V.R.Dileepkumar in Bangalore on 8th August 2010

[kssr]

See the review of the above concert at

http://kpjayan.wordpress.com/

It seems Dileepkumar comes in the shishyaparampara of SSI. There are many good musicians from Kerala. We thank new organisations like Bheri for bringing them to the limelight. Also, I could see that it was organised by a group of young boys and girls in their 20s, who also seemed quite knowledgeable in music, by the way they were enjoying the concert. It is a very encouraging trend and such people need the support of all rasikas.

The concert itself was very good, as well. The alapana and krithi in Manoranjani (announced by VRD- I thought it was close to Gaana murthe but could not identify), was rendered beautifully. Also it is amazing how Saint Thyagaraja has composed in so many different and lesser known ragams and that too, bringing out its true individual character.

The pallavi in Behag, I felt, was unnecessary and served no special purpose. Just another good kriti would have been sufficient. However Charulatha Ramanujam on violin stole the thunder with her deep understanding of the various nuances of this tricky raga. But all said, it was a very enjoyable concert.

[braindrain]

Here is the list:

Vocal: V R Dileepkumar

Violin: Charulatha Ramanujam

Mrudangam : B C Manjunath

Songlist:

01 sarasUDa ( varNam) – sAvEri – Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer

02 gurulEka eTuvaNti – gauri manOhari – Thyagaraja ( S )

03 annapUrNE visAlAkshi – SyAma – Muthuswami Dikshitar

04 aTu kArAdani – manO ranjani – Thyagaraja ( A,S )

05 marivErE dikkum vara – latAngi – Patnam Subramanya Iyer

06 pArvati ninnu nE – kalgaDa – Shyama Shastri

07 dinamaNi vamSa – harikAmbOji – Thyagaraja ( A,N,S,T)

neraval & swara @ ‘ sarva vinuta nanu samrakshinchanu’

08 RTP – behAg – khanda triputa tisra nadai

pallavi line ‘ harE rAmachandra raghu vIra sItA vallabha’

no rAgamalika Swaram

09 eppO varuvArO – jAunpuri – GKB

10 alarSara paritApam – surutti – Swathi ThirunAl

11 mangaLa slOkam ( srI rmachandra Srutha..) – surutti – Purandara Dasa ?

[venmany]

Thank you for the encouragement and support.

BHERI is arranging another concert during the month of November.
We welcome you all.

[kssr]

What does BHERI stand for. Tell us something about it.

[rajeshnat]

The pallavi in Behag, I felt, was unnecessary and served no special purpose. Just another good kriti would have been sufficient.

kssr,
I hope you meant it in the context that since he sang a very short pallavi(because of time constraints) , he could have skipped it and instead sung a krithi.

On a side note , having downloaded few concerts of his in sangeethapriya,this musician usually skips the so called big six rAgas . He goes for rare krithis and rare rAgas and usually elaborates them. I would like to hear this particular manOranjani of his.

[kssr]

rajesh:
Not only short; but nothing outstanding, ragamalika or speed variations, etc., which normally distinguishes a pallavi. A good singer, but totally unknown in this part of the country.
I do not know if the organisers have recorded and if so it is available.

BTW, what is the feature that "characterises" a pallavi, as against , say, a neraval?

[braindrain]

I would like to hear this particular manOranjani of his.

Rajesh, an appetiser... ( from the above concert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uii9YHORJXU

[ranjanimalavi]

Very enjoyable concert.
Hari Kambhoji was very good.
Very unassuming, humble person.
He was not even bothered by the sound systems intially.

Raman

[HarishankarK]

Very true and even i have downloaded a few of his concerts from sangeethapriya
this is artiste is very talented and sings with lot of bhava and his music is very pleasant
he sings rare varnams in rare ragas like kathanakuthoohalam etc
His pathdeep rendering is particulalry interesting

[raajuks]

I heard VRD rendered patdeep as main or submain in one of his concerts (I think it was in Bangalore) - Anybody able to upload the same ?

[hariniraghavan]

VRD has very clear understanding of ragas and both manoranjani and harikambodi were presented very well. Only the pallavi did not appeal because there was no vinyasa either of the pada or the laya. It was a plain presentation of pallavi portion of any song. It will be appreciated if some one can post his patdeep.
Harini.