Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram - Sikkil Bhaskaran - Thiruvarur Saikrishnan - Madheswaran
Music Academy, 26th May 2006 6:30 pm
sEvikka vENDumaiyyA - AbhOgi - Adi (S)
nI dayavAi ennai ALAi - bhUpALam - Adi (S)
maravAdiru nenjamE - AndhOlikA - Adi
enna pizhaippu - gauri manOhari - Adi (R)
kAlai thUkki ninRu - yadukula kAmbhOji - Adi (R)
oru kAl siva chidambaram - Arabhi - Adi (R)
Adi kONDAr - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi
aru marundOru thani marundu - kAmbhOji - rUpakam (R N S)
kaNDEn kaNDEn - vasantA - Adi
left after this piece
The concert was some endowment. I dont recollect on whose honour.
The opening piece had good svarams. The short sketch of bhUpALam and the svarams which followed were very good. The kriti however was not upto the mark. Sadly, this was the state of most kritis in Sri Sivachidambaram's list. Quite a few kritis in the list were quite not upto the mark. I am not up against tamil kritis or composers, there are quite a few really beautiful kritis, but these werent upto the mark at all.
Rather than elaborating on each piece, personally one felt that the general opinion about the concert was, the manOdarmam part was really expectionally well handled, while each of the kriti let down the AlApanai and/or the svarams, with the exception of the AbhOgi, yadukula kAmbhOji and mAyAmALavagauLa kritis. One doesnt know if the artist were bound by any constraints about the song list and hence one would not wish to elabore. I dont wish to be harsh, but the song list was definitely a let down.
Sri Sivachidambaram did a good job with the alapanais, neraval and svarams. Taking up both yadukula kAmbhOji and kambhOji for elaborate treatment in the same concert and getting done both without mistakes is something that needs to be given credit.
The Violinst was visibly quite lost in many parts of the concert. His bowing was also quiet shrieky. The mrudangist was rather monotonous all thro' the concert. The morsing artist was good. As usual, yet again, one felt that Sri Sivachidambaram should perform with better accompanists.
bharath
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I think it was in honour of Sirkali Govindarajan, his father. All these not-so-often-heard Tamil songs used to be sung by his father, and they are great. Of course, I haven't been able to appreciate Sivachidambaram's music in the way I loved his father's music.
Noticing the type of songs that Sivachidambaram usually sings in his concerts, he doesn't sing these Tamil pieces often, I don't think. They might not have sounded so great because of lack of confidence?
It's understandable that those who aren't used to Govindarajan's type of list won't appreciate the songlist that much. Maybe it was meant to be a treat for the Tamil crowd?
It's a pity you had to leave. It's rare to find these types of concerts, especially on an artist like Seerkazhi Govindarajan, even if it was a letdown so far.
Noticing the type of songs that Sivachidambaram usually sings in his concerts, he doesn't sing these Tamil pieces often, I don't think. They might not have sounded so great because of lack of confidence?
It's understandable that those who aren't used to Govindarajan's type of list won't appreciate the songlist that much. Maybe it was meant to be a treat for the Tamil crowd?
It's a pity you had to leave. It's rare to find these types of concerts, especially on an artist like Seerkazhi Govindarajan, even if it was a letdown so far.
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rbharath
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It was definetely not in honour of his father. It was in honour of some Mrs Gounder.
I am a big fan of his father's music also.
I am afraid you have misunderstood what i said about the concert. I am not against tamil songs. defly not against rare songs. but, the kritis Sri Sivachidambaram presented in the concert were not good. And i believe any unbiased person who attended the concert would accept what i say.
I am a big fan of his father's music also.
I am afraid you have misunderstood what i said about the concert. I am not against tamil songs. defly not against rare songs. but, the kritis Sri Sivachidambaram presented in the concert were not good. And i believe any unbiased person who attended the concert would accept what i say.
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I think you misunderstood what I said. I did not suggest you are against Tamil items. I just doubt the krithis that Sivachidambaram presented were "not good". The majority of them have been sung in concerts of Govindarajan, and were well received by audiences. Perhaps it's the actual rendition by Sivachidambaram that was not so good. Unless you did not like them when sung in Govindarajan's concerts also? In that case, you would be one of the few who thought so.
As I said earlier, I'm no fan of Sivachidambaram. I don't like his singing. But I've heard the majority of krithis listed here from a fully fledged Sirkali Govindarajan, and I liked them at the time (rendition wise and krithi wise). I don't think my mind can change on the actual krithi, but it can on the actual artist. That's my view anyway.
As I said earlier, I'm no fan of Sivachidambaram. I don't like his singing. But I've heard the majority of krithis listed here from a fully fledged Sirkali Govindarajan, and I liked them at the time (rendition wise and krithi wise). I don't think my mind can change on the actual krithi, but it can on the actual artist. That's my view anyway.
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Re: Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram, Music Academy
I can understand ?Vocalists envy. A review opinion from a rasika should not carry comparison with his father. It is not fair. You dont have a single person whose music is replica of their singing parents or gurus. It is an unrefusable fact that the Sirkazis serve the Tamil music today in a big way. Audience throng and enjoy the soul filling music in the concerts except ?vocalist. I am a great fan of both Sirkazis and I admire Dr.Sirkazhi Sivasidambaram more.
As Bharath quoted singing two similar ragas, Kambhoji and yathukula kambothi without mistake is by itself a credit for the performer. No body can question his perfect diction and expression.
One has to understand that music is divine and into every being. The lay man enjoys real good music is the truth. The world doesnt get dark if the cat closes its eyes. Late member but latest views.
As Bharath quoted singing two similar ragas, Kambhoji and yathukula kambothi without mistake is by itself a credit for the performer. No body can question his perfect diction and expression.
One has to understand that music is divine and into every being. The lay man enjoys real good music is the truth. The world doesnt get dark if the cat closes its eyes. Late member but latest views.
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Re: Seerkazhi Sivachidambaram, Music Academy
I havent heard much of Dr.Sirkazhi SivaChidambaram nor Dr.Sirkazhi Govindarajan. However, I have heard some songs sung by both of them separately, and I unintentionally tend to compare them. Its mostly because not many people sing them in the concerts I goto, and when you have limited number of people singing it, I automatically tend to compare them. In that way, the father does it much much better. Its like if anyone sings Vasudevayani in GNB's tune, you automatically recall GNB. However, I do agree each singer may have his/her own style and may not have similar ways of rendering songs but if you are totally caught up with one version of a song, its hard to change the opinion, but then music by itself is so subjective that there's nothing right or wrong.
Concepts like sruthi, thalam, sahityam may be objective as its easy to prove if someone is singing the notes in the correct frequency for a given sruthi or keeping correct count of the thalam. Apart from that, things like bhavam, sowkyam, sukham, peacefulness are all subjective. Its all these subjective things that make discussions fun. All men dont enjoy all music equally, including all lay men.csmurthy wrote:One has to understand that music is divine and into every being. The lay man enjoys real good music is the truth. The world doesnt get dark if the cat closes its eyes.
Lol. One may not know where I would write comments or when I would write comments, but my comments would be there at the right place at the right timecsmurthy wrote:Late member but latest views.