Concert at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on 24-12-2006
TNS started with sriragavarnam which was followed by the Dikshithar krithi 'srimahaganapathe 'in Gaula for which he sang the chittasvaram in three kAlas. Next came Hameerkalyani and the thiruppavai 'thoomanimaadatthu ' the rendering of which was embellished with the style of 'kondukootti,' or assembling the words one by one in 'ghanam' method.TNS sang svara at 'maamaayan maadhavan.'
Next was 'kaaneere' in kamas a ootthukkadu composition.As all ootthukkadu compositions this also acquired added beauty when sung by TNS.This was followed by 'Srirajagopala' of Dikshithar in Saveri and a crisp and beautiful 'Marivere' in Shanmukhapriya, a krthi by Patnam Subramania ayyar, with svaraprasthara.
After the Karnaranjani krthi of Muthhiah Bhagavathar, 'Vanchathonu' came the real visvaroopa of TNS in Raga alapana of Kambodhi and the Thyagaraja krthi 'O Rangasayi.' The experience on listening to it is something indescribable by words. The picture that presented to the mind of this rasika was that in the eighth skandha of Srimadbhagavatham where the incarnation of Lord narasimha occurs.
As we could not foresee which krithi was going to follow when the alapana started, the scene that came in front was the appearance of the Lord Narsimha out of the pillar creating a magnificent and inexplicable awe on the onlooker and his leisurely but forceful destruction of evil, in the form of Hiranyakasipu and gradually developing into a merciful and beautiful form as Lakshminarasimha to bless Prahladha and the world.
When the krthi started the scene changed and we witnessed Lord Ranganatha and TNS sang the krthi in the manner that we were transported to the bhoolokavaikunta, Srirangam, to witness the suprabhatham of the Lord and could imagine the way Thyagaraja would have wakened Him up. The krthi which is by itself beautiful was further enriched by the rendering of TNS and the svara was in accordance with the mood of the song and depicted the gradual and effective awakening of the Lord. It was indeed an experience quite out of this world which lasted till the next day evening when TNS gave a different treat in the music academy.
TNS was ably assisted by TNSKrishna who gave vocal support and VVRavi on voilin and Velore Ramabadran on Mridangam and Madippakkam Murali on Ghatam
Concert at Naradaganasabha on23-12-2006
The Kanada adathala varnam was the gateway to an extraordinary (but ordinary to TNS) concert.Brovabharama followed with svara which was bahudhA(bhrama)ri, like the abundant(bahudhA) reemkara of the bee(bhramara).Next was 'kadaikkan vaitthu enai ALamma' a composition of MahaVaidyanatha Ayyar in Begada.
The Kumudhakriya that followed was sumudhakriya(mudha =delight) extremely delightful in svaraprsthara and pulakakriya, creating horipulation in the delineation of raga.
The makuta was the Kedaragoula , very elaborate alapana of which looked as though TNS is ploughing the field, kedara to bring out the fertile crop. the krithi as expected was 'Sargunapalimpa' by Patnam Subramania Ayyar and the neraval at 'varagunaseshadri, took us up the seven hills to have the darsan of the Lord Venkatesvara by a luxurious AC car and brought us back only to climb again through the steps provided by his svaraprasthara. So we were blessed with the darsan twice! Not only that! The svaras were so full of variety and grandeur that it looked as though he is performing the brahmothsava depicting the Lord in all vahanas.
The concert ended with 'MohanavaLLi' in Manji by Mutthiah bhagavathar and a bajan 'baso mere.'
Accompanying artists were M.Chandhrasekharan on violin, who provided his usual eminent support and Guruvayur Dorai on mridhangam and Sundarkumar on Ganjira , the seasoned pair who always delighted the rasikas.
concert at sri krishna gana sabha on 22-12-2006
The krthi 'Sriragukula' of Thyagaraja in Hamsadvani marked the beginning of the concert for which TNS sang svaras and then elaborated on Panthuvarali which contained all the nuances usually found in this raga when sung by him. The krithi was 'Ninnuneranamminanura,' and not 'Apparamabhakthi' as you would have imagined and the svara was short and sweet. The next was raga Abhogi followed by the krthi 'mansavrtha' by Thyagaraja. TNS sang svara for this too.
