the unrecognised among the recognised

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 24 Dec 2006, 16:21

the following are the concerts which i attended and about which no review seems to be forthcoming in the forum:
unnikrishnan at myali fine arts: the concert was excellent. it was sagging in between because of mukhari and another azhugai and i was very puzzled how he was going to tighten the concert with keeravani. to my surpise unni could tighten the tempo with scintillating keeravani. it was for 3 full hours and was a soul searching music. unni takes intermittant gaps and this adds to his nidhanam and sowkyam. mannargudi easwaran's thani was comparable only to the play of damaru in Shiva's hand though his accompaniment was not that impressive.
mandolin srinivas at thyaga brahma gana sabha: his main item was adamodi galathe in charukesi. the journey seems to be in the reverse direction for prodigies. he was restricting the alapana at the lower octaves and the alapana does not take off for a raga like charukesi. it was not the zenith which he used to touch in the early years. the mruthangam ( name resembling a well known doyen of yester years) was playing well but was like a 'kadivalam kattiya kudhirai'. he was going on and on without nelivu sulivu.
kadri gopalnath at TBGS: a great performance ably supported by kanyakumari. it was par excellence. the manorama alapana and magudi were scintillating. special mention has to be made about the morsing. a great artist after pudukkottai mahadevan. kanyakumari's nadham was ringing in the ears and the bowing technique has to be emulated by youngsters. denganikota's thavil was a disappointment for me; it was like any other thavil.
TVS in TBGS: he was ably aided by shishyas. one young man and a lady. the concert was the usual stuff only. tiruvarur bakthavatsalam was sulky a little bit. why?
chalanata in the forum : an arakorai review by the rasika. learned are invited to 'kizhichufy' the review!!!

nattaikuranji · Post by **nattaikuranji** » 24 Dec 2006, 16:48

The young man and the lady are TVS's son and daughter who sing with him now a days.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 25 Dec 2006, 03:47

it was sagging in between because of mukhari and another azhugai

That is a false stereotype and tag that Mukhari somehow had acquired, unfortunately. There is much more to Mukhari than that emotion. Are you referring to that stereotype or Unni's rendition portrayed a predominantly sOka rasa. What song did he sing?

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 25 Dec 2006, 08:17

the song sung by him was 'kannara kanden'. the alapana was elaborate and unni's rendition did not portray soka rasa though.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Dec 2006, 15:18

Thanks chalanata - please keep them coming in. Here's a brief one of Sudha at Mudhra on 13/12. Accompanied by MR Gopinath/Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan and BV Raman:

Viribhoni - Bhairavi Ata Tala Varnam
Pranamyaham - Gowla - Adi (S) - Mysore Vasudevachar
Nagumomu - Abheri - Adi - Thyagaraja
Marivere - Lathangi - Khanda Chapu (RS) - Patnam?
Chandra Chuda - SAnkarabharanam - Adi - ??
Saravana BHava - Madhyamavati - Adi - P Sivan - RNST

Highlights were an excellent Lathangi alaapana by Sudha, who seemed to be in great form and Vaidyanathan's brilliant accompaniment which nicely complemented Sudha's laya exuberance. Nagumomu was nicely rendered as well.

The programme started an hour late on account of a felicitation function of which I was not informed when I purchased my ticket...the casualty was the Madhyamavati alaapana which was limited to a quick shower of scalar brighas. Vaidyanathan rounded off a good day with an engaging Tani.

I heard Katru Nile and Brahma Mokati (which brought the house down) while having dosas at Gayatri's canteen.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Dec 2006, 15:32

Another one of KJY, KGS, 15/12

Mahadeva Sarma - Violin
Thiruvarur BHaktavatsalam - Mrudangam
Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

I am at a loss to explain what I find lacking in kutcheries of this maestro whose honey-coated gems such as "Jab Deep Jale Aana" and "Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyara" are among my most treasured listening experiences. I have not found the answer yet and on this occasion, it was a particularly difficult challenge given that Dasettan was not at his best.

A number of distractions resulted in KJY unleashing his fury on an usher, the violinist and finally a poor bloke who had forgotten to switch off his mobile - the gentleman was subjected to a 5-minute dressing down!

