Dr Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam's concert Sri Ramaseva Samithi

[vs_manjunath]

Dr Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam -Vocal
Smt Usha Rajagopal- Violin
Sri BC Manjunath- Mridangam
Sri Karthik- Ghatam

The concert started at 7 pm.

1. Shahana Varnam in two speeds

2. Ekamresha nayike(MD)- Shudda Saveri- Adi
New sangathis were heard compared to DKJ's version. Swaras at " Shudda Saveri " were refreshing

3. Bilahari(r,n,s)
Paridhana(Patnam)-K Chapu
Nereval at " Rokami " followed by Swarams

4. Detailed Bhairavi ragam and a neat presentation of the famous Purandara Dasa's song- " Odi bArayya"

5. The hallmark of the concert was an exhaustive Mayamalava Gowla ragam and the rendition of evergreen Thyagaraja's " Meru Samana". Nereval at " Ala kala ' followed by neat and complicated swaras.
Mridangam & Ghatam thani was quite enjoyable

6. Nanda Gopala(MD)- Y. kalyani- Adi sung in slow tempo was a sheer bliss !

7. Jagadodharana(PD)- Hindusthani Kaapi

8. Arul Seyya - Rasikapriya- Kotishwara Iyer reminded of her guru Sri S Rajam

9. A request from the audience : Kanaka Shaila(SS) in Punnagavarali was rendered.

The vocalist had planned for an RTP.She came to know the concert is sch till 9:15 pm and promised to sing the RTP in her next B'lore Recital.

Usha Rajagopal gave an excellent violin support following the manodharmam of the Vocalist.

[badari]

Odi barayya reminded me of Radha Jayalaksmi rendition of the same song in 1980 at the same venue... absolutely no difference.

A concert of 110% bliss and sokhyam..

8th once was a kabir bhajan. (rama govinda) and a very rare managalam (in these days where pavamama has litrally replaced all mangalam songs )song jaya mangalam ( nadanamakriya )

An awesome concert missed by many .. poor attendance to this concert .

[gardabha_gana]

Hmm... my miss.. was in 2 minds - the fact that it was starting at 7:15 (according to the program list) put me off.
When I read the songlist - I too was reminded of RJ - who used to sing Odi barayya so beautifully.

[Sundarnrao]

Dear Manjunath Sir - Thanks a ton for a wonderful review that truly gave a feel of being in the concert itself. Amazing choice of presentations from Smt. VS that reveals sprinklers of her signature soveneirs from her rich, vast and diversified repertories. Every song listed by you adds up to the guilt of missing the concert due to inability to travel to Bangalore on a working day. I could comprehend the euphoric bliss that you may be going through and may that eternal feel last until you hear her live next time. God Bless.

[vs_manjunath]

8th once was a kabir bhajan. (rama govinda) and a very rare managalam (in these days where pavamama has litrally replaced all mangalam songs )song jaya mangalam ( nadanamakriya )

badari- Thanks for the corrections & additions. I had to attend a mobile call hence missed the bhajan.

Sundarnrao- I am happy that you could get a penpicture of the concert. I know that if u had attended this concert your review would have been poetic. In this forum Sir/Madam is not generally used.

[MANI M DOCTOR]

It is sad that I missed Dr. Vijayalaxmi's concert. Where exactly was it held, which Ramasevasamithi. will you please elaborate?

[squims]

Have been missing so many good concerts at FHS since the past two weeks. Even at this moment, I could be sitting at Abhishek's concert, instead I'm stuck at the comp!

[vs_manjunath]

It is sad that I missed Dr. Vijayalaxmi's concert. Where exactly was it held, which Ramasevasamithi. will you please elaborate?

The famous Fort High School in Bangalore (near to Bangalore Gayana Samaj) was the venue in which Ramanavami Music Concerts are held for almost more than a month every year. This is 73 rd year Celebrations. Every Stalwart & top ranking artists have performed here.

squims- U cud have brought laptop to the venue and done a parallel processing. Listening the concert as well as working on u'r laptop!!!

[venkatakailasam]

Odi_Baarayya_Bhairavi_Adi_Purandaradasa from an earlier concert of Dr Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam.

Please listen at this link:

PUR 026-Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam-Odi_Baarayya_Bhairavi_Adi_Purandaradasa.mp3

venkatakailasam

[Jyeshtha]

Very nice. Is her mother tongue Kannada? She sings it with a lot of ease and never refers to any notes, from what I have seen

[hamirkalyani123]

Dr. VS is from Chennai and you can visit her web site for details.

http://www.vijayalakshmysubramaniam.com/index.html

I have had the pleasure/fortune of listening to her but this concert at Fort High School looks to me very special.

[vs_manjunath]

Dr Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam -Vocal

The venue name was wrongly typed. the error is corrected.
" Sree Rama Seva Mandali, Fort High School "

[mahesh3]

Superb concert, got to hear it on sangeethamshare. Would say that Smt. VS is having a tide turning 2011. She has always performed at a high level of quality, but that little extra spark was somewhat lacking in past concerts to me - hard to explain but for e.g. last year at the academy, I heard her Meenakshi memudham (trifle unfair considering Smt Suguna sang the same song early in the day with some scarcely believable yet top shelf bhaavam), and her Bhairavi/SindhuBhairavi RTP was such a let down for me, coz just when she was on the cusp of developing novel ideas after giving a hint of them, she would go back to a textbook sangathi. This concert was however, in a different class - the MMG and Karnataka Sudha Saveri especially - both beautifully and completely performed. Great to see her doing so well, she deserves to be in the top echelon - IMHO, musically, classically & repertoire-wise, she is many notches above her marquee women peers.