26th September 2011- Narada Gana Sabha.
Smt Ranjani & Gayatri
Manoj Siva-Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan-Ganjira
Charulata Ramanujam-Violin
• SivakAmsundari-Mukhari
• Ninnarul Iyambalaguma-Pantuvarali- Neraval in “innal kootti inbam ooti”
• GowrimanoharA karunAkara-Gowrimanohari
• Sub-main in Raag Alapana in SAHANA followed by “Sri vAtAapi ganapatiye ” followed by swaram in “vAtApi”
• “KarpagAmbigai yundu- Sudha sAveri
• Main-sAVeri-followed by “kAmakshi gowri kAnchipura nAyaki”-Adi- followed by chittaswaram and neraval in “kAnchipura nAyaki”
• Tani
• rAmanai bajittAl- Maand
• sivagangA nagara nivAsini - punnAgavarALi – Adi
• srirAma jayamangalam -Madhyamavati
To Commemorate 121st Birth Anniversary of Papanasam Sivan, this was organised. The programme was supposed to have started at 6.30 PM, but started at 6.55 and promptly ended at 9 PM !! Kapaleeswarar Pancharatnam was rendered followed by conferring “Sivanisai Selvar” on T.R.Subramanyan by Sri P.S.Narayanaswamy.
I heard that R&G had been continuously performing for the 3rd day on Monday,, the first 2 days being in Bangalore. They tried to provide a good concert but duration was a real factor. I think Rasikas deserve at least 21/2 hours concert.
Brisk Mukhari ignited a good start followed by PantuvarAli. Mic system was not perfect and had to be adjusted before starting pantuvarli. The song was a replica of “Ninnu near nammi” type and showed how much Papanasam Sivan got impressed with Thyagaraja’s kritis.
Gayathri’s sahAna was a real treat. She brought all the nuances of this raga in her Alapana, though I expected “chittam irangAtha” came a surprise “Ganapathy” kriti in TM krishna’s style.
Karpagambikaiyundu is a new kriti. If someone gives the link of this kriti/lyrics, it is good.
Ranjani started with sAveri and somewhere she lost the “briga” aspect and Gayathri came to the rescue and finished it beautifully. kAmaksi is a wonderful piece and swara exchange was really good and it was rendered very well, a welcome song for Navrathri.
Tani was short and Ganjira was not audible till the tani. Mridangam volume was too loud from the beginning. Better these small issues get sorted out before the screen is lifted.
Violin- She played her violin within the precincts of the rAga and was really good. But, it is better to bring more “brigas” in the violin to make it real challenging for the artists.
Even for vAtapi, they referred the book which was intriguing.
