PB SrirangAchAri@nAgeshwaran's house (concert #4 ) on June 2

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Jun 2007, 14:16

Accompanied by Violin - anayAmpatti G Venkatasubramaniam
Mridangam - PB KrishnamAchari
mOrsing - manikandan

1. varnam "malayamAthmaja ????" - malayamArutham - ???
2. sri raghukula (S) - hamsadhwani - T
3. daya jUcuTa - gaanavaaridhi - T

4. neevari evarU sreehari - sAveri - SrirangAchari
5. bhuvini daasuDanE(S) - shriranjani - T
6. nAda sudhA rasa (R, S)- Arabi - T

7. kalyAna ramA - hamsanAdam - OVK
8. shankara maindhanE shanmughanE(R) - sucharita - srirangAchari
9. ranga nAyakim - nAyaki - MD

10. manavi nAlaginca(S) - naLinakAnti - T
11A.shri kAntimathim (R N S T)- hemavati - MD
11B.tani

12A. slOkham "vasudevam sutham devam" - durgA - ???
12B. nanda dhanusham krishnam navaneetha sOkham - durgA?? - srirangAchari
13. nAlai varum enru nambalamA - chandrakowns - madurai GS mani
14. pavamAna (mangalam) - sowrAshtram - T

There is just lot to write,on this concert . This is the first concert where the intention was more directed to meet one of our "beloved cm forum member" , but it turned out to be also a good to very good concert of this vidwan whom I knew nothing more than the fact that he is a sishya of Shri TNS.

Started with a definitely rare varnam (never heard a malayamArutham varnam). The swara patterns of hamsadhwani was just garnished enough to give more to warm up his voice , perhaps he could have gone more with hamsadhwani swara patterns. A rare daya jUcuTa in gaanavaaridhi was presented very well more demonstrating sowkhyam.

O gosh why he did not take a rAga alApanai till 5 was perhaps excellently compensated with a beautiful rendition of arAbi , here there were lot of similiarity to the way where mahavidwan shri TNS handles. kalyAna ramA perhaps could have been rendered little slower , I could spot a little vOttam there.

A pristine nAyaki was rendered with perhaps maximum emotive feeling , he was very careful not to give any nAyaki rAga overdose . As always naLinakAnti was sung in rapid fire mode, but unfortunately he could not fire much in swara prasthAnam. Even though he sang a nice hemavati rAga alApanai and followed well with a very good diction, neraval was cut short abruptly and swarams were just good. I certainly missed one of the big 5 rAgams .

The finish of nAlai varum enru in chandrakowns gives me a indication that one day this composition of madurai gs mani is going to get tied with kurai onrum illai in shivaranjani in terms of emotive and mass appeal.

There were 3 of his own compositions with each getting progressively better. The first in sAveri did give an effect to quite a few that he is singing a composition starting with anupallavi and perhaps he will wind up with pallavi. I was not sure if there was a pallavi like feel. The sucharita was very good ,his mudra was shankara dasan dasan indicating that he is the sishya of Shri tns (shankara dasAn mudra is TNS's).The durgA?? was just excellent ,right thrust of words and music after a good followup of slokham.

A good support by both violinist and the mridangist.There were some very intricate moments when the mridangist vidwan puts the thAlam in the mOrsing vidwan's lap(manikandan is visually challenged ). mOrsing was very good(perhaps nick can ad more..).

Coolkarni's towering dynamism was today bit dwarfed , understandably because after a very over enthusiastic speech by our cmlover . cmlover addressed the international audience had few great quotes "I am just a rasika , I dont know how I became a rasika .". He made a clarion call "Performers have given a lot of music, time for us to give back a lot".

There was another dynamic gentleman from chicago shri TS rAghavan, who is connected with organizing a lot of concerts in US. His words and tone were more in line with my thoughts "CM should not die , we have to reach more masses".

Prof TRS was as charged as much as his pallavi rendition "I am a great seeker of oceanic experience of CM I want to become a forum member, how do I become?".Shri ramAraj was also present along with nick ,rajumds, coolkarni.Bharath ,rams and vijay(all these 3 guys were there to enjoy only partly.)

On a side note , it is very very easy to spot cmlover even in a crowd of 10,000. He demonstrated instant internet feedback when the vidwan rendered his last composition "nanda dhanusham krishnam" as "nanda kumarAm krishnam" and with his trademark quip "vageyyakkara is one who has to get the right context in both musical and lyrical content" and followed with a quick precise explanation of why kumAram (which I will leave it to him...). Special thanks to shri nAgeshwaran.

sindhu · Post by **sindhu** » 29 Jun 2007, 15:49

PB KrishnamAchAri is brother of the vocalist.

