gOrakavi sampath kumar@Music Academy (Mini)on April 28th 2009
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Accompanied by kalaiarasan - violin and D.Kannan -mridangam
Thematic concert based Exclusively on Narayana theerthar .
1A. slokham like "himagiri thanaya patyam hemAchalam" - sudda dhanyAsi
1B. jaya jaya swami - mix of sudda dhanyAsi and nAttai (that's how I heard)
2. shree nArayana theertham - hamsadhwani
3A. slokham like "sharaNam bhava karuna mayi" - Arabi
3B. sharaNam bhava karuna mayi - Arabi (same lines for krithi)
* 4. krishnam kalayA sakhi sundaram bAla - mukhAri
5A. slokham like "jAnupyA pAni padmAbya" - thilang
* 5B. mAdhava mAdhava krishna - neelAmbari
6A. sarvaghyAna ramAnAtha -sudda dhanyAsi
6B. jAya jAya rAmanAtha - sudda dhanyAsi
* 7. madhusUdhana anantha krishnA - kalyAni
8. muranaraka samudhAna mOOdamathi - sindhubhairavi
9. NT's bAlagOpala tharaNgam was the main
utthara mA mudhara gOpAla - mohanam close to 28 minutes had different verses of balagOpala tharaNgam at times he picking up the book and reading verses was boring and dragging.
9B. no tani
10A.slOkham like "chatree gOpAla godhana samajE - hindOlam
10B. gOvardhan giridhara gOvinda - hindOlam
11A. slokham like "mujikundO apitham dhruta" - kAmbOdhi
11B. vEdathri sikara - kAmbOdhi
13. jaya jaya durgE -durgA
14A. ... mAnasA pAni grahanam - madhyamAvati
14B. amitha bhAgya dhAram - madhyamAvati
gOrakavi sampath kumar@Music Academy (Mini)on April 28th 200
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rajeshnat
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srinivAsrgn had a fictitious lalgudi jaya Raman playing violin instead of the maestro LGJ. Well in real life too at times it just happens.How it happens?
I read the hindu paper in the morning where it was put nArayana theertha day gorakavi sampath kumAr vocal concert ? But was it vocal concert , no it was a devotional concert.
Brief review about the concert:
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nArayana theerthAr is perhaps a difficult composer as his compositions are more suited for dance (has lot of nAttuvangam like phrases),drama, lyrical expressions (which I have no chance to know) and musical classicism. I think the challenge for any musician is to overcome the dance like phrases and keep it to an average ,minimally reduce the dramatic dose and present music .
There are atleast 3 nArayana Theerthar that were concert worthy as much as say mamava mAdhava, they are marked with the *. Rest were more like devotional numbers . pAppu venugOpal rao spoke briefly about NT, i forgot a lot about this concert, since I spent all my days till monday banging on Arun's crossword puzzle. I will recollect few points about NT that venugOpal rao shared little later .
Overall a mediocre concert from this vidwan from ongole.
I read the hindu paper in the morning where it was put nArayana theertha day gorakavi sampath kumAr vocal concert ? But was it vocal concert , no it was a devotional concert.
Brief review about the concert:
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nArayana theerthAr is perhaps a difficult composer as his compositions are more suited for dance (has lot of nAttuvangam like phrases),drama, lyrical expressions (which I have no chance to know) and musical classicism. I think the challenge for any musician is to overcome the dance like phrases and keep it to an average ,minimally reduce the dramatic dose and present music .
There are atleast 3 nArayana Theerthar that were concert worthy as much as say mamava mAdhava, they are marked with the *. Rest were more like devotional numbers . pAppu venugOpal rao spoke briefly about NT, i forgot a lot about this concert, since I spent all my days till monday banging on Arun's crossword puzzle. I will recollect few points about NT that venugOpal rao shared little later .
Overall a mediocre concert from this vidwan from ongole.
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mahavishnu
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Rajesh, What a diverse range of concerts you attend!
Thank you for your coverage of a kacheri that would have otherwise been obscured by the more popular concert events.
While you are right about the way Narayana theerthar's tarangams have become dance standards, especially in Kuchipudi (for e.g. Krishnam kalaya sakhi in Mukhari) or tail-enders in regular kacheris (like Govindham iha - Bageshri), there are many of his compositions that deserve to be brought out into the mainstream with prominent pride of place in a concert.
Sikkil Gurucharan's recording of NT's compositions (Charsur, 2007) is a good example of how a musician has overcome, as you say, the dance-ish phrases to present them in a classical mode. However, he does Sharanam bhava karuna mayi in Sowrashtram. It has all the weighty appeal of a Ninnujoochi or Ranganathude.
Do you know anything about the background of this vidwan? This is the first time I have heard of him.
Thank you for your coverage of a kacheri that would have otherwise been obscured by the more popular concert events.
While you are right about the way Narayana theerthar's tarangams have become dance standards, especially in Kuchipudi (for e.g. Krishnam kalaya sakhi in Mukhari) or tail-enders in regular kacheris (like Govindham iha - Bageshri), there are many of his compositions that deserve to be brought out into the mainstream with prominent pride of place in a concert.
Sikkil Gurucharan's recording of NT's compositions (Charsur, 2007) is a good example of how a musician has overcome, as you say, the dance-ish phrases to present them in a classical mode. However, he does Sharanam bhava karuna mayi in Sowrashtram. It has all the weighty appeal of a Ninnujoochi or Ranganathude.
Do you know anything about the background of this vidwan? This is the first time I have heard of him.
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rajeshnat
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the hindu has reviewed the same concert, thank god I need not recollect what venugOpal rao spoke
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/08/stor ... 470200.htm
mahavishnu,
I have no idea about the background of this vidwan. Thanks for your reference of NT's compositions.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/05/08/stor ... 470200.htm
mahavishnu,
I have no idea about the background of this vidwan. Thanks for your reference of NT's compositions.
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rajeshnat
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IIRC there is a wonderful rendition of balaji shankar that i bought where he has sung this same composition of this jaya jaya swami in nAttai. Though sampath kumar brought in lot of suddadhanyAsi phrases mixed up in nAttai.
Incidentally there was not even one nAdanAmakriya composition in this concert which was a poor miss in my opinion , just as say not hearing anandabhairavi in shayama sastri exclusive concert
Incidentally there was not even one nAdanAmakriya composition in this concert which was a poor miss in my opinion , just as say not hearing anandabhairavi in shayama sastri exclusive concert
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mahavishnu
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