T M Krishna, Mangalam Ganapathy Trust
TM Krishna - S Varadarajan - K Arun Prakash
Krishna gave an "all" Mangalam Ganapathy compositions concert on 29th August 2004 at PS School Auditorium. He announced before starting that he will have one composition of each of the trinity in the concert for without their presence the concert would not be full at all. Well, Personally i had thought till then that it was a normal concert which may have a couple of compositions of the composer in whose name the trust is being run. Later, realised there were many of my mindset till then.
the concert started with sObillu saptasvara with nice svarams at thara ruksa mAdulalO followed by nATTAkuranji Alapanai. The kriti being karuNAmaya nilayam. Next was Dikshitar's bAlakrishNam bAvayAmi in gOpikA vasatam. After this, there was a long wait for the shyama sAstri kriti of the concert. During which, people around me and I were keenly expecting some SS kriti when krishna took up tOdi, KalyANi and sAvEri for main. All of which ended up as compositions of mangalam ganapathy, kAmini kAvyakalArUpiNi, nin pAdam caraNam and sri lalithE sivE respectively. The three rAga Alapanais (nATTakuranji, tOdi and sAvEri) were all good in true krishna's style and varadarAjan's replies were also on the mark. the tani Avartanam was the only other enjoyable thing in the concert. The ease with which, Arun could travel thro' kanDam, misram, tisram and so on was so good. After this long wait came dEvi brova samayamidE in cintAmaNi. And the kriti did save quite a few of us from the rest of the concert. In fact I was one of the very few who had very high degrees of patience.
With no disregards for the composer in who's honour the programme was held or the organiser, all the compositions failed to make an impact. One or two compositions in a concert is always welcome, but not an exclusive concert of her compositions. The sAhityam were IMHO, nothing gr8 or different.
I overheard somebody commenting the following with a bright smile... "tyAgarAja swamikku kooda indha bAkyam kedachirukkAdhu. thannoda oru pAttai main piece pottu kutcheri paNNi thAnE kekkara bAkyam yethanai pErukku kidaikkum? adhuvum kutcheri poora thannoda pAta pAdi kEkaradhu.. yaarukku kedaikkum indha kuduppanai?"
Well marketing strategies have spun their net into the field of carnatic music also. One who can carry oneself, gets the more importance and the fame and name and believe it or not if one can spend on one's publicity nothing like it. Smt. Mangalam Ganapathy seems to be one of those belonging to the chosen lot who can carry themselves well. I do not comment on her personality or say that she is trying to boast herself. But the fact remains that she is going popular in a exceptionally fast rate these days.
What one may have to think is that, when we are not able to completely preserve the great legacy bestowed upon us by the trinity and others whose compositions are so filled in with bakthi, bhAva and above all tonnes of information, where do people of this clan stand a chance in the running time???
Leave alone getting disappointed by the concert, i was far from being appointed in the first place...
Krishna gave an "all" Mangalam Ganapathy compositions concert on 29th August 2004 at PS School Auditorium. He announced before starting that he will have one composition of each of the trinity in the concert for without their presence the concert would not be full at all. Well, Personally i had thought till then that it was a normal concert which may have a couple of compositions of the composer in whose name the trust is being run. Later, realised there were many of my mindset till then.
the concert started with sObillu saptasvara with nice svarams at thara ruksa mAdulalO followed by nATTAkuranji Alapanai. The kriti being karuNAmaya nilayam. Next was Dikshitar's bAlakrishNam bAvayAmi in gOpikA vasatam. After this, there was a long wait for the shyama sAstri kriti of the concert. During which, people around me and I were keenly expecting some SS kriti when krishna took up tOdi, KalyANi and sAvEri for main. All of which ended up as compositions of mangalam ganapathy, kAmini kAvyakalArUpiNi, nin pAdam caraNam and sri lalithE sivE respectively. The three rAga Alapanais (nATTakuranji, tOdi and sAvEri) were all good in true krishna's style and varadarAjan's replies were also on the mark. the tani Avartanam was the only other enjoyable thing in the concert. The ease with which, Arun could travel thro' kanDam, misram, tisram and so on was so good. After this long wait came dEvi brova samayamidE in cintAmaNi. And the kriti did save quite a few of us from the rest of the concert. In fact I was one of the very few who had very high degrees of patience.
With no disregards for the composer in who's honour the programme was held or the organiser, all the compositions failed to make an impact. One or two compositions in a concert is always welcome, but not an exclusive concert of her compositions. The sAhityam were IMHO, nothing gr8 or different.
I overheard somebody commenting the following with a bright smile... "tyAgarAja swamikku kooda indha bAkyam kedachirukkAdhu. thannoda oru pAttai main piece pottu kutcheri paNNi thAnE kekkara bAkyam yethanai pErukku kidaikkum? adhuvum kutcheri poora thannoda pAta pAdi kEkaradhu.. yaarukku kedaikkum indha kuduppanai?"
Well marketing strategies have spun their net into the field of carnatic music also. One who can carry oneself, gets the more importance and the fame and name and believe it or not if one can spend on one's publicity nothing like it. Smt. Mangalam Ganapathy seems to be one of those belonging to the chosen lot who can carry themselves well. I do not comment on her personality or say that she is trying to boast herself. But the fact remains that she is going popular in a exceptionally fast rate these days.
What one may have to think is that, when we are not able to completely preserve the great legacy bestowed upon us by the trinity and others whose compositions are so filled in with bakthi, bhAva and above all tonnes of information, where do people of this clan stand a chance in the running time???
Leave alone getting disappointed by the concert, i was far from being appointed in the first place...
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