Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan- Bellevue WA- 03-08-08

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 11 Mar 2008, 02:03

Vocal- Neyveli Santhanagoplan
Violin- Nishant Chandran
Mridangam- Sriram Raghavan
Ghatam- Ravi balasubramanian
Vocal Support- Sanjay Subramanian (local)

Slokam sAvEri
varNam- sAvEri- sarasuda - (S)
vAtApi gaNapatim â€“hamsadvaNi- MD (R,S)
telisi rAma cintanatO- pUrNacandrikA-T (R,S)
kA vA vA â€“varALi- PS (R)
mundu venuka - darbAr-T (R,N,S)
sarasasAmadAna- kApinArAyanI â€“T
kaligiyunTE- kIravANi- T (R,N,S,T)
rAma nAmamE-dES, TSI
viruttam- darbAri kAnaDa on Lord Siva
candracUDa-darbAri kAnaDa- PD
NRNRGMGRS tillAnA- ??
mangaLam

This is my first live concert of Sri NSG. He presented the kritis in a traditional way. But it was his AlApana, neraval and swaraprastharam that I was drenched in. His alapanas were measured though- and especially when he was trailing off the varALi alapana to an end, I felt like saying thatâ€™s not enough, please donâ€™t stopâ€¦.. However it was compensated by an excellent varAli solo by the violinist and NSG was in full praise of this artist. He also excelled in replies to the kalpanaswarams throughout the concert.

The highlight of the concert was the kIravANi main with super good alapana, neraval, swaraprasthara and tani. Special mention to the violinist here again- he excelled!

The mridangam and ghatam players seemed to enjoy playing and so did NSG who was constantly praising them. NSG was supported by his student who was given chance to sing too. This performance was actually an inaugural concert for the opening of the dance and music school â€˜Abhinayâ€

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 11 Mar 2008, 02:24

The tillAnA is in pUrvi and is a composition of T.Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 11 Mar 2008, 02:59

Lakshman wrote:The tillAnA is in pUrvi and is a composition of T.Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.

Thanks Lakshman.
It sounded a bit like hamsanandi..

appu · Post by **appu** » 11 Mar 2008, 06:24

There is a commercial recording of this thillana by the late KV Narayanaswamy accompanied by Shri Palghat Raghu on the mridangam and VV Subramaniam (I think) on the violin. This was recorded at the Edinborough festival. In the concert and the recording Ustad Allah Rakha is also featured on some tracks. The mridangam thopi is to die for, Something out of this world

Bhindi · Post by **Bhindi** » 11 Mar 2008, 06:40

Is he performing anywhere in Southern California. Would love to attend, even if it means driving 3 or 4 hours.

rmdeer2000 · Post by **rmdeer2000** » 11 Mar 2008, 07:08

LA on 29th of march

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 11 Mar 2008, 09:12

A Typical NSG concert and song list... Great to hear that the concert went off well...

-hari

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 11 Mar 2008, 10:36

Thanks Suji! For a moment, the credits for Sanjay had me shocked! Also who is this mysterious "other member"? Or does he/she wish to remain anonymous?!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Mar 2008, 19:29

The pUrvi tillAnA is by Tirukkokarnam Subbarama Bhagavatar - not Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Mar 2008, 08:11

Suji,
I was traveling when you wrote this review and did not see it until now. I am glad you could finally hear NSG in person and thanks for the review.
His concerts are one of a kind and his durbar and durbAri kAnaDA are worth hearing.
I wonder if someone has his tour schedule which he or she could share with us...

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 18 Mar 2008, 08:14

Lakshman,
Are there more than one ni ri ni ri ga ma gari sa tillAnAs? I have no idea how pUrvi sounds but the one I am familiar with sounds a lot like hamsAnandi. Does pUrvi resemble hamsAnandi?

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 18 Mar 2008, 09:18

arasi wrote:Lakshman,
Are there more than one ni ri ni ri ga ma gari sa tillAnAs? I have no idea how pUrvi sounds but the one I am familiar with sounds a lot like hamsAnandi. Does pUrvi resemble hamsAnandi?

Arasi,
I too thought hamsAnandi at the concert but had doubts then itself. The clear distinction is M2 in hamsAnandi.
The two ragas differ in Ma - M1 in pUrvi and M2 in hansAnandi.

The scale is similar otherwise except that there is Pa in descent in pUrvi.

pUrvi: SR1G3M1D1N3S/SNDPMGRS
hansAnandi: SR1G3M2D1N3S/SNDMGRS

I am not familiar with pUrvi too

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 18 Mar 2008, 09:39

MDR's Purvi: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/harihara ... DR-MC-PMI/

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 18 Mar 2008, 09:44

KVN's rendition, sometimes labelled Hamsanandhi and sometimes Poorvikalyani, but the same as MDR's: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/murthy/1 ... eri---RTP/

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 18 Mar 2008, 09:58

Both are the same I think..
MDR's is slow tempo and KVN' s is fast ?

ni ri ni ri ga ma ga ri sa. rAgA: pUrvi. rUpaka tALA.

P: ni ri ni ri ga ma ga ri sA ni ri ga ma dha ma ga ri ma ga ri sa
ni ri ga ma dha ma dha ni ni ma dha dha ga ma dha ma ga ri sa ni
A: ni ri ga ma dha ma dha dha sA ma dha sA ni ri ni dha ma dha sA
ni ga ri ni ri ni dha ni dha ma dha dha ri ri ri ni dha ma dha ma ga ri sa
nAdhru tAnitOm tomdhru tAnitOm udara nadara tAni tAni udarana dani tOm (3 times)
dhitlAm kiTatakatOm dhitlAm kiTatakatOm dhilAm kiTatakatOm (3 times)
C: niSAda riSabha gAndhAra madhyama shaDja pancamOddhAtAnutAta svarita prajaya praNavAkAra nitya
nirAmaya nirmala nigamAnta pratibhAva nirupama niravadhi sukhada girIsha nirAdha niranjani nirguNa brahmAtrI
nAdhru tanitOm tomdhru tanitOm

we have distinguish M2/M1 here

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 18 Mar 2008, 18:35

arasi wrote:

Lakshman,
Are there more than one ni ri ni ri ga ma gari sa tillAnAs? I have no idea how pUrvi sounds but the one I am familiar with sounds a lot like hamsAnandi. Does pUrvi resemble hamsAnandi?

As far as I know this is the one and only tillAnA in pUrvi.