suryaprakAsh@bhArat kalAchAr on Dec 07th,2007

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 13 Dec 2007, 10:46

Accompanied by VV Ravi - violin , srimushnam rAja rAo - Mridangam and trichy murali - ghatam

1. subramanyEna rakshitOham(R,S) - sudda dhanyAsi - MD
2. jnaana mosaga rAdA (R,N,S)- poorvi kalyaaNi - T
neraval in "paramAthmudu jeevAtmudu"
3A. viruththam "vannamAL varayE kudayAga" - nAyaki -??
3B. ranganaayakam - nAyaki - MD

4. sarasa sAma dhAna (S)- KApinArayani - T
5A. KapAli(R S T) - mOhanam - pApanAsam sivan
5B. tani

6. ellOraiyum pOlavE ennai ennalagumO(popularized by SG kittappA) - sudda sAveri -??
7. unnai aLLaL oru thurumbu asaiyamO - sAramAti - pApanAsam sivan

8. shankArabharaNE devi(S) - rAgamAliga in 15 rAgAs - madurai SOmu??
9. shreekAnta yanagistu dayamAdO - bhAgeshri - PD
10. mangalam

The manOdharmam was copiously exhibited in all the krithis till tani , expecially the kApali swara patterns was excellent and the neraval in paramAthmudu jeevAtamudu of poorvikalyAni. rAja Rao's tani was outstanding with excellent support by trichy murali .Also for every swara avArthana of mOhanam ending in kApaLi phrase , rAja rao played with great strokes , he just lifted the concert to great heights.

Of special mention is the sound vidwath and delivery in shankArabharanE devi . SuryaprakAsh dished out Somu's tukkadA in the rAgamAliga shankarAbharanam + shanmughapriya + gowrimanOhari + shyAmA + bhuvanagAndhari + kalyANi + shree + lalitA + jyothiswaroopini + bhairavi + sAranga + vijayanAgari + madhyamAvati + mOhanam + keeravAni .Shri Somu delivers the same rAgAs in the tukkadA , but I noticed in the line kalyAni shri lalitA , sOmu delivers only the rAgas kalyAni and lalitA , but suryaprakAsh sang the intervening shree phrase also in shree rAgam . It appeared very perfect and was more like a quick shruthi bEdham.

But what followed in the same sOmu tukkAdA krithi was his sound unique swara gnanam , for all the above rAgas he sang kalpana swarams in quick succession for about 10 minutes , particularly I liked his swaras in vijayanAgari and jyotiswaroopini and the final wrap up in shankArabharanam. I have not heard Shri somu singing swaras for his famous krithi(heard only one recording ).

2 no's in thamizh were presented ,one was a SGKittappa no ellOraiyum (very good) and the other Sivan's unnai aLLaL oru in saramathi (bit fast paced ). nAyaki was very emotively rendered .

There was one major crib in the concert .The sound setting in bhArat kAlachAr was in the high side . I found it frustrating till the first half . Either the mike man must have kept a high volume or perhaps both rAjA rao and suryaprakash (especially ) could have kept the mike at a little more distance. Overall the concert was very good to excellent .

meena · Post by **meena** » 13 Dec 2007, 11:34

Rajesh

Thanks
Prior to the conc. the artists do they sound test ?

Elloraiyum polave ni ennalagumodi is Subbarama Iyer's ( Vaideswarankoil Subbarama Iyer )

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 13 Dec 2007, 11:46

Rarely - usually there is a rustle behind the curtain (vocalist/violinist/mrudangist arriving just on time/late), mrudangam tapped a couple of times, violin playing sa-pa and suddenly "Viribhoni" even before the curtain is completely raised...

In most cases the artist has no more than 5-10 minutes after the preceding concert ends...but the artistes themselves seldom arrive well ahead

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 13 Dec 2007, 12:24

violin playing sa-pa and suddenly "Viribhoni" even before the curtain is completely raised...

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 14 Dec 2007, 00:13

Vijay, I am with you on this

Yet during the season, isn't it rather hard for the artists (if they r giving other concerts on the same day) to be pinch perfect? Sound setting in Raja Rao concerts has always been a problem...since he loves to ask the technical folks to liberally amp up the mridangam volume (setting off a "volume" race among the trio)...same with Nagai too...I had been to a Nagai Muralidharan/Srimushnam/Ramani concert...and came out nearly deaf...took me a good 3 hours for my ears to clear

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:48

Vijay,
Almost what you said happened.

mahesh3,
rAja rAo's is bit on the high side , perhaps his strokes intrinsically itself has got a relatively high amp. Possibly the singer's have to sing more higher and as you mentioned the volume race got started. I particularly went to mikeman and asked him to adjust the control. He said "What can I do , they are performing closer to mikes and hence higher volume?". I don't know who is right.

When the speakers are smaller and distributed not much problem , but bhArat kalAchAr has got decked booming speakers on the sides of the stage , perhaps I would speculate in these types of auditorium the musicians can keep the mikes at more distance .

OTOH,In general how do we adjust the sound when a musician is singing a shyamA and following with a pantuvarAli, are they not poles apart in amplitude? The best way to mitigate is to keep all the mikes in a safe distance , and that step is the first best one for good quality.