Accompanied by S.VaradarAjan - violin , Srimushnam rAjA Rao - mridangam
and Trichy murAli - ghatam
1. viribOni (varnam) - bhairavi - pachimirium AdiappA
2. anudinamu kaavumaiya (R,S)- begada - Poochi Iyengar
3. Orajoopu chooceDi(S) - kannaDagowla - T
4. amma rAvammA (R,N) - kalyAni -T
5A. pachai mAmalai pOL meni - brindavana sAranga - azhwAr
5B. sOundararAjam(S) - brindavana sAranga - MD
6. sukhi evarO (R,S,T) - kAnadA - T
7. devargAl arul - rAgamAliga - SuryaprakAsh
8. adum chidambaramO - behAg - GKB
9. kOdAiyile illaipAtri - pantuvarAli + bilahari + kApi + neelAmbari + mishra kamAs??
10. oru nAl our pozhudAki sivan - mishra kamAs??? - pApanAsam sivan
11. karpagAme - madhyamAvati - Sivan
12A. viruttam (neelakAntane) - yamunAkalyAni - Sivan
12B. dheena karunAkarane - yamunAkalyAni - Sivan
13. parukUlle nalla nAdu - jOnpuri - subramania bharathi
14. mangalam (shuruTTi)
This is a concert that I had to pick as my house is close and I got late to hear another concert little far . A simply stunning concert overall , with manOdharma sangeetham in full throttle.
Bhairavi varnam is one of my favourite varnams for its grandeur in creating a very clear classical CM start . Yes it was not just for SuryaprakAsh, but for rAja rao who exhibited finest of fine layam.
The begadA rAga heaviness settled and put his voice in an excellent shape ,his long sarvalAghu swaram was very good . The heaviness of begAda was well contrasted with the orajoopu , again nice sarvalAghu reminding his MMI-TVS school very well. kalyAni was sung very detailed to create an impression that it is an early main. The neraval in the lines "tamarAsa dhala netri" was sung very good, but I definitely felt at the end that begAda and kalyAni in quick succession is one combination that suryaprakAsh could have sequenced with more spacing .
But the next azhwar viruttam in brindavana sAranga (one of my top favourites)was so detailed with a nice enticing piDi in the line aranga nagaramUlAne. The krithi sung in his open throted style was outstanding. There was 2 swara patterns, one is in keezh kAlam for 4 minutes which many musicians sing .But his manOdharmam was not distinct with many musicians of past or present in keezh kAlam. The next in mEl kalam for about 10 minutes was quite fast more resembling the thumri in HM,all short swaras in quick burst with extremely good fitting response by varadarAjan.
His kAnadA as a main was outstanding keeping the crowd glued to the seat . The mmi stamp that was left in Orajoopu was picked up again by suryaprakash with the KAnadA alankaram and sarvalaghu swarams(the immortal mmi magic was felt) being perfect treat to the crowd.
The rAgamaliga devArgal arul seidha rAgangale was very good,popular behAg was nice.The sabha dignitaries VIP's, pushed him to sing few tukkadas .The rAgamaligai viruttam kOdayile was good,I connected the nice rendition of oru NAl oru pozhudAki with mishra kAmAs??? as that number had a significant overlap with the popular vaishnavo janAte???.
When karpagAme was sung and when he was about to deliver mangalam, shri Y G Mahendra used his veto power and the concert got extended for another 20 minutes(I wish more sabhas do that ???) .
He sang a detailed yamunAkalyAni viruttam neelakantane which was excellent . The popular neelakAntane song to me is like a tamil abhang(if I am allowed to invent a name).The last pArukulle in jOnpuri was excellent with him connecting the line "SArathile mighu sAthiram kandu" with a nice alankaram and replacing sArathile with kAlachArathile for one round.
SuryaprakAsh@BhArat KalachAr on Dec 10th,2006
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rajeshnat
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VaradarAjan and his Violin:
He played like a shadow adjusting the speed very well .His begAda return of the long sarvalAghu was excellent.His tit for tat response in Br SAranga was excellent . Played a very good kalyAni and an outstanding kAnadA.
rAja rao -murali:
Of late in the last year , I found rAjA rao little too slow and loud .But his display of layam was magic or as Mrs YGP who spoke briefly and said it is thundering .
Particularly I liked his play in bhairavi varnam and incidentally in begada between pallavi and anupallavi , since he is a good singer too he played and handed over at the right place to SuryaprakAsh.I liked his tani a lot after he almost sang with kAnadA main(MMI style of sukhi evaro swarams gives a lot of oppurtunity for mridangist to sing)
When mridangam artists are dominating,many a times the ghatam artist will succumb to pressure , but he played very well possibly because of superior violin pakkavAdyam and rAja rAO's did give more chance.
Smt YGP spoke very aptly just less than a minute which was nice.The 2 hr and 50 minute concert was outstanding because the team entirely clicked.
He played like a shadow adjusting the speed very well .His begAda return of the long sarvalAghu was excellent.His tit for tat response in Br SAranga was excellent . Played a very good kalyAni and an outstanding kAnadA.
rAja rao -murali:
Of late in the last year , I found rAjA rao little too slow and loud .But his display of layam was magic or as Mrs YGP who spoke briefly and said it is thundering .
Particularly I liked his play in bhairavi varnam and incidentally in begada between pallavi and anupallavi , since he is a good singer too he played and handed over at the right place to SuryaprakAsh.I liked his tani a lot after he almost sang with kAnadA main(MMI style of sukhi evaro swarams gives a lot of oppurtunity for mridangist to sing)
When mridangam artists are dominating,many a times the ghatam artist will succumb to pressure , but he played very well possibly because of superior violin pakkavAdyam and rAja rAO's did give more chance.
Smt YGP spoke very aptly just less than a minute which was nice.The 2 hr and 50 minute concert was outstanding because the team entirely clicked.
Last edited by rajeshnat on 11 Dec 2006, 14:16, edited 1 time in total.