Sanjay Subramanyan
Neyveli Venkatesh-Mridangam
Varadarajan-Violin
Venkatramanan-Ganjira
Gnjira vidwan, is the descendant of Chittoor family
Event:Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been chosen for the Indira Sivasailam Endowment Award this year. Vocalist Sudha Ragunathan was the the first recipient of this award, instituted by The Indira Sivasailam Endowment Fund in association with the Music Academy of Madras.
Sanjay, in his speech, lauded the support received from accompanying artists and rasikas and journalists. Good gesture.
Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Chairman of TAFE and daughter of late Indira Sivasailam had presided over the function.
SRD Vaidynathan, Sanjay’s Guru was also present for the concert. Sanjay was moved by his presence on this Vijayadasami day and he expressed this in his speech.
The list goes like this:
Sabhapatikku- Abhogi- GKB
PollA puliyinum-and swaram in “pollA” MayamAlava Gowla- Papanasam Sivan
SahAna alApana for 7 min followed by “Vandanamu raghunandana”- Thyagarajar
Ahiri alApana for 3 min followed by “mAyammA”-Shyama Sastri
Ranjani rAgam for 5 min followed by “ranjani niranjani”-GNB- neraval in “sanchita pApamella” followed by swaram.
kAA vAA – varAli-Papanasam Sivan
Main-kAmboji followed “SubrahmanyAya namaste”-MD
“Vizhikkut tunai”-verse followed by “saravanabhavamenum”-Shanmugapriya-P.Sivan.
Chinnanjiru kiLiye-BharatiyAr-rAgamAlika
“PoothavaLe" verse from Abhirami Andhadhi in raag kAnada, Oorile kAni illai”-verse from pAsuram in Sindu bhairavi & Adum mayilAi-Thiru mayilai padhigam in behag-followed by kalpagambigai nee allavo-behag-P Sivan
VandarulvAi sundari maNi- Karnataka behag- PattAmiramaiah
Mangalam-pavamAna & vAzhiya senthamizh.
Music academy podium was decorated with Green colour set in top and back and it was sort of “Go green”. Amazing to see so much of art work was carried out for an over 4 hours function by Sivasailam Trust. The invitation card itself showed the involvement of the team. High tea was served to all the visitors and there was a big crowd, being holiday, The hall was full at 5.30 itself and the concert started at 6.30 (After a long time 6.30 !!!!, in time)
Interestingly, a week back, Arun excello, where Sanjay performed, showing video presentation of their real estate projects before the concert and the rasikas got irritated and asked them to close the screening. Sort of Cinema theatre...news reel.....story.
No gimmicks, no tu toos, no Alattur type talakkattus, no complicated rAgas leaving the rasikas to debate- Sanjay presented another memorable concert. Few Somu “pudis” were observed in Kambodhi. Brisk Abhogi followed by fast “pollA”. He, as commented in his speech, took GNB composition and proved how he keeps GNB in high esteem.
kAmbodhi was a top class and master piece of MD (who will forget the Ariyakkudi-paramacharyAl conversation on this kriti) was rendered very well. But he finished abruptly for tani without swaram or neraval.
Violin – as senior vidwan told me once- “varadu” kku ellam “varudu” . “vArAdadhu enru onrum kidaiyadhu . kAlaiyum vAra mAttAn”. (varadarajan know everything, nothing like “unknown” and he will not let others down).
He closely followed Sanjay as “shadow” and proved him as one of the best vidwans today.
Tani is another class.
Saturday 8 October 2011
Tuesday 4 October 2011
Ranjani & Gayatri for Arun Excello on 1st Oct 2011
Ranjani & Gayatri- Vocal
Charulata Ramanuja-Violin
Arun Prakash- Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan-Ganjira
Date-1st October 2011.
VENUE & OCCASION – Arun Excello, a Corporate giant is coming out with Real Estate construction activities in the outskirts of Chennai and in order to promote this, they had a 3 day programme coupled with Navrathri Celebrations. Friday night, TM Krishna was performing and Saturday was R&G and Sunday it was Sanjay.
Lady AndAl School-Harrington Road-Venkata subba rao hAll.
The list goes like this:
1.SorasUda- sAveri-Kothavasal V Iyer
2. saraseeruha(S) - nAttai -puliyUr duraiswami Iyer
3.HarikAmobdi-Alapana for 3 minutes followed by “enadu manam karuNai”- Papanasam Sivan
4.Amma rAvamma-Kalyani-Thiagarajar- Neraval and swaram in “sAmarasa dala netru, thyagarajuni mitru”
5.Hindolam Alapana by Ranjani followed by “nErajakshi kAmakshi”- MD
6.marive rekkava-mAlavi-GNB – (a brilliant mAlavi and well rendered by R&G)
7.Main- Bilahari followed by “ChAmundeswari pAlayamAm”- Mysore vAsudevachar
Neraval in “rAkA nishAkara sannibha vadanE rAjIva lOcanE” and swaram
8.Tani
9.“Tunga uttunga panirangame” – vasantA followed by “ninRum irundum kidandum”-a verse, from Abirami andhadhi in kApi, sindu bhairavi followed by “karunai deivame
kaRpagame”-P.Sivan“
10.Abhang-rAgam not known.
