Sreevalsan Menon Kacheri in DC

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 08 Apr 2008, 22:24

Evening of Saturday, April 5th.

I'm new to the community- I look forward to participating more now that I'm a member.
I'd gone to Sri Shiva Vishnu temple over in DC for Sri Sreevalsan Menon's kacheri two days ago. As you can see, there's a lot that I had trouble identifying. Hopefully I'll get better. I also recorded the kacheri, if anyone's interested. Please also correct any mistakes below:

Vocal: Sreevalsan Menon
Violin: ? (Does anyone know this?)
Mridangam: Rajna

1. Era Napai - Thodi - Adi
2. Shree Mahaganapathim Bhajeham - Surutti- Adi (with swarams)
3. Daya Payonidhe Mampahi - Jaganmohini - Adi (with alapana, swarams)
4. Sogasujuda Tharamaani - Kannadagowla - Rupakam (with alapana, swarams)
5. Ninnu Chaapaka - Mandari (?) - Adi (with a little bit of alapana)
6. Gangeya Vasanadhara Padmanabha - Hameer Kalyani - Adi 2 Kalai (with alapana, swarams)
7. Kaavaava Kandaavaava - Varali- Adi (with swarams)
8. Akshaya Lingavipo Swayambho - Sankarabharanam - Misra Chapu
(Above with neraval and swarams for charanam: "Badari Vana Bhulanaayika Sahitha")
>Thani Avarthanam
9. RTP Bhairavi (Raagam and Thaanam in Adi Taalam)
Pallavi: Govinda Nadi Mukunda Nadi, Ennaka Avar Sonda Madi- Rupaka talam
Ragamalika swarams in Patyaar/Chandrakauns/Harikambodi
10. Karunaachaivaa - Kambodi - Adi
11. Harinaaraayana Govinda- Desh - Adi
12. Shree Guruvaayoogure Vilayaadum - ? - Adi
13. Appane Aiyappane - Mayamalavagowlai- Adi
14, Bhaagyatha Lakshmi Paar Amma - Madhyamavathi - Adi
15. Mangalam - ? - Adi

More comments on the kacheri coming later

rrao13 · Post by **rrao13** » 08 Apr 2008, 22:57

Can you upload the recording in Rapidshare? Is it a single large file or individual files for each krithi? Are they in MP3 format?

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:04

Unfortunately it's one large file, but it's in mp3.

rrao13 · Post by **rrao13** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:08

OK. No problem. Can you upload it in Rapidshare and post the link on this message board? Thanks.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:09

Kalyani,

Welcome to the forum, and to the band of reviewers.

You can't upload full concerts on the forum, so please don't offer/ask!

A few corrections apparent to me:

#8: akSaya linga vibhO svayambhO
#9: pallavI should be 'gOvindanaDi mukundanaDi enakkE ava(n)r sondam aDI'
#14: bhAgyada lakSmI bArammA

A couple of questions:
1. What is patyaar rAga?
2. What language was song # 12 in?

And, please do post your views and review of the concert!

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:10

More about the kacheri:

Overall, it was fairly good.
Sreevalsan Menon's sruthi suddham, clear voice, and exact enunciation of words were extremely pleasing to the ears. His Sankarabharanam alapana was very good, and his Bhairavi alapana was okay- very standard. I personally also felt that he needed more variety (at least I felt this) when ending his kalpana swarams, and he could use a little more bhaavam in singing (?)

The violinist was very good overall, although he took a little while to get warmed up. His Bhairavi raagam development was well done.
Rajna was good as usual, with an amazing thani avarthanam.

I look forward to attending another kacheri- Sikkil Gurucharan- next week. Will post on that also.

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 08 Apr 2008, 23:27

rshankar wrote:Kalyani,

Welcome to the forum, and to the band of reviewers.

You can't upload full concerts on the forum, so please don't offer/ask!

A few corrections apparent to me:

#8: akSaya linga vibhO svayambhO
#9: pallavI should be 'gOvindanaDi mukundanaDi enakkE ava(n)r sondam aDI'
#14: bhAgyada lakSmI bArammA

A couple of questions:
1. What is patyaar rAga?
2. What language was song # 12 in?

And, please do post your views and review of the concert!

Thank you for your corrections- I really appreciate it.
1- Patyaar raga is a hindustani ragam, just like chandrakauns. I have pretty much no clue about it, but I know it is rarely used/sung in classical carnatic kacheris.
2- Shree Guruvayoogure Vilayaadum was in Malayalam

Also, would it be allowed for me to upload the kacheri on rapidshare and post the link here (as mentioned above)?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 Apr 2008, 00:40

It is bhaTiyAr - not patyaar.

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 09 Apr 2008, 02:12

Lakshman wrote:It is bhaTiyAr - not patyaar.

Oops..
Thanks, and sorry.
I wasn't sure how it was spelt. When I asked Sreevalsan Menon which ragam he had sung, it sounded like he said 'paatyaar', thus the mistake.

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 09 Apr 2008, 03:24

The violinist was none other than HKN, the father of HN Bhaskar (Parur style). He lives with the Swaminathan family for several months in a year to train Rajna's younger sister, like what they did with UKS, I believe.

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 09 Apr 2008, 03:28

And no, you shouldn't post the music in any form. Technically, you aren't allowed to record that concert, since the temple makes CD's of their concerts and sells them to cover the costs of bringing him.

pkalyani · Post by **pkalyani** » 09 Apr 2008, 04:56

mri_fan wrote:And no, you shouldn't post the music in any form. Technically, you aren't allowed to record that concert, since the temple makes CD's of their concerts and sells them to cover the costs of bringing him.

- Sorry, I didn't know that. I'll delete the recording.