Raji Gopalakrishnan @ Brhama Gana Sabha on 15/12/2008

Dhanavendra · Post by **Dhanavendra** » 15 Dec 2008, 20:10

I wanted to listen to Raji Gopalakrishnan from the beginning but unfortunately I reached late. Her soothing Kanada ragam was soul stirring. It was followed by Kanthimathi annai (I think it is a composition of Papanasam Sivan) Is'nt it? If Kanada was soothing, Neevaadane gaana in Saranga was exhilarating. The main ragam Mohanan was very well rendered for which the Kriti was Nanu Palimpa and the kalpanaswaram was great. Her bhajan in Aamir Kalyani stirred my heart. She deserves to be in the limelight much more than she is right now.
Did anyone listen from the beginning? Kindly keep me posted.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Dec 2008, 21:43

Dhanavendra wrote:She deserves to be in the limelight much more than she is right now.
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I fully agree with you there. Her music is very chaste and she has a weighty and emotive voice.

By any chance did she sing our shri rAmarAj compositions??

SMV · Post by **SMV** » 15 Dec 2008, 23:34

Hi all,
Been visiting this interesting forum as a guest... but wasn't sure whether to join as a member... guess there are quite a few artistes as well, so thought y not!

Anyways here is the complete list of songs of my teacher's concert.

1) Varnam - Madyamavathi
2) Ganapathiye - Karaharapriya - Papanasam Sivan - Adi (S)
3) Ramanukku Mannanmudi - Hindolam - Arunachala Kavirayar - Adi (S)
4) Seshachala Nayakam - Varali - Sri M.Dikshitar - Rupakam (RNS)
5) Kaanthimathi Annai - Kaanada - Papanasam Sivan (R)
6) Neevaadanee Gaana - Saranga - Sri Thyagarajar - (S)
7) Nannupaalimpa - Mohanam - Sri Thyagarajar - (RNST)
8) Darshan Dena - Hamir Kalyani - Rasik Das Bhajan
9) Raama naamame thudi - Desh - Tanjore Shankara Iyer
10) Thillana - Kamas.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 16 Dec 2008, 17:53

Warm welcom SMV , I think u are upcoming artist SM VilAsini. Best wishes for your season,assuming you are stationed in madras , unfortuanately your guru is now in US (that is what I have heard from gobilalitha), IIRC Smt rAji was stationed in dubai few decades before and now in US . She must have filled the gap between arunA sAyeeram and gAyathris , just location location location how important is that?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Dec 2008, 18:07

Raji Gopalakrishnan sings from the heart. A big plus. She has a definite yen for aesthetics. An even bigger plus. And she does not play to the gallery. Possibly the biggest plus

This is how Smt. Lalitaa Krishnan opens her review of Smt. Raji Gopalakrishnan's concert in today's edition of the Hindu, echoing the sentiments of many of the posters here.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Dec 2008, 22:28

Rajesh,
Had I the time that day when I met you for those few moments, I would have asked you about Ramaraj. How is he doing nowadays? Is it possible to meet him?

Vilasini,
Welcome to Rasikas. Did we meet after your guru's concert at NGS last year, Ramaraj introducing us? I have heard your guru a few times and Rajesh is right. Does she live in the US now?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Dec 2008, 22:35

I have the same question? If any of you meet him during the season pl convey my regards. I do not want to encroach on his recovery phase. But wish to see him at the Forum when he is OK.

Pl get the news on him!

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 16 Dec 2008, 22:42

I have been wanting to check on him too considering he is my neighbour. I will do so maybe tomorrow and let you all know.

jananee · Post by **jananee** » 16 Dec 2008, 23:15

She is very much in Chennai. She does travel to Canada and US for a few months every year.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 17 Dec 2008, 09:33

jananee wrote:She is very much in Chennai. She does travel to Canada and US for a few months every year.

The first sentence is very heartening. If she travels for few months to US and canada , hope the NRI rasikAs there grab the oppurtunity to listen to this musician.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 17 Dec 2008, 09:54

Btw who were the accompanists ?

JB

SMV · Post by **SMV** » 17 Dec 2008, 23:23

Hi everyone.

As Janani maam says.. My guru is very much in Chennai n travels to Canada n US for few months.

@ Rajeshnath sir : Thank you so much sir for ur wishes

@ Arasi Maam : Yes maam, we meet after my guru's concert at NGS last year n Ramraj mama introduced us.

@ JB sir : The accompanists were Satish Kumar on the violin, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan on Mridangam and Adambakkam Shankar on Ghatam.

Btw Ramraj mama is now feeling better n getting back to his self. He had come to 2 of my concerts. He is missing the forum badly n hopes to come back soon.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Dec 2008, 23:45

Vilasini,
Thank you for filling us in about Ramaraj. Is it possible to talk to him on the phone at least? You may send me an E-mail through the forum or post it here if it all right with him.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 17 Dec 2008, 23:46

Could you post your guru's forthcoming concert dates here?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2008, 00:20

Thanks for the news on Ramaraj.
I sure hope to welcome him back to the Forum hale and hearty!

SMV · Post by **SMV** » 18 Dec 2008, 22:04

Arasi Maam,
Will mail you mama's no.
My Guru's up coming concerts are:

23 rd : Music Academy @ 9.15 am
24 th : Kapali Fine Arts @ 7.00 pm
28 th : Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha @ 4.00 pm

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 18 Dec 2008, 22:26

Yes, we're all looking forward to having our Ramaraj sir back on the forum and with new krithis for us to listen to! Wishing him the very best.

kedharam · Post by **kedharam** » 24 Dec 2008, 05:02

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