Thirukkarugavur G Srinivasa Raghavan - Usha Rajagopalan - Trichur C Narendran - S Ganesan
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
7 April 09. 6:45 pm
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ranjitamu kala - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - Katsanam Srinivasa Avadhani [varNam] (short sketch)
vandEnisamaham - hamsadvani - Adi - MV (S)
ElA nI daya rAdu - aTANA - Adi - T
sivAnanda kAmavardani - kAmavardani - misra cApu - GNB (RNS)
bhuvinidAsuDanE - srI ranjani - Adi - T (S)
angArakam AsharayAmyaham - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (R)
singAravElavan vandAn - Ananda bhairavi - Adi
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
paripAlincuvani - suddha sAvEri - kaNDa cApu - Thiruvisanallur Venkataramana Bhagavatar
siru viral naRRaDavi parimAra - kEdAragauLa, mOhanam, hindOLam, nIlAmbari - Azhvar pasuram
mAdhava mAmava dEvA - nIlAmbari - Adi - NT
nERRandi nEratilE - husEni - rUpakam - Subbaramayyar [tamil padam]
sAramaina mATalendu - bEhAg - rUpakam - ST
agaramum Agi - suddha sAvEri - Thiruppugazh
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
srI rAmacandra srutapArijAta - slOkam in madhyamAvati
It is a story on how we got to have this concert arranged in the first place. During our discussions on whom to be featured for the concert, we were going through the musicians' directory and the President of Music Club, Prof. Narendran was pleasantly surprised to spot some of the names, which he said were those of people who were regular in concert circuits once upon a time, in the afternoon slots but have not been seen in chennai for a long time. Some of them were current contacts and some of them old. We got to finding whereabouts of some of them and eventually with the help of a fellow member at www.rasikas.org got the contacts of Sri Srinivasa Raghavan and asked him for a concert. He readily accepted and it was indeed an wonderful concert that he presented at our club.
Starting with a short sketch of simmEndra madyamam, one was clueless what was coming up. The rare varNam, a composition in praise of Saint Thyagaraja was beautiful. It made a very good start and it was followed up with a peppy hamsadvani piece, with a quick round of svarams. aTANA piece was rendered with all usual sangatis rendered in a very impressive fashion.
The first AlApanai for the evening, kAmavardani was rendered in a traditional fashion and the kriti, a GNB composition and a rare species on concerts these days, was taken up and treated elaborately with a detailed round of neraval and svarams.
The srI ranjani piece was rendered with a nice round of svarams. The AlApanai of suruTTi was very moving and made the perfect prelude to the vAra kriti that was rendered.
With the quick Ananda bhairavi piece, the main course bhairavi was sung in a very orthodox fashion with a lot of old school phrases beautifully woven together and making an elaborate, classical and weighty AlApanai. The kriti which followed was rendered very well with elaborate round of neraval and svarams. The rAgamAlikA pAsuram and the husEni tamil padam were all rendered well.
The whole concert was a very traditional affair and the music of yesteryears was effortlessly rendered with absolute bhavam and with vigour. Each kriti was rendered with a lot of azhuttam and with sangatis perfectly matched. The AlApanais were very classy and with a lot of vintage phrases carefully incorporated into them. The neraval and svarams were measured and fitting to the pieces that were rendered.
The accompanists lived upto the occasion and gave a thoroughly wholesome support to the main artist in all their parts totally making the concert very enjoyable. The violinst was perfectly matching the phrases that were sung. Her replies were very apt and totally in place. The mridangist followed the songs with great anticipation. His accompanying for the neraval svarams were also very nice. The tani was very enjoyable too.
It only leaves me to wonder, why have we forgotten such musicians...
bharath
Thirukkarugavur G Srinivasa Raghavan, Music Club IIT Madras
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vidya
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bharath,rbharath wrote:Thirukkarugavur G Srinivasa Raghavan - Usha Rajagopalan - Trichur C Narendran - S Ganesan
It only leaves me to wonder, why have we forgotten such musicians...
bharath
Perhaps a short bio would help?? Is'nt he the same person who is associated with the Melattur Bhagavata mela music? Their ghantas and Ahiris are considered specialities!
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rbharath
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vidya, indeed he is the one associated with The Melattur Bhagavata mela. i m quoting below the biodata that he had given to us, for including in our publicity material for the concert.
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Thirukkarukavoor G. Srinivasa Raghavan
He was born on 16th February 1942, in Thanjavur district. Seeing his aptitude in music, his father who was also a connoisseur in music initiated him into training in music at the age of five, under Thirumaignanam Shri Shanmugasundaram Pillai, a Nadaswara vidwan at Thirukkarukavur village.
