T N Seshagopalan at hyderabad on march 16,2008

[revanthv552]

The Annual Music Festival of South Indian Cultural Association feautered many artistes on the concluding day,there was a grand vocal recital by sri Madurai T N Seshagopalan.He was accompanied on the Mridangam by sri Narendran and on the violin by sri S.P. Sridharan
1.Varnam-Reethigowla-ata tala varnam
swarakalpana @ Annitiki..
2.Kanjadalayathakshi-Kamala manohari-Dikshitar
Neraval & Swarakalpana @ Sri kanchi nivasane..
3.Alapana-Gaanamurthi
slokam
Gaanamoorthe sri-Ganamurthy-Thyagaraja
Neraval & Swarakalpana @ navaneetha chora...
4.Madhura madhura-Atana - Oothukadu venkata subbaiyer
5.Mayamma-Ahiri-Syama sastry
6.Alapana-Kalyani
Pankaja lochana-Kalyani-Swati tirunal
Neraval & Swarakalpana @ vrindavananatha kritha..
Thaniavarthanam
7.Padavini sadhbhakthi-Salagabhairavi-Thyagaraja
8.RTP-Hindolam
"Daamada ma sa dha sadhama kanna nidhaamagama ennodiva ra da.."
swarakalpana in Arabhi,Thodi,Kedaragowla,Bhagesri,Anandabhairavi,Durbaar,Neelambari,
Bhoopalam,Madhyamavathy,Hindolam
9.Nirupamana-Behag-Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
10.Vasana muga-Surati-Tirupugazh
11.Pavamana-Sowrastram-Thyagaraja
The concert was one of the best concerts i have evr attended.it began in the reethigowla varnam which was sung in two speeds.then came the wonderful kamalamanohari for kanajadala .the neraval and swarakalpana were great.the alapana of gaanamurthi displayed the beauty of the ragam in all dimensions which opened to the wonderful krithi of thyagaraja.the next composition in atana was a wonderful number 'madhura madhura' then came the ahiri composition of syama sastry which was indeed a pleasure to listen to.the main piece was kalyani.i have never heard such wonderful rendition of kalyani.i dont know how to tell you al..but that kalyani made me speechless
it was toooo good.the krithi pankaja lochana was a treat to the rasikas.the thaniavarthanam by sri narendran is worth mentioning.the salagabhairavi composition of thyagaraja'padavini..'was really good.the rtp in hindolam was also fabulous.the ragamalika swarams were done wonderfully.
the javali in bhag nirupamana samini of ramanathapursam srinivasa iyengar was a sppthing number.the tirrupugazh in surati was also good.on the violin was sri sridharan who gave a wonderful accompaniment to the main artiste he was also great.
the festival feautured many stalwarts like smt.sowmya,sri o s arun, sri maharajapuram srinivasan,sri shashank,sri lalgudi g j r krishnan & smt. vijayalakshmi and sri t n seshagopalan
even shashank sir's flue recital was really good.the main effort was bindumalini [i could not make to the other concerts due to my board exams..bt did not want to miss sri t n s' concert so i could not give a review of the other concerts]
PLEASEFORGIVE ME FOR ANY MISTAKES IN THE REVIEW

[mri_fan]

roughly how long was the concert?

[s_hari]

Seem to be lot of swaraksharas in the pallavi... Hope someone will post more details..

-hari

[revanthv552]

well the concert went on for three hours and odd..
the pallavi was quite long..bt the swarakalpanas done in the various ragas were not very elaborate...
they were really good...on the whole it was a wonderful concert.
the rtp went for 40 mins i think...

[Vocalist]

Nice. But he hasn't rendered Kapi so much recently it seems.

[ganalola]

TNS sang the same pallavi whcih is a svarakshara '(t)dha ma d(t)ha ma kanna odivandhu ennaikkaakka t(d)ha ma sa ma' on 2-3-2008at hamdasvani flanked by UKS and MC, the sangiithakalanidhi trio. For write up on the same read in sulekha .net blog of saroja ramanujam or rasika_tns group post. He sang kapi also and it was wonderful.

[Sathej]

Yes, he has sung this Swarkshara Pallavi earlier as well - Thamadama Sada Sagasama....
Sathej

[arasi]

TNS singing 'tAmadamA sadA' sounds introspective!

[venkatpv]

arasi,
that was an absolute gem!

[kannamma]

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