TNS at Gayana Samajam 16th Jan 2008

braindrain · Post by **braindrain** » 17 Jan 2008, 15:21

I was waiting for Sowmya or others to give the details..
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Vocal : Sri T N Seshagopal

Violin : S D Sridhar

Mrudangam : Sri Guruvayur Dorai

Ganjira : N Amrut

Harikeshanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar Krithis..

Another superb concert by TNS. He was in outstanding form through out. The voice was stable barring a couple of instances. He started his concert with a guruvandana slokam , possibly written by himself , and how appropriate !! The first half of the concert was with full of anecdotes , stories , narration of incidents and explanations which itself was a case to talk about.

Guruvayur Dorai was brilliant. He anticipated very well and was the only person on stage who could follow TNS properly , and Amrut followed Dorai very well. S D Sridhar on violin was below par, and that took away some shine from the otherwise a classy concert. There were no violin reply for many of the raga alapana of TNS.

Here is the concert song list :

01 Slokam (mandasmitha mukha ) - nAttai - TNS ?

He started the concert with a Guru vandana Slokam on Sri Muthaiah Bhagavathar, and what a way to begin. He offeres his respects to his â€œparamaguruâ€

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 17 Jan 2008, 19:31

Hi,
Any commercial or legal recording of TNS's detailed sankarabaranam alapana (any song will do) avilable ?

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 17 Jan 2008, 20:59

Yes, Academy concert with Mysore Manjunath and TK Murthy - 1997[?] IIRC. A breath taking Akshayalingavibho with a neraval at Badari vana mula! Outstanding. I got it off AVM records ages ago!!!!!

sowmya · Post by **sowmya** » 17 Jan 2008, 23:16

braindrain wrote:I was waiting for Sowmya or others to give the details..

Well, I was hoping somebody else would. I was late for the concert [entered for the Malahari piece], and left early. So I thought somebody else should provide the complete list. Anyway, I was not that impressed with the concert. His selections were very good, and Vallinayaka was rendered well, but I didn't like the rest, especially his alapanas.. We left just as he started the Shankarabharanam kriti.

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 17 Jan 2008, 23:25

Mahesh,

Thanks for the information.

About the concert: I was thinking he will deliver an RTP in rare ragas as HMB is famous for rare ragas like Vijayanagiri and Vijayasaraswathi or valaji.

vigneshbal · Post by **vigneshbal** » 17 Jan 2008, 23:58

I was not that impressed with the concert. His selections were very good, and Vallinayaka was rendered well, but I didn't like the rest, especially his alapanas

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good... Finally a rasika dared to make this statement... keep it up..

Ramam · Post by **Ramam** » 18 Jan 2008, 16:05

The violinist never kept in line with the alapana(intricate aspects/notes esp hamsanandi ,the vocalist desired), the mridangam was good but somehow did not match to the tempo of the singer, the khanjira was mostly watching. Yet, Sridhar did a good job while playing alapana in reply and so the thani. Dorai goes very well with TNS but not that day . The same Gayana Samaja TNS has given a Shankarabharana which remains one the best I heard. It was a bit dull overall.