Sucharitra (SantAna manjari in MD's scheme)raag and his song he sings well - Heard in one of earlier concert near Ashok Pillar. Sucharitra's counterpart in M1 i.e yAgapriya (kalAvathi) is also becoming popular these days.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 29 Jun 2007, 15:55

Incidentally PB Krishnamachari is a disciple of Ramanathapuram M.N.Kandaswamy, My guru.

J.Balaji

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 29 Jun 2007, 18:47

Hi Sri Rajesh and other CMDevotees,
Rajesh gave detailed review of Sri Chari's concert.Since I too had the rare opportunity to attend the concert,I wish to add my observations.
The sucharitra kriti was rendered well, both raga and kriti. Mr.Raghavan, a rasika from Chicago, wanted to know the difference between Nasikaa bhooshaNi and Sucaritra.The simple diff.(scale-wise) is the Deivatam(chatusruti-for Nas.Bhooshani)and sudha Deivatam for Sucaritra and
kaisiki NI for N.BhooshaNi, and sudha NI for,sucaritra.
Since the poorvAngam (ArOhaNam ) for both Raagams is the same,
it may tend to present an identical similarity, unless , and untill either the NI or Da is touched upon.
To avoid this piquant situation , it may be fit to start the AlAp from pancamam and give a brief round of completing the UttarAngam and again starting the manthrastaayi phrases and build up the ragam in such a way so as to establish the chosen raga's identity at the earliest .This is just a suggestion to overcome the in built prob.while dealing with any rAgams (for that matter)which have similar SwarAs in the poorvAngam.
Ramaraj

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Jun 2007, 19:13

rAmarAj Sir,
Was the 12A and 12B rendition in durgA,there was a phase durgA ,not sure if it was intended to be a rAga mudra . Also do you know the composer of the varnam.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 29 Jun 2007, 19:14

It was a nice occasion to be part off!

unfortunately, I had to leave at 7 to attend the engagement of a friend..

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 29 Jun 2007, 19:27

thanks to rajesh for the list and an illuminating review!

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 29 Jun 2007, 20:26

Sri manikandan played morsing in a way that is not often heard... We can say that he did not present great calculations or kovais, but my pleasure was in listening to his sound.

The morsing is usually played as a monotonic (errr... single-note...) instrument, which, of course, it is, but it is an instrument so rich in harmonics that its single note is almost more like a chord, and it can be played to emphasise the higher or lower harmonics in a way that makes it sing.

Sri manikandan brought out this side of the morsing --- and also demonstrated very nicely the sounds that can be made from sucking air through the instrument. The section where he alternated the more-usual fingering/tonguing with sucking to present a single-handed koraipu would have been very difficult to do

There... that's my speciality subject covered!

It is a shame that we could not have covered the social side of things before the music --- I have more appetite for hearing my friends speak early in the evening! But stuff happens, like traffic and delays....

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 29 Jun 2007, 20:47

Dear Rajesh yah it was Durga only. Regarding The malaya marutam VarNam Mr.Chari seemed to be mentioning to some one in the audience that it is his own creation .I hope u might have noted my observations about Sucaritra. Even the vioilinist had initial doubt and referred from Chari about the identity of the Ragam and then only started playing.I will not attribute this to a flaw .That was the reason for my suggestion(posted earlier) to overcome this predicament with a slight adjustment to the methodology of approach to the rAgam.
Ramaraj

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 30 Jun 2007, 03:44

ranga nAyakim - nAyaki - MD
Ranganaayakam Bhaavaye Ranga Naayaki Sametam ?
Never mind,Perumaal wont mind if Tayaar is adressed ahead of him

.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 30 Jun 2007, 04:09

ranganAyakam bhAvaye ranganayakIsamEtam SrI...

--to conform to the starting line of the kriti.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 30 Jun 2007, 15:33

the Adi tALa varNam in malayamArutam, which starts as malayamArutamu cEmati is found in the gAnAmruta varNa mAlika of AS Panchapakesa Iyer. www.karnatik.com says it is a composition Bangalore S Mukund.

I am also told there is a grand aTa tALa varNam of Swaminatha Pillai which begins as 'mA madurai mInvizhiyAL'

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 01 Jul 2007, 21:12

any uploading of the photos?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Jul 2007, 11:55

Atlast found time to upload pictures of the concert .Click the below the url , I suggest select the large thumb nail option which is available at the right and do a mouse over on each photo to get the full caption or select the slide show.

http://picasaweb.google.com/rajeshnat/P ... ne28th2007

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Jul 2007, 00:07

Thanks Rajesh. Wonderful.

btw, is there a way to get a bigger picture in picasaweb. The large thumbnail and the actual picture seem to be about the same.