Then followed the rasika's favourite 'Ranganayakam' in Nayaki in which one could visualise the Lord leaisurely reclining on His bed of Sesha ( pun intended)!
The Thiruppavai 'keechukeechenrengum' in Huseni was sung in the method of 'kondukootti' each word joining with the preceding ones in succession and the sangathi in 'matthinaal' created an impression of the gopis churning the curd.
'Nadaloludai' in kalyanavasantham by Thyagaraja was the next followed by a melodious kambodhi and the krthi 'Sri subramanyaya namasthe.' The svara prasthara was at 'vasavadhi' and 'bhoosuradhi' alternatively and was a mellifluous and skilful presentation.
The last piece was the sloka 'ambamohini' sung as a ragamalika. The mohana in the line ' Ambamohini ' was a real mohana (enchanting) and the line 'Anandasandayinee' was sung in Anandabharavi and
dabharavi and amrthavarshini whcih can be better described by the very names of the ragas, (Ananadamrthavarshini). the next line 'vani pallvapani' was in Girvani followed by kalyani and yaman kalyani while singing the word 'kalyani' ending with sriraga in 'Srirajarajesvari.' an exquisite delineation.
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concert at MOP Vaishnav college on 20-12-2006
A bonus for the rasikas, which might have been missed by many who did not note the announcement in the morning paper. The concert started with Abhogi varnam with kalpanasvara as usual. This was followed by 'Sadhinchane, pancharathnam of Thyagaraja in Arabhi and then came the raga Dharmavathi and the krthi 'Bajanaseyaradha' The svaras were like the reemkara of the bees while being layapradhana.
Then came Subhapanthuvarali and the krthi 'ennaallurage' of Thyagaraja and the raga alapana, neraval and svaraprasthara were all in keeping with the mood of the song. Subapanthuvarali of TNS is always special and this was no exception. The svara singing was fantastic.
After the thani by Neyveli Venkatesh on Mridangam the concert ended with sloka 'shankachakragadhapane' the plaintive entreaty of Droupadi to Krishna for her manasamrakshana which was followed by 'baro Krishnaiya' a Dasarpadha in ragamalika.
TNS was accompanied by Nagai Sriram on violin who did a wonderful job of it.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
TNS concerts-14-12-2006 and 18-12-2006
concert at SAFE-SSHall-14-12-2006
The concert started with a krthi 'abhimanamu' in Begada which served as an appetizer for a wholesome feast that followed. with its racy svaras. Next was he dharu varnam 'mAdhe malayadhvaja ' of Mutthiah bhagavathar in kamas, which asks at every step 'sukamasukama the way it is rendered always by TNS.
Next was the raga alapana in Vachaspathi and the krthi was 'ennALu nee,' by Patnam subramania iyer again and the niraval svara was sung at the first line 'kannathanrinApai ' of the charaNam. The svara that followed was the usual delightful fare by both TNS and TNS Krishna who gave him vocal support and drew applause by himself on his svaraprasthara.
The slow moving 'abhayamba navavarana' of Muthuswami Dikshithar in sahana was the next one which was followed by 'Nadhupai' in Madhyamavathi of Thyagaraja, which had all its usual beauty including the svara combination at 'veda sannutha' as 'sa,' 'ma.' (samavedasannutha)
The soul of the music was delineated in the rendering of "mayamma ' of Shyamasasthri in Ahiri, which was rendered in an exquisite manner , being steeped in bhava as only TNS could do. It was really moving and reflected the exact sentiment the composer has infused into it. Guruvayur Dorai who played the Mridhangam contributed ably to the mood of the song by his soft touch.
The main piece was 'sakkani raja' in Karaharapriya. The ebullient waves of the raga flowed like a high tide on a full moon day and the alapana was spiced with closed mouth singing which was awe inspiring to the rasikas. TNS constructed a rajamarga, a royal highway absolutely clear with no traffic for the royal krthi to follow. When TNS sang 'chikkani paAlu,' the milk (pAlu) was brought to boil and cooled and served with sugar. The svaraprasthara was full of pyrotechniques that never failed to delight his rasikas. The main piece lasted for one hour before the thani was given to Guruvayur Dorai and Sundar kumar, who played on the Ganjira. Sriram kumar on the violin also re ndered able assistance to TNS.