With his attention thus diverted, KJY could do little justice to the serenity of Sankarabharanam (Endukku Peddala - Adi - Thyagaraja) which was the main piece. The others were:

Valacchi - Navaraga Malika Varnam
Omkara Porul - not sure of the raga - the scale was Sankarabharanam with the Panchamam omitted - Adi Taalam - (S)
Enna Punniyam - Reethi Gowla - Adi
Manasa Etalortune - Malayamarutham - Rupakam - Thyagaraja (S)
Paripalinchu - Suddha Saveri - Khanda Chapu
Srikanta Niyeda - BHavapriya - Thaygaraja - Adi (RNST)

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Dec 2006, 15:46

Neyveli Santhanagopalan, KGS, 19/12
Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin)
Shertalai Anathakrishnan (Mrudangam)

Neyveli's cutcheries do not fail to engage this rasika even when he is not quite at his best, as was the case in his performance for KGS. The items presented:

Nera Nammi - Kanada - Ata Tala Varnam (S)
Rama Ni Pai - Kedaram - Adi - Thyagaraja (S)
Teliyaleru - Dhenuka - Adi - Thyagaraja (S)
Mari Vere - Ananda BHairavi - Misra Chapu - Syama Sastri - raga outline
Annapurne - Syama - Adi - Deekshitar (N)
Inta Sowkhya - Kaapi - Adi - Thyagaraja (RNST)

The concert started off briskly enough with captivating swaras in Kaanada but in each of the following items Neyveli would pull down the shutters just when the swaras were hotting up.

Kaapi suffered a little in the beginngin from excessive usage of srmp...mgrsr which tended to suggest Manirang but the Kakali Nidhadam was quickly ushered in to arrest any further reason for doubt. Niraval at "Danta Seetha Kantha Karuna" reminded one of KVN's renditions and swaras in kanakku mode with a rousing finish in Tisram making up for an otherwise less-than-stellar performance. IIRC, tani was in Tisram and Khandam with a single avartha korvai in the latter.

There was time for a pallavi but Neyvelie went into Tukkada mode and I left to supplement his Kaapi with the caterer's version outside!

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 25 Dec 2006, 19:09

i just returned from a concert of sikkil gurucharan in TBGS. he deserves a straight 6.30 slot. i went when it was midway. he started a kedara gowla alapana followed by saki evere. the alapana was looking like a rehersal but after a short emadi pogade in veeravasantham he took off to shanmugapria. elaborate alapana, neraval and kalpana swara followed by thani. it was 'ekambara nayaki' and soul searching. frail looking nagai sriram stood like rock in violin support. thiruvarur vaidyanathan in mruthangam showed his authority comparable only with srimushnam. a ragamalika virutham in revathi and karaharapria was followed by song navasakthi by neelakanta sivan in karaharapria. the concert concluded with a thillana in hamsa nandhi.
the hall was the mini hall and was jam packed. sikkil though has a thin voice conforms to sruthi minutely and this will come a long way.
kudos to the young lad and the sabhas should not say the automated words 'you are in queue;please wait' atleast during december 2007.

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Dec 2006, 01:23

Chandra Chuda - SAnkarabharanam- Pdasa's

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Dec 2006, 14:29

Chalanata sir.Thanks for reviewing other artistes too so that we will know of new performers .Please continue.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 28 Dec 2006, 08:04

here is a quick review about NSG in MA on 27.12.2006. i went midway because of a traffic snarl. he was busy with palugave in poornachandrika and went on to janani in reethigowla continued with sankarabaranam (sarojadhalanetri). he did RTP in bagyasri in kanda tripuda with kalpana swaras in begada, hamirkalyani, sahana and suruti. this was followed by sundari en soppanathil in kamas and thillana in poorvi and mangalam.
NSG was camaflouging the limitations of his voice with parama sowkyam and nidhanam. this went up to such an extent that there was absolutely no rally. this led to all listeners getting in to a slow motion mood. what the pakkavadyams were instructed to do we do not know. there were very careful in not raising their 'voice' even to audible extent and many times NSG himself had to prompt them to increase the decibels a little. the ever smiling kanjira ambi even in ordinary times used to play only on and off. the funniest highlight was that the current went off for a few minutes during janani and we were all witnessing a charlie chaplin movie. bagyasri is suitable for RTP? i do not know. in any case such a lacklusture raga is not to my liking for RTP.
despite all these minor hicups the concert went up to 10 pm and had flashes of genius. NSG's voice (contrary to his belief) is ok and i feel it is not his voice but his assumption about his voice that prevents him from giving a fullfledged effort which the concert deserves. it is high time he understood that it is not the voice but the mind as far as CM is concerned. Viswanatha iyer did not have a great voice. SSI lost the lustre after an operation in his throat. they all managed very well till their end.
NSG can learn a little technique from his guru TNS trying all adventures despite the limitations in the voice. he need not be so protective and conservative after all.
and TNS also can take a cue from NSG and can excercise some restraint!

