Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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Vocalist
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Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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My pick of the season, and by far my favourite concert EVER!!! Will post my review asap but here's a couple of snippets for now. I am just so thrilled and feel so blessed after attending this concert in person. There are not enough words in any language to describe how awesome this was: it was an experience; an anubhavam; the auditorium was jam-packed with people of all ages and almost everyone was in awe I felt. There are 854 seats or thereabouts in that auditorium for those who are unaware.

Details of the artists and list are below:

Tamil Isai Sangam, 29 December 2016, 7pm (2hr40min)

Sanjay Subrahmanyan vocal
S Varadarajan violin
Neyveli B Venkatesh mridangam
ghatam

01 Sariyo (varnam) - Begada - Adi -
02 Thathvamariya - Reethigowla - Adi - PS (S)
03 Aduthanai - Yadukulakambhoji - Triputa - (R)
04 Maya (pasuram) - Simhendramadhyamam - Adi - Nammazhwar (R,S) [after alapana by vocal and violin, viruttam was rendered prior to this pasuram]
05 Kana Kann Ayiram - Neelambari - Adi 2k - Anai Iyer
06 Yaro Ivar - Bhairavi - Adi - Arunachala Kavirayar
07 RTP - Valaji - Adi 2k - Subramania Bharathiyar
"Aanum Pennum Niharenna Kolvathaa? Arivil Ongi Vaiyam Thalaikkum"
Ragamalika Swaras: Anandabhairavi, Revathi, Dharbari
Thani Avarthanam then return to pallavi in Valaji
08 Yennamo - Khamas - Adi -
09 Aadugalum Maadugalum (viruttam) - Ahirbhairav
10 Ninaippadhellam - Ahirbhairav - Rupakam -
11 Pupum Karpooram (viruttam) - Behag
12 Innamum Oru - Behag - Adi - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
13 Paname - Maand - Rupakam - Vedanayagam Pillai
14 Naadi Thedi (thiruppugazh) - Bhageshri - Tisra Eka - Arunagirinathar
15 Vazhiya - Madhyamavathi - Adi - Subramania Bharathiyar

arasi
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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Yes, tamizh mazhai concert!

ANum peNNum nigarenak 'koLvadAl'--for your ? mark.

bEgaDa varNa beginning, so pleasing, mAyA vAmananE a stand out from ragA to end, and yes, yadukula kAmbhOdi was something I was waiting for a long while to hear, but did not recognize the composition. a arjunA, indicated it's a bhAratha based piece.

This evening,I bet a totally different experience in store at ArjunA's mentor site--ParthA's sArathy's...

grsastrigal
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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Yesterday, Times of India, chennai edition published an article elevating Sanjay as , "Superstar, Thalaivar, Tamill Hero SS" and also added "Today social media has made it easier for fans to share their enthusiasm and adulation for their favourite singer". There is also a group of 25 people in a facebook "sanjay fans"- TOI adds.

Vocalist. Thanks for the review.

Innamum oru talam- I think it is mArimuthAp pillai

Yadukulakambodhi lyrics is this:

அடுத்தானை உரித்தானை அருச்சுனற்குப் பாசுபதங்
கொடுத்தானைக் குலவரையே சிலையாகக் கூரம்பு
தொடுத்தானைப் புரமெரியச் சுனைமல்கு கயிலாயம்
எடுத்தானைத் தடுத்தானை என்மனத்தே வைத்தேனே
nAvukkarasar tEvaram on Kanchi (EkambrEsar)

Simmendra madhyamam is this:

மாயா ! வாமனனே ! மதுசூதா ! நீ அருளாய் !
தீயாய், நீராய், நிலனாய், விசும்பாய், காலாய்
தாயாய், தந்தையாய், மக்களாய், மற்றுமாய், முற்றுமாய்
நீயாய் நீ நின்றவாறு இவை என்ன நியாயங்களே.
(நம்மாழ்வார் திருவாய்மொழி - 7.8.1)

for submain and main, he took Virutham as the "song" to give space to RTP. Good planning.

Let me talk about panamE kriti. It is 3rd time, in a row, he sings in the concert and everytime, he gets applause. I thought of uploading this kriti and give the tamil version for me to understand the lyrics completely. Everyone likes this kriti as this kriti, penned by Vedhanayagam pillai still holds the meaning:

https://soundcloud.com/user-751097718/13-tukkadamp3

3rd song is what we discuss here.

