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