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 28 Dec 2006, 09:22

chalanata wrote:NSG can learn a little technique from his guru TNS trying all adventures despite the limitations in the voice. he need not be so protective and conservative after all.
and TNS also can take a cue from NSG and can excercise some restraint!

Well said, Chalanata.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 28 Dec 2006, 11:10

chalanata
Who were NSG's accompanist.Did his disciples also sing in the mike along with shri NSG.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 28 Dec 2006, 15:13

Chalata I must offer a different take on Bhageshri - it is a staple as the main piece for Hindustani Concerts and it is indeed capable of detailed expansion. It is a really beautiful melody and a good change, once in a while, from Bhairavis and Thodis. I have heard TNS render a brilliant RTP for over an hour in his 2003 MFAC concert. Of course there are many lip-smacking Hindustani renditions as well. I've always believed that our artistes should explore some Hindustani biggies like Darbari, Multani, Lalit etc. just like they have adopted many of our own...

Coming to Neyveli's concert, I don't mind the slow gait at all - there are enough and more Dhonis around - we need some Dravids as well! Perhaps it is just as well that he "lost" his voice - he has found an abundance of soul. Every note is a little meditation. SAnjay's performance knocked me over, Neyveli's helped me lose myself. That was a top-class, moving yet thought provoking Sankarabaranam Neyveli sang yesterday.

As for the power-cut, it was as if it had not happened at all as far as Neyveli was concerned - he did not as much as raise an eyebrow - such poise is worthy of the highest praise! Let us silently applaud the patience and professionalism of our artistes who give their best despite being harrased by all sorts of nonsense which would not be tolerated in any other place - people walking in and out, ringing mobile phones , squealing babies, glaring spotlights, audio screeches, power cuts, dogs, insects, insensitive speechmakers, unappreciative audiences!

Arun Prakash once again demonstrated with his tani how deceptively simple his playing appears - my hand was in all sorts of tangles!

Rajesh, there was a young man and a lady singing along with him and some others on the stage.

It is an honour to have been witness to two concerts of such a high quality on successive days!!

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 28 Dec 2006, 15:45

Rajesh the accompaniments were M.R.Gopinath (had great poise on accompaniment ) on violin and Arunprakash (as usual soothing and to the point) on Mridangam and KV Gopalakrishnan on Kanjira. Ajay Nambudiri, NSG's disciple on Tambura and NSG's Daughter Ranjani (A promising youngster) sang alongwith him on the mike. the striking feature of this concert I found which chalanata must also agree with me above all things that he has said --> NSG has the potential to tap the power of silence and he rightly did so in his concert and the Janani Ninnuvina was such a reposeful rendition worthy of praise.

humdinger · Post by **humdinger** » 28 Dec 2006, 16:30

bageshree and lacklusture! you may want to reconsider after this...just play while you hit the sack.

http://rapidshare.com/files/9146479/Pt. ... eshree.mp3

Ananth · Post by **Ananth** » 28 Dec 2006, 16:49

Or KVN's sAgara sayana vibhO... I will upload if you want.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 28 Dec 2006, 22:40

vijay wrote:
SAnjay's performance knocked me over, Neyveli's helped me lose myself.

Wow, nice.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Dec 2006, 23:58

VK,
While Sanjay's performance can knock someone over, it can also bring serenity, like that of Neyveli's singing. I think they have one common factor which is evident here: their total involvement with their music...

nadhasudha · Post by **nadhasudha** » 29 Dec 2006, 00:35

Chalanata,
There appears to be a common misconception that the Mukhari raga evokes the shoka rasa. This belief is not correct. The "Anandam, Anandam, Anandame" which is usually sung in a South Indian Wedding after the Mangalya Dharanam is in Mukhari - A so called "Shoka Rasa" raga to portray the happiest of moments in one's life - As told by NithyaShree Mahadevan in response to a query in the Margazhi Maha Utsavam on Jaya TV.

