Accompanied by:
Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
Guruprasad – Ghatam
Where & When? – P.S. Hr. Sec. School (Nadopasana) on 23rd August
Concert Duration: 3 hrs 10 min!
Songs List:
1. Nee vanti (Varnam) – Neelambari – Raaga outline
2. Gaanamurte – Gaanamurti – Swarams at Gaanamurte
3. ini oru kaNam – Sri Ranjani – Alapana
4. SarasadaLanayana – Khamas – Alapana, Swarams at SarasadaLa
5. Samaja vara – Hindolam – Alapana, neraval at vadana vinoda mohana kara, swarams at vinoda mohana & yaadava kula murali
6. Chetasri Balakrishnam – Dwijavanti
7. Raagam Taanam Pallavi – Charukesi – Tani Avartanam
Taanam: few min of Sahana, Kumudakriya Shubhapantuvarali and few seconds of Bhairavi, Begada, Bhageshri
Pallavi: kaNNan kamala kaNNan kaarmaega vaNNan veNNai uNDa maNNaLandha maayan
8. Kandudhanya – Behag – Brief alapana
9. oorilen kaaNi illai (viruttam) followed by Brindavanamidhuvo – Suddha Dhanyasi
10. Shrtva guNa followed by Bansiwaale – Mohanam
11. Mangalam – Sowrashtram
Yet another awesome concert by my favourite combo – Sanjay & Varadarajan! There were only songs on Lord Krishna in this concert. Neelambari varnam, Ganamurti swarams, Sri Ranjani alapana, the half an hour long Khamas, and the 1 hour long (excluding Tani Avartanam) RTP & of course, the few minutes of taanam in Sahana were the pick of the concert for me. With concert after concert of Sanjay’s turning out to be such excellent and memorable ones, these days, I just don’t seem to be interested in listening to any other singer! Currently listening to some amazing Poornachandrika swarams by Sanjay!
🙂 🙂 🙂 glad to see your post up.checked at some point yesterday and thought how strange it was that it wasn’t!
Charukesi was special indeed! Have heard the lovely pallavi he had sung 2 years back.
Aparna,
Checked sometime back to see whether you have done the obvious thing of posting your comments on the master’s last concert. I was fortunate to be there right at 6pm till the end at around 9:10pm and enjoyed every moment of that stunning Charukesi RTP, especially the stunning ragamalika in the Tanam of the RTP. For me the Khamas was very special.
Waiting for the 31st concert at Warren Road, Pillaiyar Koil.
Regards
Sridhar K
This time it was Shubhapanthuvarali in the Tanam – I am told! 🙂 But I am still inclined to think that it was maybe both Shubhapanthuvarali-sh and Kumudakriya-ish 🙂
Sathej
Sathej,
I too thought it was Shubapantuvarali in the Tanam. There was also a Punnagavarali in the Tanam. Anyone who attended the concert can clarify on the ragams in the Tanam. the Sahana and Bhairavi pieces in the Tanam were too good.
Regards
Sridhar K
No, there was no Punnagavarali. A Shubhapanthuvarali-sh Kumudakriya or Kumudakriya-ish Shubhapanthuvarali it was 🙂
Sathej
like you, we are fans of ss and tmk. you are lucky to be able to go to all the concerts in madras which is pretty much the only thing i miss…
-n
Niveditha,
🙂
Sriram,
🙂
Sridhar,
Great to know that you attended this concert. The RTP was something that should not have been missed!
Sathej,
Shubhapantuvarali or Kumudakriya – whatever it was, it was good 😛
Neelesh,
Welcome to my blog 🙂
Hi Aparna,
I was at the concert and it was out of the world. I try to attend as many of SS’s concerts as possible – my friends tell me that I would be reported shortly for stalking! This concert was 3 hrs and 10mins long and at the end of it, I felt like listening some more. He is amazing and so was S Varadharajan.
Akila,
Great to know that you are a fan of Sanjay too.
Neither did I want it to end 😉
Pingback: Aparna’s Blog » The three ‘musik-seers’ ;)