He had the subsequent training from Kovai Shri Krishna Baghavathar and Thanjai Shri Vasu Baghavathar, a Vainika vidwan. He had intensive training under Swamimalai Shri S. Janakeerama Iyer.
He was awarded first prize for senior vocal and first prize for Apporva Krithis in composition held by Thyaga Brahma Aradhana Festival at coimbatore in 1964.
He won the first prize in carnatic vocal in P &T All India cultural festival held at New Delhi in 1967.
He was awarded prize for best performances in afternoon sessions in the Gokulastami festival of Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai, in 1971.
The prestigious Music Academy gave him the award for deserving junior artist in 1979.
He has given performances in the reputed sabhas like, Music Academy Chennai, Krishna Gana Sabha T. Nagar, Chennai, Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai, Nadopasana, Chennai, Nada Inbam, Chennai, Nada Satsangam, Chennai, Saraswathy Vaggeyakara Trust, Chennai, Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai, Raga Sudha Coimbatore.
He is noted for adhering to classicism and tradition of pure "Thanjavur pani."
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Thirukkarukavoor G. Srinivasa Raghavan
He was born on 16th February 1942, in Thanjavur district. Seeing his aptitude in music, his father who was also a connoisseur in music initiated him into training in music at the age of five, under Thirumaignanam Shri Shanmugasundaram Pillai, a Nadaswara vidwan at Thirukkarukavur village.
He had the subsequent training from Kovai Shri Krishna Baghavathar and Thanjai Shri Vasu Baghavathar, a Vainika vidwan. He had intensive training under Swamimalai Shri S. Janakeerama Iyer.
He was awarded first prize for senior vocal and first prize for Apporva Krithis in composition held by Thyaga Brahma Aradhana Festival at coimbatore in 1964.
He won the first prize in carnatic vocal in P &T All India cultural festival held at New Delhi in 1967.
He was awarded prize for best performances in afternoon sessions in the Gokulastami festival of Shri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai, in 1971.
The prestigious Music Academy gave him the award for deserving junior artist in 1979.
He has given performances in the reputed sabhas like, Music Academy Chennai, Krishna Gana Sabha T. Nagar, Chennai, Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai, Nadopasana, Chennai, Nada Inbam, Chennai, Nada Satsangam, Chennai, Saraswathy Vaggeyakara Trust, Chennai, Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai, Raga Sudha Coimbatore.
He is noted for adhering to classicism and tradition of pure "Thanjavur pani."
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rajeshnat
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IIT especially CLT is special, the audi just looks too cute as a blue colored audi. I had attended a memorable manakkAl concert here few years , and I was expecting quite a bit more than what I got. The vidwat and breadth control though is the foremost prerequisite human voice has to atleast reasonably be quite good , in my opinion his voice was very turbulent and rough though he had few sangathis that kind of resembled antha kAlathu ariyakudi.
The start in simm madhyamam was just as fast as standing before the railway gate and just hearing the train pass by. I did not get the rAga though i zoned it a bit towards simm madhyama- shanmughapriyA- zone.The hamsadhwani with a round of swaras for about 3 minutes was quite good. The next in atAnA was very good , perhaps his voice roughness went well with Assertive atanA.
The submain was perhaps standard ariyakudi kind of delivery , it had the right sense of urgency.The neraval was just ok to good . The expressive shreeranjani was just good with just a few sprinkle of swaras which was kind of not adequate to enjoy.
The trough of the concert started from there , shuruTTI alApana was too turbulent , his voice was not obeying his manOdharmam. Singara velan vandhAn a famous DKJ popularized krithi was poor he did not get the konjal alankAram of the Ananda bhairavi. If Anandam was subtracted with Ananda bhairavi , what pops up next is bhairavi ,this despite being my favourite big 5 had only a nice alApana. Tanayuni broVa (courtesy TNS,TVS and KVN) is one of my favourite ,the key there is the voice has to modulate to bring in all the contours of this majestic bhairavi. He was not ther e at all from the krithi onwards, at few places it was just good. It was late I had to leave at the end of Main.
Usha's violin was just ok to good.But the big star of the day was trichur nArendran , he to me personally has got a very good azhuttam and sound and it never sagged . I did not concentrate much in tani , I was more courteous to not to walk out during tani. I just heard few strains of suddasAveri and I had to leave.Looking at the songlist I would have stayed for few minutes if there was a viruththam immediately after tani.
The start in simm madhyamam was just as fast as standing before the railway gate and just hearing the train pass by. I did not get the rAga though i zoned it a bit towards simm madhyama- shanmughapriyA- zone.The hamsadhwani with a round of swaras for about 3 minutes was quite good. The next in atAnA was very good , perhaps his voice roughness went well with Assertive atanA.