That was not all! The viruttham 'puLLinvai piLandhittai,' and the song KaNNallavo , a Oothukkadu compositon , sung on request from a rasika were like the payasam of the feast. The viruttham was in ragamalia, comprising of sankarabharanam, sarasangi, subapanthuvarali and suruti followed by the song ' kannallavo' in suruti and it was just beautiful. TNS Krishna took over from his father during the subapanthuvarali and did a fantastic job of it. His singing was fully laden with bhava and he has proved his worth, not only in raga, svara and laya but also in bhava, as the offspring of such illustrious father. The song kanallavo one could see Krishna in the act of gobbling butter and the censure of gopi which was brought picturesquely by the singing which amused and delighted the rasikas.
The concert ended with a thillana in Mohanam by Mutthiah bhagavathar and thiruppugaz.
The rasikas left as thrpthas with such a wonderful banquet!
Concert at The Mylapore Fine Arts on 18-12-2006
The concert, which proved to be rich and creamy, started with the Thyagaraja krthi 'aparadhamula,' in raga rasali followed by "merusamana' in Mayamalavagoula with neraval at 'galamuna sobillu kanakabhooshanamula' in charanam and the svara that followed was racy with poise.
The next was 'YarukkutthAn theriyum' in Devamanohari a composition of Gopalakrishna bharathiyar, a remnisence of the lec/dem in the morning on the author by Chinglepet Ranganathan for those who attended it, which TNS as the president of the conference nicely rounded up with his excellent speech and sample of his music as he does every day.The svara that followed the krthi was fabulous that made the rasikas exclaim , "yarukkum thAne theriyum ivar mahamai!"
Then TNS expounded the raga poorvikalyani in his usual fantastic skill of portrayal of the svarupa of the raga and the krthi that followed was 'ninnuvinaga,' of Shyamasasthri. The svara prasthara whcih was at 'pannagabhooshanudaina,' was shared by TNS krishna, who gave vocal support and stole an applause to his own credit, and it was something wonderful experience to listen to the lion and his cub, whcih will be ever green in the memory of the rasikas.
The creamy layers continued to be relished in the Hindolam that followed ,the raga alapana of which was again shared by the two of them and was exquisitely beautiful and here too Krishna was acclaimed for his singing by the rasikas. The krthi was Neerajakshi kamakshi and was juicy with bhava and gamaka. No svara followed but even without it the piece was rich.
The next and central layer of the dessert pudding was Kalyani, the raga was developed with masterly strokes and grahabhedha to suddha dhanyasi and the krthi was 'Ethavunara of Thyagaraja. The neraval at 'sitagouri ,' and the svara that followed was full of gamaka- oriented phrases with the usual laya display. This was followed by Thani by Guruvayur Dorai on Mridangam and N.Govindarajan on Ghatam. It was an elaborate thani and well appreciated by the audience.
It was 9pm and normally one would expect that there will not be a separate RTP after this. But the rasikas of TNS know better! Yes, there was a RTP , that too in three ragas, Kapi, Narayani and Kapinarayani, though it was short. The pallavi was worded 'kapi narayani sapi mokshapradhayini.' meaning, "who is the unparalleled(Kapi) Narayani , she is also mokshaprahdayini" which was explained by TNS himself. Though short it was wonderful and the rasikas became expectant of a more eloborate exposition of it in the near future.The concert ended with the bajan 'thum aza' followed by thiruppugaz and mangalam.
M.Chandrasekharan who accompaied TNS on the violin did an admirable job of it.
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The concert started with a krthi 'abhimanamu' in Begada which served as an appetizer for a wholesome feast that followed. with its racy svaras. Next was he dharu varnam 'mAdhe malayadhvaja ' of Mutthiah bhagavathar in kamas, which asks at every step 'sukamasukama the way it is rendered always by TNS.
