TNS @ Asthika-Samajam, Tiruvanmyur, Jan 5

raja · Post by **raja** » 10 Jan 2007, 07:56

Vocal - T. N. Seshagopalan
Violin - M. Chandrasekhar
Mridangam - Guruvayur Dorai
Kanjira - Sree Sundarkumar

TNS was felicitated at this venue for Sangeetha KalAnidhi by sabha officials, including Cleveland Sundaram. With excellent shruthi alignment and a well-rested voice, the maestro was in peak shape that day to deliver a real treat to his rasikas. The venue was bordering the tank of the Marundeeswarar temple. If we think of Him as being Manâ€™s doctor, then it would be apt to call TNS the pharmacist of that dayâ€¦ selecting the most potent ingredients, concocting the finest musical medicine, and thus taking the rasikas to a higher state of spiritual health.

He began with a brief essay in suddha-danyasi, followed by Harikesanallur Muthiah BAgavathar's varnam "SrI rAja mAthangIâ€

dvmk · Post by **dvmk** » 10 Jan 2007, 10:16

The Bhajan by Kabirdas is "Tan dhanki kaun badaayee" and is in Natakapriya.

raja · Post by **raja** » 10 Jan 2007, 10:58

DVMK,
thanks much for the correction. Apologies also for exhibiting my illiteracy in Hindi!

sarojram18 · Post by **sarojram18** » 11 Jan 2007, 07:48

Thanks Raja. You have given a wonderful review. I was also present as always in this concert but hve no more words to add to yours.But still as Vedantadesika has said he tried to write about the Lord out of his desire to talk about Him which is like nector to the ears and the tongue, even though great masers kij ke Valmiki and Vyass have said what all that has to be said, I also wish to say a few words. The poorvi alyani as you have said rightly never fails to delight he rasikas no matter how n many times one has heard him sing adn i tis true with all the ragas. The poorvikalyani that day was apoorvikalyani, never heard before and something extraordinary.The kirvani was another marvel and you have described it very well . It was badhamkheer vani! You said it was ringing in your ears while you waited at the bus stop. Very true. I left by car of my friend ( if I had known you I could have given you lift if youwere going my way)and it took 1hour to reach Abhiramapuram due to traffic jam unusual at that hour but we were savouring kirvani and never bothered about it.The kondu kootti technique he followed in kalikiyunte was marvellous and audience applauded two times during neraval itself.The svar had all the acrobatics and polevaults. As the secretary remarked his music desrves aksharalaksham and he did not leave anything out , of course as you sa , till next time!Every timt it looks as though he has covered everthing possible to explore only to find that he goes even higher the next time. For TNS sky is the limit The secretary has rightly said that whenever he sings anything it acquires a special status stamped with his mudra.His kirvani is still ringing in my ears!

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 11 Jan 2007, 18:43

Hi raja,

Thanks for the concert review. These kind of reviews are useful to people who are outside Chennai. It gives me a partial experience of attending.I have to say that You guys in chennai are very fortunate guys. Anyway I will keep thanking all you guys/girls in different threads for taking time to write reviews.

We get to hear less of even the popular persons (read as TNS, TMK, Sanjay, Bombay jayasree, Aruna, Sudha...) in bangalore and the youngsters a simple nil.

When you mentioned of Keeravani , Please listen to Varamulosakshi (patnam subramani iyer) a sub main piece , for 32 min by TMK and ably supported by s varadarajan and GDorai in an album. It was a concert release of music season by TMK in 2000. I have not listened to a better Keeravani so far than this one. The Bhavam was so much captured and the neraval was haunting in that album. If I hear that song once, I can spend the whole day with the song magically buffered at my ears for the rest of the day. I think sometime that it probably is Keeravani raga rather than the artist that haunts us. Who are the Keeravani olden day stalwarts ?

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:04

TMK's Guru, SSI's RTP in Keeravani in Music Academy 1964 has always been hailed as the piece-de-resistance in this raga "Brahmai Vaaham Kizha Sadguru Kripaya"...any of KVN's keeravani alapana never needs to be spoken about, sowkyam soaked for eternity....Madurai Mani's kalpana swaras in this raga are etereal!

vs_manjunath · Post by **vs_manjunath** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:07

rajaglan wrote:Who are the Keeravani olden day stalwarts ?

Ramnad Krishnan's commercial recording- Keeravani & Varumulosage is just excellent.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:10

mahesh3 wrote:"Brahmai Vaaham Kizha Sadguru Kripaya"...

Enappa. kizha sadguru paNNiiTTEye. "khila sadguru" it is. Not an old-haggard sadguru

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:14

Happy New Year, Doc! I have got a lot of compositions for u, need to get to it tho

! It is Kila

...I stand corrected

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:17

mahesh3 wrote:I have got a lot of compositions for u, need to get to it tho !

Punishment for pointing out an error !

Happy new year to you yoo Mahesh. Look forward to the other compositions.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Jan 2007, 20:24

Keervani.

DKJ's Amba Vani for AIR (1991) in the company of MSG and Karaikudi Mani is a classic.

There are many many renderings of Kalyanraman which are top notch stuff.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Jan 2007, 21:40

magically buffered at my ears for the rest of the day

yes indeed.keeravani has that magic quality.

http://rapidshare.com/files/11228745/kv ... i.mp3.html

Here is a keeravani from the late 90s by KVN-Isai Vizha.
we pick up the action at the neraval.
The last track My Late Dad recorded for me.Listening to this in absolute silence (He was to die , a few days later and we both were aware of it coming) he remarked :
I dont care whether it is going to be Heaven or something else , as long as I am sure that Music is going to be there.

Niraakara Brahma .. That is what this KVN-Keeravani combination has meant to me, ever since.Enjoy !

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 11 Jan 2007, 21:59

coolji
is it the periasamy thooran composition? i hope so.

mahesh_narayan · Post by **mahesh_narayan** » 12 Jan 2007, 00:22

Coolkarni Sir, Thanks for the keeravani clip. What a soul-stirring neraval !!!
He should be called the 'neraval margadarshi':).

Is the mridangam artiste KRM Sir? Also, do you have the complete tani avartanam?

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 12 Jan 2007, 00:33

Coolkarni,
While there are gigabytes of music to download and listen,
hearing a song with special mentions about a song,rAga, and experiences from people like you adds more pleasure while listening.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 12 Jan 2007, 04:22

I dont care whether it is going to be Heaven or something else , as long as I am sure that Music is going to be there.

aha! perhaps this can be the logo for this forum!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 12 Jan 2007, 06:13

ignoramus
That was Punniyam Oru Koti...

mahesh_n
i have no idea about the accompanists...

ignoramus · Post by **ignoramus** » 12 Jan 2007, 07:52

coolji,, that was the same one I was talking about