TMK-RKSK-TSS-BSP-NGP Kalaraasna Jan 8, 2011

[Enna_Solven]

T.M. Krishna
R.K. Shriramkumar
Trichy Shankaran
B.S. Purushotham
N. Guruprasad

Listened to this concert over the web. It is good to be able to listen to big concerts from across the globe! Concert started too early for US central time on a Sunday. Caught it only after a hour into the concert, I think. Will hear the rest when it is webcast again tomorrow. Some surprise as usual: there was no thanam in RTP The ragam was alternated between TMK and RKSK, but was not fully done. Pallavi was the one sung by SSI, as I read on the web. Have not heard it myself before. It had longish phrases and quite soothing, fit for shankarAbharanam. The swara-ragamalika was beautiful. RKSK amazes as usual. He can shadow the artist and terrific on his own turn too.

There were three thani's, all interesting. Shankaran sir's mridangam tone was beautiful and came across the web nicely Thanks to TMK for enabling good audio quality.

Will pay & listen again if I can get concerts from Chennai like this!

Partial song list:
Jagadananda-Nattai
Enthati Kuluke-Kalyani-Tisra Chapu
Meena Lochana-Dhanyasi
Thani
Chinna Nade Na-Kalanidhi
Ragam Pallavi-Shankarabharanam (chakkagAni bhajana jEsE vAriki takkuva galadA srI rAmA dina dinamu)
Thani
Sogasu Juda-Kannada Gowla
Ooneru Selvatthu-KulasEkara Azhwar-Ragamalika
Srinivasa Thiruvenkata-Hamsanandhi
Sabhapathikku-Abhogi
Suttum Vizhichudar-Ragamalika
Nilaiyada-Thiruppugazh-Senchurutti
Sharade Karunanidhe-Hameer Kalyani
Mangalam pavamana-Saurashtram

[rshankar]

E_S, nice list....interesting list, thank you for sharing. I only see two tanis, am I missing something?
Whose composition is the hamIrkalyANi kRti?

[mahavishnu]

Thanks E_S. A positive endorsement for the concert and the streaming service! I like the concept of the remote concert attendance and review

Ravi, The hamir kalyani kriti is a composition of HH Sri Chandrasekhara bharati of the Sringeri peetam.
It was tuned to hamir kalyani by Sri RK Sriram Kumar.

Very nice list. A long post-pallavi/thukkda list for TMK; I suppose 4 hours gives you a lot of opportunity for all of that and a detailed pallavi with a separate tani. As Ravi asks, I also wonder where the third tani would have been.

I love the pAsuram oonEru selvathu. TMK's version in the Ksetra Tirupati, Charsur album is noteworthy.

I debated whether I should stream this concert. I just couldn't fit it in today, notwithstanding the time zone differences.

[fuddyduddy]

ravi - i think its chandrashekar bharathis composition.. TMK had sung this song at Shruthilaya a few years ago and is a great one! Very melodious!
looks like u r into hamir kalyani!

[rshankar]

Ramesh and Usha, thank you for that information...I assume he is/was the pIThadhipati of the SRngEri SAradA pITham.
And, yes, I love hamIrkalyANi...

[Enna_Solven]

The first thani went for half an hour. The second was about 10 minutes. Then they played again for a few minutes at the end of the thiruppugazh. Sankaran sir changed the mridangam after the first thani. The second one sounded more vibrant. Why did he do that? Do mridangams go bad in the middle of a concert?

I was reading the concert chat messages after the concert. Somebody had mentioned that TMK did thAnam for nAttai, perhaps that is why he skipped it in RTP!

[mahavishnu]

The mridangam can be a very capricious instrument. Things can change with subtle aspects of the tuning, nAdham at any time. Also, the thoppi can be very finicky with changes in humidity, stage lights and temperature.

Vidwans like TS/UKS/KM are very particular about the sound (their instruments have a distinct patentable nAdham), so even if there is a subthreshold change in the tone they rotate mridangams.

[csuresh]

TMK Started with
1. "sahana"varnam.
2. "ElanIdayarAduparAku" "aThANA"

3. "vEgavAhini" " as sub main with MD "vINA pustaka dhAriNIm".

4. Dr.BMK "lavangi" "OmkAra AkAriNI"

this are the 4 songs before "nATTai
yes he sang "thanam " after "nATTai"alapana

[Leocap]

Could someone explain here how to access these concerts on the web. For people away from Chennai, this offers a good opportunity to listen to some good concerts of one's choice. Thanks

[Enna_Solven]

These three concerts were webcast through http://www.tmkrishna.com. Charsur concerts were available through icarnatic.org. Keep a watch on the music festivals sub-forum on rasikas.org. I heard that some concerts will be webcast from Singapore Alapana Centre here later this month: http://www.alapana.org/

[sridhar_ranga]

Wow - Sounds like a great concert. A varnam at the conventional opening slot too.

Enthati Kuluke-Kalyani-Tisra Chapu

Hey not so fast, Amigo - isn't the academy seized of the matter?

[Enna_Solven]

Yeah, I read that thread too but TMK said 'kalyAni rAgam, tisra chapu thAlam' with a knowing smile.They all had a hearty laugh then

Sorry for posting in bits and pieces:

Dhanyasi was very good. It lasted well over an hour including thani. Neraval was done at the last line, wrapping into the palavi: "candra kalAdhAriNI nIradavENI mInalOcanA brOva"

Neraval was done(!) for jagadAnandakArakA at 'Omkara panjara kIra purahara sarOjabhava kESava'

I could not wrap my head around this vEgavAhini. It didn't sound like chakravakam, though I have some songs alternately labeled as chakravAkam/vEgavAhini. The thukkadAs were all very nice.

[squims]

What's the thing about 'tisra chapu'? I seem to have missed something.

Neraval was done(!) for jagadAnandakArakA at 'Omkara panjara kIra purahara sarOjabhava kESava'

He's done that a few times now.

[Enna_Solven]

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18348