trichur brothers - bangalore - 23 May 2009

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 23 May 2009, 23:23

Vidhwans Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Trichur brothers) - vocal duet
Vid. L.Ramakrishnan - violin
Vid Trichur R Mohan - Mrudangam
Vid Anirudh Atreya - kanjira

Venue - Indira nagar sangeetha sabha, Bangalore

1. neranammidi (varnam) - kanada - kanda ata (brief sketch)
2. sri mahaganapathi - gowlai - misra chapu - muthuswami dikshitar (brief sketch, swara @ sri mahaganapathi)
3. kamakshi - yadukulakambodhi - misra chapu - shyama sastri (brief outline)
4. seethamma mayamma - vasantha - rupakam - thyagaraja (neraval & swara @ dharanija bhagavathagre)
5. bharati mathishana jadyapahe - devamanohari - rupakam - muthuswami dikshitar (raga outline)
6. dasukovalena - todi - misra jampai - thyagaraja (raga, neraval @ sowmitri thyagarajuni)
7. maragatha mani maya - arabhi - adi - OVK (raga outline)
8. RTP - Jog - adi 2 kalai - pallavi line - cheta sri ramam chintaye jimoda, samam eduppu, ragamalika swaras in mohanam, hindolam, kapi & revati, tani avarthanam
9a. slokam - shankachakra gada pani dwaraka nilayachuta - kapi
9b. jagadodharana - kapi - adi - purandara dasa
10. thillana - hamsanandi - muthaiah bhagavathar
11. pavamana - mangalam - sowrastram - thyagaraja
12. slokam - madhyamavathi
( sakrut sravana matrena, sai gayathri mantram and asadya sadaka swamin- sloka on hanuman)

An enjoyable and good concert. Right from the word go, duo created good impression and the items presented were well chosen, either be it raga, tala or composer. Varnam was sung in two speeds for pallavi, anupallavi and mukthayi swarams. swaras were sung well in gowlai, with different eduppu - sri maha, ganapathi and mathanga mukha. Shyama sastri swarajathi masterpiece was sung in vilamba kalam, and the brothers presented it very well. Seethamma mayamma was sung in madhyama kalam, and neraval & swaras were surprising, as i didn't expect, as i thought it is more as a filler before sub main. Todi alapana was shared between the brothers, they took turns too aften. Srikrishna started the alapana, and ramkumar took over after panchamam. Then after, every few minutes, they alternated. The alapana was detailed, and covered two octaves, frequent alternation was little distracting though. Neraval was executed well in both kalams. Srikrishna announced that they will present Jog RTP, in S R G M P N S scale (chalanata janyam??) and said different scales in vogue. Raga alapana was done elaborately, around 15 minutes, and violin response was equally good. Tanam was sung with mrudangam accompaniment, and it didn't seem hindustani raga at all!! Brothers presented it very well. Pallavi was very very brief, they sung the pallavi couple of times, and launched into swaras. ragamalika swara was also good, the transitioned from one raga to next raga, and then came to pallavi in new raga. Like, srikrishna sang jog, and then mohanam, and pallavi was completed in mohanam. Ramkumar started in mohanam, and transitioned to hindolam, and got back to pallavi in hindolam, and violin reply was in hindolam. While replying to revati swaras, violist had some problem with bow, and srikrishna started with revati swaras, and then after a minute or so, violin response continued. At the end of swaras, trikalam was done. Tani was good, no one left the venue, because hardly 30 to 40 were attending the concert(;- After tani, they got back to pallavi in 2nd kalam, and then sang in regular speed. I was expecting few more post tani items, but concert completed with jagadodharana, hamsanandi thillana and mangalam.

A good concert, and enjoyable evening. Brothers have a bright future definitely, and need to watch out. It is a pity that turnout was poor. No speeches in the concert, that was a big plus!!!

-hari

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 24 May 2009, 03:01

I look forward to several such reports on Trichur Brothers. It seems they are ready for public recognition of their singing ability.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 24 May 2009, 07:02

Eagerly waiting to hear them here in Mumbai in June-Chembur Fine Arts.
The other two artists featured in the 3 day festival are Nisha Rajagopal and Saketharaman.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 May 2009, 09:59

Hari,
Not that it is that relevant (just because they come from Kerala), but no ST kruti?
No speeches and a sparse crowd? A blessing and a pity, in that order!
Yes, I hope to listen to them this coming season.

coolkapali · Post by **coolkapali** » 24 May 2009, 15:10

they sang the jog pallavi at BGS during season with a different ragamalika mix though. Great to know that they did this at Bang, with the soothing climate there Jog is the raga for an evening concert. Well i have never heard them sing Dasukovalena, maybe during the season this time.

Good review Hari, u covered everything.

Hmmm, IPL semi finals involving Banglore, i wouldnt blame the crowd that did not turn up.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 24 May 2009, 15:40

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 24 May 2009, 17:14

arasi wrote:Hari,
Not that it is that relevant (just because they come from Kerala), but no ST kruti?
No speeches and a sparse crowd? A blessing and a pity, in that order!
Yes, I hope to listen to them this coming season.

Arasi - Right, they didn't sing any ST keerthana. How much of swathi keerthanas are sung these days? I hear them only in Parasala ponnamaal's concerts.

