Govind's voice has an amazing tonal quality that made the kEdAragowLai AlApanai a treat. Govind's pAThAntaram of kritis was impeccable, diction was superb. Although there was a small sag during the rendition of tuLasi bilva, which was still beautiful and bhAva-laden in that pace, Govind's concert was traditional and evoked deep bhakti rasam.
The list was as follows:
varnam- kAmavardhini- Pallavur Mani Iyer
rAma nI pai - kEdAram - Adi- T- S@pallavi
shanmuka guhanE - chakravAkam-rUpakam- composed by R Shrinivasan of Trivandrum (?)
tuLasi bilva - kEdAragoWLai- Adi- T- R
gaTTigAnu - bEgaDa - Adi, tisra naDai- T
nI cittamu - vijayavasanta-Adi - T
narasimhAgaccha - mOhanam- misra chApu-MD- RNST @ dhIratara
toli nE jEsina - shuddha bangALa - Adi-T
RTP - kharaharapriya - khanDa tripuTa with trikAlam
nenjanil- dwAdasha ranjanimAlikA -Adi- N.S.Chidambaram -set to tune by T M Thyagarajan
darikkum - tiruppugazh in Arabhi
maNgaLam
The chakravAkam song was beautiful. The pAThAntaram of tuLasi bilva was a bit new to me, with the pallavi starting at the samam (anupallavi and charanam lines were at the usual arai iDam). The detailed mohanam compensated for the lack of neraval and swarams till the main item. trikAlam for the pallavi was done well, barring a small slip, may be because of distraction due to a sudden soreness in the throat. The neraval in the main piece deserves special mention. It was sung without deviation from the actual placement of the syllables. This requires a great amount of control and Govind did a good job
Smriti's kharaharapriya was brilliant . Karthik Srinivasan on Mridangam supported Govind well with really cool sollus . He was even gracious to share one sollu that he played in the short and sweet tani with me after the concert .
All in all, a wonderful,weighty concert that everyone enjoyed.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sri T N Seshagopalan @ Fine Arts Society, Chembur, Mumbai on 15th August 2010
T. N.Seshagopalan - vocal
Nagai Sriram - Violin
R Ramesh - Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
Sri TNS gave an amazing concert on 15th August. At the end of three hours, the list was as follows:
1.) mEru samAna - mAyA mALava gowLai - Adi - T (R, N,S @ gaLamuna)
2.) endarO mahanubhAvulu - sri - Adi - T (R,N,S @ rAmabhaktu)
3.) ADa mODi - chArukEsi - Adi -T (R,S @ mATalADa )
4.) nagumOmu - AbhEri - Adi - T (R,N,S,T)
Had to leave after tani so not sure what he sang after this.
The concert started on time. Nagai Sriram gave excellent support. Shri R. Ramesh and KVG were brilliant, they could follow all the mathematical patterns that TNS sang. The best part of the kutcheri was the swarams at mATalAda mODi, due its rare eDuppu (27 aksharams talli). Although the patterns were vintage TNS ones, they sounded very fresh and interesting. Only a vidvan like TNS can handle ragas like Abheri without making them sound light. nagumOmu was brilliantly rendered followed by a very detailed round of neraval and swarams, which were again vintage TNS patterns! It felt as if I was listening to the TNS that I have heard on tapes! The tani was good, with many intelligent patterns in mishram and sankeerna naDai.
A special mention about the endarO mahAnubhAvulu. It was outstanding. The AlApana was the best I have heard for this rAga. The kalpana swarams and neraval were also very beautifully done. I got at least five messages from known people attending the concert that this was the most beautiful srI they had heard.
TNS sir is truly a legend. Had a nice evening. No shruti problems (my third TNS kutcheri in a row without such). Excellent acoustics and a sensitive audience. All in all, a kutcheri that made my weekend!
Nagai Sriram - Violin
R Ramesh - Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
Sri TNS gave an amazing concert on 15th August. At the end of three hours, the list was as follows:
1.) mEru samAna - mAyA mALava gowLai - Adi - T (R, N,S @ gaLamuna)
2.) endarO mahanubhAvulu - sri - Adi - T (R,N,S @ rAmabhaktu)
3.) ADa mODi - chArukEsi - Adi -T (R,S @ mATalADa )
4.) nagumOmu - AbhEri - Adi - T (R,N,S,T)
Had to leave after tani so not sure what he sang after this.
The concert started on time. Nagai Sriram gave excellent support. Shri R. Ramesh and KVG were brilliant, they could follow all the mathematical patterns that TNS sang. The best part of the kutcheri was the swarams at mATalAda mODi, due its rare eDuppu (27 aksharams talli). Although the patterns were vintage TNS ones, they sounded very fresh and interesting. Only a vidvan like TNS can handle ragas like Abheri without making them sound light. nagumOmu was brilliantly rendered followed by a very detailed round of neraval and swarams, which were again vintage TNS patterns! It felt as if I was listening to the TNS that I have heard on tapes! The tani was good, with many intelligent patterns in mishram and sankeerna naDai.
A special mention about the endarO mahAnubhAvulu. It was outstanding. The AlApana was the best I have heard for this rAga. The kalpana swarams and neraval were also very beautifully done. I got at least five messages from known people attending the concert that this was the most beautiful srI they had heard.
TNS sir is truly a legend. Had a nice evening. No shruti problems (my third TNS kutcheri in a row without such). Excellent acoustics and a sensitive audience. All in all, a kutcheri that made my weekend!
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