TM Krishna on 28th August 2011.
R K.Sriramkumar-Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao-Mridangam
Purushottam-Kanjira
The concert was at 11 AM. In memory of Veena SeshaNNA. The advantages of attending Sunday 11 AM concert are many, viz.,
-Have lunch and attend the concert. You have to just skip precious afternoon nap. For TMK, it is ok.
-No traffic jam, being Sunday.
-Afternoon concerts are always free.
-You can talk to stalwarts leisurely, if you have close proximity with them.
-If you don’t have AC at home (or want to save Electricity), napping in venue like NGS with full AC, on a Sunday, is like “vaikuntam” !!!
- the concert, if delayed, may continue to be performed for 3 hours since, normally, there is no programme after the concert. The next programme will start at 4 PM, evening session.
The list goes like this
“undedhi rAmudu- Thyagarajar- Swaram in “undedhi”
Thyagaraja palayasumAm- Gowlai-MD (Neraval and swaram in “Guruguha”)
Kriti-GamaAshrama-Seshanna kriti.
Sri rAmam-Narayana Gowla-MD-rAgam, swaram (no neraval)
tAva vibho-Yaman KalyAn (?)
pArukkulle nalla nAdu-baratiyAr
Mangalam kosalendraya-chencurutti, peelu,punnagavarali and nAdanamakriya.
Chencurutti-TillAna
When TMK is performing in front of senior vidwan, he should have started with a varNam or should have rendered a decent main rAga or done some justification in SeshaNNa Kriti, on whose behalf the programme was conducted.
All the three was missing. His NG rAga rendition was not ”A” class, not because of TMK, but because of rAga, he has chosen. Some of the rAga alapanas are like “swimming in well/tank” as SSI says. Some of the rAgas are swimming in sea/river. There is nothing in NG, chosen as main, for more than 5 min. Sriramkumar return was better than TMK.
Better rAga selection would have satisfied our “afternoon soul”. Good to see Sri.Nedanuri got up before he started NG.
I don’t agree artists referring to books/papers while singing the song. TMK referring papers for SeshaNNa kriti and for Barathiyar song. Somtimes comparisons are inevitable. I could not stop thinking of Sanjay rendering “Karashri” kriti at the same venue couple of months back without referring any paper.
GamanAshrama rAga alapana was not fuly justified. There is an RTP of Gamaashrama of Malladi brothers, Sri.Nedanurigaru must have been proud of his disciples after listening to TMK.
I still love going to TMK concert. His neraval in “guruguha” of Gowlai kriti and fast swarAs in Harikambodhi were a real beauty. Of course, the accompaniments, especially the tani of of SMR and Purushotam , was excellent.
Someone was telling this.
Good God Arunkumar was not accompanying in Mridangam, Otherwise, he will give some “Valentines Pallavi” and asked TMK to sing RTP with that pallavi. TMK also would have rendered.
I could not find TN Krishnan, when the concert started. Entered the hall at 11.15 and observed Sri.Nedanuri, Smt.Vijayantimala Bali and sabha secretaries. He must have left early.
Another advantage of afternoon concert is the duration. Even if it started late, it can continue. In NGS, the next programme was 4.30 PM. (That day eve, Ranjani & Gayathri was giving a concert). No need for TMK to shorten his concert.
Ironically, he was talking to some of the listeners half an hour after the concert. He could have rendered RTP (without Arunkumar pallavi !!!) in that time.
Another problem was with TMK –his pronunciation. He started “Undedhi RRRaamudu”. I did not know whether TMK was angry with Lord Rama. As the meaning goes- “It is indeed Rama only”. He did not need to stress the “R”. He should be careful or need to face the wrath of Anchaneya !!!
TMK needs to understand that his rasikas have big appetite for music.
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