Published by Aparna on 03 Mar 2008 at 10:43 pm
Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan - Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Khanjira
Where & When? - Ratnagireeswarar Temple on 1st March, 2008
Songs List (Partial):
1. Varnam - Pantuvarali
2. Ananda natana prakasham - Kedaram - Raaga outline, Swarams at tha jam thari pa ma ga
3. Maarubalka - Sri Ranjani - Alapana, neraval & swarams
4. Chidambaram ena manam - Kalyani - Alapana, Swarams at Chidambaram
5. Kaayarohanesham - Abheri - Brief Alapana
6. unnaDiye gati eNRu aDainthaen - Bhahudari - Raaga outline
7. Keeravani Alapana
Yet another rave-worthy concert by Sanjay! After having gone completely crazy over Sanjay’s rendition of Ananda natana prakasham, it was a dream come true for me to listen to him sing it in a concert! The swarams at tha jam thari pa ma ga were just too good! The fast-paced Maarubalka, replete with excellent neraval & swarams was made all the more enjoyable by Neyveli Venkatesh’s Mridangam & Gopalakrishnan’s Khanjira apart from of course, Varadarajan’s violin! The Kalyani that followed! Wow!! Everyone out there seemed to absolutely enjoy the Kalyani alapana, swarams and the song itself, the lyrics of which I just loved - a line went like srIkAntanum saraswatIkAntanum paNiya dEhAntattuL naDikkum Ananda tANDavattai. Varadarajan was brilliant for this one! The Kaayarohanesham and unnaDiye gati were great too.
Just as he started the Keeravani alapana, I had to leave since I had to go for watching Jodha Akbar. I left half-way through a Sanjay’s concert after a very long time. I came to know only today that he had sung Vazhi maraitthirukudhe as well later in that concert! I missed it! 
But I am happy that atleast I didn’t miss Ananda natana prakasham! 
Niveditha on 04 Mar 2008 at 10:13 am #
shoot!:( I would have liked to hear Ananda Natana Prakasam and Vazhi Maraindhirukhudhe live too.
Sathej on 04 Mar 2008 at 12:41 pm #
The full list is here….
http://rasikas.org/viewtopic.php?id=4986
Vananai main and Keeravanai one of my favourite Ragams-good list….didn’t make it there anyway that day.
Sathej
amit on 05 Mar 2008 at 8:16 pm #
I’d love to attend such a concert…but how do you come to know about them? I usually come to know when they are over.
And how was Jodha Akbar?
Aparna on 06 Mar 2008 at 8:55 am #
Niveditha,
Irrespective of the no. of concerts we go to, it always happens that we will be missing exactly those where our favourites are sung
Sathej,
I saw it. I came to know from there only that he had sung vazhi maraitthirukudhe later
Amit,
The list of concerts are given on the 4th page of ‘The Hindu’ everyday. Also check out http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/
Jodha Akbar was great! I liked it a lot
Will be writing a post on it soon
Sathej on 06 Mar 2008 at 11:47 am #
Oh ok….
Sathej
Sai Prasad Viswanathan on 09 Mar 2008 at 7:40 pm #
Wow..amazing list..Aparna, please tell me you recorded some portions of the concert :). Eppidi irukka..pesi romba naal aache
Aparna on 10 Mar 2008 at 1:27 pm #
Sai Prasad,
Yeah needhaan online varadhey illa. Romba busyaa?
Yeah it’s super list only.
hey am fine. Hope you are doing great.
shruthi on 29 Apr 2008 at 6:31 pm #
how can you leave sanjay sir’s concert for JODHAA AKBAR?
Aparna on 02 May 2008 at 11:19 am #
Shruthi,
I was going for so many Sanjay’s concerts at that time that I sometimes had to leave those in between so that I got the time for other things too