Vid.Sankari Krishnan at Anna Nagar Music Circle, 17-6-2007

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Jun 2007, 20:56

Smt.Sankari Krishnan-Vocal, Smt.Padma Sankar-Violin, Mannarkoil J Balaji-Mridangam, Trichy Murali-Ghatam

Smt.Sankari Krishnan gave a sterling recital for Anna Nagar Music Circle on 17th June 2007 at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Anna Nagar.

Concert List : Varnam-Shanmukapriya-Lalgudi Jayaraman-Adi
Mahaganapathim-Naata-Muthuswamy Dikshitar-Chatusra Eka-Swaram
Endraikku Shiva-Mukhari-Neelakanta Sivan-Misra Chaapu-Alapana
Padumanabhan Maruga-Nagaswaravali-Papanasam Sivan-Adi
Seshaachaala Nayakam-Varali-Muthuswamy Dikshitar-Rupakam-Alapana-Niraval-Swaram
Durga Devi Durita nivaarini-Navarasa Kannada-Muthiah Bhagavathar-Adi
Rama Katha sudha-Madyamavati-Tyagaraja-Adi-Alapana-Niraval and Swaram
Ragam Taanam and Pallavi-Kalyani-Khanda Jampa Khanda Nadai-Alapana-Taanam-Niraval-Trikalam-Swaram
Thillana-Khamas -Lalgudi Jayaraman-Adi
Tiruppugazh-Hamir Kalyani-Adi Khanda Nadai
Mangalam

Endowed with a very pleasing and a felicituous voice Sankari Started off her concert with a Bright Varnam in Shanmukhapriya composed by Lalgudi Jayarman (Her guru). She then rendered Mahaganapathim in Nata with brisk swara passages setting off a concert in style and clarity. With an excellent swara combinations and a fitting reply by Padma Sankar the concert augured well for the listeners. Mukhari came in as a big surprise and her rendition was marked with erudition and ease of bhava. Neelakanta Sivan's masterpiece Endraikku Shiva Krupai Varumo was flood filled with rasa and bhava which made the listener immerse in the eternal beauty of the Raga as well as the bhakti oriented kriti. Padumanabhan maruga came as an excellent filler before Varali. Seshachala Nayakam was rendered with ease and swara combinations at "Aravinda" in ateeta eduppu was well conceived with patterns like 5, 6 and 7 with varieties. Padma Shankar capped her turn with much more patterns to make the turns very interesting. Again before the main piece Durga Devi in Navarasa Kannada was rendered. It has a nice Chitta Swaram for two avartas providing scope for improvisation from both the vocalist as well as mridangist.
Rama Katha Sudha in Madyamavati brough out the beauty of Madyamavati in all its splendour in all three octaves especially the mantra stayi with phrases rendered with utmost ease. The reply from Padma Shankar was very apt and pleasing too.

Myself and Murali played Tani for Arai Idam in Adi Talam with Khanda Nadai and Misra Koraippu with Mohara and Korvai.

Then came the RTP in Kalyani with the following words. The tala was quite difficult to render with Anudrutam followed by drutam sometimes confusing too.

The Eduppu of the pallavi 1 akshara after samam.

Gu Ha Vaa Mu Ru Ga Vaa Shan Mu Kha Nee (Vaa Falling on Arudi with 6 Kaarvai)
1 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 3 (6 Kaarvai)

Gu Ru Pa raa Ku ma raa
1 1 1 3 1 1 2

She sang Trikaalam and at the end I played a Mohara and Korvai for the 40 Aksharas.

The concert came to a conclusion with a Tillana by Lalgudi Jayaraman in Khamas Raga and Hamir Kalyani Tiruppugazh in Khanda Nadai Adi Tala and Mangalam.

Though the power supply went off after RTP with her robust voice she was able to sustain the listening level very nicely.

On the whole the concert was a satisfying concert and Sankari Krishnan sang the concert with heart and soul.

Padma Shankar was her best Raga essays, Kriti Following and had gud grip over laya patterns while rendering swaras.

Trichy Murali ably supported my style of playing and lifted the concert with appropriate phrases during my pauses and also enhancing the concert.

Mannarkoil J Balaji

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 18 Jun 2007, 21:13

Balaji sir,

Thanks vey much for your reviews. Just a small suggestion, can you also include alapana, swarams, neraval etc to the ain song list please? Thanks!

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 18 Jun 2007, 21:16

Dear Mahesh
I have edited my post. thks for the suggestion.
J.Balaji

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 18 Jun 2007, 21:39

Nice pallavi setup...

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 22 Jun 2007, 10:34

Members 22-6-2007 The HINDU carries the review of the above concert and also another Veena Concert by Ananthakrishnan at the same venue before Mrs.Sankari Krishnan's concert. The concert with good pictures available in ePaper of THE HINDU edition today. Can anyone download the picture and post here pls for my personal use. The general HINDU pictures are not that nice in quality but the ePaper has good quality pictures. Hence the request.

Moreover the link is not yet available and the review is available for the previous week only. I shall give the link once it is made available in the paper.

Thank you
J.Balaji

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 22 Jun 2007, 10:43

Is this kanda nadai - Kanda Jampai???

Kanda Jampai should be 8 beats, and in kanda nadai - it should be 40... Am i right??

Confusing really to keep taalam!!!

ram · Post by **ram** » 22 Jun 2007, 10:46

Sri Balaji,

This link seems to work: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/200 ... 240500.htm

Ram

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 22 Jun 2007, 11:18

Member S-Hari

The tala was Khanda Jampa with 8 Aksharas with each of them taking Khanda Nadai making the total to 40 Aksharas. You are perfectly right. It is confusing since this tala contains Anudrutam followed by a drutam which actually takes two flat beats and sometimes it is difficult to keep track of where we are really either in Anudrutam or the starting of drutam. It is really a task for the vocalist while rendering swaras. As such Pallavi rendition doesnt cause any confusion as the lines will be there and hence there is less chance of a tala slip. Whereas while rendering Kalpanaswaras one tends to slip. But Vid.Sankari Krishnan did really wonderful art-work with no tala slips at all.

Ram

Thanks for the link. the picture seems good too. But the e-paper has a better resolution as i hv seen. Any other members could provide the picture alone would be welcome.

Thank you
J.Balaji

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 22 Jun 2007, 12:39

mridhangam wrote:Durga Devi Durita nivaarini-Navarasa Kannada-Swati Tirunal-Adi

Not trying to nitpick here, but isn't the composer muttayya bhAgavatar??? I think its one in the series of 108 songs on cAmuNDAmba of maisUr.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 22 Jun 2007, 12:43

Yes sir. You are right .. it is Muthiah bhagavathar.sorry about the error. I stand corrected and edited the post also.

it is available in the following site

http://www.karnatik.com/c2035.shtml

j.balaji

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 22 Jun 2007, 12:48

mridhangam: no offense, Sir. I have heard the song (it is verypopular) by quite a number of artistes, hence the point raised. Keep up the good reviews!:D