NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
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Vocal : NJ Nandini
Violin : Sruthi Sarathy From California , disciple of Anuradha Sridhar from Lalgudi School
Mrudangam :L Subrmaniam , disciple of KS Kalidas
Kanjira : Giridara Prasad
Tambura : 1 Miraj Tambura
Concert Type : Non Nirvana - concert to follow , Free concert
Day : Friday
Duration - 2 hours
Sabha/Hall : Music Academy Main Hall
01. jaya jaya padmabAbha(S) - sarasAngi - ST
5 mins swaras
02. Hari Hara Putram (R,S) - vasantha - MD
5 mins alapana and 3 mins violin return
5 mins swaras
03. dEvi brOVasamayamiddhE - cintamani - SS
04. rAja rAja rAdhithE - niroshtha - HMB
05A. RTP in Saveri and 7 ragas of the famous bhAvayami line
12 mins alapana and 6 mins violin return in saveri, overall 52 mins RPT
15 plus mins of taanam and 18 mins of pallavi and swaras
TaanAmaliga and swararAgamALiga iN saptaswaras (hepta count of 7 ragas)sAveri + Nattaikurinji + dhanyAsi + Mohanam + mukhAri + poorvikalyani + madhyamavati + sAveri
Pallavi line was bhAvayAmi raghurAmam bhavya sugunA rAmam
05B. tani 11 mins
06. ChentarSayaka (RS)- behag - Irayiamman thampi
07. Thillana ... dheem dheem ta Udara dheem ...... uLLam Kovil??? - Ragam ??? - Composer ???
Some thamizh thillana Help needed
NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
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rajeshnat
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Re: NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
Music Academy is certainly one of the best platform for 2 calendar weeks . They bring lot of accompaniments and main artists out of say Non Core Chennai domicile . After vishnudev concert in morning and lunch i wanted to just hear one of the afternoon concert . I joined the most ubiquitous sabha jump route from NGS to Music Academy.
NJ Nandini ,student of Parasalla ponnammal and Vechoor Sankar has a very fluid voice and she carefully sings with a noticeable depth . For a 2 hour concert , musicians push a RTP in academy .It is vidwat sabha then only music academy right.I certainly did not anticipate she dropping such a big mammoth RTP. Also good to see our lalitharam who heard three fourth of this concert , he also heard before kruthi Bhat (VIttal) noon slot which i had to miss. lalitharam says i donot see that much of rasikas . Care to write more @lalitharam
Nandini start in sarasangi was with a brief alapana, was there a brief lathangi missteps in the start . Nandini during swaras gave a start where I noticed a little bit of taking breath getting also to the microphone . Some swara sangathis had the mmi phrases of a typical shankarabharanam . Vasanta alapana and harihara putram was well done not the racy semmangudi rolller coaster but golden girl partial roller coaster . Lovely drop of cintamani showcased the best of her voice, nice shruthi adherence with very nice emote , Nandini romba anubhavinchu paadina , for the lovely shyama sastri eka krithi of cintamani ,she fell at the feet of Devi. The fast filler in niroshtha did not appear as a very noticeable fast filler she did well and then moved on to main
Saveri alapana was crisp and had a very sampradaya paddhati touch. Certainly i did hear touches of the Late Parasala ponnammal there , distinctly emoting with right jeeva pidis .WIth a crisp alapana taanam began , i made up my mind when saveri taanam began will she also sing the magnum opus of including 7 ragas . To the best of my knowledge i heard this pallavi for the first time from a maharajapuram santhanam audio casette. Santhanam never sang ragamaliga taanam for this RTP.
To hear 15 plus minutes of taanam was lovely - i went to Tiruvananthapuram swati tirunal festival , nandini did not come to academy . Nandini had great control and artistry in Taanam and Pallavi where every flip was noticeable with jeeva pidis of that ragam . I particularly liked the dhanyasi , poorvikalyani and intermediate mohanam the most . After nice Pallavi line her lovely madhyamakaalam tour continued so well with 7 swaras with some lovely return by Sruti keeping a sharp shruthi sense .
Lovely behag filler followed and I did not know this irayamman thampi song till i googled to write the review. i did not spot either the thillana ragam or the composer, at a a crucial time one person asked me in side and back what is the ragam . The ragam was gone may be it had a bhageshri tinge . That was a thamizh thillana i dont think it was LGJ or even BMK as there was no sudden balti. If any one posts the thillana ragam and composer details i would be grateful .
Sruthi sarathy played very well especially in RTP her play was sweet with right press and azhuttam. Ks Kalidas student L Subramaniam had nice anticipation and he did pep the concert . The kanjira artist Giridhara prasad was new to me and he had limited role and was most prominent in tani with deft strokes
All said this vidushi NJ Nandini , i can say she is a bit of combo of an amalgam of say Amrutha Venkatesh and Brinda manickavasagam where her voice texture has reached that spot in between the two vidushis(thin and thick extreme) . Her forte is her sweet voice quality and she brings distinct emote for every song with a nice paddhati touch.
