sEvikka vENDum ayyA by Madurai Mani Iyer – This one is a must listen! I have been listening to it since morning. Can’t stop listening to it at all! Andholika is a real beauty! I just love the swarams at the end in this one.
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
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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
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Kannamoochi Yaenada
Everybody knows that this song is based on raagas, Nattakurunji and Sahana. But when this album was released, I didn’t even know the raaga Nattakurunji, which incidentally has now become one of my favourite raagams!! And neither did I identify the Sahana part in this song at that time! It was only after a few years that I was able to exactly identify the raagas in the song and started enjoying the classical beauty in it. So, this song being based on classical raagams was not why I liked it instantly on seeing the trailer itself – Aishwarya’s teasing looks, a blushing Tabu, a handsome Ajith, the colour of the costumes & finally, the music! – I liked it all! Later when I saw the entire song, I liked it even more. I would put this song in the category of those Rahman’s songs that have been picturized very well. What about you?
Incidentally, the very first time when I watched the trailer of Alaipayuthey (Snehidhane song) was right after watching the trailer of Kandukondain Kandukondain featuring this song. At that time, I liked this trailer more than Alaipayuthey! :O Anyway, I really wish Rajeev Menon takes a movie soon and Rahman composes music for it. Hope that happens soon!
Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Kutcheris
This is also a better late than never post! The past two weeks have been great what with 3 excellent concerts of Sanjay’s, that too Sanjay being accompanied by Varadarajan on the violin (my favourite combo) for all the concerts! If I start describing the concerts, this would become similar to all my earlier posts on Sanjay’s concerts. 😉 So I am going to post just the songs lists. Here are the list of songs sung by Sanjay in the past three concerts (including today’s) that I went to.
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On Jambupate & My Favourite Raagams
There are some raagams that have always made me forget everything else and lose myself in its beauty completely. 🙂 To name a few, here they are:
Dwijavanti, Nalinakanti, Sahana, Surutti, Reetigowlai, Kedaragowlai, Ananda Bhairavi, Begada, Nilambari, Behag, Poornachandrika, Andholika, Janaranjani, Hamsanadam, Khamas, Nattakurunji, Atana, Hamirkalyani, Yamun Kalyani, Shree, Madhyamavati, Manirangu, Kedaram, Desh, Kuntalavarali, Aarabhi, Abheri, Bhageshri (This raagam got added to the list after Sanjay’s Bhageshri RTP this season 😉 )
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam
Gopalakrishnan – Khanjira
Where & When? – Narada Gana Sabha on 5th Feb
Concert Duration – 2 hrs 35 minutes
Songs List:
1. Viriboni (Varnam) – Bhairavi
2. Ninnada – Kannada – Raaga outline, Swarams
3. Shobillu – Jaganmohini – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Dharariksa
4. Ranjani niranjani – Elaborate Ranjani Alapana
5. Annai Janaki – Saveri
6. Shankaracharyam – Sankarabharanam – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Parama (Main piece)
7. Shritvaguna (Sloka) – Raagamalika (Hindolam, Madhuvanti, Bhageshri, Mohanam)
Bansiwaale – Mohanam
8. Mukti aLikkum – Navaroj?
9. Tillana – Sindhubhairavi – Raaga outline
10. Mangalam – Sowrashtram
Unlike during the Season, there was complete silence in the whole auditorium during the entire concert. There was not much of a crowd either at the balcony. All these made for a perfect ambience to listen to the Ranjani, which according to me, was the best part of the concert. Listening to the Ranjani alapana that was a sheer beauty and the rendition of the line kanchdaLa lOchanI kAmAkshI in ranjani niranjani, bringing out the beauty of the raaga and the lyrics, was bliss!
