Yippee! I am so happy! 🙂 It has been a long, long time. The last one I went to was his Warren Road Pillayar Kovil kutcheri. I missed the one for Devan’s Centenary celebration simply because I was not aware that the kutcheri was going to be in the morning and I checked the day’s newspapers only after the concert was almost over! How I wish Sanjay regularly updates his blog with his schedule!
Concert on 27th February at Hanuman Temple, Alamelumangapuram, Mylapore
The last thing on my mind was going for a kutcheri, but when I came to know that Sanjay’s concert was to happen at a venue which is just a 5-minute drive from home, I thought I would try listening to it for 15-20 minutes at least.
But, nowadays, Sahana is keeping all of us at home so busy and she is the only one who has got all our attention, that all of us totally forgot about the concert! I suddenly remembered about it at 7:45 pm and rushed to the temple where the concert was happening. The concert was to start at 6:15 pm and it is only a 2-hour concert there generally. So I knew that I would be there just in time for tani Avartanam. And that was exactly what happened. Sanjay was finishing Mohanam swarams and Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy started the tani.
Post tani, the concert lasted for 20 minutes and the 20 minutes turned out to be a surprise. Sanjay started singing the viruttam ‘jAnAti rAma’ in blissful Kedaragowlai. Kedaragowlai was followed by Varunapriya and another rAgam having rain in its name – Amritavarshini. You generally don’t get to hear lovely sketches of these rAgAs in the tukkada section. Trust Sanjay to make even the last part of a concert special! Jonpuri was the last rAgam of the viruttam. As he included the tune of eppo varuvAro in the Jonpuri part, the audience’s enjoyment was evident. He followed it up with the song Dasharata suta, which I don’t think I have heard before. Varadarajan’s playing matched Sanjay’s singing throughout, as always.
Sanjay then sang mAvalla kAda in Maand and concluded the concert with Mangalam.
20 min or 3 hrs, duration doesn’t matter. Sanjay’s concerts are always satisfying even if you listen to it only for a few minutes!
P.S.: Can someone who attended the concert give me the full song list? Thanks in advance!
On 26th December at Rani Seethai Hall (Kalarasana)
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Khanjira
Concert Duration: 3 hrs 20 min
List of Songs:
1. evvarE (varNam) – sahAnA – aTa
2. marivErE – Anandabhairavi – swarams at marivErE
3. tyAgaraja pAlayASumAm – gowLai – AlApana
4. vENugAna – kEdAragowLai – AlApana; neraval and swarams at vikasita
5. vA vElavA – tAnarUpi – khanDa cApu
6. dhArini – suddha saveri – adi – swarams at dhAriNi
tani Avartanam
7. tAyE EzhaipAl – bhairavi – Adi – rAgA outline
8. rAgam tAnam pallavi – pantuvarALi
kANAmal vITTilE kAlam kazhippOmE sEnADar pORRum tillaiyai – khaNDa jAti tripuTa 2 kaLai
swarams in mALavi, suddha danyAsi, priyadarshiNi, nAgavalli, jOg
9. kANa vENDum – suruTTi – misra cApu
10. kanduga (viruttam – verses of Thaiyumanavar) – kAmbhOji, kAnaDA, mOhanam, senchuruTTi angai koDumalar – rAgamAlikA (senchuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA) – misra jampai
11. tillAnA – sindhu bhairavi – Adi – MDR – rAgA outline
12. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 25th December, 2010 at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam
Bangalore Rajasekar – Morsing
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
List of Songs:
1. varNam – hamsadhwani – Adi
2. karikaLAbha mukham – sAvEri – rAgA outline
3. sarasa sAmadana – kApinArAyaNi – Adi – AlApana; neraval and swarams at hitamu mATalentO
4. ennEramum (with extra caraNams pancAkSara, sIla maruvum) – dEvagAndhAri – brief AlApana
5. kaligiyuNTE – kIravANi – Adi – AlApana; swarams at bAguga
tani Avartanam
6. telisi rAma – pUrNacandrikA – swarams at rAma ani
7. RTP – hamsadhwani
pallavi: bagavan mudaRRe ulagu Adi – Adi
8. karpUram – khamAs – khanDa cApu
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 23rd December at The Music Academy
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
Trichy K. Murali – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
List of Songs:
1. sariyO nI seyyum (varNam) – bEgAdA – adi – rAgA outline
2. vinAyakA vigna nASakA – vegavAhini – rUpakam – swarams at vinAyakA
3. ninnu sEvincina – yadukula kAmbhOji – misra cApu – AlApana
4. appA nAn – pUrvi kalyANi – khaNDa cApu – AlApana; neraval at tappEdu nAn seiyinum nI poruttal vENDum
5. mahA tripurasundari – bhairavi – rUpakam – AlApana; neraval at amba kamanIya maku bangAruvamma kApADuTakipudu samayamamma; swarams at kApADuTakipudu
6. Emani – vIravasantam – Adi
7. rAgam tAnam pallavi – suruTTi
Pallavi: jAlamE seivadazhagAgumA vadivelA en mEl – Adi (2 kaLai)
pallavi in hamIr kalyANi, sahAnA, shaNmukhapriyA
tani Avartanam
