Trichur Brothers @ IFAS, Chennai (01 May 2007)

ram · Post by **ram** » 01 May 2007, 22:56

Venue: Balamandir German Hall, Prakasam St, T.Nagar, Chennai

Date: 01 May 2007

Organizer: The Indian Fine Arts Society (G.N.B. Day)

Vocal: Trichur Brothers - Vid Srikrishna Mohan & Vid Ramkumar Mohan

Violin: Vid V.V. Suresh Kumar

Mridangam: Vid Trichur Mohan

Ghatam: Vid B. Subba Rao

List of songs:

1) calamEla (varnam) - nATTakurinji - Adi - mUlaivITTu rangaswAmi naTTuvanAr

2) varavallabha ramaNa - hamsadhwani - Adi - g.n. bAlasubramaNiam (OS)

3) angArakam AshrayAmyaham - suruTTi - rUpakam - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (O)

4) suguNamulE - cakravAkam - rUpakam - thyAgarAja (AS)

5) viDajAladurA - janaranjani - Adi - thyAgarAja

6) nI samAnamevaru - shubapantuvarALi - Adi - g.n. bAlasubramaNiam (ANST)

7) slOkam - madhyamAvati

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

I have been wanting to hear Trichur Brothers for a long time now after reading their names mentioned many times in "The Hindu" but finally got the opportunity only today. The first thought that came across my mind as they started the nATTakurinji varnam was what beautiful voices God has blessed them with. For me, it was almost like hearing Balaji Shankar again !!

The positives that made me enjoy the concert were their appealing voices, good control over breath as exhibited multiple times by both the brothers during the concert and good shArIrams. They took turns at doing the alapanas of cakravAkam and shubapantuvarALi, assisting and complementing each other well. The shubapantuvarALi alapana lasted about 17 minutes. At many places, while one of them sang the alapana, the other just continuously sang the note with which the sancharas began, with good control over his breath. The brothers did neraval in the shubapantuvarALi composition of Sri GNB at "vAsudEvuni priya sOdari pAsamAna sharadindu kalAdhari".

I would highly recommend the brothers to anyone who hasn't heard them yet. If they keep going like this and keep learning from their experience, the day is not far when they will make it really big in this field.

Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2007/05/ ... s-chennai/

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 May 2007, 23:10

vidwan trichur mOhan is the father of both the vocalists.

Anusha · Post by **Anusha** » 02 May 2007, 14:05

Thanks Ram, for the apt review. I heard the Trichur brothers, for the first time, a few days back at Malleswaram Ram mandir. It was a very good concert. Raama nee samaanamevaru in Kharaharapriya was the main krithi, the alapana was elaborate and very good. For me, the best item of the concert was the alapana in Amruthavarshini followed by the kriti Anandamruthakarshini, which was rendered very well.

saadhyaa · Post by **saadhyaa** » 04 May 2007, 19:47

It is always enjoying listening to Trisoor Brothers and again they have made me feel it at IFAS, Chennai.

But it was dissapointing to note that the time was too short...and they had to rush the subapanthuvarali raaga and kirthana....

Any way good luck brothers...

saadhyaa

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 May 2007, 21:28

Am I right in thinking that when one spells the town's name as Trisoor one is from Kerala? I remember my grandmother who was born and brought up there (and others in the family) pronouncing it that way...

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 05 May 2007, 02:40

Yes arasi. One of my friends here on campus corrected me "Dont say Trichur, it is trisUr". He is from pAlakkaD (though there are people who don't consider pAlakkaD a part of kEraLa). My pATTu teacher from irinjlAkUDa(neat trisUr), tenant (from palakkAD) at old home in Madras and undergrad mates from cengannUr (near kOTTayam) and eranAkuLam all pronounced it as trisUr. May be tirsUr was corrupted to Trichur by the British like tirucirApaLLi to Trichy.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 May 2007, 03:27

Well, some of us still refer to Thrissur as Trichur, Thiruvananthapuram (whole mouthful!) as Trivandrum, Alappuzha as Alleppey, Bengaluru as Bangalore, Chennai as Madras, Mumbai as Bombay, etc.

And yes, I am from Kerala.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 May 2007, 04:24

So is saadhyaa then...

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 May 2007, 04:33

By the way, the full name for Thrissur is tr.SivapErUR

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 05 May 2007, 05:12

jayarAmarE,

What does the syllable tr. stand for? tiru as in SrI? Then it would be tiruccivapErur in tamizh

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tiruvanantapuram is definitely a whole mouthful. nammAzhvAr uses this not one, not twice, but ten times in his beautiful 10 pAsurams for anantapadmanAbhan. In these pAsurams, he urges us to go there today (as in inRE poy) to do kuppai aLLal kainkaryam which is simply to say clean the temple with a broom stick.

Thank you.

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 05 May 2007, 05:41

Just booked the ticket. Leaving as soon as I find a broom.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 05 May 2007, 05:56

shripathi_g:
Is there a second seat on the broom?
I visited trissUr several years ago for a friend's wedding and my memory is still fresh with the enchanting and clean city.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 May 2007, 07:41

The clean city must have been that way for centuries. So were the people living there--judging by my grandmother's ways and her being very particular about matters of cleanliness

Of course, all of kerala is known for clean temples, isn't that so?

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 05 May 2007, 08:32

arasi wrote:The clean city must have been that way for centuries. So were the people living there--judging by my grandmother's ways and her being very particular about matters of cleanliness

Of course, all of kerala is known for clean temples, isn't that so?

Yes, yes temples in kEraLa are very clean temples. vaDukkunAtar temple is such a beautiful landmark. My memories are still fresh as I think about my 1999 kEraLa tour when I visited to pAlakkAd, trisUr, guruvAyur, irinjalakUDa, tirumUzhikkaLam, tirukATara, tirunAvAy, tiruvittuvakODu and kOci-eraNAkuLam. ayyO! enna azaghu, enna azaghu.

mahakavi wrote:Is there a second seat on the broom?

saadhyaa · Post by **saadhyaa** » 05 May 2007, 19:30

arasi is right when she said i am from kerala but lost contacts quite long time...

saadhyaa

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 May 2007, 20:05

What does the syllable tr. stand for?

Rhymes with Ri in Rishi - perhaps I should have written tRSivapEruR or tRiSivapEruR?
Not very good with this transliteration stuff...

Yes, it means Shri SivapEruR.
See here: http://www.info-kerala.com/pages/touris ... rissur.htm
"Thri is a Sanskrit prefix for thiru in Tamil both meaning Sri or something opulent. Ur is land. The land with the title of Siva = Thrissivaperur."

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 05 May 2007, 20:08

jayaram wrote:See here: http://www.info-kerala.com/pages/touris ... rissur.htm
"Thri is a Sanskrit prefix for thiru in Tamil both meaning Sri or something opulent. Ur is land. The land with the title of Siva = Thrissivaperur."

tR.or tri is a variation of tiru. It is not a sanskrit prefix. It is SrI only in sanskrit.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 05 May 2007, 20:09

Yes, yes temples in kEraLa are very clean temples. vaDukkunAtar temple is such a beautiful landmark.

Growing up in Kerala, esp Thrissur, I was so used to clean temples and clean devotess coming to these temples. It's such a pleasure to see women and men freshly bathed walking into temples with flowers, etc. My favorite was a small Krishnan temple near my house, it had a special divinity to it.
No offence to TN, but on my first visit to Madurai, I was shocked to see the lack of cleanliness at Meenakshi temple. I won't even go into the details...