Papanasam ashok ramani @ brahma gana sabha on 15-12-2009

raslkan · Post by **raslkan** » 16 Dec 2009, 17:42

Papanasam ashok ramani gave a scintillating tamil concert yesterday.

accompaniments;

sri.S.Varadarajan-Violin

Sri.B.Harikumar-mridangam

Sri.Alathur rajaganesh-kanjira.

The songs list:

1) Aanma gananm- varnam- Sudha danyasi -Adi

2)Karunai seivoi- hamsadhwani-Adi-Papanasam sivan

3)Ini oru kananm-sriranjani-Adi- papanasam sivan(R,S)

4)Marukulaviya-Purvi kalyani-chatustra rupakam(tisra nadai)-thirupugazh(R,N,S)

5)Puniyam oru-Keeravani-Adi-periya sami thooran(R,N,S)

6)kallalin-Virutham in valaji,kapi followed by
Isan anabar-kapi-Rupakam-papanasam sivan

7)Nara hari-Surya-Adi-Rukmini ramani

8)Thillana-Behag-adi-P.S

9)karpagame-madhyamavathi-Adi-P.S

The sriranjani raga elaboration by PRA and SV was the highlight and i attended his concert after one year and very happy that PAR'S voice is in superb form. Sri.Harikumar's accompaniment was awesome throughout the concert.

Raslkan

dundubi1944 · Post by **dundubi1944** » 20 Dec 2009, 22:35

even the contrived review in Hindu admits his voice was in bad shape so your claim is surprising and needs kilo of salt. Hindu reviewer says audience has come to accept the bad voice, why then he is singing in BGS to only family, students and otherwise empty hall? review seems to have been written under duress or inducement as on same sheet the reviewer has blasted kirnvali shankar for bad voice! very unfair on the lady.

uma1973 · Post by **uma1973** » 20 Dec 2009, 22:42

dundubi1944 your post is not clear, why kiranavali and ashokramani has been blasted??

some times voice get affected due to bad weather conditions and other reasons, a singer could produce good music with nyana bhavam despite poor condition of his/her voice

dundubi1944 · Post by **dundubi1944** » 20 Dec 2009, 22:54

i find difficult to belive with the state of voice ramanis concert was preferable to kiranavalis or any singer for the mater but that is what the same reviewer has indicated which is unfair and probably dishonest. Hindu is trying to prop up some singers but then they should give same overhype to everybodey then. corrupt reviewers should be kicked out.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 20 Dec 2009, 23:33

dundubi, I read both reviews in the Hindu. The same Hindu reviewer was not so kind to kiranavali's concert. But let us not drag rasikan's opinions about this concert into the displeasure about this Hindu reviewer.

Here is the Hindu review of this concert: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article66896.ece

(fyi, the kiranavali review is here: http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article66978.ece but as much as possible, let us keep this thread for any discussion of Ashok Ramani concert)

smriti · Post by **smriti** » 21 Dec 2009, 00:04

I have nothing to say about Sri Ashok Ramani here as I did not attend the concert mentioned above. But my grandfather read Ms. Kiranavali's review in the Hindu with incredulity. He asserted that there was nothing wrong with her voice or singing that day. He was very surprised that the reviewer did not have a single good thing to say about the concert, which in his opinion was "much better than the average stuff doled out by many in Chennai on a regular basis". He is sure that there is some serious bias.