8. Srtva guNAt (Slokam) followed by bansi wAlE – mOhanam – Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 22nd December, 2010 at Balamandir German Hall (The Indian Fine Arts Society)
Accompanists:
V.Sanjeev – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min
List of Songs:
1. siva lOka – mAyAmaLavagowLai – rUpakam – rAgA outline; swarams at siva lOka
2. evarikai – dEvamanOhari – misra cApu
3. kAru bAru – mukhAri – Adi – AlApana
4. tiruvaDi saraNam – kAmbhOji – Adi – neraval at aDuttu vanda ennai
5. nAgagAndhAri – nAgagAndhAri – Adi – brief AlApana
6. RTP – bhahudhAri
Pallavi: kandanaDi avar enakku sondamaDi vaLLi manALanaDi – Adi 2 kaLai
swarams in varALi, yAgapriyA, hamsAnandi
tani Avartanam
7. pAyum oLi (viruttam followed by the song) – miSra khamAj – Eka
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 20th December, 2010 at Narada Gana Sabha
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam
S.Karthick – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
List of Songs:
1. maguva (varNam) – nArayaNagowLai – aTa
2. sAmagIta – gowLai – Adi – swarams at sAmagIta
3. rAga ratna – rItigowLai – rUpakam – AlApana; neraval and swarams at pADe kIrtanamu
4. ennaDu – kalAvati – Adi
5. buddhi rAdu – SankarAbharaNam – misra cApu – AlApana; swarams at bhaktula, amrita, vAgamrita
6. RTP – hindOLam
pallavi: Ananda naTana prakASam citsabhESam AshrayAmi – Adi 2 kaLai
pallavi in Anandabhairavi, hamsAnandi, kEdAram
swarams in hindOLam alone
tani Avartanam
7. pAril uyarnda (viruttam) – kAmbhOji, danyAsi, sahAnA, paTdIp
en tAi vAzhenum – paTdIp – Adi
8. kANi nilam – rAgamAlikA (hamsadhwani, bhAgESri, sindhubhairavi) – Adi
9. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan’s Concert on 2nd January, 2011 at Jaigopal Garodia School, West Mambalam (Rasika Fine Arts)
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Thanjavur Ramdas – Mridangam
Alathur Rajaganesh – Khanjira
Concert Duration: 1 hr 50 min
List of Songs:
1. valaci (varNam) – navarAgamAlikA – Adi
2. kAppaduvE – Anandabhairavi – rUpakam – rAgA outline
3. kanna tanri – nArAyaNi – Adi – AlApana; swarams at kanna tanri
4. nandagOpAla – yamun kalyANi –Adi – AlApana
5. srI valli dEvasEnApatE – naTabhairavi – Adi – AlApana; neraval and swarams at mAmava sadA
6. cittam irangAda – sahAnA – misra cApu
7. swara rAga sudhA – SankarAbharaNam – AlApana; swarams at swara rAga
Tani Avartanam
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 19th December at Vani Mahal (Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha)
Accompanists:
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam
Trichy Murali – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 3 hrs
List of Songs:
1. ErA nApai (varNam) – tODi – Adi
2. sUryamUrtE – sowrASTram – catuSra jati druva
3. enduku nirdaya – harikAmbhOji – Adi – AlApana; neraval at parama pAvana, uduta bhakti, dharalO (and other caraNams too?)
4. kandA vandaruL – AbhEri – Adi – swarams at kandA
5. ennEramum (with extra caraNams pancAkSara, sIla maruvum) – dEvagAndhAri – Adi
6. rAgam tAnam pallavi – tODi
Pallavi: nelatA marulu koTti rAni pai cala sadA?? – Adi (4 kaLai) changed to Adi (2 kaLai)
tani Avartanam
swarams in tODi, bilahari, kAnaDA, hamsAnandi, ?, sahAnA, ranjani, kApi, hindOLam, hamIr kalyANi, bEgadA, Anandabhairavi, valaji, shaNmukhapriya, sArangA, janaranjani, Arabhi, hamsadhwani, mAyAmaLavagowlai, behAg, bhAgESri, rEvati, bowLi?, calanATTai, naLinakAnti, bhahudhAri, suruTTi
(rAgam – 35 minutes, tAnam – 15 min, pallavi – 15 min, swarams in 2 kaLai – 10 min, tani – 20 min, rAgamalikA – 10 min)
7. khamAs – kaDaikkaN pArvai – Adi – rAgA outline
8. mAtaDa bAradEnO – khamAs – misra cApu
9. tillAnA – khamAs – Adi
10. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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On 17th December at Bharat Kalachar
Accompanists:
M.R.Gopinath – Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
N.Govindarajan – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 3 hrs
List of Songs:
1. viribhOni (varNam) – bhairavi – aTa
2. maravAdiru – kEdAram – Adi – swarams at maravAdiru
3. sadAcalESwaram – bhUpAlam – Adi – AlApana
4. maravakavE – sAmA – rUpakam – Alapana; neraval & swarams at parahamsa jana mAnasa pankaja prabhAkaruDE
5. mAnamulEdA – hamir kalyANi – AlApana; swarams at mAnamulEdA
tani
6. hindOlam brief AlAp – vanjamilla talaivarukke – Adi
7. RTP – Anandabhairavi – tAnam in hamsanandi, sahAnA, kApi, behAg
Pallavi: murugaiyyanE pannirukaiyyanE vaLLi deivAnai maNALane – Adi (2 kaLai)
8. karpUram nArumo – khamAs – kaNDa cApu
9. sonnadai seidiDa – rAgamAlikA (saraswati, jayantaSri, dEvamanOhari, mAnD) – saraswati rAgA outline – Adi
10. UrilEn (viruttam) – kAnaDA
kulam tarum – kOmaLAngi – nArAyaNanai – Adi
11. kANa vENDAmO – Sriranjani – Eka
12. tillAnA – darbAri kAnaDA – misra cApu
13. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram
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