Next was the raga alapana in Vachaspathi and the krthi was 'ennALu nee,' by Patnam subramania iyer again and the niraval svara was sung at the first line 'kannathanrinApai ' of the charaNam. The svara that followed was the usual delightful fare by both TNS and TNS Krishna who gave him vocal support and drew applause by himself on his svaraprasthara.
The slow moving 'abhayamba navavarana' of Muthuswami Dikshithar in sahana was the next one which was followed by 'Nadhupai' in Madhyamavathi of Thyagaraja, which had all its usual beauty including the svara combination at 'veda sannutha' as 'sa,' 'ma.' (samavedasannutha)
The soul of the music was delineated in the rendering of "mayamma ' of Shyamasasthri in Ahiri, which was rendered in an exquisite manner , being steeped in bhava as only TNS could do. It was really moving and reflected the exact sentiment the composer has infused into it. Guruvayur Dorai who played the Mridhangam contributed ably to the mood of the song by his soft touch.
The main piece was 'sakkani raja' in Karaharapriya. The ebullient waves of the raga flowed like a high tide on a full moon day and the alapana was spiced with closed mouth singing which was awe inspiring to the rasikas. TNS constructed a rajamarga, a royal highway absolutely clear with no traffic for the royal krthi to follow. When TNS sang 'chikkani paAlu,' the milk (pAlu) was brought to boil and cooled and served with sugar. The svaraprasthara was full of pyrotechniques that never failed to delight his rasikas. The main piece lasted for one hour before the thani was given to Guruvayur Dorai and Sundar kumar, who played on the Ganjira. Sriram kumar on the violin also re ndered able assistance to TNS.
That was not all! The viruttham 'puLLinvai piLandhittai,' and the song KaNNallavo , a Oothukkadu compositon , sung on request from a rasika were like the payasam of the feast. The viruttham was in ragamalia, comprising of sankarabharanam, sarasangi, subapanthuvarali and suruti followed by the song ' kannallavo' in suruti and it was just beautiful. TNS Krishna took over from his father during the subapanthuvarali and did a fantastic job of it. His singing was fully laden with bhava and he has proved his worth, not only in raga, svara and laya but also in bhava, as the offspring of such illustrious father. The song kanallavo one could see Krishna in the act of gobbling butter and the censure of gopi which was brought picturesquely by the singing which amused and delighted the rasikas.
The concert ended with a thillana in Mohanam by Mutthiah bhagavathar and thiruppugaz.
The rasikas left as thrpthas with such a wonderful banquet!
Concert at The Mylapore Fine Arts on 18-12-2006
The concert, which proved to be rich and creamy, started with the Thyagaraja krthi 'aparadhamula,' in raga rasali followed by "merusamana' in Mayamalavagoula with neraval at 'galamuna sobillu kanakabhooshanamula' in charanam and the svara that followed was racy with poise.
The next was 'YarukkutthAn theriyum' in Devamanohari a composition of Gopalakrishna bharathiyar, a remnisence of the lec/dem in the morning on the author by Chinglepet Ranganathan for those who attended it, which TNS as the president of the conference nicely rounded up with his excellent speech and sample of his music as he does every day.The svara that followed the krthi was fabulous that made the rasikas exclaim , "yarukkum thAne theriyum ivar mahamai!"
Then TNS expounded the raga poorvikalyani in his usual fantastic skill of portrayal of the svarupa of the raga and the krthi that followed was 'ninnuvinaga,' of Shyamasasthri. The svara prasthara whcih was at 'pannagabhooshanudaina,' was shared by TNS krishna, who gave vocal support and stole an applause to his own credit, and it was something wonderful experience to listen to the lion and his cub, whcih will be ever green in the memory of the rasikas.
The creamy layers continued to be relished in the Hindolam that followed ,the raga alapana of which was again shared by the two of them and was exquisitely beautiful and here too Krishna was acclaimed for his singing by the rasikas. The krthi was Neerajakshi kamakshi and was juicy with bhava and gamaka. No svara followed but even without it the piece was rich.
