T M Krishna, T N Krishnan foundation for Performing Arts

[rbharath]

T M Krishna - R K Shriram Kumar - K V Prasad

T N Krishnan Foundation for Performing Arts.
Raga Sudha Hall. 6th Jan 07. 6:15 pm

dEva dEva - mAyAmAlavagauLa - rUpakam - ST (NS)
krupa jUchuDaku - chAyAtaraNgiNi - Adi - T
sumasAyaka - karnATakA kApi - rUpakam - ST Varnam (R)
rAmacandrENa - mAnji - rUpakam - MD (RS)
gItArtamu - suruTTi - Adi - T (R)
entuku pEttalavalE - sankarAbaraNam - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
sakhi prANa - senjuruTTi - Adi - Dharmapuri Subbarayar
Slokam involving Ramayana and navarasas - bilahari, sahAnA, varALi, jOnpuri
sapasya kausalyA - jOnpuri - Adi
tillAnA - pUrNacandrikA - Adi
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

T M Krishna gave a truely classical concert filled with weighty compositions rendered with a good vigour for the TNK foundation. He had carefully chosen some of the pieces popularly sung by SSI and one guesses they were all TNK favourites.

The concert started with a brisk rendition of the mAyAmALavagauLa kriti with a quick round of neraval at 'jAtarUpa...' and a nice set of svarams. The chAyAtaraNgiNi kriti was rendered to build up to the tempo.

The next was a short AlApanai of karnATaka kApi, which was presented well and for those who wondered why there wasnt a varNam in the concert, here came one. The piece was rendered with a lot of bhAvam. As Sri Krishna was beginning the first line of the mAnji piece, somebody in the first row (Sri T N Krishnan presumably) in the first row asked him for an AlApanai of the Ragam. The AlApanai was rendered in a very nice fashion showing differences between its close cousins. The kriti was rendered beautifully with a nice set of svarams.

The suruTTi AlApanai was done very nicely and the kriti was rendered very well. Some of the phrases were very enjoyable. The main shankarAbaraNam AlApanai was done in a very classical fashion. The phrases were weaved one after another in beautiful patterns. The kriti was rendered nicely with beautiful neraval and svarams at 'vEda sAstra tatvArtamulu thelisi'. The senjuruTTi jAvaLi and the rAgamAlika slOkam were good.

Sri Krishna's voice has the capabilities of exactly singing most subtle gamakkams and the depth it has in mandara sthAyi and thAra sthAyi as well. He fully uses these and sings his concerts, thus making them very enjoyable.

In TNK's words "Shriram Kumar followed Krishna faithfully". I cant say anything more. His AlApanai were very neat and all his replies to the main artist were very good and stood up to the expectations created by the main artists.

Sri Prasad on the mrudangam played with a lot of anticipation. His accompanying for the kritis, for each sangati, for the svarams were all very good. His tani had quite differently structured and was enjoyable.

bharath

[rajeshnat]

bharat,
Is the slOkham "shringAram kshiti" , brilliant slOkham immortalized by SSI
sapAshyat kausalyA - jOnpuri - Adi - tirupazhanam panchApakEsa Iyer
tillAnA - pUrNacandrikA - Adi - Poochi SreenivAsa IyengAr

[rbharath]

bharat,
Is the slOkham "shringAram kshiti" , brilliant slOkham immortalized by SSI

might be. i couldnt catch the words at all...