Suguna Purushottaman, SS Day - Saraswati Vaggeyakkara Trust

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 06 May 2008, 22:54

Suguna Purushottaman - Usha Rajagopalan - Ganapathiraman

Shyama Sastri Day
Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust & Narada Gana Sabha
NGS Mini Hall.

dayAnidhE - bEgaDa - Adi (varNam)
dEvi brOva samayamidE - cintAmaNi - Adi
nannu brOvu lalitA - lalitA - vilOma cApu (RS)
sari yevvarammA - bhairavi - kaNDa jhampa (2 kaLai)
rAvE parvata rAjakumAri - kalyANi - misra jhampai (RNS)
taruNam IdammA - gauLipantu - Adi
O jagadambA - Ananda bhairavi - Adi (R)
sarOja daLa nEtri - shankarAbaraNam - Adi
durusugA - sAvEri - Adi (RNST)
brOvavammA - mAnji - misra cApu
pAlincu kAmAkshi - madhyamAvati - Adi

It was a truly amazing concert to listen. The cintAmaNi, bhairavi and shankarAbaraNam pieces were rendered with all their caraNams. It was fun to listen to usually main-ed kritis as fillers and as a mangaLam. One couldnt also find a concert with so many sets of allied ragams handled in the same programme.

The bEgaDa varNam was rendered in a brilliant kAla pramANam making an awesome start to the concert.. The cintAmaNi was excellent. AlApanai of lalita and svaras to the sAhityam 'lalitA' for the kriti were all superb. The bhairavi piece stood out and made a lasting impact and listening to all the caraNams fully was a treat compared to the jumble that is usually rendered. The kalyANi piece, a rare number, was rendered well with neraval and svarams at 'mInalOcani karuNajUDavammA'. The Anandabhairavi AlApanai was quite elaborate and indicative of a main piece. However, it turned out to be otherwise. The main sAvEri was rendered very well with neraval and svarams at 'nArAyaNi shyAmakrishNanuta...' For all the pieces, svarams were rendered to various points of sAhityam (and hence eDuppu) in the line in which svarams were sung. It was all perfect and one dint feel like hearing allied ragams till one got to writing down the list and a writeup.

The violinist was her good old usual self following the main artist. The mridangist played with good anticipation, his tani culminating to 'shyAmakrishNanutE', (which was where the kOrvai of the final vocalist ended) was crisp and good.

bharath

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 06 May 2008, 23:41

A really nice concert. The Swarams in Lalitha were really well rendered. Anandabhairavi Alapanai was good. The Neraval in Saveri was extended and had some nice phrases. Brovavamma was emotive, as always. The Mrudangam accompaniment, in particular, was soothing.
Sathej

Ragjay · Post by **Ragjay** » 07 May 2008, 11:20

Hi Bharath I am very happy to note that you have so much time to listen and enjoy music amidst your tight schedule. It is youngsters like you who will ensure that this art survives. Do you collect music? I think that u r a student of IIT M and there is a strong vibrant group amongst students who are into music. God Bless you and wishing u a bright future...My only disappointment is that ur generation was not able to hear the stalwarts of yesteryears. Their taped music is available but it is a poor duplicate for a live original. Bye Ragjay P.S. U may contact me off line....

sindhupriya · Post by **sindhupriya** » 07 May 2008, 17:18

I somehow felt that the violinist was a bit intrusive. The concert would have been more enjoyable if the violinist was a bit subdued. As Bharath has mentioned, the mridangist played with very good anticipation.