The next and central layer of the dessert pudding was Kalyani, the raga was developed with masterly strokes and grahabhedha to suddha dhanyasi and the krthi was 'Ethavunara of Thyagaraja. The neraval at 'sitagouri ,' and the svara that followed was full of gamaka- oriented phrases with the usual laya display. This was followed by Thani by Guruvayur Dorai on Mridangam and N.Govindarajan on Ghatam. It was an elaborate thani and well appreciated by the audience.
It was 9pm and normally one would expect that there will not be a separate RTP after this. But the rasikas of TNS know better! Yes, there was a RTP , that too in three ragas, Kapi, Narayani and Kapinarayani, though it was short. The pallavi was worded 'kapi narayani sapi mokshapradhayini.' meaning, "who is the unparalleled(Kapi) Narayani , she is also mokshaprahdayini" which was explained by TNS himself. Though short it was wonderful and the rasikas became expectant of a more eloborate exposition of it in the near future.The concert ended with the bajan 'thum aza' followed by thiruppugaz and mangalam.
M.Chandrasekharan who accompaied TNS on the violin did an admirable job of it.
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Saturday, December 09, 2006
TNS-season2006
concert at Meenakshi college -8-12-2006
The concert started with natakurinji varnam followed by 'Mahaganpathim' in Nata.Next was an elaborate alapana in sriragam with the krthi Srivaralakshmim which was good as usual. the panthuvarali that followed was exotic and the krithi kenjinene is new and I have not heard it so far. The neraval svaram in 'sundharam niraindha 'was really a sundharamniraindha svaraprastharam and kept the audience thrilled.The next was something which proved that the concerts of TNS are audiovisual. It was "Ramanukku mannan mudi tharitthale"and it should be heard to enjoy the bhava. There was a review in recent Kumudam that TNS will sing ten sangathis in this line of the song.And he did!Such an eloquence that portrayed the actual coronation of Rama was fantastic. Later in the anupallavi in "paamaramE unakkennadi pEcchEpazam nazuvippAlil vizundhArpol" the elegance with which the pazam slipped and fell into the milk was something remarkable!Pazam nazuvippaalilvizundha azage azagu!We could actually feel it.Later in the charanam singing the line "parasuraman garvam theerthavandi" TNS portrayed the garva of parasurama through his music that is not only audible but perceivable .Similarly "nAAlu pEril moothhavan" was shown to be such!This krthi which made everybody jubilant with its visual effect was significantly followed by Kalyanarama which is always delights his rasikas.Next was 'etijanam'in varaliand the main raga was sankarabharanam the portrayal of the raga was picturesque and the work of the master artiste who painted it with his masterstrokes like a brilliant atrtist. the grahabhedha with thodi was areal master stroke and was applauded heavily.The krthi was svararaga sudha and it was really a 'svararagasudha ' nectarine in its delineation of raga and display of svara and laya and it was a svararagalaya sudharasa.The end part consisted of ashtapadi 'sancharadhadhara ' in raga shyama kalyan and in the word 'mama' TNS brought into play both madhyamas ,Ma.ma, which was wonderful.This was followed by ' nirupamana,' a javali in Behag and sindhubairavi thillana.The audience apprciated the concert in every part and never got up even during thani, which was acclaimed by TNS himself and there was standing ovation in the end.
concert in Karthika fine arts at Naradagana sabha
The concert being organised by Karthik Fine Arts TNs chose all songs on Karthikeya today after starting with 'Vathapi Ganapathim' in Hamsadvani, precede by a sloka. the krthi itself being fast moving the svara was also in fast tempo and lively for the start.
Then TNS sang the last verse of Kans daranupudhi 'Uruvai aruvai uladhai iladhai,' in anandhaba hairavi and the alapana that preceded was exemplary and moving. The krthi was 'Manasa guruguha as expected and the neraval and svara at the unusual place 'nathva srigurucharanam' and rendered in a way in which only TNS is capable of. Anandhamana svara in Anandhabhairavi!
Next was a detailed alapana in shadvidha margani followed by the krthi of Koteesvara ayyar 'antharanga bhakthi.'This was followed by 'paradesi petrapillai' in Bilahari a compostion of his mother.
