TN Seshagopalan
Madurai Sundar
Delhi Muthukumar
? - vocal support
Jayshankar Balan - violin
Vinod Seetharaman - mridangam

1. Sami ninne kori - Shri ragam
2. Sivanai ninaindu - Kambhoji (S)
3. Ananda natam - Poorvi Kalyani (R)
4. Enneramum - Devagandhari (R)
5. Sabhapathikku - Abhogi (S)
6. Muruganukkoru seedan - Kalyani
7. Appa naan venduthal - Sahana
8. Ardhanareeshwaram - Kumudakriya (R)
9. Ananda natana prakasham - Kedaram (R,S @ sangeetha vadya)
10. Shambo mahadeva - Kamavardhani
12. Giripriyam gangadharam - Kadana kuthuhalam
13. Kanakana ruchira - Varali (R, N, S @ rama nama rasikudu kailasha sadanudu sakshi, T)
14. Petra thai thanai - viruttam in almost 20 ragams with some MIND-BOGGLING transitions
15. Chandra chooda - Darbari Kanada
15. Mangalam - Surutti
16. Shriyath kanthaya - Shri ragam

an almost 4-hour lesson on committed singing! Kumudakriya and Poorvi Kalyani alapanas were staggering. the viruttam was musicianship and showmanship in equal measure. loved it.

May I know the composers of these two , Lji
Looks like all songs are dedicated to the presiding diety,Listening to kana kana ruchirA as a main is very very rare that too with a neraval

Is it possible to get a recording of the virutham! What a genius...GENIUS! One can only marvel at his musicianship again and again.

Muruganukkoru seedan is by Mangalam Ganapati.
appa nan vendudal is by Ramalingasvami.

The vocal support was by Sri Shantaprakash - another disciple of Vidwan Sri T.N Seshagopalan

My thoughts on this concert..

It was one of the best concerts that I have attended in the Detroit area in recent times! As advertised, it was a thematic concert - a shivagAnanjali - dedicated to the reigning deity at Flint - Paschima Kasi Viswanathar. Several compositions in the concert list were audience requests.

Vidwan Sri T.N Seshagopalan's ABSOLUTE COMMAND AND MASTERY over the grammar of carnatic music was AWE INSPIRING. The concert was 3 hours and 50 minutes to be exact and was a display of sheer VIRTUOSITY! His manodharmam was in FULL FLOW and kept coming like a PRAVAAHAM!

My personal favorites were the Varali, Kambhoji, Kumudakriya and Kedaram renditions and last but not the least the Virutham. The (~20 odd ragas) - I could decipher only around 15 of them were - Kedaragowla, Ranjani, Saveri, Hindolam, Hamsanandhi, Atana, Brindavana Saaranga, Kuntalavarali, Begada, Neelambari, Bowli?, Kapi, Shankarabharanam, Surutti and Darbari Kaanada. The transitions between the raagams was EFFORTLESSLY EXECUTED and MIND BOGGLING. After rendering all the raagams in the Ramalinga Arutpa Viruttham, he traversed the raagams in reverse order once and then again in forward order within a very short span of time. This was SIMPLY SUPERB.

WHAT AN EXCELLENT CONCERT!!

How he recollects all that he rendered and traces back and then quickly moves in forward order .I have heard few of those , it is indeed a great testimony for his vidwat and razor sharp memory.

Good to hear of another great TNS performance.
I've heard Sanjay sing "appA nAn" by ramalinga adigaLAr in PurvikalyANi. Would love to hear what the sahAnA version sounds like...

"Muruganukku our seedan" is a composition by Harikesanallur Muthiah Baghavatar.

Wanted to know if this concert was recorded. If so can anybody point me to the source where I can buy the CD

hameerk - It may have been recorded. You can reach the organizers of this concert via email and find out - admin@glacmichigan.com

dvmk wrote:

The Mangalam Ganapati song is in malayamAruta. Muttiah Bhagavatar's song list does not have any song with these staring words. TNS has sung this song in kalyANi. It may be a different song altogether. I will try to find out. In the meantime here are the lyrics of the Mangalam Ganapati song. Someone who attended the concert may be able to recognize some words and confirm.

muruganukkoru cIDan. rAgA: malayamAruta. Adi tALA.

P: muruganukkoru cIDan nItAn ayyA mUla mantram arinda mukkaNNanE
A: aruvamAgi ninru aruL puribavanE ambikai manam kavar haranE shivanE
C: taruNam idayyA nal darishanam tandiDa tAmadamEnayyA tANDavam ADiDa
gangaiyaNI karuNAkaranE un karai kANA dayai nirai idayam kaNDEn
(madhyamakAla)
jyOti lingamAi tiLangiDum azhagA jagam pugazh tiruvaNNAmalai vAsA
tiruviLaiyADal puri vishvEshvarA digambarEshA mangaLa mahEshA

In the madhyamakAla passage, it should be 'tuLangiDum azhagA..'

dvmk: My apologies. I did confirm from TNS that it is indeed a composition of Muttiah Bhagavatar. Somehow I had missed it from his Tamil compositions booklet. Here are the lyrics:

muruganukkoru. rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.

P: muruganukkoru shIDan avan mukkNNan veNkADan
A: viruttan veNNiravaNivAn karittOrkkalaiyAn sarpamElaNindu jAti keTTalaivAn
C: pittan elumbaNiyum pEyANDi shUlipirai mazhuvEndum perum udai kAli
nattit-tiripuram nagaikkum kapAli namadu harikEshanAm narguNashAli

Thanks rshankar for the correction.

@ Nadhasudha , Thank you very much for the info.

Was this a trio concert or was it TNS supported by the others? Did the others sing alapana/swaram?

It was predominantly TNS supported by others. IIRC, for one of the krithis, I think the Kambhoji piece, TNS sang one swaram, followed by Madurai Sundar and then by Muthukumar. This went on for quite some until TNS took over for the final round of swarams. I thought I heard Shantaprakash sing parts of the Varali alapana. I am unable to recollect support on other swarams or alapana - there might have been more instances.