Alamelu Mani, Carnatica's Samarpanam

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 Dec 2007, 16:45

Alamelu Mani, Kalyani Sarma - Amritha Murali - B Sivaraman - BS Purushottaman

Carnatica's Samarpanam, Swamy's Hall
20th December 2007. 7 pm

Theme: Brinda amma Bani

sumasAyaka - karnATaka kApi - rUpakam - ST (varNam)
srI gaNapatini - saurAshTram - Adi - T
nI bhajana gAna - nAyaki - Adi - T
srI mAtrubUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD (RS)
kAntimati - kalyANi - rUpakam - SD (RNS)
inkevarunnAru - sahAnA - Adi - AS (R)
amba paradEvatE - rudrapriyA - kaNDa cApu
kaddanu vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani Avarttanam
payyAda - nAdanAmakriyA - tisra tripuTa - K (padam)
adi nI pai - yamunakalyANi - Adi - DS (javali)
tillAnA - mandAri - Adi
kAraNamadAgavandu - shubapantuvarALi - 2 kaNDa cApu and 2 drutam - Arunagirinathar (thiruppugazh)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

What a concert it was? The concert reminded of brinda amma recordings. All the kritis were rendered with perfect match to what brinda amma would sing.

The varNam was a very refreshing start to the concert. The saurAshTram kriti was rendered with the brinda style pidis. The kannaDa AlApanai was very moving. The kriti was rendered differently from the currently popular version. It was very nice with a beautiful set of svarams. The kalyANi AlApanai was totally classical. The kriti was rendered with some moving neraval and svarams at 'shAnta rUpamE hrudayani'.

The sahAnA AlApanai was amazing. The kriti was rendered very soulfully. The cittai svara - sahityam were rendered in the Brinda - Mukta style, with Smt Mani and Smt Sarma alternating the svarams and sahityam. The rudrapriya piece was rendered with amazing breath control, especially during the cittai svarams. The main tODi affair was great. There was neraval and svarams at 'arththambucE kinacE...'.

The padam, jAvaLi, tillAnA, tirupugazh were all amazing as well. I am short of words to express myself after this concert. The accompanists were good and supported the artist very well.

bharath

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 21 Dec 2007, 17:42

bharat,
amba paradEvatE - rudrapriyA is by krishnaswAmy ayyA.
Is she the same alamelu mani who is the mother of film/ghazal singer hariharan??

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Dec 2007, 19:43

Rajesh: I think she is Sri Hariharan's mother.
I first heard her just a couple of years ago when my wife picked up a cd released by the Royal Museum in London to celebrate their exhibition on cOlA bronzes (sad how you never get to hear some great singers!).

Rengarajan · Post by **Rengarajan** » 21 Dec 2007, 22:24

She Is Hariharan's mother. Rasikas have a chance to hear her agin. It is in somebody's house near kalakshtra. Awaiting the ad inviting Rasikas

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:21

Bharath you are really in full steam. Thanks for your reviews and keep them coming in!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:26

vijay wrote:Bharath you are really in full steam. Thanks for your reviews and keep them coming in!

hehe

well, i dont know how long i will last. have been braving splitting head aches since wednesday evening..

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:31

Soldier on my friend...for the sake of us rasikas. We will foot your disprin bills!

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:32

Is she a deciple of Brinda-Mukta?

The kannaDa AlApanai was very moving. The kriti was rendered differently from the currently popular version.

Could you elaborate on this? How was it structured?

-Ramakriya

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:33

vijay wrote:Soldier on my friend...for the sake of us rasikas. We will foot your disprin bills!

hehe.. disprin days are gone.. saridon days are gone also.. there were even triple saridon days.. well thats history...

migraines dont listen to u. and hence, u better listen to them..

to cut short,i dont wanna give my medical history while discussing alamelu mami concert.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 22 Dec 2007, 00:36

rbharath wrote:migraines dont listen to u. and hence, u better listen to them..

Been there, done that. But whatever it was, I got a relief from migraine headaches after being on medication for vascular head-aches for 6-8 months.

I'm sorry about the digression.

-Ramakriya

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Dec 2007, 01:40

rbharath wrote:to cut short,i dont wanna give my medical history while discussing alamelu mami concert.

Since this is in the spirit of getting you to review more of these concerts, here are a few tips for migraines:

1. Take something for the headache at the first twinge - I usually go for a combination of 1000 mg of paracetamol and 400 mg of ibuprofen - and repeat every 6 hours for continued efficacy.
2. Drink plenty of water.
3. Never skip meals.
(dehydration and hypoglycemia worsen migraines)

AND, get plenty of sleep at night, so that you are fresh in the morning for more concerts and more reviews!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Dec 2007, 14:50

thanks for all the medication suggestions.i have done treatments and long courses to have it under control these days. got a set of SOS medicines as well, always with me. still, when it comes, u have to suffer....

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 22 Dec 2007, 15:36

Thanks doctorji (as I recently found out from Arasi!)