sugandA kAlamEgham@NGS(mini)on 23rd July,2007

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 25 Jul 2007, 19:56

Accompanied by Dr Hemalatha - violin, K ArunprakAsh - Mridangam , KV gOpalakrishnan - kanjira. The concert was Conducted by "DKJ Foundation"

1. varnam - sree? -??
2. gajavadana karunaa - shree ranjani - PSivan
3. cinna naaDE nA - kalaanidhi - T

4. appa rAma bhakthi(R,N,S) - pantuvarAli -T
neraval was in "lakSmI dEvI valacunA"
5.dEvi brOva samayaamidE - cintaamaNi - S
6. shri pathE(R,N,S) - nAgaswarAvali - T
neraval was in "rAjAdhi rAja ravikOTi tEja pUjinci"

7. ranganaayakam bhaavayEham - nAyaki - MD
8. neKKurugi - AbhOgi - PSivan
9A. bhajarE rE citta(R N S T) - kalyANi - MD
neraval was in "devIM shaktibIjodbhava mAtrkArNa"
9B. tani

10. manadirkkugandadu - sindu bhairavi - Tanjore Shankara Iyer
11. pOOnguyiL koovum pOOnjOlayiL - HindustAni KApi - kalki
12. thillAna "mA mayilayin mAdhavam " - shuruTTi- madurai srinivAsan?
13. pavamAna (mangalam)

Never heard this artist in a live concert excepting few clippings . She had a lovely voice that never sagged , had an authentic rendition style in line with sampradAyam and gave a very good concert overall. Late to miss the varnam,and just heard the last few lines of shriranjani.

The kalaanidhi was very good , possibly appealed more as I heard this for the first time from DKJ .pantuvarAli she sang was gripping ,with her alApanas and neraval stood out in voice control. Her swaras were very good. A true musician should always sandwich a slow moving krithi in between two aggressive renditions.Well she did that with her slow moving emotive shyama sastri's eka krithi devi dEvi brOva . I am not sure if I will ever graduate to differentiate between the alApanas of nagaswarAvali and bahudAri. The neraval and the swaras were very good for the nAgaswarAvali krithi.

The pristine nAyaki was rendered excellently but towards the end it was not very perfect. Singing an AbhOgi and shree ranjani in the same concert is generally unwelcome , but for a late comer it was perfect .I was expecting a M1 scale main ,but she delivered a M2 rAga . kalyAni is a perfect rAga to test if the musician sags or not , she never appeared sagging either in the alApana or the swaras. Perhaps the neraval she could have sung better , but one needs to compliment her for singing 3 neravals in a single concert.

All the tukkadAs were excellent to outstanding . Particularly liked kalki's famous hindustAni kApi rendition and the last thillAna . Smt hemalatha played just good , her volume was little bit high.Arun prakAsh played very good for the songs and Tani was just good. KVG in kanjira could have supported better.

Is this musician based in chennai? Who is her guru?One very good musician I would recommend each of you to hear atleast once for her unsagging pitch , excellent voice and delivery.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 25 Jul 2007, 21:20

The tillAnA is mA mayilaiyil mA tavam sheida ... and it is by Madurai Srinivasan.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 25 Jul 2007, 22:36

Was the SrI rAga varNa sAmi ninne? Then its a composition of karUr dEvuDu iyer.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Jul 2007, 01:47

Rajesh,
She may be based in Madras for now, but she used to be based in Delhi. Her voice cast it's spell on me when I heard a Delhi AIR broadcast of her's - the song I heard was 'pUnkuyil kUvum pUnccOlaiyil oru nAL'! I have heard this song only from her, outside of the DKP/DKJ family.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 26 Jul 2007, 02:37

http://www.ragamala.org/events/20070512.htm

Some information about this artist. There is one concert held in Seattle one can find in You tube.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jul 2007, 02:40

Rajesh,
I am very glad you liked her singing. I hadn't heard her until last season and her concert was an enjoyable experience. All the things you say about her are true. It was like chamber music to me. Though they are different in their style, I get the same feeling with Suguna Purushottam. It seems as though I have my own personal space when I listen to them, no matter the venue. There is no nervous energy at all, but a SAntham about them...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 26 Jul 2007, 02:53

rshankar:
I guess you know that the tune of pUnguyil is the same as the K.L.Saigal's old movie song "bAlam Aye basO mOrE mana mEn".

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Jul 2007, 02:56

Lji,
No, I did not. Thanks for that tidbit.
I should try to listen to the original. Kalki seems to have this propensity to snatch tunes from the North - Jutika Roy, and now Saigal!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jul 2007, 07:45

Ravi,
A funny thing with that 'no less than a kalki song' is, since it was fitted into the Saigal song tune as Lakshman points out, the lyrics of the first line can play tricks a la marA marA (conversion of rAma rAma repeated speedily). kaNNan pOla pOla pOla pOl to our ears (naughty children, indeed) sounded like labO labO laBO! A manner of wailing, in tamizh. KrishnA suffering the same fate as rAmA