Time: 6:45 pm, 8th August, 2008
Venue: CLT, IIT Madras
as part of Music Club Classfest 2008
1. varNam - asAvEri - Adi - LGJ
2. koniyADa taramA - vakuLAbharaNam - Adi - Karur Devudu Iyer (S)
3. anupama guNAmbudhi - aTANA - khaNDAcApu - T
4. mA ramaNan - hindOLam - rUpakam - PS (R, S at pallavi)
5. amba nIlAyadAkShi - nIlAmbari - Adi - MD (short sketch)
6. RTP - dharmavati - Adi
thaththadimi thadimi dimi yena sadA naDamiDum kanaka sabEsA
-1 (minus one) aksharam eDuppu 7 aksharam aridi (taking 2-kaLai Adi to have 16 aksharams)
rAgamAlikA svarams in kuNtalavarALi, varALi, suruTTi, kAnaDa, patadIp, bEhAg
7. rAmacandra prabhu - sindhubhairavi, Adi, ST
8. tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLAi - rAgamAlikA - kANDa naDai - Bharathiyar
9. Emani vEgintulE - husEni - Adi - T
10. tillAnA - rEvati - misra cApu - LGJ
11. nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T; madyamAvati short sketch
The concert included the 88888 during which the hall's AC, lights and even sound equipment was switched off. The nIlAmbari piece with a short sketch before it was played during those eight minutes. I was reminded of the webIndia123 interview of Prof T N Krishnan by his daughter which includes them playing the same rAgam nIlAmbari at the Tripunitura temple, the lighting was so similar.
The natural tone of all instruments together was a treat to the ears.
The hindOLam piece, which was finished by 8 o'clock, included a carefully-devoloped AlApanai from Vidushi Vijayalakshmi, those stops at ma sounded very special with the tambura's drone.
The hindoLam svarams had a lot of interesting mathematics from Sri Krishnan and fantastic replies from Smt Vijayalakshmi.
The RTP had a long solo rAgam section by Sri Krishnan. The tani suddenly reminded me of the mridangam and ghatam vidwans' presence: so seemless was their blending with the melody until then! It was played before rAgamAlika svarams. The svarams here too were very interesting.
tIrAda viLaiyATTu piLLai was played with all those Lalgudi additions. The tillAnA was also rendered very beautifully.
Lalgudi Krishnan
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It was a nice concert. The inclusion of rare numbers like the varNam and the vakuLAbaraNam piece was very good, and they were played well. The hindOLam AlApanai by Smt Vijayalakshmi was soulful and had some beautiful phrases played. The kriti was followed with some intricate kaNakku swarams.
The nIlAmbari kriti was played between 8pm and 8:08 pm. As part of the 88888 campaign, all lights, A/C and the sound system was switched off for these 8 min. It was very soothing to hear the music of the instruments in their natural tone. The kriti was indeed the best of the evening.
The Ragam of the pallavi was elaborately presented by Sri Krishnan. The tAnam and pallavi were rendered well. The rAgamAlikA section succeeding the tani was quite good as well. The post tani pieces were all nicely rendered.
The siblings shared a great rapport and played the concert very nicely. Sri Vaidhyanathan was playing in tandem with the music. It was playing for each piece and each sangati and embellishing the renditions. Sri Suresh ably supported in the whole affair. Their playing for amba nIlAyadAkshi, needs special mention for their soulful and sensible support they gave to that kriti. The tani they played for the RTP was short and yet very good.
The nIlAmbari kriti was played between 8pm and 8:08 pm. As part of the 88888 campaign, all lights, A/C and the sound system was switched off for these 8 min. It was very soothing to hear the music of the instruments in their natural tone. The kriti was indeed the best of the evening.
The Ragam of the pallavi was elaborately presented by Sri Krishnan. The tAnam and pallavi were rendered well. The rAgamAlikA section succeeding the tani was quite good as well. The post tani pieces were all nicely rendered.
The siblings shared a great rapport and played the concert very nicely. Sri Vaidhyanathan was playing in tandem with the music. It was playing for each piece and each sangati and embellishing the renditions. Sri Suresh ably supported in the whole affair. Their playing for amba nIlAyadAkshi, needs special mention for their soulful and sensible support they gave to that kriti. The tani they played for the RTP was short and yet very good.