Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
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Vocal : R Suryaprakash
Violin : Mullaivasal Chandramouli
Mrudangam : Madipakkam Suresh
Morsing : Malaikottai R M Deenadayulu
Concert Type : Evening I - 04:15 to 06:45pm
Day/Duration : Monday / 2 hrs and 30 mins
Crowd : Ticketed concert - about 350 to 400
1A. vakrathunda mahAkAya - slokham - reetigowlai
1B. vanajAksha - reetigowlai - veenaikuppier
2. sArasAksha(S) - pantuvarAli -ST
5 mins swaras
3. vinathA suta rA rA (N,S) - huseni -T
5 mins alapana and 2 mins violin return
3 mins neraval in "nAgAsAna ninnu vinagadhi evarurA"
2 mins swaras
4. sarasa sAma dhAna (S) -kapinarayani -T
6 mins swaras
5A. akshayalinga vibhO (R N S T) - shankarAbharanam - MD
15 mins alapana 7 mins violin return
10 mins neraval in badari vana moola nAyika sahita
12 mins swaras
5B. 20 mins tani
6. RTP in brindavani
dwi nadai pallavi in tisra and mishra nadai
Ragam for 12 mins in two stages with an intermediate 4 mins violin return
6 mins taanam
21 mins pallavi and swara ragamaliga in brindavani + sooryakantam + soorya + ravichandrika
Pallavi line was "“govindam ananta sayanam Chandra soorya nayanam bhajEham”"
7A. viruththam on Lord MurugA kannEdu varAdhu.... saravana bhava nandanE
7B. kandan karunai puriyum vadivel - bhimplas - guhan
8. kamAkshi lokashAkshini - madhymavati - shyamasastri
Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
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Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
The concert season of December has an amalgamation of kutcheris by vidwans and vidushis . For sure few sabhas like Music Academy which is also an institution of highest repute, the contemplation of what to present and how to present is indeed classically deep for every musician. The Academy has a base of listeners who look for a significant preview of what was in store of the historic past and also how a musician can extrapolate his musically original idea in a futuristic runway.
The concert was centered on two significant numbers. The first was the main in shankarAbharanam which gave a preview of historic past of carnatic legacy. The krithi was a monumental Muttuswamy Dikshitar krithi “akshayalinga vibho in mishra chapu taalam” . Suryaprakash presented the entire shankarabharanam in an extremely aesthetic way, the alapana and neraval in “badari vana moola” had a clear buildup from a meditative start to a real high usage of tara sthAyi brigas that always adds a real charm. The swaras in shankarAbharanam was sung exceptionally well with few touches in mel sthayi gAndharam that was elaborate- showcased the real sustenance of his vocal reach. In particular singing sarvalaghu swaras exhibiting his school of Shri Madurai Mani Iyer in mishra chApu talam is a very difficult task to accomplish as there are few attempts in the mishra chApu and sarvalghu combination.
The ragam taanam pallavi for roughly 40 minutes was a demonstration of his futuristic voyage. The pallavi ragam was brindAvani and it was a dwi nadai pallavi – in tisram and mishra nadai. The purvAngam line of the pallavi was “govindam ananta sayanam” and the uttarangam line was “Chandra soorya nayanam bhajEham”. The ragam and taanam in brindAvani was concise with a clean trikalam done in the pallavi. The pallavi ragamaliga swaras were traversed in brindavani and 3 other ragas in both directions . The ragamaliga ragas were suryakAntam and soorya with pallavi phrase “soorya nayanam bhajEham “and ragam ravichandrika ending with “Chandra soorya nayanam” . The pallavi was really thought through with a high dose of musical aesthetics that was indeed a testimony of his original music idea. Certainly the main krithi and pallavi were the top picks in the concert.
Prior to main krithi the ata tala varnam in reetigowlai and sarasAksha in pantuvarAli did provide quite an enough thrust to what was to come later. In particular the thyagaraja krithi- vinata suta rA rA in husEni with a dash of short neraval and swaras was very appealing . The fast filler was sarasa sama dhana in kApinarayani with a blistering pace of swaras reminding his tutelage of MMI-TVS school. The post RTP had a Thamizh viruththam in bheemplas on Lord Muruga.The concert ended with a rare kamakshi lokasakshini of shyama sastri in madhyamAvati.
