Suryaprakash@hayagreevar temple (nanganaLLur) on Sept 23rd,2009
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This concert was for 2 hours and 15 minutes (inclusive of 5 minutes garlanding , mini speech). The accompanists
were SureshbAbu - violin and bAlA shankar - mrudangam. The concert had a share of big surprise , usually one does not hear RTP in temple concerts , but there was one big one.
Concert Before RTP:
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For the first 50 minutes , the concert was classically very heavy. As usual when concerts starts late, musicians take a submain like start, suryaprakAsh kickstarted with a mini slokham on lakshmi hayagreevar and launched into vasudevayAni with a great round of long swaras. The contrast of T in kalyAni was with MD in Anandabhairavi , this song was sung in vilamba kAlam ,slowly and steadily the charm of raga swaraoopam and diction excellence was very much there. Arabi followed with a detailed alApana and a semmangudi'sh narasimha mAmmava. The sarvalaghu drop was in kannadagowla and the start was from anupallavi of Ora jUpU, swaras were very manodharmic and kind of fast and gripping.
1A. slOkham "..lakshmi hayagreeva" - kalyAni -???
1B. vAsudevayaNi (S) - kalyAni - T
swaras were for 6 mins
2. kamalAmbAm rakshatu mAm(R) - Anandabhairavi - MD
alApanai for 2 minutes
3. narasimha mAmava (R) - Arabhi - ST
alApanai for 7 mins and violin for 4 mins.
4. Ora jUpU (S)- kannadagowlai -T
swaras for 6 mins
Concert After RTP:
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Post RTP there was a brief shankarabharanam alApanai with a very good rendition of mahAlakshmi(This krithi was slightly below in quality when compared to others, incidentally this krithi is not my favourite sbharanam). But the viruththam stood out with so much of classical aesthetics for about 12 mins in just 3 rAgas and he ended with the famous PD krithi immortalized by maharajapuram. BharathiyAr's vellai thamArai was gripping and incidentally the last viruththam in madhyamAvati was nice after pavamAna.
6. mahAlakshmi jagaNmAthA (RS) - shankarAbharanam - psivan
7A.viruththam agALakilE niRaiyum - sudda sArangA + nigaRiL thiruveNkatathANE - bhAgeshri +
pugazh ONriNlAdi - jaNasammOdhiNi - divya prabhaNdham.
7B.gOvinda niNNa - jaNasammOdhiNi - PD
8. vellai thAmarai - bhimplAs - Subramania bhArathiyAr
9A. nee nAma roopamulaku - sowrAshtram - T
9B. mini viruththam vandAi eN maNam puguNdhAi - madhyamAvati - ??
Accompanists:
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At the end of RTP an elderly gentleman spoke and compared the combination of suryaprakash - sureshbabu to mmi- madras govindasamy naicker. Incidentally MGN has played a lot for mmi and he is maternal grandfather of sureshbAbu.
Overall the violinist played with a lot of shruthi sowkhyam and all his returns were consistent , that too grabbing more manodharma patterns of Suryaprakash and reproducing them was excellent. BAla Shankar had a very good sarvalaghu and sound , though his response is slightly slower, nevertheless both violinist and vocalist gave a longish sangathis for a lot of strokes of mrudhangam. His tani was quite good except for his eduppu loss.
Suryaprakash@hayagreevar temple (nanganaLLur) on Sept 23rd,2
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Road To Paradise :
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The crowing glory of a concert is indeed Road To Paradise, that too if it is in a rAgA that I love the most . I asked suryaprakash at the end of the concert as to whether he planned for RTP as it was a surprise inclusion for a temple concert. Incidentally even at the end of thAnam , I was only expecting a famous krithi of MD in that rAgA , but he gave an answer that was very worthwhile to share
He said brindAvanA sArangA of dikshitar of MD is characterized by the usage of only one nishAdam, I decided that at the beginning of RTP to elaborate and bring the charm of two Nishadams. Usage of two nishAdams is brindAvani and he corrected me the RTP was in brindAvani, not brindAvana sArangA.
I dont get the diff that easily between brindavani vs brindavana sArangA. But the way it was handled was very manOdharmic to the core.The rAga alApana cascaded for 13 minutes as a cloudburst of rains (can I say he had a touch of mEgh
malhAr there), criss crossing beautifully in all the hair pin bend contours of this rAga. the violin return was crisp and excellent .
TAnam was exhilarating, he is one musician whose voice reaches a comfortable pitch and with his maNodharam both being copious, it was excellent to outstanding .The tAnam was for 7 mins continuous in classicism and then the violin return was for 3 mins.
