T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal
T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal Support
M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Mrudangam
B. Sreesundarkumar - Khanjira
It was already 5.15 in the evening when I finished the day’s classes and I was in a hurry to reach the venue before 6pm. My amma was busy with the servant maid.I asked her to do the cream for my hair and she did.
I climbed my bike [Kinetic Honda – 3 wheeler] and looked at the review mirror and realized something strange… what she applied was “odomosâ€
TNS at brahma gana sabha, 21-8-07
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Review of the concert of TNS at Brahmaganasabha on 20-8-2007
The concert was arranged as a musical tribute to the great freedom fighter Sathyamurthy. TNS was accompanied by MASundaresan on violin and Umayalpuram Sivaraman on mridhangam and Sundarkumar on ganjira. TNS was given vocal support by TNSKrishna.
The concert began with a Bharathiar composition on Ganesa, in Nattai and TNS sang svaram for it. Next was, not a surprise as far as the theme of the day was concerned, but the piece chosen gave a little surprise as it was “Aduvome PaLLu pAduvome ,’ that too in Bilahari. The picturesque portrayal that characterises the music of TNS was found in the line ‘sangukonde vetri oodhuvome,’ when the audience could hear the sangam being sounded. That is not all. The svaram that was sung at the end at ‘Aduvome,’ was suited to the sentiment of the line and it was a dance of svaras with the able accompaniment of UKS.
Next was, ‘Chandram baja’ in asaveri as it was Monday and that was followed by the Begada krthi ‘abhimanamennadu,’ of Patnam subramania ayyar, which never fails to delight the rasikas of TNS. The svara prasthara was racy and fantastic. It was a fanfare with TNS-UKS-MAS ensemble reaching a crescendo to the joy of the rasikas.
This was followed by a leisurely Ranganayakam as a contrast which was beautiful by its serenity and it brought to mind the experience of traveling among the Alps, a lofty and magestic mountain on one side and the peaceful expanse of the lake on the other side, especially when the scene changed again to the one of scaling the mountain in ‘madhura madhura’ a oothukkadu composition in Atana. The rendering of it by TNS was fabulous which gave enough scope for UKS to exhibit his skill . It was a display of fireworks.
What followed next was a Niagara, the raga subhapanthuvarali which is always a subha bandhu of TNS. It was a superb and super subapanthuvarali. TNS created by his raga alapana a marvellous edifice for the krthi, (it was anybodyâ€
The concert was arranged as a musical tribute to the great freedom fighter Sathyamurthy. TNS was accompanied by MASundaresan on violin and Umayalpuram Sivaraman on mridhangam and Sundarkumar on ganjira. TNS was given vocal support by TNSKrishna.
The concert began with a Bharathiar composition on Ganesa, in Nattai and TNS sang svaram for it. Next was, not a surprise as far as the theme of the day was concerned, but the piece chosen gave a little surprise as it was “Aduvome PaLLu pAduvome ,’ that too in Bilahari. The picturesque portrayal that characterises the music of TNS was found in the line ‘sangukonde vetri oodhuvome,’ when the audience could hear the sangam being sounded. That is not all. The svaram that was sung at the end at ‘Aduvome,’ was suited to the sentiment of the line and it was a dance of svaras with the able accompaniment of UKS.
Next was, ‘Chandram baja’ in asaveri as it was Monday and that was followed by the Begada krthi ‘abhimanamennadu,’ of Patnam subramania ayyar, which never fails to delight the rasikas of TNS. The svara prasthara was racy and fantastic. It was a fanfare with TNS-UKS-MAS ensemble reaching a crescendo to the joy of the rasikas.
This was followed by a leisurely Ranganayakam as a contrast which was beautiful by its serenity and it brought to mind the experience of traveling among the Alps, a lofty and magestic mountain on one side and the peaceful expanse of the lake on the other side, especially when the scene changed again to the one of scaling the mountain in ‘madhura madhura’ a oothukkadu composition in Atana. The rendering of it by TNS was fabulous which gave enough scope for UKS to exhibit his skill . It was a display of fireworks.
What followed next was a Niagara, the raga subhapanthuvarali which is always a subha bandhu of TNS. It was a superb and super subapanthuvarali. TNS created by his raga alapana a marvellous edifice for the krthi, (it was anybodyâ€
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sarojaR.
Your Niagara of metaphors don't faze us. Nor do the alpine heights of your praises of the master. It adds the dimension of adoration to our rasikA state and exchanges. If bashing artistes and critics goes to one extreme, we need positive statements more than ever. Besides, we enjoy reading the gangA like effluence of your reviews and metaphors...
Your Niagara of metaphors don't faze us. Nor do the alpine heights of your praises of the master. It adds the dimension of adoration to our rasikA state and exchanges. If bashing artistes and critics goes to one extreme, we need positive statements more than ever. Besides, we enjoy reading the gangA like effluence of your reviews and metaphors...