While typing this another usage of Mukhari comes to my mind. There are 24 ashtapadis and the 19 th ashtapadi which starts as "Vadasiyathi" is in Mukhari. This is the usually referred as the kalyana Ashtapadi as it depicts the marriage between Lord Krishna and Radha. Yet another example of Mukhari being used to describe a joyous event.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 29 Dec 2006, 00:46

MukhAri I feel has had this bad (sad?) rap since some writer wrote about it comparing it to someone's moaning. mukAriyAga azhudAn, etc.
It is a lovely ragA, and to a not-so-fond-of Bhairavi person, it is especially pleasing. KaruNA rasA is well depicted by this rAGA. Sabari bhAgyam can fill one with Anandam. Gratitude might bring tears to your eyes, but they are Ananda bhAshpam...

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 29 Dec 2006, 03:41

nadhasudha wrote:Chalanata,
There appears to be a common misconception that the Mukhari raga evokes the shoka rasa. This belief is not correct. The "Anandam, Anandam, Anandame" which is usually sung in a South Indian Wedding after the Mangalya Dharanam is in Mukhari - A so called "Shoka Rasa" raga to portray the happiest of moments in one's life - As told by NithyaShree Mahadevan in response to a query in the Margazhi Maha Utsavam on Jaya TV.

While typing this another usage of Mukhari comes to my mind. There are 24 ashtapadis and the 19 th ashtapadi which starts as "Vadasiyathi" is in Mukhari. This is the usually referred as the kalyana Ashtapadi as it depicts the marriage between Lord Krishna and Radha. Yet another example of Mukhari being used to describe a joyous event.

Hear hear!! I am with you Arasi too, Sabari bhAgyam is coated with so many rasas that are so far away from sadness. I adore Mukhari and I seldom sense azhugai in it and whenever it is branded as such I feel a strong need to defend Mukhari against such a label

thanjavur · Post by **thanjavur** » 29 Dec 2006, 05:58

meena wrote:Chandra Chuda - SAnkarabharanam- Pdasa's

Is Chandra chooda by Purandaradasar not a ragamalikai [Sankarabharanam,Sunadavinodhini (Sudha @ Tampa, FL on Nov 5th 2006), Todi, Khamas] ?

meena · Post by **meena** » 29 Dec 2006, 06:19

thanjavur

i have heard this kriti rendered in sankarabharanam, darbari kannada and ragamalika

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 29 Dec 2006, 12:02

humdinger, thanks for the upload. probably the word lacklustre did not exactly drive home my point. any way...
vijay, thanks for the excellent counter point.
vasanthakokilam and other torch bearers of mukhari, please do not force me to upload 'entraikku sivakripai' sung by me in musiri style!
these, both bagesri and mukhari then again are only mind sets...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 29 Dec 2006, 14:17

Now on to nAda nAma kriyA! I have seen people react to it in the same way, branding it a sad rAgA. I deem it suitable for philosophical musings. Pathos, yes, azhugai, no. Add to the list sahAnA. Are there any others which are unfairly called azhugai rAgAs?

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 29 Dec 2006, 19:33

Haven't heard much about some of the other artistes like Ashok Ramani, SP Ramh, Rajkumar Bharathi, et al. Are they not performing much these days?

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 29 Dec 2006, 19:42

ashok Ramani sings in MA tomorrow or on the 31st in NGS. he also gives bajans in the name papanasam ashok ramani bhagavathar. rajkumar bharati is in to teaching and yes; what happened to ramh (h silent)?
(i read and reread to avoid flawful English; you get very annoyed like another member when you or rather we speak of desh and kedaragowla!!!)

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 29 Dec 2006, 22:55

I am from bangalore. This is my second visit to chennai for attending concerts during music season. My first visit was during 2005 music season. I reached chennai on Dec 18 and left on Dec 21 early morning. So I had three days to attend concerts.

I was in Chennai for a sastiaptha poorthi function ,representing my family. So I Could not move out during the rudra ekadasi function on Dec18. But I managed to attend 3 concerts starting from noon. Dec 19th was my peak activity day and I attended 6 concerts from 10am-10pm. Dec20th I had to shift to T nagar and also visit some relatives. Here I attended only 2 concerts.

Some of the concerts I attended were till the main piece only and one of them only the main piece. This is because I had to catch a transportation to the next venue. My first day was mostly in Alwarpet based sabhas. Second day I spent in Alwarpet and Mylapore. Third day I moved to T Nagar. I donot know chennai well and this planning helped to make use of time at Chennai.

My alltime favourite artists are TMKrishna, Sanjay Subramaniam and Vijay Siva.
Vijay Siva doesnot visit bangalore often. This was the only reason I had to extend my stay till Dec 20th. Actually TMK and Sanjay visited bangalore twice in Nov and hence I didnot plan for their concerts in this season. I wanted to attend concerts of emerging artists.

