani with a share of lot of meditative phrases and a very limited briga salvos it was not bad as a jaya tv recording but more in line as doordarshan podigai saturday broadcast kalyani recording. This krithi of patnam is one where I have graduated over the years from dislike to like , i felt she could have given more share of melkala neraval and swaras but it was not there.
The fantastic composition of her illustrious guru suguna in ahirbhairav was well done. I think the krithi was centered on Lord AnjaneyA bhakthi of Lord ramA. Suguna Purushottaman is an extraordinary vaggeyakkara. I felt the mAnd did not give a great close to her concert - neeraja dhala was sung bit more faster then the usual santhanam mAnd -felt the percussion did not that quickly get the pace and before they settled the song was over.
The violinist L ramakrishnan was bit out of circuit in chennai - I think he is an IT professional and he went to USA . He played with lot of sowkhyam and his replies during songs were to the point . May be in alapana he could have slightly reduced the proportion but like his guru vidushi AK his raga bhavam was sharp and the press was quite strong . He is a lovely violin accompanist and I am glad to hear him after a bit long hiatus.
Ganapathy raman can play more especially for the first few numbers .He has great ideas but I felt his right can have more rolls and bit of strength addition in his play will take him to places. At many places i could aurally hear the blend of a strong vocal voice with a very faint mrudangam. BSP gave very good support and filled up well .Their tani was standard fare.
Vidushi Gayathri had a lovely voice , shruthi was high and the throw was more than adequate .Her enunciation of words in krithis was top notch and that remains always her strength .I felt she could have been bit more creative in the areas of N and S. Bit more dash towards on spot creativity would have been wonderful.K Gayathri has far far more potential(among the vidushis i keep her in my top pick list).In this concert the law of average certainly caught up with her and with few accompanist(s).
Overall a good to very good concert for 2 hour and 05 minutes.
The next harikAmbOdi was a type cast of what many have written about khamas and harikAmbOdi in our forum. The alapana was very measured more on the caution of why should I take the risk of tresspassing into the anavsiya kAmBodhi or pause with unneeded ,,,,. Personally this krithi undedi ramudu i have only heard at times promoted as a main , but i felt she started bit slow and continued to sing in a slow pace the whole krithi. The momentum was just not there with harikambodi and i missed the slightly higher pace in hurrykAmbOdhi especially from anupallavi onwards. The neraval was just started well ,bit fizzled out in second speed as I felt she did not dwell longer .Swaras were well done but kutcheri did not reach a zone of excellence with harikambodhi
The reetigowlai showed her immense potential backed by incidental class . THe alapana was certainly measured but her sangathi weight was always there. I am very very biased with reetigowlai as a raga and with the bias i am quite very choosy but I got a great reetigowlai from gayatri. Incidentally during both alapana and violin return I could notice a shade of nannu vidachi sangathi , so even before the song i negated many reetigowlais krithis and I was quite happy that i zoned nannu vidachi even before that came in. Swaras in reetigowlai were polished she tried alternating with kothandarama and kalyanarama once , i wish she went more like her paramaguru's another sishya TRS and gave more cascades of swaras .
Both the shyamA and jaganmohini were just pass throughs , she could have shown her musiri school perhaps by singing a neraval in shantamu especially in shyama .Musiri is a great shyama singer. Kalyani was the main - standard kalyani with a share of lot of meditative phrases and a very limited briga salvos it was not bad as a jaya tv recording but more in line as doordarshan podigai saturday broadcast kalyani recording. This krithi of patnam is one where I have graduated over the years from dislike to like , i felt she could have given more share of melkala neraval and swaras but it was not there.
The fantastic composition of her illustrious guru suguna in ahirbhairav was well done. I think the krithi was centered on Lord AnjaneyA bhakthi of Lord ramA. Suguna Purushottaman is an extraordinary vaggeyakkara. I felt the mAnd did not give a great close to her concert - neeraja dhala was sung bit more faster then the usual santhanam mAnd -felt the percussion did not that quickly get the pace and before they settled the song was over.
The violinist L ramakrishnan was bit out of circuit in chennai - I think he is an IT professional and he went to USA . He played with lot of sowkhyam and his replies during songs were to the point . May be in alapana he could have slightly reduced the proportion but like his guru vidushi AK his raga bhavam was sharp and the press was quite strong . He is a lovely violin accompanist and I am glad to hear him after a bit long hiatus.
Ganapathy raman can play more especially for the first few numbers .He has great ideas but I felt his right can have more rolls and bit of strength addition in his play will take him to places. At many places i could aurally hear the blend of a strong vocal voice with a very faint mrudangam. BSP gave very good support and filled up well .Their tani was standard fare.
Vidushi Gayathri had a lovely voice , shruthi was high and the throw was more than adequate .Her enunciation of words in krithis was top notch and that remains always her strength .I felt she could have been bit more creative in the areas of N and S. Bit more dash towards on spot creativity would have been wonderful.K Gayathri has far far more potential(among the vidushis i keep her in my top pick list).In this concert the law of average certainly caught up with her and with few accompanist(s).
Overall a good to very good concert for 2 hour and 05 minutes.
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Re: K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
varnam - rarely heard one? Started with dAni samajEndrA.
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Re: K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
Great concert. I have always been handicapped by my limited knowledge of the right carnatic terminology when
trying to describe K.Gayathri's concerts. During this concert I found:
1. Immense sowkyam (harikambodhi and reethigowlai) both in kriti rendering and raga alapana
2. Sensitivity to lyrics and effusing them with the right level of emotion when rendering (harikambodhi, reethigowla). The youngsters seem to be taking this a notch up.
3. Fantastic sense of layam with ability to draaaaaaag ooooooooout and cutshrt sangatis at will.
Ganapathyraman was excellent in his technique but the sound system and balance were a bit wanting.
trying to describe K.Gayathri's concerts. During this concert I found:
1. Immense sowkyam (harikambodhi and reethigowlai) both in kriti rendering and raga alapana
2. Sensitivity to lyrics and effusing them with the right level of emotion when rendering (harikambodhi, reethigowla). The youngsters seem to be taking this a notch up.
3. Fantastic sense of layam with ability to draaaaaaag ooooooooout and cutshrt sangatis at will.
Ganapathyraman was excellent in his technique but the sound system and balance were a bit wanting.
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Re: K gAyatri@rAgasudha hall on Mar20th,2016
Even I have observed how good her laya knowledge is, not surprising for a student of late Vidushi Suguna Purushottaman. I really like K Gayatri's voice, a rare mix of melody and azhuththam.sureshvv wrote: 3. Fantastic sense of layam with ability to draaaaaaag ooooooooout and cutshrt sangatis at will.