Mangalam
Excellent auditorium, acoustics and background settings and being a corporate show, extra lightings focusing the artists-it was a true class and R&G was in fine form on that day.
Being navratri, they took Goddess kritis from all composers and rendered with perfection. Started with Alatur style varNam, they immediately into the business, nAttai was presented with aplomb. Neraval in “sAmarasa” was truly outstanding and the exchange of neravals and swarams was well crafted.
The Hindolam rAga by by Ranjani or Bilahari by Gayatri was master-class. Each and every phrase was rendered with perfection. They have truly mesmarised the rasikas. They had the energy till the last Abhang. Breath taking “pudis” in abhang….no way to express the class. I have attended many concerts of R&G. Easily, this will be in my memory for long time.
Good sangatis in almost all the compositions, evenly paced. The rAga selection was likeable and kudos to R&G.
mAlavi I rememberd SSI’s “nenarunji” with LGJ- the breath taking way of rendering kritis and swarams- R&G tried and failed in between, missed the speed. !!
Charulata in violin was a big let down. Follow up of swaras, she could not bring out the speed or repeat the pattern. Sort of mixed bag. If she wants to perform better, she had to listen more and try to show the speed in her violin. Her performance was mediocre though she justified in her return, especially in Bilahari.
Tani-Arun does not bang or even shake his head while playing Tani. Bringing “sunAdam in his Mridangam by gentle tapping”-he is expert. Never failed to impress. Tani was good with KVG.
Charulata Ramanuja-Violin
Arun Prakash- Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan-Ganjira
Date-1st October 2011.
VENUE & OCCASION – Arun Excello, a Corporate giant is coming out with Real Estate construction activities in the outskirts of Chennai and in order to promote this, they had a 3 day programme coupled with Navrathri Celebrations. Friday night, TM Krishna was performing and Saturday was R&G and Sunday it was Sanjay.
Lady AndAl School-Harrington Road-Venkata subba rao hAll.
The list goes like this:
1.SorasUda- sAveri-Kothavasal V Iyer
2. saraseeruha(S) - nAttai -puliyUr duraiswami Iyer
3.HarikAmobdi-Alapana for 3 minutes followed by “enadu manam karuNai”- Papanasam Sivan
4.Amma rAvamma-Kalyani-Thiagarajar- Neraval and swaram in “sAmarasa dala netru, thyagarajuni mitru”
5.Hindolam Alapana by Ranjani followed by “nErajakshi kAmakshi”- MD
6.marive rekkava-mAlavi-GNB – (a brilliant mAlavi and well rendered by R&G)
7.Main- Bilahari followed by “ChAmundeswari pAlayamAm”- Mysore vAsudevachar
Neraval in “rAkA nishAkara sannibha vadanE rAjIva lOcanE” and swaram
8.Tani
9.“Tunga uttunga panirangame” – vasantA followed by “ninRum irundum kidandum”-a verse, from Abirami andhadhi in kApi, sindu bhairavi followed by “karunai deivame
kaRpagame”-P.Sivan“
10.Abhang-rAgam not known.
Mangalam
Excellent auditorium, acoustics and background settings and being a corporate show, extra lightings focusing the artists-it was a true class and R&G was in fine form on that day.
Being navratri, they took Goddess kritis from all composers and rendered with perfection. Started with Alatur style varNam, they immediately into the business, nAttai was presented with aplomb. Neraval in “sAmarasa” was truly outstanding and the exchange of neravals and swarams was well crafted.
The Hindolam rAga by by Ranjani or Bilahari by Gayatri was master-class. Each and every phrase was rendered with perfection. They have truly mesmarised the rasikas. They had the energy till the last Abhang. Breath taking “pudis” in abhang….no way to express the class. I have attended many concerts of R&G. Easily, this will be in my memory for long time.
Good sangatis in almost all the compositions, evenly paced. The rAga selection was likeable and kudos to R&G.
mAlavi I rememberd SSI’s “nenarunji” with LGJ- the breath taking way of rendering kritis and swarams- R&G tried and failed in between, missed the speed. !!
Charulata in violin was a big let down. Follow up of swaras, she could not bring out the speed or repeat the pattern. Sort of mixed bag. If she wants to perform better, she had to listen more and try to show the speed in her violin. Her performance was mediocre though she justified in her return, especially in Bilahari.
Tani-Arun does not bang or even shake his head while playing Tani. Bringing “sunAdam in his Mridangam by gentle tapping”-he is expert. Never failed to impress. Tani was good with KVG.
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