Thanks again Rajesh for the upload of the photos.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Jul 2007, 04:19

Rajesh,
The pictures were worth waiting for. Cool isn't cool Yul anymore!
Nice to see Nick's mate, the review crew, the host, great vidwan TRS and the composer, and a would be reviewer jotting down. Great to see our CML. We are waiting for him.
And, it is nice to see your beaming face again...

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 15 Jul 2007, 17:32

SabhAsh !!Rajesh, beautiful coverage with a fitting finale !!!
If possible , could the audio clippings of M/s.Nageshwaran, TRS, CML, and Mr.Raghavan be posted for the benefit of members ? because the quadret , besides attending the concert, portrayed some invaluable messages in their own inimicable way.It was a happy , memorable concert with the much sought after" Rasika-Artist" involvement predominating right from the beginning
Ramaraj

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Jul 2007, 19:44

Back from the dark side of the moon (just indicating my internet blackout) after a gruelling journey with a callous Air France (who starved me , a diabetic, for 20 hours! I am very slowly recovering from that torture but was cheeredup looking at the eyes of our Forum fraternity (who keep me going). I have a lot to share (some indeed unpalatable due to my professional insight), but that will be later after I have fully recovered. Thanks Rajesh for capturing our thrill on that ardharAtri (which was indeed a ArdrarAtri (fully drenched)) with the memorable message-laden

'nALai varum enRu naMbalAmA' ringing in my ears. Aren't we lucky to have attracted Prof TRS to join our Forum! Let us wait for the audio/video from Kji.

Now if you will excuse ..back to my reverie .....

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Jul 2007, 20:19

Can't wait, but rest up first!
Welcome home, Flower and CML. No place like home...

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Jul 2007, 22:23

vasanthakokilam wrote:btw, is there a way to get a bigger picture in picasaweb. The large thumbnail and the actual picture seem to be about the same.

vk,
I dont see an option to get a bigger size picture in picassa. With my digital camera , they have a given a desktop based photo album software which allows me to see in full screen mode, but that is licensed. If you or anyone else can suggest a better way to do it in the web , may be I can help

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 16 Jul 2007, 00:21

Rajesh, most digital cameras come with some sort of photo-processing softwares which converts the pictures to JPGs of diff sizes. Most allow minor editing as well. All you then need to do is upload them onto a photo sharing site like flickr/picasa/webshots etc.

I am not sure there are any license issues involevd if you merely use the software to process your photos and then upload them

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 16 Jul 2007, 07:57

vijay,
Perhaps you are not connecting well with the issue here. With the photo -processing software that my digital camera vendor(CASIO) has given(which is licensed software), I am able to sync the photos and view it in full screen mode.

But when I upload those photos(in jpg mode) to picasa web album, the max size(what they call as large thumb nail) is not too big. VK prefers it to be bigger. I dont have a solution there , if somebody helps that would be great.

vgvindan · Post by **vgvindan** » 16 Jul 2007, 08:23

One of the solutions I know of - Open under 'Paint' under Accessories (Windows) - 'Image' - 'Stretch' - stretch both horizontally and vertically to the same %.

ram · Post by **ram** » 16 Jul 2007, 08:36

Please make sure that the stretch in the vertical direction is equal to or more than the one in the horizontal direction

, lest signs of prosperity start showing up prominently and we get "larger than life" images of people

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 16 Jul 2007, 09:04

Rajesh:

I played around with flickr which is Yahoo's picasa and it also has the same limitation for image size.

Photobucket.com is much better. It allows bigger sized images. See if you can upload one of the photos and share the link here. We will see if it works out OK.

If all of this fails, you can put them in a folder, zip it and upload it to a place like sendspace. Would that work? It is still possible I am not connecting to the real issue but as long you have them sitting on your hard drive as full size .jpg files, this should work.

Thanks.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 16 Jul 2007, 11:17

OK - you could also try webshots.com

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 16 Jul 2007, 19:07

vasanthakokilam wrote:Rajesh:

Photobucket.com is much better. It allows bigger sized images. See if you can upload one of the photos and share the link here. We will see if it works out OK.

If all of this fails, you can put them in a folder, zip it and upload it to a place like sendspace. Would that work? It is still possible I am not connecting to the real issue but as long you have them sitting on your hard drive as full size .jpg files, this should work.

Tried before the photobucket for the first concert(TV ramprasadh). Here is the url http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s196/rajeshnat/ . Among the three that I used, i prefer to use picasa over flickr and photobucket.

Putting in a folder and zipping , perhaps may be the best idea. I am fine with that idea but not sure if all of them who are photographed would like it.So let us live with a browser based picasa than a downloadable jpg.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 17 Jul 2007, 06:14

I am a big fan of www.flickr.com

For the free accounts you can upload 100MB worth of photos each calendar month (5MB per photo) and the resized images are accessible by everyone.

For the pro-accounts, the large images are accessible and there is no data limit.