Sanjay, Carnatica's Bharatiya Sangeet Utsav

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 06 Nov 2008, 18:13

Sanjay - S Varadarajan - B Harikumar - N Guruprasad

Carnatica's Bharathiya Sangeet Utsav
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
31st October 2008 5 pm

viribhONi - bhairavi - aTA - PA
siva chidambaramE - nAgasvarAvaLi - Adi (S)
srI kamalAmbhikAyAh - sahAnA - tisra tripuTa - MD (RN)
evvarE rAmayyA - gAngEya bhUshaNi - Adi - T (R)
sivakAma sundari - mukhAri - Adi - PS
enduku dayarAdurA - tODi - misra cApu - T (RNST)
kANi nilam vENDum - rAga mAlikA - catusra Ekam (tisra naDai)
viruttam - mOhanam, suddha dhanyAsi
brindAvanam iduvO - suddha dhanyAsi - Adi - PS
rINamadanuta paripAlayamAm - bEhAg - Adi - ST
vAzhiya sentamizh - madhyamAvati

It was a nice concert. The sahAnA was very good. gAngEya bhUshani was good as well. The main tODi was a little off beat with a lot of flat svarams. Accompanists were good as well.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 07 Nov 2008, 20:01

The gAngEya bhUShaNi's AlApanai was very "evolved", and more than ordering the svarams together (which is a tempting thing for obscure mELakarta rAgams), and from this, I was sure that it was a kriti that would follow rather than an RTP.

The tukkaDA session was very good. The violinist's tODi was very good. During the main artist's tODi AlApanai some new syllables 'Tu' were introduced which I never expected in tODi after such an orthodox sahAnA and evolved gAngEya bhUShaNi.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Nov 2008, 20:23

'nanna', 'taranna nanna' 'tadari nanna', 'ta', 'tutta' are some anchoring syllables in rAgA singing. This 'tu' you mention is one such. In a lighter vein, even the most familiar rAgam once in a rare moment may elude you.
Seeing a rasikA struggle with it, Sanjay might have thrown in a handful of 'tu's to jog the memory of the listener and he would have got the ''di' bit (tODi) with the hint!

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 07 Nov 2008, 21:02

But a Ragam's 'orthodox' exposition has to do with the manner in which the Ragam is sung rather than the syllables used for elaborating the Ragam as such:) Some great Vidwans both past and present would fail to qualify as being 'orthodox' if one is keen on only certain syllables being used.
Sathej

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 07 Nov 2008, 21:23

The 'Tu' was the retroflex, i.e., t as in petti = case, pattu = silk.

It is of course subjective, but I think Tu doesn't really suit Todi, as it is a "cute" and "joyful" syllable. And rbharath, of course, mentioned the usage of flat notes which definitely isn't orthodox for Todi.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 07 Nov 2008, 22:30

Talking of flat notes in Thodi, there is this 6 minute rendition of Kaddannu Variki by the inimitable Shri Maharajapuram Vishvanatha Iyer. TMK too mentions it often in his lec dems. It was there in Music India earlier, don't know if its still there. One would just fail to recognise it as Thodi if it were not for the Krithi. Actually, the entire rendition is dominated by flat notes. But yes, of course, a flat note Thodi isn't quite appealing to me

Sathej

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 08 Nov 2008, 05:35

sathej - is it this one: http://sangeethamshare.org/sunil/thyaga ... i--MVI.mp3 ?

Arun

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 08 Nov 2008, 08:02

Shouldn't that file have been named kaddAnu-vAriki--sindhu bhairavi--Adi--MVI.mp3

(j/k)

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 08 Nov 2008, 08:15

@Arun,
Yes, its the same one..

@vasanthakokilam,
Sindubhairavi would indeed have been apt

Sathej