Sriranjani Santhanagopalan @ NGS mini 21-12-'17

[sureshvv]

Part of Tamil Music Festival conducted by Charsur

Accompanists
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M.Rajeev
K.Arun Prakash
Chandrasekhara Sharma

Song list
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1. Karunai kadaley (varnam), kalyani, adi, Tiger
2. Umayor paaganey tiruvarul puri, nattai, s @ pallavi
3. Yadukulakamboji, Thondar anju kaleerum adakki, tisra triputa, Gnanasambandar thevaram
4. Poorvikalyani, marukkulaviya malarinai, tisra jhuma tisra nadai, ns @ thirukkuravadi
5. Edayya gati, chalanata, adi, Koteeswara iyer
6. Todi, Enneramum oru kaalai thooki, adi, marimuthapillai, st @ pallavi
7. Maaley manivanna, kunthalavarali, thiruppavai
8. RTP in kapi in adi khanda nadai
Chandrasekhara krupakara dayakara ! charana malar panindhom santatam kaapeerey !!
Ragamalika swaras in reethigowla, suddha danyasi, bagheshree, nayaki, abheri, sree
11. Viruttam from Abhirami Andhadhi - udhikkinra senkathir in maand, darbari
12. Chandran oliyil avalai kanden in darbari, yamunakalyani and maand
13. Tiruppugazh, Mathiyaal uthamanaagi, surutti
14. Mangalam - Vaazhga Andhanar

Observations
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1. Delightfully slow and reposeful concert
2. There seemed to be some impedence mismatch at the beginning. Not sure if Sriranjani and KAP have performed that much together. Varnam started in very slow gait.
3. #3 was also stretched out to showcase the beautiful poetry (vandu paada, mayil aada, maan kanru thulla). She announced this as Gnanasambandar thevaram in Thirukkedara pann.
4. It seems the Neyveli family has laid claim to marukkulaviya. Have heard it so many times from both father and daughter including with an extended discussion at the MMU 2017.
5. Percussion support was fantastic for marukkulaviya. Right and left playing was very deft and it felt like a double mrdangam (sans the noise).
6. Edayya gati was sung like a major kriti. In 10 years it will be sung as submain/main, and partly because of this concert.
7. Fantastic Todi alapana, egged on by both KAP and CS. Rarely heard kriti with fantastic scope for sangathis. Again percussion team showed off their synergy.
8. Neraval & swaras were done in extended fashion with swara wise build up afforded by a 3 hour concert.
9. Thani went somewhat over my head. Seemed to start with just one tap for entire avartanam
10. Kaapi raga and tanam were presented in original fashion. This Raga also seems to be going thru some major growth with so many new facets being brought out. Violin return was dispensed with (for lack of time?)
11. Ragamalika swaras were very short lasting just one phrase for each raga, but a lot of ragas were covered.
12. Second day in a row for Abhirami Andhaadi with a Bharathiyar finish. Winning combination!!
13. Tamil slokam for mangalam. Sounded like a translation of Swasthi prajabya of Vijay Siva.

[rshankar]

Shouldn’t #2 be umaiyOr bhAganE - Siva, one (Or) part (bhAganE) of whose body is umA....?
The rAgAs for candiran oliyil she chose are different from from her grand-guru’s - I seem to remember a Sri TNS concert in the Chicago temple where he sang this in candrakauns....

[sureshvv]

Shouldn’t #2 be umaiyOr bhAganE - Siva, one (Or) part (bhAganE) of whose body is umA....?

Yes. But in Tamil, pAganE is also synonymous - I think. Tamil expers can chime in,

[sankark]

pAgan it isn't; that is for yAnaippAgan. bAgan it should be. bhAgan is sanskritizing ofcourse

[sureshvv]

Haven't you heard "kAram pAgama podungo" signifying aLavu?

[rajeshnat]

sureshvv
This 5 pm to 8 pm concert in NGS-Mini must be very convenient for both music and canteen.I and Vasanthakokilam had our 2 and half hours with Trichur brothers and 2 hours 15 minutes with Saketharaman-Trichy Sankaran. We had brief intermediate time only to order a coffee and kuzhi paniyAram. Looks you had musical RTP Kapi along with beverage KApi. At our concert closure it was late and we left .

[sankark]

after a mellinam or idaiyinam, it becomes bA. Mostly, unless you add a oRRu before to retain the vallinam characteristic

[sureshvv]

sureshvv
This 5 pm to 8 pm concert in NGS-Mini must be very convenient for both music and canteen.I and Vasanthakokilam had our 2 and half hours with Trichur brothers and 2 hours 15 minutes with Saketharaman-Trichy Sankaran. We had brief intermediate time only to order a coffee and kuzhi paniyAram. Looks you had musical RTP Kapi along with beverage KApi. At our concert closure it was late and we left .

Yes. I considered 2 concerts but decided on 1 leisurely one rather than 2 hurried ones. Canteen was not that much a criterion but now that you mention it, the Keera vadai with 3 chutneys kept me in great stead during the concert. I could hear the downstairs thani during the Kapi. Was wondering if it was Patri & Sunderkumar.

[sureshvv]

after a mellinam or idaiyinam, it becomes bA. Mostly, unless you add a oRRu before to retain the vallinam characteristic

May be she added the oRRu