Three good lec dems which i attended (again i will provide the details later)
Shri.Vijay Siva on ragas Manjari, Devamruthavarshini, Devakriya
Missed the first 5 min- Vijay siva spoke very well on the evolution of these ragas and played the eka kritis that were composed in this raga. Post his presentation the discussion veered into the concept of tradition versus changes/modernization of these ragas/compositions which evoked a discussion around what is creativity and what is tradition which ended for want of time (and also the fact that it by itself is a separate topic)
I only felt while answering to some of the clarifications/questions that 1-2 senior artistes raised the response from Shri.Vijay Siva maight certainly not be called respectful. This may be unintentional but the manner in which he responded sounded so.
Smt R.S Jeyalakshmi on Begada
A very interesting and informative lec dem where Smt.Jeyalaksmi went into the history of Begada that had three possibly distinct swaroopams in arohanam(SGMPNNS, SGMPNDNS, SGRGMPDPS). She further demonstarted this with Geethams from SSP and other literature and dikshithar krithis. Her playing of begada, though in small measure, was a treat to the ear.
Again the end of this lec dem started off with a suggestion on considering Begada as the janya of of harikambhoji rather than sankarabharanam (by Shri Ravikiran) as he felt as an instrumentalist the Ni is kaisiki and not the unique Begada Ni and Ma not the "begada Ma", as being claimed. TM Krishna brought in a valid point stating that it would be good to consider a separate classification process for rakthi ragas like Sahana, Begada where many of the swaras exist with multiple gamakas and anuswaras and not in their exact form. The debate had to be stalled againg for want of time (and it was going no where :-)); however the good point taht came about is that the convenor Shri.Pappu Venugopal suggested that they could have a separate forum for discussion on this topic with the august scholars and musicians to arrive at an amicable decision
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
December season 2010
This is the summary of the concerts i attended and i would like to discuss some of them in detail later
TNS-1
I started the december season listening to an excellent concert from the great T N Seshagopalan. This was the vaikunta ekadesi conecrt in Mudhra assisted by Shri.M.Chandrashekaran and Trichur Narendran.
An excellent Pantuvarali with the kamba ramayana song "Kai vannam angu kanden" and the great nayaki kriti "Ranganayakam" set the tone for the concert. TNS sang a great nayaki-the best part being the non-repetitiveness of the sangatis and his exploration of the phrases around dha-ni. Ofcourse he sang one of his best renditions of brindavan saranga for an RTP.
Malladi
I attended a live concert of Malladi Brothers in Music Academy prior to TNS's concert. I started listening with the karaharapiya main piece "Satatham Thavaka". The karaharapriya ragam sung that day was exemplary and encompassed all the known phrases and some innovative phrases.
Saveri was good but for a RTP it was quite less possibly due to lack of time
TNS at Music Academy
This concert started off with a low key with him warming his voice-a vachaspathi with some great phrases flowed with the kriti "ennadi nee" (of patnam subramania iyer); the best was though reserved for the Bhairavi raga anad the kriti "Upacharamu".
Somehow always i had a feeling though TNS sings some great ragams and compositions in Music academy, the overall mood there does not shine like in MFA or Mudhra or the like (even though the MA auditorium is much better acoustically and the overall ambience)
Bharat Sundar at MA
An good musician to watch out for- he sang a vibrant "amba paradevathe (rudrapriya)" with swarams and an excellent Varali for seshachala nayakam.
Prasanna Venkatraman at MA
Quite a good concert content wise-a very good kambodhi ragam-however prasanna needs to focus on how he uses his voice - it produces a lot of unmusical sounds that rob the musicality of the ragam he sings (this i have observed from his previous concerts also)
Abhishek Raghuram at NGS
An Excellent Lathangi from Abhishek with sme unique panchama varja prayogams and a beautifully rendered Kriti.
TNS-U Srinivas-Zakir and Guruvayur Dorai
A much anticipated concept - more or less satisfied the listeners expectation. Ofcourse TNS's voice had problems initially-however with the onset of kalyani ragam you could hear him at his best (though again his voice became sore post this piece). His prayogams focussing on pa-dha-ni and the nagaswaram pidis were amazing.
Vijay Siva's lec dem and Dr R S Jeyalakshmi's Lec dem - to follow
TNS-1
I started the december season listening to an excellent concert from the great T N Seshagopalan. This was the vaikunta ekadesi conecrt in Mudhra assisted by Shri.M.Chandrashekaran and Trichur Narendran.
An excellent Pantuvarali with the kamba ramayana song "Kai vannam angu kanden" and the great nayaki kriti "Ranganayakam" set the tone for the concert. TNS sang a great nayaki-the best part being the non-repetitiveness of the sangatis and his exploration of the phrases around dha-ni. Ofcourse he sang one of his best renditions of brindavan saranga for an RTP.
Malladi
I attended a live concert of Malladi Brothers in Music Academy prior to TNS's concert. I started listening with the karaharapiya main piece "Satatham Thavaka". The karaharapriya ragam sung that day was exemplary and encompassed all the known phrases and some innovative phrases.
Saveri was good but for a RTP it was quite less possibly due to lack of time
TNS at Music Academy
This concert started off with a low key with him warming his voice-a vachaspathi with some great phrases flowed with the kriti "ennadi nee" (of patnam subramania iyer); the best was though reserved for the Bhairavi raga anad the kriti "Upacharamu".
Somehow always i had a feeling though TNS sings some great ragams and compositions in Music academy, the overall mood there does not shine like in MFA or Mudhra or the like (even though the MA auditorium is much better acoustically and the overall ambience)
Bharat Sundar at MA
An good musician to watch out for- he sang a vibrant "amba paradevathe (rudrapriya)" with swarams and an excellent Varali for seshachala nayakam.
Prasanna Venkatraman at MA
Quite a good concert content wise-a very good kambodhi ragam-however prasanna needs to focus on how he uses his voice - it produces a lot of unmusical sounds that rob the musicality of the ragam he sings (this i have observed from his previous concerts also)
Abhishek Raghuram at NGS
An Excellent Lathangi from Abhishek with sme unique panchama varja prayogams and a beautifully rendered Kriti.
TNS-U Srinivas-Zakir and Guruvayur Dorai
A much anticipated concept - more or less satisfied the listeners expectation. Ofcourse TNS's voice had problems initially-however with the onset of kalyani ragam you could hear him at his best (though again his voice became sore post this piece). His prayogams focussing on pa-dha-ni and the nagaswaram pidis were amazing.
Vijay Siva's lec dem and Dr R S Jeyalakshmi's Lec dem - to follow
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