The violinist vidvan chandramouli came into full form from huseni. The mrudangist Madipakkam Suresh , disciple of Guru Karaikudi Mani played well for all songs with a nice fast roll and adapted quite a bit of sarvalaghu when the situation demanded . His tani for 20 minutes with deenadAyulu was good, except for a rather longish segment of repetitive nature by the morsing artiste, which could have been avoided and valuable time saved. The morsing artist DeenadAyulu had a good shruthi suddham in his twang instrument though, which was a saving grace. Suryaprakash took a little time to warm up on resuming the song after the tani.
Suryaprakash maiden concert in a prime evening slot is his first promotion concert in Music Academy. The academy has indeed facilitated in providing him the right opportunity, the concert was a success that showcased his musical brilliance. One has to see how he moves on from here in the next 5 to 10 years in getting more and more accepted by connoisseurs of music.
Overall an excellent concert for 2 and half hours.
The concert was centered on two significant numbers. The first was the main in shankarAbharanam which gave a preview of historic past of carnatic legacy. The krithi was a monumental Muttuswamy Dikshitar krithi “akshayalinga vibho in mishra chapu taalam” . Suryaprakash presented the entire shankarabharanam in an extremely aesthetic way, the alapana and neraval in “badari vana moola” had a clear buildup from a meditative start to a real high usage of tara sthAyi brigas that always adds a real charm. The swaras in shankarAbharanam was sung exceptionally well with few touches in mel sthayi gAndharam that was elaborate- showcased the real sustenance of his vocal reach. In particular singing sarvalaghu swaras exhibiting his school of Shri Madurai Mani Iyer in mishra chApu talam is a very difficult task to accomplish as there are few attempts in the mishra chApu and sarvalghu combination.
The ragam taanam pallavi for roughly 40 minutes was a demonstration of his futuristic voyage. The pallavi ragam was brindAvani and it was a dwi nadai pallavi – in tisram and mishra nadai. The purvAngam line of the pallavi was “govindam ananta sayanam” and the uttarangam line was “Chandra soorya nayanam bhajEham”. The ragam and taanam in brindAvani was concise with a clean trikalam done in the pallavi. The pallavi ragamaliga swaras were traversed in brindavani and 3 other ragas in both directions . The ragamaliga ragas were suryakAntam and soorya with pallavi phrase “soorya nayanam bhajEham “and ragam ravichandrika ending with “Chandra soorya nayanam” . The pallavi was really thought through with a high dose of musical aesthetics that was indeed a testimony of his original music idea. Certainly the main krithi and pallavi were the top picks in the concert.
Prior to main krithi the ata tala varnam in reetigowlai and sarasAksha in pantuvarAli did provide quite an enough thrust to what was to come later. In particular the thyagaraja krithi- vinata suta rA rA in husEni with a dash of short neraval and swaras was very appealing . The fast filler was sarasa sama dhana in kApinarayani with a blistering pace of swaras reminding his tutelage of MMI-TVS school. The post RTP had a Thamizh viruththam in bheemplas on Lord Muruga.The concert ended with a rare kamakshi lokasakshini of shyama sastri in madhyamAvati.
The violinist vidvan chandramouli came into full form from huseni. The mrudangist Madipakkam Suresh , disciple of Guru Karaikudi Mani played well for all songs with a nice fast roll and adapted quite a bit of sarvalaghu when the situation demanded . His tani for 20 minutes with deenadAyulu was good, except for a rather longish segment of repetitive nature by the morsing artiste, which could have been avoided and valuable time saved. The morsing artist DeenadAyulu had a good shruthi suddham in his twang instrument though, which was a saving grace. Suryaprakash took a little time to warm up on resuming the song after the tani.
Suryaprakash maiden concert in a prime evening slot is his first promotion concert in Music Academy. The academy has indeed facilitated in providing him the right opportunity, the concert was a success that showcased his musical brilliance. One has to see how he moves on from here in the next 5 to 10 years in getting more and more accepted by connoisseurs of music.
Overall an excellent concert for 2 and half hours.
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
When I was returning from Abhishek raguram's concert, one rasika was comapring Abhishek raguram with suryaprakash and the recognition the latter deserves but did not get so far. I agreed with him.
Suryaprakash is a definite match winner. I really missed this, though It was in my list of "must attend" concerts. Suryaprakash and Pattabiram pandit are few people who deserve to be in MA long back.
Thanks for the nice review.
How much is the daily ticket for balcony ? or dais ?
Off the track- Mudra (infosys hall) mentioned that daily ticket is Rs.300/150 including snacks !!!. Anyone tried snacks?
Suryaprakash is a definite match winner. I really missed this, though It was in my list of "must attend" concerts. Suryaprakash and Pattabiram pandit are few people who deserve to be in MA long back.
