Neyveli Santanagopalan, Music Club IIT Madras

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 23 Aug 2007, 11:11

Neyveli Santhanagopalan - M A Sundareswaran - Guruvayur Durai - V Suresh

Music Club IIT Madras. DoMS Hall
16th August 2007. 6:45 pm

tAmasinchaka - asAvEri - Adi - PSI (S) (varNam)
shakti gaNapatim - nATTai - rUpakam - HMB (RNS)
mAnasa guruguha - Ananda bhairavi - tisra Ekam - MD (short sketch)
dEva dEva jagadIsvara - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - ST (RNS)
mAkElarA - ravichandrika - Adi - T (RN)
ambayaninE moraliDa - aTANA - rUpakam - Ponnaiah Pillai (RS)
sArasa daLa nayanE - sAramati - Adi - HMB (RS)
tani Avarththanam
tatvameruga - garuDadvani - Adi - T
RTP - suruTTi - tisra tripuTa (1 kaLai) 2 Avarththanam pallavi. 1.5 eDuppu. 6 akshara aridi. 'varada vEnkaTa saila vihArA'. rAgamAlikA svarams in sahAnA, AndhOLika, mukhAri, ranjani, kadanakuthukalam, kAnaDA, bauLi, nIlambari, nATTaikuranji, sindhubhairavi.
vinAyakuni - madhyamAvati - Adi - T
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert began with a short sketch of asAvEri with the not-so-often heard varnam to follow and a short round of kalpanai svarams. The AlApanai of nATTai was nice. The kriti was rendered with a round of neraval and svarams at 'bhAnu kOTi samkAsham pApaharam paramEsham'. The short sketch of Anandabhairavi and the kriti were moving.

The pUrvikalyANi AlApanai was elaborate. The kriti was rendered with neraval and svarams at 'vAraNa paravrdha tApa shamanacana vAsava mukha sura sEvita padayuga'. The short sketch of ravichandrikA was quite inspring. The kriti was rendered with some quick neraval at 'jata gUrci nATaka sUtramunu'.

The aTANA AlApanai was little aggressive, compared to what the ragam is popularly believed to be. That dint make it non-aTANA-ish or not enjoyable. The rare kriti was rendered very nicely with an elaborate round of svarams. The main sAramati AlApanai was done leisurely. It was done showing many vintage sancarams. The kriti was rendered with a round of svarams in kIzh kAlam alone.

The suruTTi AlApanai and tAnam were quite elaborate and very enjoyable. The pallavi was rendered with rAgamAlikA svarmas in quick succession. The Violinst of the day was in full form. His AlApanais were real nice. His short sketch of ravichandrikA was very inspiring. His aTANA and sAramati AlApanais were both as good as the vocalist's elaboration, if not a shade better. His replies during svarams was also nice. His suruTTi and tAnam were real good. His replies for rAgamAlika, with each ragam for just one Avarththanam were real nice.

The mridangist was in full form. The patterns he played for each kriti and sangati were so matching and gelling to the main stream music. The ghatam vidwan played providing good support to the mridangam. The tani was great as well.

bharath

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 23 Aug 2007, 23:32

The concert was brilliant on all counts as Bharath says...NSG's imagination flew as loftily as ever - his ataana was an education (and this from a vidyaarthi!). MAS had a good day which, given his usual standards, meant he was just brilliant

But the tani was what really made my day - this was one of the best tanis I've heard this year. Awesome is not an adequate word to describe the magic Dorai and Suresh churned out..

My attendance was co-incidental as I happened to be in IIT for some other work - I acaught just half the performance but it was worth every minute of it nevertheless...thanks to Bharath and his mates for putting up the show. Even though the makeshift arrangement cannot be compared with hte CLT, it was still a very pleasant venue with very good acoustics...

N.Nirmalan · Post by **N.Nirmalan** » 25 Aug 2007, 01:02

I am a fairly new member to this forum from Canada.When I go through all the comments given by the members regarding the concerts, I feel that I miss all these good & exciting concerts. Can someone upload those concerts ( if recorded ) & share with unfortunate people like us. I am not sure, whether sharing music is available in this forum. Please let me know, if these concerts are available in someother carnatic music site.
Thanks
Nirmalan

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 25 Aug 2007, 01:25

Thanks, Bharath and Vijay. I would imagine the aTANA (that educative bit from the 'student') would have been intersting to hear. Sometimes the content of the song, sometimes certain aspects of a rAgA takes precedence, and that one of a kind rendering becomes a treat for the rasikAs.
To hear asAveri at the very beginning is a refreshing change too...