TM KrishnA@NGS(mini) on Sept 03rd,2008

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 04 Sep 2008, 21:46

Accompanied by RK ShrirAm KumAr - violin , guruvAyur Durai - mridangam , tv vAsan - ghatam and srirangam kannan - mOrsing

1.jAnaki pathE(??,,S) - kharaharapriyA - p.Sivan
2. nannu brOvumani ceppavE (R N)- kalyAni - BharAchalam RAmadAs
neraval at "adrija vinutuDu bhadragirIshuDu"
3A. kari kalAbA (R, NS,S) - sAveri - MD
brief neraval at "mUlAdhArA chatura pankaja madhya dhAram"
3B. tani

4. ranga bArO - mAnd -PD
5. varugalAmO - mAnji - GKB
6. gAyati vanamAli - durgA ???? - sadhAshiva brahmEndrA
7. bhujaga sayeenO nAma mangalam - yk kAmbOdhi - ST

The concert though a full bench kutcheri was only for 1 hour 40 minutes . The concert started 5 minutes early just entered half way with his kharaharapriyA and his voice appeared well settled . kalyAni alApanai was very good with though there were few sangathis that was sagging , a rare BMK popularized krithi followed .TMK was at his best , one of the finest neravals in kalyAni , he sang wonderfully in high speed fashion .

sAveri alApanai was presented quite well , one of the best numbers in sAveri was this Dikshitar's main connecting dudhi ganEsham with vinayAka chaturthi was excellent . His swaras in early half was centering beautifully in the sAveri tranquility zone , just when I wished he stayed more there , he sang fast volley of swaras , just felt possibly he could have made overall swaras little more expansive .

ranga bArO was a low key rendition , the gAyati vanamAli was nice and emotive . YK kAmbOdhi could have been sung little more slower. The missing feeling of sAveri swaras in vilambakAlam was completely offset by his wonderful top notch rendition of varugalAmO in mAnji , especially in the lines "karai kaDanthEN"

and a long silence followed by "sharanam aDaiNDEN", brilliantly

aesthetic(what a composer GKB is???) . There was a bit major

irritation too , TMK's loud thumping with both hands closer to mike completely drowned all the 3 performers in tani. I wish he pays more attention to it .

The accompanist were all just good, tv vAsan's idling was quite well compensated by kannan's mOrsing . Durai sir's play is not that suited to my taste , there were few taps more resembling thavil style that was nice , but to an extent there is a noticable delay that did not gel too well with TMK's rendition.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 04 Sep 2008, 22:42

Gayati vanamali is usually sung in hamsadwani (with madhyama sruti). This was tuned by SSI.
I have also heard it sung to Yaman Kalyani by some others.

Rajesh, are you sure it wasn't one of these?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 01:44

Rajesh,
Thank you for your review with the pause and all

ranga bArO in mAND is new to me. I have heard it in Suddha sAvEri.

gAyati in hamsadhwani and yamuna kalyani.

peanutbutter · Post by **peanutbutter** » 05 Sep 2008, 07:38

TMK sang Gayathi Vanamali in Hamsadhwani (in madhyama sruthi).

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 05 Sep 2008, 09:50

mahavishnu wrote:Gayati vanamali is usually sung in hamsadwani (with madhyama sruti). This was tuned by SSI.

Are you sure? I thought it was Dr.BMK.

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 05 Sep 2008, 20:02

concert for 1 hour 40 minutes? Doesn't make sense to me..

-hari

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 05 Sep 2008, 20:06

A mini concert in the NGS (mini) hall !

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 21:10

I have been in that mini hall many times. It IS small and not large enough for a TMK concert. There is a kind of intimacy as in a chamber concert which is nice, but again, too small a hall for TMK's concert. I bet many had to hear it istanding n the landing and the veranda.
Another thing that worries me about the hall is the combination of a lighted lamp, the end of the curtain and its swaying in the movement of a nearby fan, too close to the flame...

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 05 Sep 2008, 21:56

arasi wrote:Rajesh,

ranga bArO in mAND is new to me. I have heard it in Suddha sAvEri.

To the best of my knowledge it was mAnD , even though it is more often sung in suddasAvEri, but now with the new madhamA shruti bouncer , may be it could even be a mishra mAND in a bit of khara khara shruti

tx, peanut butter for your hamsadhwani correction.

mahavishnu · Post by **mahavishnu** » 05 Sep 2008, 23:32

Arasi, I have heard TMK sing ranga baro in mand (to be honest this is the only version that I have heard).

sureshvv: Now that you ask, I am not at all sure about who tuned it. It bears much more resemblance to BMK's style, as I hum the tune in my head. Can anyone clarify?