K L Kaushik - Flute, Music Academy

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Apr 2007, 11:12

K L Kaushik - Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan - S J Arjun Ganesh

Music Academy Mini Hall. HCL Concert Series
21 April 2007. 6:30 pm

entO prEma - suruTTi - Adi - TT (short sketch)
mEru samAna - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - T (short sketch, NS)
ennaDu nI krupa - vAcaspati - Adi - PSI (short sketch, NS)
sarasija nAbha - tODi - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
divAkara tanujam - yadukulakAmbhOji - Ekam - MD (short sketch)
padavini - sALagabhairavi - Adi - T
giripai nelakona - sahAnA - Adi - T (RS)
tani Avarththanam
parulanna mATa - kApi - rUpakam - DS
krishNA nI bEganE - yamunakalyANi - misra cApu - Vyasaraja
rAma baktha hanumAn - jOnpuri - Adi - Suguna Purushottaman
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The Flute Recital of Sri Kaushik was very classical and all pieces were very well rendered. The AlApanais of tODi and sahAnA were filled with classical phrases with all the necessary sancarams. The short sketches of mAyAmALavagauLa and vAcaspati were good as well. The rendition of the kritis, especially divAkara tanujam, was very moving. It was a very classical concert. Sri Kaushik is a man to watch out for, in future. He is definitely going to go places and earn a name for himself in the field of Music.

Sri Kaushik on the fiddle, was good in some parts. Sri Arjun Ganesh was very good in all parts of the concert and played very well according to the kritis. The tani was good as well.

bharath

PS: short review for want of time.

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 25 May 2007, 07:41

Recently, I went to a N Ramani concert, my first "instrumental" concert in a long time, since I am a thru and thru "vocal" person, always needing to listen to the sahityam followed by the violin accompaniment to be able to appreciate the raga/sahitya intricacies...I've been lost at quite a few violin concerts, just listening to the ragas come and go...not being able to tell if a Kharaharapriya was a "Rama Nee SamAna Evaru" or a "Rama Nee Yeda"

While the concert was good, absence of neraval, lack of a sustained/in-depth taanam were noticeable...is this a facet of all flute concerts? Granted that N Ramani is a senior artist, and performing at this age is in itself commendable.

So, for normal flute artist in a prime age like Sashank etc, what r the particulars/hallmark of a flute concert? Is a neraval performed? I do know that the RTP lines r usually sung out...but is this done for a neraval also? I'd like to know of the flute artists of yore, and hat made them special. I've heard Mali's alapanas, and if memory serves me right, I dont recall a violin accompanying him in the Mohanam alapana that Kulkarniji uploaded a few months ago...Is this a recent development?

Can we discuss?

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 25 May 2007, 10:36

Mahesh, I think that Mohanam alaapanai did have violin accompaniment by MC, if I'm not mistaken, and there was nice interplay between flute and fiddle towards the end of the alaap. I have heard a lot of Mali concerts with violin accompaniment, but I have personally always found it rather strange for an instrument to be accompanied by another instrument. Then, the music just sounds rather repetitive, especially during neraval. The major component of neraval, in my opinion, is the beauty of the sahithyam, and it is nearly totally lost in instrumental neravals unless the neraval line is sung out, and even then subsequent patterns are confusing. I have attended some instrumental concerts where no neravals are performed, and I think this works just fine. I like vocal and instrumental concerts, but as you mentioned, I frequently get lost during instrumental renditions of krithis, and as a result, get bored as well.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 May 2007, 12:52

While the concert was good, absence of neraval, lack of a sustained/in-depth taanam were noticeable...is this a facet of all flute concerts?

here is a 47 minute nagumomu-abheri by NRamani-MSG -?? at Ayodhya Mantap from the early 80s.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uikxg5

While admitting that we will get nowhere if we start discussing Malis style in this context, Please see if this sample is good enough to change an opinion.

I will get back with KSG's renderings ,since in my humble opinion , his recitals have EVERYTHING that I love and expect in a Flute Concert.

PS
Sam and other "Parur" fans.
This is a real treat for you guys.

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 25 May 2007, 18:02

Bilahari,

U r right. I remember that wonderful interplay towards the end...perhaps the violin accompaniment in the early parts did not distract from the beauty of the flute? When it comes to carnatic music, I've realized memory doesnt always work well! What has already been heard always tends to sound better....

A concert without a neraval/taanam works fine, if atleast few of the raga choices r not "lite". The concert above is an example...yadukulakambodhi/thodi as opposed to mohanam/kharaharapriya/abheri...i like these ragams too...

Be back, got an abheri to listen to!

coolkapali · Post by **coolkapali** » 25 May 2007, 20:10

Mahesh i dont know how u termed Karaharapriya as light.......oh come on.....its got lot of azhuttham...which most og the ghana ragas require.

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 25 May 2007, 20:15

Coolkapali, Dint mean to....I can see how that could have happened, since I referenced the previous statement with "lite". Sorry abt that, infact, Kharaharapriya is one of my personal favorites...the treatment differs, in this ragam tho depending on the artist.

By the way, K-ji, I haven't heard enough number of flute concerts to even have an opinion...

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 25 May 2007, 20:23

coolkarni wrote:I will get back with KSG's renderings ,since in my humble opinion , his recitals have EVERYTHING that I love and expect in a Flute Concert.

I wholeheartedly concur! He is just too good.

I have 3 concerts of his and I wish I had more. A lot lot more!

Arun

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 May 2007, 22:06

Just let me know the main items of those three concerts and we can have a feast , with the rest at my disposal !!

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 25 May 2007, 22:12

Ah KSG - There was a concert on sangeethapriya with Kalyani as the main item. I didn't listen to anything else for a week. Absolute gem.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 25 May 2007, 22:34

one with MSG: entamuddO, nAdalOluDai, rAma kata sudha

one with TRukmani: SrI nArada (ah-ah! soaked in sugar!), evari mATA, RTP in tODI where TR picks a "complementing" raga in response to the raga KSG choses in the rAgamAlika section

These 2 are my all time favorites. The violin accompaniment in both are topnotch.

The other one is a detroit concert (gOvardana girIsha, evari mATa, RTP in brindavana Saranga) - i dont listen to this one as much as other other 2.

PS: i had initially got the details wrong for the first concert - it was enta muddO and not teliyaleru (which is in the TRukmani concert). The "text file" along with the concert has the ensemble as KSG - MSG - UKS.

Arun

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 25 May 2007, 22:39

http://www.sendspace.com/file/653pqf

Nadaloludai with Chandru - deadly combination !!!

To be continued in a separate dedicated thread .

mahesh33 · Post by **mahesh33** » 26 May 2007, 01:03

MC makess it sound like Chandrakauns...real nice one, Kji

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 26 May 2007, 01:05

it is kalyaNavasantam, which is like chandrakauns in arohanam, but is sampurnam (kIravANi mELA) in avarohanam.

Arun