Also, at the end of concert, one gentleman walked up, and thanked then for singing a PD keerthana, but said, it should have come earlier in the concert(;-

-hari

rajeevsid · Post by **rajeevsid** » 25 May 2009, 08:06

Wow!!! Jog RTP eh!!! you guys in Bangalore are really lucky. I have never heard of this raga being elaborated in the carnatic scene as much. As Coolkarni said, I have heard Jog mainly from light classical songs in Malayalam. I felt the mood of the raga suited ghazals really well.. A rAgam and thAnam in Jog might have been quite a treat.

Will have to watch out for the trichur brothers !!! hope they come to bombay to perform too..

rajeev

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 25 May 2009, 08:16

rajeev,
Go back a few posts. Punarvasu says they are singing in Chembur in June.

rajeevsid · Post by **rajeevsid** » 25 May 2009, 10:33

thanks arasi... That post from punarvasu did skip my attention while perusing the thread.. I like all three of them so looking forward to june

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 25 May 2009, 12:53

Yes Rajeev
19th Trichur Brothers 7.30 pm
20th Nisha Rajagopal 6 30 pm
21st Saketaraman 6.05 pm
In fine arts chembur

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 May 2009, 06:48

To compensate for that sparse attendance and to listen to that carnatified Jog (which coolkarni can explain as to how much it matches with the original HM

just visit
http://www.sangeethamshare.org/harihara ... s-23May09/

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 26 May 2009, 07:24

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 26 May 2009, 07:31

CML - i uploaded in sangeethamshare couple of days ago, and didn't announce in that group also);- I guess you did "re"search to find the concert on your own...Better let me go and announce it there...

-hari

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 26 May 2009, 07:38

Ah, s_hari, so you're the hariharan on Sangeethamshare. Thanks a MILLION for your MDR collection especially!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 26 May 2009, 08:40

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 26 May 2009, 08:49

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 May 2009, 09:15

s_hari
That jog was my bait. coolkarni has spoiled me enough and so I am a fan of jog. Hence I went to sangitapriya to search, and guess what I landed on your gold mine! I did not know you are the 'hariharan' who is doing yeoman service at that site and to thousands of CM fans over the globe.
dhanyavaad!
yes coolkarni!
CM performers should look for inspiration from HM for new ragas/approaches to enrich CM so that our new breed of vaggeyakaras can compose exciting new 'uruppaDis' in them ( Are you listening Arasi?)

rajeevsid · Post by **rajeevsid** » 26 May 2009, 09:43

yes hari, a very good jog.. Enjoyed the whole concert a lot actually..
Thanks anandabhairavi for the shedule.. Do you know the shanmukhananda schedule too?

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 May 2009, 10:02

Yes Rajeev.I will give you in a day.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 26 May 2009, 10:50

I notice that Trichur Bros father, Sri Trichur Mohan, exclusively accompanies them (on mrudangam) in concerts. Nithyasri's dad used to do the same for her for a long time. Some other artistes have stock accompanists for the majority of concerts.

I think if they had different accompanists they would get new ideas and their concerts will have greater variety. What do others think?

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 26 May 2009, 19:53

I personally believe DAD accompanying son is such a blessing and motivation, why would one go for a hamburger in McDonald when you can have a steak at home for the same price? - Vegetarians, including myself, might think this expression is not tasteful.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 May 2009, 20:02

Here is a vegetarian expression

veNNayai kaiyilE vacchuNDu neykku alayalAmA
(should one go in search of ghee when he has butter on hand)

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 26 May 2009, 20:57

I think, mohan's question is whether by having a different mrudangam vidwan, can artist learn new ideas faster? I think, answer is yes and no!!! Consider for example, MS Amma had Murthy mama accompanying most of the time, and DKP amma had Palghat Mani Iyer. Didn't they go to up in the career? Also, we have heard of vidwans learning for accompanying artists, like Sanjay learning from Nagai Muralidharan on vivdadi ragas...

-hari

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 26 May 2009, 21:45

I just heard the tAnam of Jog by the brothers . It looks there is a definite padAntra difference in the way Jog is handled between the brothers and suryaprakash jog rtp. While brothers are aligning more as a chAlanAttai janyam as s_hari indicated in the first post, suryaprakAsh that day's jog RTP was a cross of thillang(major)+ nAttai (minor)

Very very brilliant rendition and extremely well executed tAnam and pallavi , kudos trichur brothers.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 May 2009, 22:32

Other advantages and disadvantages of having customary mrudangam players: Yes, they would know the sAhityams well and would play more effectively than a new accompanist.
No, the comfort zone may get to be too comfortable that drawing from each other won't be a refreshing experience for either and staleness may set in.

CML, your remark about Jog to me:
Is it another one of your baits?

Well, they are not like ASu kavi. Yet, the compositions are triggered by some inspiring rendition (every time we use the word rendition now, we feel like saying: manniccukkOppA Uday!). I recently got a song in one such rAgam. Will run it by you sometime...

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 May 2009, 00:08

Since VVS disappeared, I have heard of TNS and SSI tuning most of Ambujam Krishna in scintillating ragas. You should get some such help from good young performers (like even Trichur brothers who are up and coming), now that you are spending some time in SI periodically!

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 28 May 2009, 02:59

raagam jog by jesudAs:

http://www.getalyric.com/listen/QCmsZba ... s_abdullah

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 May 2009, 06:21

But that Jog is a derivative of VagadEshvari, Mela 34

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 28 May 2009, 11:52

There is one song that Sri TVR renders, the starting words are, "karuNisO rangA karuNisO..." and I think his version is in jOg.