For so many years i have not heard any one sing this bhavayami with both taana maliga and swara maliga , she wanted to do that as she wanted to put her signature mudhra that she came from Swati Tirunal land. Academy brings the best cherrypicked numbers in . As i walked out, i came with two feelings ,that Nandini is amazing singer and i also hope she moves her base from Trivandrum to Chennai . I am assuming she gets slots like say Trivandrum navarathri mantapam say from Rama Verma who takes one , gives second to Amrutha Venkatesh and gives third to Nandini , but for better discoverability she still needs to move to Chennai. In Carnatic music ability is some what important but constant discoverability is far more important. Best wishes to Nandini.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours
NJ Nandini ,student of Parasalla ponnammal and Vechoor Sankar has a very fluid voice and she carefully sings with a noticeable depth . For a 2 hour concert , musicians push a RTP in academy .It is vidwat sabha then only music academy right.I certainly did not anticipate she dropping such a big mammoth RTP. Also good to see our lalitharam who heard three fourth of this concert , he also heard before kruthi Bhat (VIttal) noon slot which i had to miss. lalitharam says i donot see that much of rasikas . Care to write more @lalitharam
Nandini start in sarasangi was with a brief alapana, was there a brief lathangi missteps in the start . Nandini during swaras gave a start where I noticed a little bit of taking breath getting also to the microphone . Some swara sangathis had the mmi phrases of a typical shankarabharanam . Vasanta alapana and harihara putram was well done not the racy semmangudi rolller coaster but golden girl partial roller coaster . Lovely drop of cintamani showcased the best of her voice, nice shruthi adherence with very nice emote , Nandini romba anubhavinchu paadina , for the lovely shyama sastri eka krithi of cintamani ,she fell at the feet of Devi. The fast filler in niroshtha did not appear as a very noticeable fast filler she did well and then moved on to main
Saveri alapana was crisp and had a very sampradaya paddhati touch. Certainly i did hear touches of the Late Parasala ponnammal there , distinctly emoting with right jeeva pidis .WIth a crisp alapana taanam began , i made up my mind when saveri taanam began will she also sing the magnum opus of including 7 ragas . To the best of my knowledge i heard this pallavi for the first time from a maharajapuram santhanam audio casette. Santhanam never sang ragamaliga taanam for this RTP.
To hear 15 plus minutes of taanam was lovely - i went to Tiruvananthapuram swati tirunal festival , nandini did not come to academy . Nandini had great control and artistry in Taanam and Pallavi where every flip was noticeable with jeeva pidis of that ragam . I particularly liked the dhanyasi , poorvikalyani and intermediate mohanam the most . After nice Pallavi line her lovely madhyamakaalam tour continued so well with 7 swaras with some lovely return by Sruti keeping a sharp shruthi sense .
Lovely behag filler followed and I did not know this irayamman thampi song till i googled to write the review. i did not spot either the thillana ragam or the composer, at a a crucial time one person asked me in side and back what is the ragam . The ragam was gone may be it had a bhageshri tinge . That was a thamizh thillana i dont think it was LGJ or even BMK as there was no sudden balti. If any one posts the thillana ragam and composer details i would be grateful .
Sruthi sarathy played very well especially in RTP her play was sweet with right press and azhuttam. Ks Kalidas student L Subramaniam had nice anticipation and he did pep the concert . The kanjira artist Giridhara prasad was new to me and he had limited role and was most prominent in tani with deft strokes
All said this vidushi NJ Nandini , i can say she is a bit of combo of an amalgam of say Amrutha Venkatesh and Brinda manickavasagam where her voice texture has reached that spot in between the two vidushis(thin and thick extreme) . Her forte is her sweet voice quality and she brings distinct emote for every song with a nice paddhati touch.
For so many years i have not heard any one sing this bhavayami with both taana maliga and swara maliga , she wanted to do that as she wanted to put her signature mudhra that she came from Swati Tirunal land. Academy brings the best cherrypicked numbers in . As i walked out, i came with two feelings ,that Nandini is amazing singer and i also hope she moves her base from Trivandrum to Chennai . I am assuming she gets slots like say Trivandrum navarathri mantapam say from Rama Verma who takes one , gives second to Amrutha Venkatesh and gives third to Nandini , but for better discoverability she still needs to move to Chennai. In Carnatic music ability is some what important but constant discoverability is far more important. Best wishes to Nandini.
Overall a very good to excellent concert for 2 hours
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Re: NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
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Vocal : NJ Nandini
Violin : Sruthi Sarathy From California , disciple of Anuradha Sridhar from Lalgudi School
Mrudangam :L Subrmaniam , disciple of KS Kalidas
Kanjira : Giridara Prasad
GLICSPAWES 2024 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #24 of xy is done.
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=383451#p383451
NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
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Vocal : NJ Nandini
Violin : Sruthi Sarathy From California , disciple of Anuradha Sridhar from Lalgudi School
Mrudangam :L Subrmaniam , disciple of KS Kalidas
Kanjira : Giridara Prasad
GLICSPAWES 2024 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #24 of xy is done.
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=383451#p383451
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hamsadhwani
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Re: NJ Nandini@Music Academy on Dec 20th ,2024
"uLLam kOvil koNDu-arUL oLiyil veLLam pAyavE - vinai, iruL, kaLLam ODiDa - enai kAtharuL - puLLI kalaba thilang kumara"
This would be Sri. Lalgudi's thillana in Ragam Thilang.
This would be Sri. Lalgudi's thillana in Ragam Thilang.