1.viribOni (varnam) - bhairavi - pachimirium AdiappA
2.telisi raama - poornacandrikaa - T
3. yOcanaa kamala(S) - darbaar - T
4. sadbhaktiyu (R,N,S)- Anandabhairavi - Poochi
neraval in bhAnukOti
5. janani ninuvinA (R,S)- reetigowlai -SubbarAya sAstri
6. venkata shailA - hameerkalyAni - SubbarAyA sAstri
7A. vErevvarE gati??(R,S) - shuruTTi- T
7B. Tani
8. mOhana rAmA - mOhanam - T
9. bamAru roopa ... emantu nama??? - kedAragowlai ? - ?
10. chArumathi upachAramu - kAnadA -???
11. nAtru dheem (thillAnA) - kApi - Ponniah Pillai??
12A. slOkham "shAntha kAram bhujaga sayanam" - atAnA + Ahiri + sowrAshtram
12B. nee nAma rupamulakU - sowrAshtram - T
13. rAma kathA sudhA - madhyamAvati - T
Shri ThanjAvur ShankAra Iyer(TSI), a vaggeyakkara more known for his exemplary mentoring and composing skills,when facing a crowd as a performer is always different for rasikas . The rasikas were two types one were all fellow junior performers (championed by our host Shri neyveli, bhakthavatsalam, suryaprakash,BMK Jr ,Lalgdi Vijayalakshmi, Sashikiran,etal )who unanimously think Shri TSI is musician's musician.
That tag of musician's musician can be perhaps more acknowledged but difficult to experience by the second type of rasikas who are all not performers . Particularly to me that statement is bit foggy ,to the point of forcing me to think really in lines "If I didnot know TSI as a vaggeyakkara ,assuming I knew him just today only as a performer", how was his concert and how could I review. The review follows...
# I was late to miss the first two (possibly our SanthanagOpalan's house search is not as direct as his music), shri TSI's is certainly very heavily influenced by ganakAladhara MMI. The miss was bad as I did not hear the bhairavi ata tAlam and one of the greatest drop #2 telisi rAmA. The vigour of darbAr came well and Shri TSI sang very good the yOchanA kamala.
# Anandabhairavi alApanai was sung with a lot of gusto, perhaps the emotive alankAram was not heavily showcased , but more polished as a sub main . Keeping with the mood of the submain alApana, he sang Poochi's sadbhaktiyu. The neraval in bhanukOti was very good .
# Hearing the first four from a closed circuit tv outside (hey we are growing we are having cctv too..)was certainly dipping my interest. Had to go the main hall to directly visualize Shri TSI's concert. Some one in the crowd asked to sing reetigowlai. A back to back Anandabhairavi to reetigowlai is definitely an avoidable combo, but shri TSI sang excellently with beautiful support by the accompanists. HameerkalyAni drop gave a definite contrast in the alApanai , but his age did compromise the quality of the venkata shaliA rendition.
# A rarest shuruTTi infact I am not even sure of the krithi, he sang to the right proportion with a right dose of swarams and the tani followed. From here is where I enjoyed the most more for his daredevil sequence. Singing MOhana rAma after shuruTTi and tani is something I never anticipated.
# There was a brilliant emotive kedAragowlai?? , right emotive appeal was delivered. A superb kAnadA followed never heard this krithi before. The thillAna was just good in kApi
# Surprises did not end there , a slOkham in a rAga sequence of atAna ,Ahiri and sowrAshtram firmed my belief that Shri TSI decides everything at that second . Particularly liked the Ahiri a lot. I would say it was brilliant for him to sing nee nAmA in sowrAshtram as a krithi with right spacing ,not in the lines of majority of musicians who sing this as the last 30 seconds filler for the clock to strike from 8:59 to 9:00pm. Shri TSI followed with rAma kathA sudha and perhaps shri TSI sent a subtle message that the end should be a grand krithi not a small tukkadA to assert that CM lives in krithis not fancy tukkadAs.
# The other star for the concert was certainly Shri TK Murthy.His Tanjore school of playing suited well with the non set of pattern of TSI's singing , perhaps it was a top secret tanjore -tanjore bond which is just impossible to document. Shri Venkatesh's(coming from pazhani school) kanjirA was very good with the contrast of pazhani and Tanjore style gelling well. Lalgudi Shri Krishnan played very well , but certainly he could not demonstrate as much skills because most of the alApanais were all short . Both TKM and Venkatesh grabbed lot of time and presented a long and interesting tani.
# Overall to me one of the most striking aspect of Shri TSI is he cares for every body in the stage and intelligently pushes them to excellence . Usually a vocalist will worry about mridangist and leave the violinist and kanjira to strike their own deal and take a break, but Shri TSI was very consicious every second , a little bit of jeeva sahithyam here and there to give more life to the violinist, spacing more and more to give the TK Murthy a choice to stroke more , turning his head to ensure kanjira is not idling , and at the same time pushing his 2 disciples (Thank god he was not as caustic as the last concert i heard in rAgasudha) to sing . All along the humility and dedication as a teacher is just inseperable and in true tanjore style expressively demonstrated.
# There was a bit of his tanjore humour too . I just love tanjore humour it happened when Shri Krishnan was returning reetigowlai. Shri TSI went loosely like this "A rasika asked the singer whether the alApana was reetigowlai or Anandabhairavi .The singer said if I sing marivere it is Anandabhairavi , if I sing janani ninuvina it is reetigowlai".Perhaps my translated humour in english is dry, can't help it .
## There were lot of rasikas.org folks but some usual faces were not present. I would love to read their posts too.Special thanks to neyveli and ofcourse our dear
karni, who simply makes it better and better.
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(yes ... over the weekend 
( I may have to move all this extraconcert posts elsewhere but that is for later )
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