Thanks for the nice review.
How much is the daily ticket for balcony ? or dais ?
Off the track- Mudra (infosys hall) mentioned that daily ticket is Rs.300/150 including snacks !!!. Anyone tried snacks?
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
CONGRAGULATIONS TO SURYAPRAKASH for UPHOLDING THE MMI TRADITION & APPARENTLY delivering an appropriately brilliant concert. With this I hope he will get the PROPER RECOGNITION as one of the LEADING VIDWANS UPHOLDING & INHERITING THE MANTLE OF THE ONE & ONLY MMI. VKV
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
What an asAveri he gave (saranam saranam raghurAmA) - thanks to FM 102.3 today for broadcasting portion of his concert on 9th this month @ ARKAY convention center. Very delectable.
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
It is 125 for balcony , for dais i dont know.grsastrigal wrote: How much is the daily ticket for balcony ? or dais ?
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
Rajesh,
I was there until Surya started on his RTP (a miss, I know).
When it comes to giving a lively concert, Surya is among the top ones in the list.
Starting with vakra tuNDa, Suryaprakash sang the varNa vanajAksha in rItigowLa. ST's sArasAksha in panthuvarALi followed, beautifully sung but without hurrying through it. There was a serenity to the liveliness in his singing.
TyAgarAjA's husEni kruti vinatA suta followed, Suryaprakash dwelling in the rAgA in a leisurely way, and as you say, MullaivAsal's playing was so pleasing to hear.
Sarasa sAma dAna (kApi nArAyani) is a popular item in Suryaprakash's repertoire, and he did full justice to it.
SankarAbharaNam AlApana was solid and contemplative. Though it was my third SankarAbharaNam of the season, I relished it.
The tani was good, the mOrsing making some new sounds I haven't heard before, an I thought Rajashekhar was the one who covered them all!
I left reluctantly, knowing I was going to miss the rest of such a good concert...
I was there until Surya started on his RTP (a miss, I know).
When it comes to giving a lively concert, Surya is among the top ones in the list.
Starting with vakra tuNDa, Suryaprakash sang the varNa vanajAksha in rItigowLa. ST's sArasAksha in panthuvarALi followed, beautifully sung but without hurrying through it. There was a serenity to the liveliness in his singing.
TyAgarAjA's husEni kruti vinatA suta followed, Suryaprakash dwelling in the rAgA in a leisurely way, and as you say, MullaivAsal's playing was so pleasing to hear.
Sarasa sAma dAna (kApi nArAyani) is a popular item in Suryaprakash's repertoire, and he did full justice to it.
SankarAbharaNam AlApana was solid and contemplative. Though it was my third SankarAbharaNam of the season, I relished it.
The tani was good, the mOrsing making some new sounds I haven't heard before, an I thought Rajashekhar was the one who covered them all!
I left reluctantly, knowing I was going to miss the rest of such a good concert...
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
Suryaprakash is way ahead of those who might think that virtuosity is a substitute for music. Yes, he is severely under-recognised. I don't think that his concerts will ever disappoint.
From memory of the window markings at the MA, the cost of day tickets is from Rs.1,200 (I paid to see Sumithra!) down to Rs.60 (or was it 80?) for stage-side. Tea is up from 15 to 20!
From memory of the window markings at the MA, the cost of day tickets is from Rs.1,200 (I paid to see Sumithra!) down to Rs.60 (or was it 80?) for stage-side. Tea is up from 15 to 20!
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
Nick,
I'm sure the price of tea didn't bother you (MA canteen is perhaps the most reasonably priced one for eating at?).
Yes, if you go just for one of the concerts in the evening, the price of every day tickets for good seats at the MA is high.
I'm sure the price of tea didn't bother you (MA canteen is perhaps the most reasonably priced one for eating at?).
Yes, if you go just for one of the concerts in the evening, the price of every day tickets for good seats at the MA is high.
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
No. Tea can be more than Rs20 at ordinary hotels now, and even the street price is Rs7.
I did think that Rs.80 was rather steep for a not-very-interesting mini-meal, and 180 for a meal.
I did think that Rs.80 was rather steep for a not-very-interesting mini-meal, and 180 for a meal.
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Re: Suryaprakash@Music Academy on Dec 16th,2013
posting in right thread of academy
The hindu review of this crt along with sumitra @ academy
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 505263.ece
The hindu review of this crt along with sumitra @ academy
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 505263.ece