Another let down concert.
There are two types of rasikas in a free and ticketed concert. In BSU held at NGS, the balcony is free wherein the main hall is ticketed. People who opt for free concert cannot do any thing, if a concert is bad. They have to curse their destiny.
If you paid say Rs. 100 (ranging from Rs. 25 to Rs. 200) and expect a good concert and the concert is bad, you have to file a “anticipatory breach” plea to the “Carnatic sangeetham” court. That is what I planned to do after TMK’s concert held on 3rd Nov 2012.
After listening to TMK’s concert, I felt like why this master craftsman is wasting his energy by singing some kritis without touching the souls of the rasikas. He is closing his eyes while singing and in this process, does not even care what the rasikas expect.
If one sings gowlai, Thiagaraja pAlaya... a Dikshitar masterpiece for 50 minutes. what to do ?
It is worse than 1 hour and 15 minutes kriti at Music Academy last year !!!. Singling mA jAnkaki, a centenarian stalwart’s masterpiece with no energy in rAgAs in swarAs. Either you sing the rAgas in detail or swarAs. .. He took neraval in ‘rAjA rAjAvara and dwelled beautifully and suddenly stopped !!
Begada’s rAgam was taken as main (I don’t know it was main, since it was preceded to Tani) and you have a dozen excellent compositions in begada but he took some Tamil kriti that to very slow one.
Heavy rain-outside made rasikas “ no other way”, but to sit inside the hall and listen.
pAukkulle nalla nAdu- Jonpuri kriti is a nice relief.
He started “moulau ganga” Appayya Dikshitra’s verse. Suddenly he announced- I don’t want to sing this. My mood changed and I will sing this..” followed by “pachchai mAmalai pol” followed by “nadandha kAlgal nOndavO.. ...pAsuram.
H.K.Venkatraman on violin and V.V.Ramamurthy on mridangam, Tirupunithura Sri.Radha Krishnan on ghatam contributed immensely to uplift the concert. Radha Krishnan was sitting idle half the time because Krishna’s slow singing.
TMK has to sing for rasikas. He sings for himself for his inner satisfaction. All “m”, “Aha” “oh” are there but that should come from raskas not from him.
Half a dozen disciples including one foreign lady, surrounded by TMK, reminded me of Yesteryear actor Balaiah with his team in the film “Tiruvilaiyadal”
There are two types of rasikas in a free and ticketed concert. In BSU held at NGS, the balcony is free wherein the main hall is ticketed. People who opt for free concert cannot do any thing, if a concert is bad. They have to curse their destiny.
If you paid say Rs. 100 (ranging from Rs. 25 to Rs. 200) and expect a good concert and the concert is bad, you have to file a “anticipatory breach” plea to the “Carnatic sangeetham” court. That is what I planned to do after TMK’s concert held on 3rd Nov 2012.
After listening to TMK’s concert, I felt like why this master craftsman is wasting his energy by singing some kritis without touching the souls of the rasikas. He is closing his eyes while singing and in this process, does not even care what the rasikas expect.
If one sings gowlai, Thiagaraja pAlaya... a Dikshitar masterpiece for 50 minutes. what to do ?
It is worse than 1 hour and 15 minutes kriti at Music Academy last year !!!. Singling mA jAnkaki, a centenarian stalwart’s masterpiece with no energy in rAgAs in swarAs. Either you sing the rAgas in detail or swarAs. .. He took neraval in ‘rAjA rAjAvara and dwelled beautifully and suddenly stopped !!
Begada’s rAgam was taken as main (I don’t know it was main, since it was preceded to Tani) and you have a dozen excellent compositions in begada but he took some Tamil kriti that to very slow one.
Heavy rain-outside made rasikas “ no other way”, but to sit inside the hall and listen.
pAukkulle nalla nAdu- Jonpuri kriti is a nice relief.
He started “moulau ganga” Appayya Dikshitra’s verse. Suddenly he announced- I don’t want to sing this. My mood changed and I will sing this..” followed by “pachchai mAmalai pol” followed by “nadandha kAlgal nOndavO.. ...pAsuram.
H.K.Venkatraman on violin and V.V.Ramamurthy on mridangam, Tirupunithura Sri.Radha Krishnan on ghatam contributed immensely to uplift the concert. Radha Krishnan was sitting idle half the time because Krishna’s slow singing.
TMK has to sing for rasikas. He sings for himself for his inner satisfaction. All “m”, “Aha” “oh” are there but that should come from raskas not from him.
Half a dozen disciples including one foreign lady, surrounded by TMK, reminded me of Yesteryear actor Balaiah with his team in the film “Tiruvilaiyadal”
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