Sanjay Concert on 5th Dec2008 (Margazhi Maha Utsavam - JayaT

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 06 Dec 2008, 13:36

Another stellar performance by Sanjay!!! The topic chosen by Sanjay was compositions of Dandapani Desikar and there were a few songs that were tuned by DD also. The details are:

Vocal: Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Violin: S Varadarajan
Mridangam: Neyveli Venkatesh

Song list:
1. Vaazhdhiduvom Vareer - Arabhi
2. Adiyenai Kaatharulvaai - Kamboji
3. Paada Vendumey - Hamsanaadham
4. Kadavulai Maravaadhey - Tandavam
5. Naavukkarasi Gnanakk-kozhundhai - Hemavathi
6. Viruttam in Sahana (Nice one) followed by Oho Kalame - Sahana
7. Thunbham Nergayil - Desh
8. Narayananai Thuttipai - Komalangi

Out of this 6 is by Vedanayakam Pillai, 7 is by Bharathidasan.

For me the highlight certainly was Hemavathi, Hamsanadham, Desh and Sahana in that order. Sanjay alone has the ability to take any topic and turn the concert into a masterpiece, sheerly thro' his vidwat and the way he delivers. He is not constained by the fact that the krithis may be unheard off.

Hats off to the master for making it a memorable evening.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 06 Dec 2008, 16:57

Thanks - could you also indicate which items were elaborated - Hemavathi?

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 06 Dec 2008, 21:03

Cannot imagine how nice this concert must have been! As well as Sowmya's Jaya TV concert.
I guess the next month for me is going to be depressing, reading thru all the wonderful concerts I'm missing, while I'm slogging for some random projects hoping it will make a difference in the economy ! Hmmmm..

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 06 Dec 2008, 22:06

Hemavathi was the main item of the concert and was just awesome. Raga elaboration was done for Kamboji, Hamsanadham and Tandavam also.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 06 Dec 2008, 22:20

Thanks sridrect

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 06 Dec 2008, 22:21

Ragam Tandavam-what is this ragam like?Can anyone throw some light on this ragam?

ram · Post by **ram** » 06 Dec 2008, 22:37

ArOhaNam: S G3 P D2 N3 S
avarOhaNam: S N3 D2 P G3 S

deepsands02 · Post by **deepsands02** » 07 Dec 2008, 01:29

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PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 07 Dec 2008, 04:56

So it is valaji with kakali nishadam instead of kaisiki.Thanks.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Dec 2008, 12:38

Is nArAyaNanait tudippAi Desikar's composition? I do not find it in our Lakshman's list of his compositions.

Some corrections in the song list words:
aDiyEnaik kAttiDuvAi
pADa vENDumE iSaip pAvin poruLai
kaDavuLai maRavAdE nannenjE
nAvukkaraSE

vAzhndiDuvOm vArIr or vAzhtiDuvOM?
I suppose deepsand will help us with this.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 07 Dec 2008, 14:17

Eagerly waiting for Jaya TV to start telecasting...

Sridrect

Any interesting Question and Answers. Sanjay is famous in answering questions in his own style !!!!

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 07 Dec 2008, 17:10

Incidentally ,I think2008 is MMD'S BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR..Was any function arranged in this connection by any of the sabhas to pay our respecs to him.? what a majestic voice he possessed! vengala dhwani! Is 'arula vendum thaye 'in saramati raagam his composition? what an emotional, tear jerking song!.gobilalitha

ram · Post by **ram** » 07 Dec 2008, 19:33

arasi wrote:Is nArAyaNanait tudippAi Desikar's composition? I do not find it in our Lakshman's list of his compositions.

vAzhndiDuvOm vArIr or vAzhtiDuvOM?
I suppose deepsand will help us with this.

Sanjay says in one of his blog posts that "nArAyaNanai" is a composition of rAghava rAmAnuja dAsar and has been tuned by Desikar

The Arabhi song was "vAzhndiDuvOm vArIr"

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Dec 2008, 21:16

Thanks, Ram. Prompt as ever...

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 07 Dec 2008, 21:20

It is "Vaazhn-dhiduvom-vareer" - Arabhi.
Ram you are correct. The last song "Narayananai..." is composed by rAghava rAmAnuja dAsar.

Sanjay has explained in his blog entry as to how he chose DD as the topic this year. It is indeed DDs centenary year and Sanjay has paid a true tribute. The last 3 songs in the song list has been tuned by DD.

The film "Nandanaar" is a classic of DD and the movie remains very fresh even in today's time. I recently bought a CD of the film and really enjoyed watching the movie. Ofcourse DD has rendered some golden songs in the film, including "Pittam Teliya", "Varugalamo", "Ayye Methakadinam", "Ennappan Allava..".

Coming to the Q&A session in the Sanjay concert, as usual his responses were "true Sanjay" style for some heavy-duty questions. He had a take on Lec-Dem sessions during concerts and said that he preferred only to sing and if someone wanted to chat they are very much welcome to his house

There was a question about no Carnatic music w/o bhakthi, for which he said referring to a dialogue from "Mug...Tuglaq" movie (Cho movie), that he would leave it to the next days artiste.

There was also a Q on too much media hype in todays world and he took a dig at people using or getting unnneccessary media exposure (?).

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 08 Dec 2008, 05:57

sridrect wrote:There was a question about no Carnatic music w/o bhakthi, for which he said referring to a dialogue from "Mug...Tuglaq" movie (Cho movie), that he would leave it to the next days artiste.

Was the artiste featured on the next day Sri TMK, or Smt Bombay Jayashree?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Dec 2008, 07:36

Ravi,
After reading (hearing about) the never-ending thread on TMK on the forum, I bet whosoever sang the next day would have passed on the question to the following day's performer. Tamizh saying: enakkuvENDAm pUSanikkAi (Pass the buck)!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 08 Dec 2008, 08:34

Arasi, ha! I was thinking exactly that it was much too coincidental that such a question was asked at the same time such a vibrant discussion was happening here. Not that it's a novel question.

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 08 Dec 2008, 08:56

The next day artiste was Sudha Raghunathan

(I guess Sanjay would have known that):-)

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 08 Dec 2008, 10:56

On the same topic, Sanjay pointed out that the question should be appropriate to the person answering also, i.e. you should not ask the maths teacher science questions

He also mentioned that Religion and Philosophy were not his forte' neatly side-stepping this issue!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 08 Dec 2008, 11:48

Yeah, it was a typically diplomatic response from Sanjay. Also on lec-dems, it would be good if he can do some - not in concerts but as a separate program. CM could really use communicators like him

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 08 Dec 2008, 16:20

Ah! Just as I expected. Even the side-stepping would have had substance and humor...

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 08 Dec 2008, 16:41

expecting reply from some member about my reference(post no12) io song 'arulavendum thaye' in saramati raaga gobilalitha

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 08 Dec 2008, 17:16

Reply to post # 12:

"Arula Vendum Thaye..." in Saramathi is indeed a composition of DD.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 08 Dec 2008, 23:39

Wish we could hear this concert from start to finish - what a list!

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 09 Dec 2008, 00:54

I second that! I want to hear this from start to finish! Hope someone will make it happen in the form of a CD or DVD!!!

sridrect · Post by **sridrect** » 09 Dec 2008, 11:04

JayaTV will telecast an edited version of this concert sometime after Dec-15th. The usual timing for this telecast is around 6pm to 7pm. Watch out and do not miss this Sanjay special.