Sikkil Gurucharan

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 16 Jan 2008, 18:46

What an interesting thread Mahavishnu. Thanks for the same.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 16 Jan 2008, 21:44

RBS Iyer, your humility is refreshing. Your post was opinionated but certainly not "unparliamentary"...anyway, I am happy that frayed tempers have been soothed...

Regarding your points, I agree to a certain extent. Ennramum, in particular, strikes me as a song that would really suffer from the absence of the mrudangam, not to mention the addition of a piano. However I found Vellai Thamarai quite appealing...

In any case, this is probably not aimed at rasikas who are deeply into Carnatic Music - the aesthetic of the format is very different (note - not inferior, different). There is, however, a segment of rasikas that longs for a classical flavour but is apprehensive about 1) abandoning the lyrical emphasis of popular music and 2) the assertiveness of mainstream CM. I think the Anil Sikkil combo serves this niche quite well...

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 16 Jan 2008, 22:05

Members
Sikkil Gurucharan gave an excellent concert for Chennai Sangamam at a Park in Valasaravakkam today (16-1-2008)

The theme given to him was Lord Muruga and the songs included as follows :

1) Nekkurugi - Abhogi- Adi
2) Muruga Muruga - Saaveri - Misrachaapu
3)Sharavanabhava-Shanmukhapriya-Adi
4) Maamayura Meedileri Vaa-Bilahari-Adi
5) Bhajans, Muruganin Marupeyar Azhagu and Lalgudi Sirs Desh Tillana, Vaazhiya Senthamizh

He sang to a packed audience in the park and was well received after a Folk Dance programme.

His shanmukhapriya had weighty classical phrases and he sang sharavana bhava with lot of bhaava.

Naagai Sriram Played on the violin, me on mridangam and Purushothaman on kanjira.
Me and Purushothaman played tani in 3/4 idam for Sharavanabhava kriti.

On the whole the concert was very gud and the audience response was very encouraging.

J.Balaji

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Jan 2008, 22:17

In a park! Way to go! Reaching also those who do not necessarily attend CM concerts as a rule. You say the ShanmugapriyA was in a very classical mode. And the audience stayed and enjoyed the concert...

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 16 Jan 2008, 23:50

The silver lining of the debate in this thread is that we have more members and hope they all will write reviews and opinions here on a regular basis.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 17 Jan 2008, 08:22

Ramamahadevan wrote:Surprisingly there have been no reviews of any concert by Sikkil Gurucharan for the season .. Could anyone post a review ....

this is not true; i was the first to give a review during this season. the following is the link:
http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=4218

Ramamahadevan · Post by **Ramamahadevan** » 17 Jan 2008, 16:45

Chalanata , I have certainly missed the topic that u had alreadly posted with a review about Sikkil Gurucharan. I apologise for having missed it. THis is my first topic on Rasikas.org and the response has been unbelievable. I am thankful to all of u for having posted their comments and hopefully we should carry on this good work .

Thanks & cheers,
Rama Mahadevan

saravanan · Post by **saravanan** » 17 Jan 2008, 16:54

Ram you mean you want to raise a storm every time you write ??:P

rmuthana · Post by **rmuthana** » 17 Jan 2008, 21:01

vijay wrote:RBS Iyer, your humility is refreshing. Your post was opinionated but certainly not "unparliamentary"...anyway, I am happy that frayed tempers have been soothed...

Regarding your points, I agree to a certain extent. Ennramum, in particular, strikes me as a song that would really suffer from the absence of the mrudangam, not to mention the addition of a piano. However I found Vellai Thamarai quite appealing...

In any case, this is probably not aimed at rasikas who are deeply into Carnatic Music - the aesthetic of the format is very different (note - not inferior, different). There is, however, a segment of rasikas that longs for a classical flavour but is apprehensive about 1) abandoning the lyrical emphasis of popular music and 2) the assertiveness of mainstream CM. I think the Anil Sikkil combo serves this niche quite well...

Thanks, Vijay!...that was more reasonable!

asrini · Post by **asrini** » 17 Jan 2008, 21:10

RBSIYER - please do not apologize. I believe a free and open exchange always brings about a certain degree of introspection. In its own way, it makes one ponder and re-evaluate one's musical expression. I respect everyone' s opinion. I suppose I reacted to the unjudicious turn of phrase, but enough said

I am a great believer in the tradition that we all have a responsibility to cherish and keep going. I was born into a family steeped in Carnatic music and understand the need to keep certain things unperturbed. Please realize that it has taken me years to develop an expression that could frame itself around the tradition without in some way detracting from its essence. I do not think I have succeeded fully, but I want to get there, slowly and as painstaking as it may seem.

I respect your taste, and glad that you do listen to a lot of music beyond the carnatic form. Music, and the freedom to enjoy all its various forms is the biggest blessing in itself

.

Vijay - I enjoyed and appreciated your comments on the Hindu concert - I agree with some of your views but perhaps some day we will get a chance to meet in person and discuss it without boring everyone here

. I am more than happy to talk about western classical music, the science of harmonics and whatever else might be of interest in teh appropriate section of this forum. I do not claim to be an authority, but glad to share what I know.

It is heartwarming to see the response from those who were defending the form. Thanks to you all - it is extremely touching and I am so happy that you all enjoy the music so much!

Peace and happy pongal

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 17 Jan 2008, 22:00

Anil, it is heartening to note the turn this thread has taken. It takes a lot of maturity for an artiste of your stature to respond in the manner you did. We would certainly benefit from your knowledge and I do look forward to your participation in this forum as well as a more personal discussion someday!

As regards the Hindu concert, I am forced to look back with some embarrassment. The problem with a forum like this is that it gives you the impression that you are in a close circle of friends whereas in fact the whole world is watching including, at times, seasoned professionals like yourself! I had also made this point to Vainika when I realized how musically qualified he was! Such instances reinforce the need for pausing and thinking before shooting one's mouth off as I certainly wish I had done in case of the Hindu concert...

Ramamahadevan · Post by **Ramamahadevan** » 18 Jan 2008, 11:08

No I did not mean to raise any storm. As I said earlier this is my fist post (I guess I am still learning)and will soon post one on Monday after attending TVS concert at Mulund today.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 19 Jan 2008, 20:19

Ramamahadevan wrote:I apologise for having missed it.

please........ don't embarass me like this!

rasaali · Post by **rasaali** » 24 Jan 2008, 08:23

Friends,

since we are discussing the SGC-Anil venture, I wanted to share someting similar.

Here's a Western classical arrangement of a popular Devamanohari kriti.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-V4Dn8BJBvY&feature=related

If it has been discussed, just ignore my post!

I literally stumbled upon this and I quite liked the effort as it did not take away anything from the essence of the raga and kriti.

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 24 Jan 2008, 13:54

I loved this piece..the blend i thought was beautiful! Thanks for sharing...found more of the same artist on youtube