Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024
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Vocal : Maharajapuram Ramachandran
Violin : Kumbakonam M R Gopinath
Mrudangam : Shertalai Ananthakrishnan
Tambura : Electronic

Concert Type : Nirvana - no concert to follow , Non Ticketed concert
Day : Saturday
Duration -2 hours
Sabha/Hall : Sringeri Temple , T Nagar

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03. Sangeetha Samrajya Sanchaarini (CS,S?) - mohanakalyani - Bangalore Ramamurthy
04. Hiranmayeem Lakshmeem (R,S) - lalita - MD
8 mins alapana and 4 mins violin return
3 mins swaras
05. Taaye TripuraSundari (CS1,CS2)- suddasaveri - Periasamy Thooran

06A. pAhi pAhi shAradhE (R,N,S,T)- kalyani - Andavan Pichai
12 mins alapana and ?? mins violin return
neraval in shankari giri puravaasa for 6 mins
swaras for 8 mins
06B. tani


07A.viruththam - poothavaLE bhuvanum - brindavani + subhapantuvarali + Bhageshri - WHo wrote this viruththam
07B. madhura madhura meenakshi - bhageshri - Dayananda saraswathi
08. vinayakuni - madhyamavati - T
09. Pavamana

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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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Maharajapuram family of Vishwanatha Iyer,Santhanam and ramachandran is perhaps a testimony of how 3 generations are role models where they preserve carnatic idioms performing with such immaculate perfection . WHile santhanam is my childhood hero ,to be displaced with carnatic vocal trinities like MMI-SSI-GNB and many more contemporary musicians who are all slowly aging now . But hey age gives musical maturity as long as GOd gives the singers the needed voice. Ramachandran is blessed with sAreeram

It is sad that i went late , i decided to go to nearby TTD temple and I underestimated the metro digging work in T Nagar. As i entered the hall, ramachandran whose age as a singer is far more than illustrious appa is able to sing all alone .Hey when Santhanam sang with power mahaganapathim there was a manasasmarami by either Ramachandran/Srinivasan or Dr Ganesh. But for Ramachandran he is all by himself . Towards the end of the concert some famous reporter/businessman who wrote in indianexpress/THe HIndu walked up to Ramachandran and said unga apppa maathri irundhadhu. THe reporter who sponsored must be easily 80, name slips me, i had to tell him and the scanty audience that he is not just his appa , he is also his thatha vishwanatha iyer. Ramachandran thanked me and said dot org , rasikas dot org forgetting my name . He had to rush to the temple diety for Aarthi and i had to leave so i never had a chance to state my name.

As i entered late I am assuming i must have missed two songs . Ramachandran was just beginning the Sangeetha samrajya that his appa made it famous. Mohanakalyani was dazzling with two rounds of cittaswars. THE next was Lalita , i have written a lot about Ramachandran and Lalita , i would say the greatest Lalita singer ever is very likely Ramachandran . What a sareeram with his baritoned voice he was like his thatha .HIs thatha only sang vasantha , but Ramachandran sang as though how vishwanatha iyer would have sung Lalita with lightning fast brighas. Lalita alapana was fantastic , but lost his steam very slightly but overall hiranmayeem was deep and showcased what is the depth of Carnatic music with the aura of MD in a Sringeri temple it only added more oomph.

Taaye Tripura sundari was the next filler and the next Kalyani main came in. Kalyani is a easy raga that is ubiquitously taken by all singers as a main . BUt to impress me with the Kalyani is tough as Kalyani has a wide variety of pluses and minus , considering only my personal taste . While I love say abhayamba/kamalambham of MD , vasudevayani(more a submain )/yetaunara of T,nijadasa varada of patnam this krithi of andavan pichai is bit of a sag just like endukko manasu of T . THe Kalyani neraval was not that great he could have dwelled bit more for sure, swaras were measured but there was more a Santhanam style there

Viruththam was fantastic , poothavale in 3 ragas finished in the descending order of excellence -brindavani was rocking with such sareeram power subhapantuvarali was rocking equally with a gentle taper in bhageshri landing in Dayananda saraswati krithi. Madhura Madhura Meenakshi was lovely . My memory is failing if Santhanam also sang Madhura Madhura Meenakshi as I do know few songs of Dayananda saraswati Ramachandran tuned post Santhanam moving on . Finish was apt with T krithi and Madhyamavati.

M R Gopinath played very well, his Lalitha had a nice press. Shertalai Ananthakrishnan is a bit of underrated mrudangam artist in the concert circuit. He played well though acoustics in the hall was not that great.

As I walked out , i was just recolllecting there was once a concert in Nungambakkam Cultural Academy where for Santhanam i had to pay 75 Rs in 1990/1989, that was a seat at the last minute where they keep a chair , his son Ramachandran is living an era where music availability is in plenty , there were very few people who were seated in the audience , but musically there was not much difference .

Overall a very good to excellent concert for nearly 2 hours
Last edited by rajeshnat on 28 Aug 2024, 08:13, edited 2 times in total.

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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024
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Vocal : Maharajapuram Ramachandran
Violin : Kumbakonam M R Gopinath
Mrudangam : Shertalai Ananthakrishnan
Tambura : Electronic

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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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I added a last para in post #2 , just now...those 21 readers who have read already the post #2 have to read again atleast the last para that starts with the phrase "As I walk out".

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Re: Maharajapuram Ramachandran@Sringeri Temple (T Nagar)on July 27th ,2024

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Sri Ramachandran's voice has some ghanam and ghaneer ring to it. There is a Tiruppur concert on youtube , performed within the last few years and I felt he is certainly a welcome reminiscence of the old that we can cherish.

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