Rajnani & Gayathri @ The Music Academy, Chennai (21 Dec 2006

ram · Post by **ram** » 21 Dec 2006, 23:11

Venue: The Music Academy, Main Auditorium, TTK Road, Chennai

Date: 21 Dec 2006

Organizer: The Music Academy

Vocal: Vid. Ranjani & Gayathri

Violin: Sri H.N. Bhaskar

Mridangam: Sri Manoj Siva

Ghatam: Sri Udupi Sridhar

List of songs (partial):

1) enthO prEma (varnam) - suruTTi - Adi - pallavi gOpala iyer

2) nI bhajana gAna - nAyaki - Adi - thyAgarAja (OS)

3) inta kaN - bilahari - rUpakam - thyAgarAja (AS)

4) kA vA vA - varALi - Adi - pApanAsam sivan (O)

5) kAmAkshI (swarajati) - bhairavi - misra chApu - syAma sAstri (ANS)

.......

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

(The above list is partial as I had to leave the concert after the swarajati).

It seemed like all the mamas and mamis in town had decided to invade The Music Academy today. What else except attraction for Ranjani & Gayathri's music would explain the huge crowds that thronged the academy for a 4:45PM concert on a weekday !!

The concert was an absolutely delightful one (at least till the time I was present there). The sisters sang with a lot of involvement and with very good support from the violinist and the percussionists. "nI bhajana gAna" was sung very melodiously. The bhairavi swarajati was also sung very well, though a heavier voice would have helped highlight some portions even better. All the songs, in general, were very melodiously rendered. I might have probably been treated with an RTP had I stayed ... don't know what all I missed out on.

Source: http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/2006/12/ ... y-chennai/

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Dec 2006, 23:20

One of R and G's great attractions for me are the viruttams they sing...I have heard that their dad (a very erudite man) composes these gems they sing - they are absolutely appropriate for the composition that follows that it is uncanny...Can some one else confirm that their dad does compose these?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 21 Dec 2006, 23:59

I walked in when the Kalyani RTP (probably) was at its fag end - the hall was only about 70-80% full at that point. Swarams for Kalyani were nice...there was also an Abhang in Maru Bihag (announced) which brought the house down.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 22 Dec 2006, 12:25

Yes Ravi , her dad shri balasubramaniam composes that . They capture the attention of rasikas and they are especially very good when Smt gAyatri takes off in viruttam.