Concerts last week
Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam
T.V.Vasan – Ghatam
Where & When? – Asthika Samajam on 28th January
Concert Duration – 2 hrs 15 min
Songs List:
1. Rama ika nannu – Sahana – Swarams at Rama ika nannu
2. Deva Deva Jagadeeshwara – Purvikalyani – Neraval & Swarams at maahimiya
3. Siva Chidambarame – Nagaswarali – Alapana
4. Mohanakara – Neetimati – Alapana, Neraval & Swarams at Ninadhu paadame
5. Swamikki Sari – Devagandhari – Raaga outline
6. Korisevimpa – Kharaharapriya – Swarams at Korisevimpa (Main piece of the concert)
7. Haritasuluvedale – Yamun Kalyani
8. Shrutvaguna Bhuvana (Viruttam) – Darbari
PootthavaLe (Viruttam) – Nattakurunji
Aadum mayilai (Viruttam) – Behag
Kalpakaambikai – Behag
9. Tillana – Dhanyasi
The concert started with my favourite Sahana 😀 But the speakers at the venue were so pathetic that I couldn’t enjoy it at all. 🙁 I don’t want this post to become yet another raving about Sanjay’s concert. So I will just stop with saying that you should have been there to see what great a concert it was. 😉
T.M.Krishna’s Concert
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Sanjay, Chidambaram, Nandanar, Tirupungoor – The Experience
The first time I listened to Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Aadum Chidambaramo was the few seconds clipping of the song that was played in the background during his interview on Radio Mirchi in 2003 or so. After that, I listened to the whole song in Sanjay’s concerts. I went to his Margazhi Mahotsavam concert on the theme, ‘Tillai’ in 2004. I got his ‘Tillai’ CD only in 2006 and liked it a lot. But it wasn’t until January 2007, when I heard Sanjay sing Vazhi Maraitthirukudhu at Asthika Samajam, did I get fascinated by Nandanar Charitram. The main reason for that was the moving rendition of that song by Sanjay. It was soaked in bhava and he sang each and every word of the song so clearly like never before that I was left wishing the song would never end! He sang Aadum Chidambaramo too in that concert. From that time, Chidamabaram has been there on my list of temples to visit. But it was just there in the list along with many other temples.
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert
Sanjay Subrahmanyan – Vocal
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
Trichy Murali – Ghatam
Where & When? – Anjaneyar Temple, Alamelumangapuram on 23rd January
Concert Duration – 2 hrs
Songs List:
1. Valachi (Varnam) – Navaragamalika
2. Hanumaane – Malayamarutam – Swarams at Hanumaane
3. Ninna nambide – Mukhari – Alapana, Swarams at Ninna nambide
4. Enduku nirdaya – Harikambhoji – Alapana, Neraval, Swarams at Enduku (Main piece)
5. KaayaarohaNesham – Karnataka Devagandhari– Raaga outline
6. KaaNa Vendum Laksham kaNgaL – Surutti – Alapana
7. Maasil Ayodhiyil – Ragamalika
8. Shree Raama Jaya Raama – Yadhukula Kambhoji
9. Mangalam – Sowrashtram
From start to finish, all the raagams in this concert were my favourites! The 7-min Mukhari alapana, 9+ min Harikambhoji alapana, 5+ min Surutti Alapana were all excellent! Awesome Mukhari swarams. I absolutely enjoyed his rendition of KaayaarohaNesham, KaaNa Vendum Laksham kaNgaL and Enduku nirdaya – If I remember correctly, he did a brief neraval for each of the 5 charanams and the anupallavi of Endukku nirdaya! I don’t think I have heard this one before. What a great composition it is! I did a bit of Googling today & got to know the meaning of this song.
Yet another excellent concert by Sanjay & Varadarajan! Looking forward to Sanjay’s next concert on Monday!
Sanjay’s Anandanatana Prakasham
As I was listening to Khwaja instrumental, I was so lost in the music that I didn’t realize that my music system had started playing the next CD in it – Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s ‘Kshetra Chidambaram’. On hearing Sanjay’s Kedaram sloka, I didn’t have the heart to go back to Jodha Akbar even though that’s what I wanted to do! Dikshitar’s Anandanatana Prakasham in Kedaram – the first song in the CD – is my most favourite in it. I love Sanjay’s neraval at the line, Sangeeta vaadya vinoda taandava jaata bahutara bheda chodhyam in this song. Arun Prakash’s mridangam & Shriramkumar’s violin for this is excellent! This one is a must listen!
Even as I am listening to the neraval now, to put an end to the confusions in my mind as to whether I should listen to Sanjay’s Kedaram or Rahman’s Jodha Akbar, I am now off to sleep. Good Night!