Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Desh RTP breathtaking

Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Parthasarthy Swamy Sabha

28/12/08

1) Varnam-Ninnukori- kannada

2) Enduveruga nidu - darbar

3) Niravadhisukhada- Ravichandrika( Wonderful alapana,enticing neraval at "mamava margatha", W swarams)

4) sri satyanranayanm- subhapntuvarali ( brief alapna, vilamba kala, very well rendered in a pristine voice today)

5) Arakum adganda neeli - Begada( swarams)

6) Bhairavi ( Out of the world alapana.... Well rounded and innovative.. good use of brigas , presenting a well explored expansive Bhairavi...)

Aaro Ivar yaaaro yenna pero ariyene ( neraval at " chandrabimba mukha malaraale, yennai thaane paakuraar oru kaale ) and wonderful swarams.. +thani

7) RTP - Desh

( Outstanding alapana .. Transversed through 2 Octaves... Great mindblowing Thanam....Pallavi "Gurupara kumara guha tulsi, parvati sivabalane" Adi

Swarams - Desh, Hamsanandini, Varamu

Almost 1hr RTP

8) Thukkudas and Mangalam

Review

Well , I had to take a break from the routine life of Bombay to come and enjoy some concerts in the music season and I must say this concert stood its ground pretty well..

I think it was dicy to sing darbar and kannada so close to each other right in the beginning of the concert, but it may just be me!!! The magnificience of the concert began at the Ravichandrika alapana. Personally I expected Ma kelara but the Niravadhi sukada rendidtion was great.. special mention must go to the accompanist Nagai Muralidharan for complementing Sanjay well in the neraval and  swara rendition..

My concert list includes some comments about the other krithis which were aptly rendered building up well to the Bhairavi krithi .. again surprising me with aaro ivar aaro krithi. Expected Upacharamu or Raksabettare or a heavier krithi in general.. Nevertheless the neraval was great , capturing the mood of the ramanataka krithi accurately.. I have lately started expecting a much higher quality of music from Sanjay than other musicians!!! 

Now , getting to the solitaire on the ring, Desh RTP was a masterpiece. The only other time I heard any thing close to that was 4 or 5 years back in Krishna Gana sabha , TN Seshagopalan concert with a Desh RTP, which too was wonderfully rendered. 

The alapana was built up very well, using brigas and long sangathis (nadaswaram bani as referred to by some) adding to he grandiose of the raga. The thanam was great almost 20 minutes in duration. He used the regular 'ananda thanam' during the thanam rendition which was quite endearing... Sanjay seemed to be at atmost ease in sing the RTP for an our or so in a raga like Desh , which in itself is quite an achievement for any artist..

So thats about it.. In short quite a concert.. consider myself fortunate !!!

Until later .. ciao