The main raga was thodi that gave the anticipation of the krthi 'Karthikeya gangeya' of Papanasam sivan and it was the same. The closed mouth singing which a speciality of TNS resembling the sound of nadhasvaram was amazing and one rasika remarked that what he sings with his mouth closed many cannot do even with open mouth! The thodi was of course marvellous and the svara had all the embellishments that could be expected from the gret maestro. The next was a song by his mother which he sang in two ragas shanmukhariya and behag, beautiful words rendered in beautiful ragas and presented full of bhava.The concert ended wiy th the thillana in Niroshta, his own composition and thiruppugaz followed by sampradayamangalam
The concert started with natakurinji varnam followed by 'Mahaganpathim' in Nata.Next was an elaborate alapana in sriragam with the krthi Srivaralakshmim which was good as usual. the panthuvarali that followed was exotic and the krithi kenjinene is new and I have not heard it so far. The neraval svaram in 'sundharam niraindha 'was really a sundharamniraindha svaraprastharam and kept the audience thrilled.The next was something which proved that the concerts of TNS are audiovisual. It was "Ramanukku mannan mudi tharitthale"and it should be heard to enjoy the bhava. There was a review in recent Kumudam that TNS will sing ten sangathis in this line of the song.And he did!Such an eloquence that portrayed the actual coronation of Rama was fantastic. Later in the anupallavi in "paamaramE unakkennadi pEcchEpazam nazuvippAlil vizundhArpol" the elegance with which the pazam slipped and fell into the milk was something remarkable!Pazam nazuvippaalilvizundha azage azagu!We could actually feel it.Later in the charanam singing the line "parasuraman garvam theerthavandi" TNS portrayed the garva of parasurama through his music that is not only audible but perceivable .Similarly "nAAlu pEril moothhavan" was shown to be such!This krthi which made everybody jubilant with its visual effect was significantly followed by Kalyanarama which is always delights his rasikas.Next was 'etijanam'in varaliand the main raga was sankarabharanam the portrayal of the raga was picturesque and the work of the master artiste who painted it with his masterstrokes like a brilliant atrtist. the grahabhedha with thodi was areal master stroke and was applauded heavily.The krthi was svararaga sudha and it was really a 'svararagasudha ' nectarine in its delineation of raga and display of svara and laya and it was a svararagalaya sudharasa.The end part consisted of ashtapadi 'sancharadhadhara ' in raga shyama kalyan and in the word 'mama' TNS brought into play both madhyamas ,Ma.ma, which was wonderful.This was followed by ' nirupamana,' a javali in Behag and sindhubairavi thillana.The audience apprciated the concert in every part and never got up even during thani, which was acclaimed by TNS himself and there was standing ovation in the end.
concert in Karthika fine arts at Naradagana sabha
The concert being organised by Karthik Fine Arts TNs chose all songs on Karthikeya today after starting with 'Vathapi Ganapathim' in Hamsadvani, precede by a sloka. the krthi itself being fast moving the svara was also in fast tempo and lively for the start.
Then TNS sang the last verse of Kans daranupudhi 'Uruvai aruvai uladhai iladhai,' in anandhaba hairavi and the alapana that preceded was exemplary and moving. The krthi was 'Manasa guruguha as expected and the neraval and svara at the unusual place 'nathva srigurucharanam' and rendered in a way in which only TNS is capable of. Anandhamana svara in Anandhabhairavi!
Next was a detailed alapana in shadvidha margani followed by the krthi of Koteesvara ayyar 'antharanga bhakthi.'This was followed by 'paradesi petrapillai' in Bilahari a compostion of his mother.
The main raga was thodi that gave the anticipation of the krthi 'Karthikeya gangeya' of Papanasam sivan and it was the same. The closed mouth singing which a speciality of TNS resembling the sound of nadhasvaram was amazing and one rasika remarked that what he sings with his mouth closed many cannot do even with open mouth! The thodi was of course marvellous and the svara had all the embellishments that could be expected from the gret maestro. The next was a song by his mother which he sang in two ragas shanmukhariya and behag, beautiful words rendered in beautiful ragas and presented full of bhava.The concert ended wiy th the thillana in Niroshta, his own composition and thiruppugaz followed by sampradayamangalam
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