The pallavi line was "sArasa dhala nayanA harE krishnA", the pallavi was sung excellently for about 4 mins and then very slow one avarthana swaras for about 3 minutes all in brindAvani then for 4 mins in madhyamakAlam. RAgamAliga swara downpour was fantastic in behAg, kAnadA (especially this kAnadA was so original , not resembling any of his previous or the regular MMI type of sangathis). The behAg was for 4 minutes and kAnadA was for 5 minutes with very minimal less than a minute violin return ,and then he wrapped briefly in reverse and another 3 minutes of mEl kALa brindAvani swaras .In short RTP was brilliant, it was sung as much as an established and welltested RTP in say keeravani or nattaikurinji.
6A. RTP for 46 minutes in brindAvani in the line "sArasadhala nayanA harE krishnA"
6B. tani for 7 minutes.
As usual for every Raga ,krithi, neraval or swaras or tanam there was sustained excellence from suryaprakAsh .Overall an excellent concert, I wished that the concert had gone for another 30 minutes atleast.
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The crowing glory of a concert is indeed Road To Paradise, that too if it is in a rAgA that I love the most . I asked suryaprakash at the end of the concert as to whether he planned for RTP as it was a surprise inclusion for a temple concert. Incidentally even at the end of thAnam , I was only expecting a famous krithi of MD in that rAgA , but he gave an answer that was very worthwhile to share
He said brindAvanA sArangA of dikshitar of MD is characterized by the usage of only one nishAdam, I decided that at the beginning of RTP to elaborate and bring the charm of two Nishadams. Usage of two nishAdams is brindAvani and he corrected me the RTP was in brindAvani, not brindAvana sArangA.
I dont get the diff that easily between brindavani vs brindavana sArangA. But the way it was handled was very manOdharmic to the core.The rAga alApana cascaded for 13 minutes as a cloudburst of rains (can I say he had a touch of mEgh
malhAr there), criss crossing beautifully in all the hair pin bend contours of this rAga. the violin return was crisp and excellent .TAnam was exhilarating, he is one musician whose voice reaches a comfortable pitch and with his maNodharam both being copious, it was excellent to outstanding .The tAnam was for 7 mins continuous in classicism and then the violin return was for 3 mins.
The pallavi line was "sArasa dhala nayanA harE krishnA", the pallavi was sung excellently for about 4 mins and then very slow one avarthana swaras for about 3 minutes all in brindAvani then for 4 mins in madhyamakAlam. RAgamAliga swara downpour was fantastic in behAg, kAnadA (especially this kAnadA was so original , not resembling any of his previous or the regular MMI type of sangathis). The behAg was for 4 minutes and kAnadA was for 5 minutes with very minimal less than a minute violin return ,and then he wrapped briefly in reverse and another 3 minutes of mEl kALa brindAvani swaras .In short RTP was brilliant, it was sung as much as an established and welltested RTP in say keeravani or nattaikurinji.
6A. RTP for 46 minutes in brindAvani in the line "sArasadhala nayanA harE krishnA"
6B. tani for 7 minutes.
As usual for every Raga ,krithi, neraval or swaras or tanam there was sustained excellence from suryaprakAsh .Overall an excellent concert, I wished that the concert had gone for another 30 minutes atleast.
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arasi
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Wish I had heard that sparkling (prakAsh) sun (sUryA)'s RTP! The phenomenon of the sun bringing such rain clouds and torrential rain is not a surprise when it comes to our Suryaprakash. I would have loved the (top) heavy part of the concert too.
Suryaprakash,
I have to check your blog. Have you posted your season concerts there?
After agalagilEn, what were the other pAsurams that you sang? nigaril mallarai? and??
Suryaprakash,
I have to check your blog. Have you posted your season concerts there?
After agalagilEn, what were the other pAsurams that you sang? nigaril mallarai? and??
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rajumds
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Though I live quite close to venue, I didn't know about this concert till Rajesh called by 6.30 pm from the venue. What a wonderful concert it turned out to be. A sudden downpour delayed me and I could reach only at the start of the Arabhi kriti. Suryaprakash was at his best and the Brindavani RTP was the master piece of the concert. The alapana was exquisite and the tanam was brilliant. Suryaprakash's vidwat and manodhrmam were evident in every phrase of the tanam. The pallavi was well executed with ragamalika swaras.
An excellent concert in a very religious setting on a cool Navarathri evening
An excellent concert in a very religious setting on a cool Navarathri evening