The submain was perhaps standard ariyakudi kind of delivery , it had the right sense of urgency.The neraval was just ok to good . The expressive shreeranjani was just good with just a few sprinkle of swaras which was kind of not adequate to enjoy.
The trough of the concert started from there , shuruTTI alApana was too turbulent , his voice was not obeying his manOdharmam. Singara velan vandhAn a famous DKJ popularized krithi was poor he did not get the konjal alankAram of the Ananda bhairavi. If Anandam was subtracted with Ananda bhairavi , what pops up next is bhairavi ,this despite being my favourite big 5 had only a nice alApana. Tanayuni broVa (courtesy TNS,TVS and KVN) is one of my favourite ,the key there is the voice has to modulate to bring in all the contours of this majestic bhairavi. He was not ther e at all from the krithi onwards, at few places it was just good. It was late I had to leave at the end of Main.
Usha's violin was just ok to good.But the big star of the day was trichur nArendran , he to me personally has got a very good azhuttam and sound and it never sagged . I did not concentrate much in tani , I was more courteous to not to walk out during tani. I just heard few strains of suddasAveri and I had to leave.Looking at the songlist I would have stayed for few minutes if there was a viruththam immediately after tani.
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rajeshnat
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sivAnanda kAmavardani - kAmavardani - misra cApu - GNB (RNS)
AlaPanai for 5 mins , 4 mins violin , 4 mins neraval and 3 mins swaram
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
AlApanai for 8 mins , 6 mins violin and 5 mins neraval
singAravElavan vandAn - Ananda bhairavi - is a pApanAsam shivan composition (Lji help if I am wrong)
bharath or shrikant 1987 or others,
Would be nice if you have few minutes of biography -introduction about the artist , you used to have it before , hopefully it was just a slip only in the concert.
AlaPanai for 5 mins , 4 mins violin , 4 mins neraval and 3 mins swaram
tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
AlApanai for 8 mins , 6 mins violin and 5 mins neraval
singAravElavan vandAn - Ananda bhairavi - is a pApanAsam shivan composition (Lji help if I am wrong)
bharath or shrikant 1987 or others,
Would be nice if you have few minutes of biography -introduction about the artist , you used to have it before , hopefully it was just a slip only in the concert.
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srikant1987
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Yes, in the sketch of simhendra madhyamam I too heard shanmukha priya. But one sometimes needs to be patient ... and simhendra madhyamam isn't like shankarabharanam or kalyani which can be easily shown with one phrase.
I felt the voice became more and more obedient to the singer as the concert went on.
Song renditions were bhavam-packed, but along with bhavam one sometimes needs to tame the voice too.
I had difficulty identifyig the shuddha saveris, but I have a very durga-ish picture of shuddha saveri since I've heard only dArinitelusukoNTi before. I wonder if it was originally set to durgA seeing as it's on ambAL. In any case durgA rocks!
I enjoyed the bhairavi very much.
I felt the voice became more and more obedient to the singer as the concert went on.
Song renditions were bhavam-packed, but along with bhavam one sometimes needs to tame the voice too.
I had difficulty identifyig the shuddha saveris, but I have a very durga-ish picture of shuddha saveri since I've heard only dArinitelusukoNTi before. I wonder if it was originally set to durgA seeing as it's on ambAL. In any case durgA rocks!
I enjoyed the bhairavi very much.
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rbharath
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I did think that the Ananda bhairavi kriti was a composition of PS. However, after the concert Smt. Usha and Sri Srinivasa Raghavan had a discussion on whether it is a composition of Papanasam Sivan or that of Anayampatti Seshayya. I hence, chose to not mention the composer while given the song list.rajeshnat wrote: singAravElavan vandAn - Ananda bhairavi - is a pApanAsam shivan composition (Lji help if I am wrong)
bharath or shrikant 1987 or others,
Would be nice if you have few minutes of biography -introduction about the artist , you used to have it before , hopefully it was just a slip only in the concert.
about the brief introduction to the artist, We usually do give some biographical inputs about the artist on stage for our concerts at CLT, at the beginning. However, on some rare occasions, it gets skipped. We usually make sure we do it, but, sometimes...
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rajeshnat
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LJi,
I did think that the Ananda bhairavi kriti was a composition of PS. However, after the concert Smt. Usha and Sri Srinivasa Raghavan had a discussion on whether it is a composition of Papanasam Sivan or that of Anayampatti Seshayya. I hence, chose to not mention the composer while given the song list.
Who is the composer between the two . I am assuming also anayampatti Adiseshia Iyer(popularized by madurai somu )is the same anayampatti seshayya that bharath is mentioning here?