I attended Sikkil Gurucharan (twice), TVRamprasad, Prasanna Venkatraman, Shasikiran&Ganesh, Nisha Rajagopal. I wanted to attend Sriram Parthasarathy, Sriram gangadharan, Sakatharaman, Jr Balamurai Krishna and Swarna Rethas but I couldnot as they were not singing on these days. I also could attend Unnikrishnan, Sanjay Subramaniam and Gayathri Girish as I had time gaps to fill in and I was in that venue. I could also get a glimpse of jugal bandhi by Anuradha Sriram and Sriram Parasuram.

Alwarpet on 18th Dec.
0200pm Sikkil Gurucharan (SGC) at Narada gana sabha
0430pm Unnikrishnan (UK) at Narada gana sabha
0630pm Anuradha Sriram & Sriram Parasuram (ASSP) Brahma gana sabha - main and tukkadas

Alwarpet and Mylapore on 19th Dec
1000am Nisha rajagopal at kapali fine arts
1130am Prassana venkatraman at Narada gana sabha
0200pm TVRamprasad at Narada gana sabha
0230pm Sikkil Gurucharan at MA - main and tukkadas
0430pm sashikiran and Ganesh - karthik fine arts - From 3rd song
0630pm gayathri Girish - Karthik fne arts

T Nagar on 20th
0400pm Vijay Siva at Krishna gana sabha
0730pm Sanjay at IFA - main only

I am attending Prasanna Venkatraman for the second year and he seems to have a uniqueness and experienced tone in his voice and seem to give his 100% in his concerts. His Keeravani (innamum santhega padalamo) at Narada gana Sabha , mini hall was excellent. He had a ragamaligai piece and was good. I feel he is very good and will emerge soon.

Vijay Siva's Hamirkalyani, Kamas, Begada at Krishna Gana Sabha were very good. His main song was in karakarapriya. He covered every aspect of karakarapriya, I can recall all songs I heard in this. It was very good. I have listened to his hamirkalyani in his old album and I liked it so much and I felt it was god who made him sing that for me. In his concert he is just like how he is at his albums. Sitting through his concert is so refreshing
like a yoga session.

I am surprsied at Sikkil Gurucharan(SGC) how he is able to sing everywhere and continuously in this two weeks. I liked his Bavapriya rendition at Narada Gana Sabha. His main is Subrammanyaya namste in kamboji. Nagumomu and the Bharithiyar song at the end were neatly rendered. I think he has emerged as a star now. His song selections were Well researched. His afternoon concert is well attended at Music Academy. I could find seat only at balcony which also had a reasonable crowd. He shows a very very high level of confidence. His rendering of the grithi is excellent. His krithis at the MA , arthanareeswaran and saravanabavaguganae shanmugane were great. His main here is Todi. I saw Sanjay and two of his students listening to him. SGC has got blessings from Lord Muruga.

Sankarabaranam raga alapana by TVRamprasad at Narada Gana Sabha had well planned sequences and is an enjoyed presentation with no hurry. He had a Mukari (sabari) as submain piece.

Gayathri Girish gave her guru's guru song , Abhimanamu kavalu in sahana at Karthik Fine Arts which is my favourite too in Sahana. I have listened to TNS in an album. She also sang Maa Janaki with the missing Maaa..Jaaa...Naki of Madurai mani iyer and it was rendered fast. Her main song is Padmavathi Ramanam and I thought it was the submain. Her RTP on amirthavarshini (I am not sure of this raga) is rendered with greatest skills.

Sriram and Anuradha displayed a competition to Aruna Sairam in their abhang song at Brahma gana sabha. They have so-many pakkavadyams , LHS is carnatic accompanists and RHS hindustani accompanists. The surprise is that violin is pushed to the backseat behind mritungam. Their main raga was Kalyani. I reached the venue at the niraval of kalyani song.

Nisha Rajagopal rendered Poorvikalyani, Sahana (chitham iragatha velaya). The main raga is karakarapriya (rama neeyada). Yenna thavam seythani at the end was moving. Very simple and cool attire unlike the women stalwarts. I liked the majestic voice and great execution by her.

Shasikiran and ganesh had a good Suruti. It was on a tuesday and probably they choose a song starting with Angala... Their Hemavathi RTP is good. This is the first RTP I had in this three days.

Sanjay's raga alapana of Sankaraparanam at IFA was very good. the violin sound was not heard in the solo. Offcourse I had to leave for Bangalore next day early marning and hence I quit after the song.

