Violin Duet: Vid. GJRKrishnan Vijayalakshmi
Mridanga: Vid. TumkurBRavishankar
Ghata: Vid. UNGiridharUdupa
Ocassion:: 39th Gokulashtami Celebrations at SGBS Trust / Unnati
01 nIvE gatiyani niratamu ni padamule mammiti naLinakAnti Adi Lalgudi Jayaraman (O)
02 muddumOmu ElAgu celangEnO sUryakAnta tALa thyAgarAja(O, S )
Swaras @ muddu mOmu
03 vENugAna lOluni ganavEyi kannulu gAvalene kEdAragauLa rUpaka thyAagaraja (A)
04 marugElarA O rAghavA jayanthashrI Adi thyAgarAja (O)
05 shrI rangapuravihAra brindhAvana sArangA rUpaA m.dikshitar (A, S)
Swara @ Sankata harana gOvinda
06 shankari shamkuru candramukhi sAvEri Adi syAma sAstri (A, S)
Swara @ Shambhavi Sarasija Bhava Vandite Gauri
07 mOhana rAmA mukhajita mOhanam tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)
Nereval @ mOhana rAma
08 RTP rasikapriyA chaturaSra tripuTa 2 Kalai Edupu 1.5 beats ??
rAga grahabedham into hamsanAdam
Pallavi Line: Krishna mukunda murAre vENugAna rasikapriya
RAgamAlika swara in kAnaDa, varALi, KuntalavarALi, Sindhubhairavi
09 tIrAda vilayAttuppillai rAgamAlika mahAkavi subramanya bArati
10 bArO KrishNayyA mAND Adhi KanakadhAsa
11 tiruppugazh dwijAvanti Adi AruNagirinAthar
12 tillAna mOhankalyANi Adi LGJ
13 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja
What are the benefits of being a
fan of aesthetic music? There are no rewards for the guesses. You are treated
to your heart's content with sampradAya sangIta, to an exclusive audience
without the disturbance from the so called gallery crowd who thong the
auditorium (I don’t know why, they love to come to disturb others through their
chit-chat!), and get to occupy VIP reserved seats to get the best view of the
artists on the stage.
Being a working day, had to plan
the whole day at office to make myself available to attend this long awaited
concert. When I attended TMK's concert a couple of days back, tried out the
METRO option to reach the venue. Not a great experience though. In the name of
convenience, I almost spent an additional 2 hrs away from home!
The hopes were high on the torch bearers
of Lalgudi bAni. It was tradition all over, meditative to the core and there
was something melodiously new and refreshing about the way each song was
presented and improvised. Well, that’s what makes a great artist.
The curtains rolled up on the
dot. Sticking to their tradition of announcing the songs, the first one,
customary obeisance to Guru, the Sibling duo presented a refreshing naLinakAnti
varNa without any additional kalpanA swarAs.
Then came the lilting muddumOmu,
a brief AlApane to prelude and beautifully rounded off with kalpanA swarAs.
The first of the detailed AlApane
came in form of a lilting kEdAragauLa, which showcased the rAga lakshaNa very well.
The krithi was rendered nicely with few rounds of kalpanA swarAs.
The short outline of jayantaShri
provided enough clue to the filler krithi " marugElara O rAghava" was
in the queue
The next elaboration for the
evening was brindAvana sAranga. It had all the rangu (colours) that the rAga
could be decorated with. Brisk and leisurely sangatis in AlApane provided clue
to the faster of the 2 masterpieces of muttuswAmi dIkshitar. The krithi "
srI rangapura vihAra" was rendered soulfully. After a quick round of
swarAs,
Without spacing with a filler,
the duo dwelled into depths and breadths of sAvEri bringing out the best
essence of yearning feeling. Felt like asking it to be followed up with a tAna
before starting the kriti (as in a vINA concert), but felt a bit hesitant.
"Shankari shamkuru" with a detailed neraval and swara prastAra was a
treat. Of the 100 this concert scores, i would give this rendition itself 99.
The main course mOhana AlApane
was quite elaborate and beautiful with duo sharing the mandra and tAra zones to
compliment the sangatis of the other. The krithi "mOhana rAma" was
rendered beautifully with neraval and swarAs at "mOhana rAma".
Vid. Tumkur Ravishankar was exact
in his replies and played well with meticulously following the kriti and each
sangati. Vid. Giridhar Udupa was good as well in adding his bit to the concert
effect. The tani by the two percussionists was yet another separate treat.
With a brief VOT session (it was
almost 2.5 hrs by then into the concert), the duo surprised the audience
venturing into RTP. I would have been disappointed, if it were to be just a trailer,
but they did not. The dwelled pretty well into raiskapriya. A overenthusiastic
family seated behind me, prompting rAga names erring left right and center, too
spoiled the mood during rAga tAna as they were continuously scratching their
heads. graha bEdha into hamsanAdam was a treat to listen to and see the fingering.
Pallavi in chaturaSra tripuTa ,
1.5 beat eDupu was rendered well embellished quickly with a set of rAgamAlika
swaras
The post RTP course was filled
with a rAgamAlika composition of bhAratiyAr, dwijAvanti tiruppugazh, on request
mOhanakalyANi tillANa which were leisurely rendered.
The sibling duo were awesome throughout
the concert and they well supported by the accompanists. A Pallavi billed into
and extended time slot made the concert too good to remember for a long time.
Well, it had everything that you could ask for in a violin concert.
It will be a concert to remember for a long
time.
