Vijay Siva, TBGS, 12/Dec/2019

[sankark]

With Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Bombay Balaji, S Krishna

sadA bAlarUpApi followed by
pAhimAm srI rAjarAjeshwari

ayyanE natanam Adiya ns@vEzhamuganaip peRRA vimalA namashivAyA

hEmavati (dEsi simhAravam) hariyuvathIm hymavathIm n@narahari hrdaya nivAsinIm nAmarUpa prakAsinIm

teliyalEru rAmA

[sankark]

kEdAragowlAi abhayAmbikAyAm anyam s@pallavi

kandu kandu nIyenna kaibiduvarE krishnA https://karnatik.com/c5077.shtml sang 1st and 3rd charaNams

bhairavI

[sankark]

EnAti nOmu phalamO ns@sundarEsa suguNa Brnda Tani

s'bharaNam RTP c jhampai 4 kaLai chinmayAnandak kadalil Adum ayyanE ayyanE panniru kaiyanE

kaNNi nuN siRuththAmbinAl

[sankark]

chiththam eppadiyO

viruththam (pAl ninaindhUttum) nnk, sahAnA, mAnd?

thannaiyaRindhu inbamuRa veNNilAvE

madhiyAl viththaganAgi thiruppugazh

mangaLam.

arangaththai nirappiya mangaLam.

[CRama]

It was an excellent concert on the traditiona lines, as you can always expect from Vijaya Siva. Here I noticed the difference between Hemavati and Desi Simharavam becasue of the vakra prayogam involved. He showed it distinctly. The saveri kriti was new to me.

[grsastrigal]

I really missed sankarji and Cramaji and also an excellent concert.

I wanted to attend this concert for Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi besides VS. I already attended VS in Kartik Fine Arts (Sub main kApi and main Kambodhi (kamalamba) and BVB (Sub main Lalitha and main kambodhi -Subrahamyam maam rakshatu). VS and LV combo is very rare and VS himself is giving only limited concert. (Not singing in MFAC, BGS and of course MA). So I did not want to miss.

All the way from Mylapore crossing Mountr oad (crossing Mount road at 6 PM was like Hanuman crossing Ocean to reach Lanka) to TBGS and went to counter to buy a ticket. The ticket was priced Rs. 300. (minimum) I was truly shocked !!!! I thought for a while whether to buy two Kgs onion or attend VS concert. I went for former.

Some may not agree, but it is a true concern to me how the ticket price is fixed. KFA had fixed Rs.100 for balcony for VS and Ramakrishnan murthy at BGS was priced at Rs. 120. Even Music Academy will be pricing less than Rs. 300 for balcony for sure. With more than a dozen sponsors for this sabha a minimum price of Rs. 150 is acceptable.



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[gardabha_gana]

Thanks Sankar... I have to rely on your reports on Vijay Siva this time. Unlikely that I will be making a chennai visit. His Ayyane Natanam is a gem. Sang in MA in 2010 (when he used to sing in MA). Looks like a lovely balanced set... and LV on the violin to boot! Must have been a treat... Thrilled to see her accompany. The same pair are performing in KGS on 18th.