I have given the Tamil version. Changes welcome:

பாடல் -வேத நாயகம் பிள்ளை

பணமே உன்னால் என்ன குணமே
தண்டம் பண்ணினேன்
சற்றும் என் கண்ணின் முன் நில்லாதே (பணமே)
அனுபல்லவி

மனமில்லா மத மோஹம், லோபம்
துன்மார்க்கமும் மூர்க்கமும் யார்க்குமே போதிக்கும் – (பணமே)

சரணம்
தேடி உன்னை வைத்து மூடி அவர்க்கு நீ தீர்க்காயுசைத் தருவாயோ
நாடியவன் வந்து சாடிடும்போது நானென்று முன்னே வருவாயோ
கூடியவர்க் குடியைக் கெடுப்பாயே
கொல்லச் சொல்லி பின் காட்டிக் கொடுப்பாயே
ஓடி ஓடி அற்பரைப் போய் அடுப்பாயே
உத்தமரைக் கண்டால் ஒட்டம் பிடிப்பாயே - (பணமே

kvchellappa
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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Sanjay Fans group has 4232 members and 4 adminstrators. The members include several musicians even other than his disciples.

sureshvv
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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grsastrigal wrote:
சரணம்
தேடி உன்னை வைத்து மூடி அவர்க்கு நீ தீர்க்காயுசைத் தருவாயோ
When he sang this for Vijay TV MMU, The "moodi" became "Modi" and it was fresh after the demonetization mess and this got the audience to their feet cheering. Have never seen anything like this in a Carnatic concert.

arasi
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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gsastrigal,
Thanks for taking the trouble of bringing the verses to us.

mAyA, vAmananE has magnificent lines, bringing god's creation and the glory of his benevolence.

paNamE is not only topical, it has folksy wisdom. Had it been old times, it would have been played in tea shops all across tamiz nADu, as many of MKT's hit songs were :)

vswami
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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There are minor differences in the lyrics posted by grsastrigal from the MMU rendition on Vijay TV. The full song is
பணமே உன்னால் என்ன குணமே
தண்டம் பண்ணினேன்
சற்றும் என் கண்ணின் முன் நில்லாதே (பணமே)

மனமில்லா மத மோஹம் க்ரோதம்
துன்மார்க்கமும் மூர்க்கமும் யார்க்குமே போதிக்கும் (பணமே)

தேடி உன்னை வைத்து மூடி அவர்க்கு நீ தீர்க்காயுசைத் தருவாயோ
நாடியவன் வந்து சாடிடும்போது நீ நானென்று முன் வருவாயோ
கூடியபேர்கள் குடியைக் கெடுப்பாயே
ஓடி ஓடி அற்பரைப் போய் அடுப்பாயே
உத்தமரைக் கண்டால் ஓட்டம் பிடிப்பாயே (பணமே)

priyashekar
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

Post by priyashekar »

Thanks for lyrics. Honestly I dint get the lyrics of aduthanai and maya vamananai. I was surprised Sanjay was bit unclear or was it my son was complaining to me of mosquitos or I am getting old.

sundar_nadathur
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

Post by sundar_nadathur »

Thank you all for the informative thread and passionate reviews.

I haven't come across this song by Vedanayagam Pillai. Just wondering if this line:
vswami wrote: தேடி உன்னை வைத்து மூடி அவர்க்கு நீ தீர்க்காயுசைத் தருவாயோ
is actually:
தேடி உன்னை வைத்து மூடிவர்க்கு நீ தீர்க்காயுசைத் தருவாயோ ?

which would be a rhetorical question: Would you (money) give a long life to those who seek you (greedily) and keep you covered (like in a vault)?

Happy New Year to all of you!

sridhar_ranga
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

Post by sridhar_ranga »

Also was it just me who heard "நாடி யமன் வந்து சாடிடும்போது நீ நானென்று முன் வருவாயோ"? [will you come forward (to protect me) when Yama is in front to break (one's life)]

This was the first time I saw the lyrics of a kriti drawing repeated applause from the audience, both at BGS and MA.

Vocalist
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Re: Best concert I attended to-date: Sanjay @ Tamil Isai Sangam (29 Dec 2016)

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Did anyone attend his special concert at BGS on this new year day morning? The highest price tickets were 2000 INR!!!

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