I am listening to carnatic music for the last 2 years and I have zero knowledge on laya, but can identify many ragas and not familar with many grithis. So I cannot answer any questions on these subjects. If people had patience and have read till this point, pls write to me whether padmavathi ramanam in purvikalyani or panthuvarali (just joking). I also saw few minutes of priyadarshini govind at NGSabha but could not enjoy much, so I quit.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 Dec 2006, 00:48

One of the most 'unsad' mukhArIs I have heard is the asTapadi that Smt. MSS sings in mukhAri - vadasi yadi - that version is so sweet, that it almost defeats the rasa of the sAhityam.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 30 Dec 2006, 22:03

this is about Dr.N.Ramani's concert at BGS. he was accompanied by T.Rukmani on the violin and Vellore Ramabadran on the mruthangam.
the songs were (from the time i entered the hall)
1.Bumidasudai in sriranjani. 2.mara vairi in nasikabushani 3. Ksheera sagara in devagandhari 4. intha sowkya in kapi 5. akilandeswari in dwijavanthi 6. narayana in sudhdha danyasi 7. nanathi praduku revathi 8. theeratha vilayatu pillai ragamalika and 9. thillana in behag.
all the vidwans were seniors. there was equianimity in their expressions about people coming in and going out. they had saintly attitude about the entire concert and we were hardly 50 people. ramani a great master and an introvert played as usual; his rendition did not reflect his age. what a convenience in playing instruments.
his main item was intha sowkya in kapi and played an eloborate alapana. TR reciprocated in alapana. both exchanged eloborate kalpana swara followed by sarvalagu thani by VRB. the entire concert did not have great tides but was like a free flowing stream. it had santham and soothing effect. i personally liked nasikabhushani raga alapana and would have preferred the same as main item.
the vibrancy was no doubt lacking and was compensated adequately by experience and vidwath.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 31 Dec 2006, 20:13

This was a young lad. He must be around 20 years of age. He started off with sobillu sapthaswara. His voice, diction, imagination, brugas and swaras are amazing. He made alapana is lathangi. He could bring about whatever he wanted to do. No pretences. No hypocrisy. Genuine music. He does not seem to belong to this world when he sings. His voice and imagination travel beyond time. The neraval and kalpanaswara were making the listeners look at him with awe. He could transcend through barriers of zeniths to bring about all the nuances of great music. Bhava comes automatically for him without any need to forcefully bring it. The main item was muripemu in mukhari and it was so elaborate and minute. This was the best concert of 2006 music season.
I have some questions:
Why people like these lads are not given the prime slots in the sabhas?
One gentleman is permanently in the US and comes to India only for the season. He snorts at a ringing cell phone to cover up the deficiency in singing. Another gentleman does not conform to sruti. Another gentleman sings as if he is singing from a well. How these people manage to get the prime slots year after year? When they try to induct Sourav Ganguly in Indian team there is a hue and cry. Why the same kind of choiceless selection is not taking place in the case of performing artists?
These are questions we have to keep asking ourselves and the concerned people.
The lad is Abishek Raghuram and the performance was at BGS on 31.12.2006. He was supported by Nagai Sriram (frail looking and strong in support) on violin and on the mruthangam by Anand Raghuram. The songs were:

No Song Raga
1. Sobillu Jaganmohini
2. Sri valli devasenapathe Natabhairavi
3. Venkata Ramana Lathangi
4. Madhava Mamava Neelambari
5. Muripemu Mukhari
6. Ramachandra Dwijavanthi
7. Virutham and Saramaina Behag
8. Meipporul Kandu Kavadi chindu

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 01 Jan 2007, 01:11

Btw, haven't seen any mention of vidushi MS Sheela here. Has she not been performing at the season this year?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 01 Jan 2007, 23:19

Jayaram, MS Sheela got an evening slot at the Academy so she was very much around. Unfortunately I had other plans for the day.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 Jan 2007, 23:38

M.S.Sheela had five concerts during the season according to the listings. I am afraid I could not make it to any of them this time. She is one of my favorites, though...

padminikalyan · Post by **padminikalyan** » 02 Jan 2007, 10:09

mukhari was definetly well justified in MFA concert , mukhari expresses longingness than just a sad feeling.keeravani was definetly great in the concert also the RTP.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 05 Jan 2007, 19:33

@Vijay, the kriti Omkara Porule which u have mentioned as having been sung in K.J.Yesudas' concert at Shri Krishna Gana Sabha is in Hamsavinodini...