Manakkal Rangarajan, Carnatica

Manakkal Rangarajan - M Chandrasekaran - Vellore Ramabadran

Carnatica's Samarpanam. Tattvaloka Auditorium
1st December 2006 6:30 pm


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karuNai seivAi - hamsadvani - Adi - PS (RS)
paripAlayamAm - rItigauLa - rUpakam - ST (R)
sivam vrushabAruDam - mOhanakalyANi - kaNDa cApu - HMB (RNS)
kshIra sAgara - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T (R)
raghuvamsa sudA - kadana kudUkalam - PSI
sara sara samarE - kuntaLa varALi - Adi - T (short sketch)
srI subramaNyAya - kAmbhOji - tisra Ekam - MD (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
kArthigai bAlanE - mAND - Adi - Manakkal Varadarajan (short sketch)
kandavEl avanai - kApi - Adi - Manakkal Varadarajan (short sketch)
srI rAmachandranukku jaya mangaLam - madhyamAvati - Adi

Sri Rangarajan began his concert with a short sketch of hamsadvani. The kriti was well rendered with nice kalpanai svarams at the pallavi line. rItigauLa AlApanai began well and neatly structured. The kriti was nicely rendered also.

The first major AlApanai of the evening was mOhana kalyANi. It was a nice elaboration and was quite fitting to the kriti which was rendered. The kriti was rendered well with nice neraval and svarams at ' sAma vEda priyam sangIta sAram'. The neraval was done in a mature fashion. The svarams were well structured and had an amazing poruttam to the sAhityam.

The dEvagAndhAri AlApanai was done well. The kriti was rendered in an amazing fashion. It was a very moving rendition. All the sangatis were very well rendered. The complete grandeur of the kriti was fully felt in the way the kriti was rendered.

The kadanakudUkalam kriti, an instrumentalist favourite, was rendered with the same rigour as expected and all the sangatis and the cittai svarams were sparkling and just fell in place. There were appropriate changes of nadai to create the necessary effect. The kuntaLavarALi short sketch was nice. The kriti was rendered very well. The cittai svaram was rendered in trisra nadai to make the jantai prayOgams more enjoyable.

The main piece, kAmbhOji, was elaborated rather differently. It was very well structured and a lot of rare pidis were heard. And the AlApanai was fitting for the piece that was rendered. The kriti was rendered very well. All the sangatis of the pallavi were nice. The anupallavi was rendered with a lot of nice new sangatis. The neraval and svarams at 'vAsavAdi sakala dEva vanditAya vArENyAya' were good. The neraval was very beautifully structured and the svarams were nice. The one Avartana svarams were good. The korappu was very good also. The mAND and kApi kritis were good and so was the madhyamAvati mangaLam.

Sri Rangarajan gave an awesome concert. All his AlApanai were very well structured. They were fitting the kritis those were presented. All the sancarams were quite vintage and very enjoyable. The music was flowing. The kritis were rendered with a lot of bhavam. All the sangatis were rendered with perfection. There were quite a few sangatis one doesnt hear regularly and they were all enjoyable. The brigas and gamakkams were precise. The neraval was very well structured and built well. The svarams were very good also. All the korappus and kOrvais were very quite intricate. A concert to remember for a long time.

Sri Chandrasekaran was his usual self all through the concert. His replies to the main artist were good.

Sri Ramabadran was just exact in accompanying all the kritis. He followed all the sangatis. He played well for the neraval and svarams also. The tani was good and had quite a few nice phrases. The korappu was good.


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During the concert, a CD containing vintage recordings of Manakkal Sri Rangarajan. During the release, Manakkal Sri Sriram sang a self-composed piece in Anandabhairavi thanking Carnatica for releasing the CD and also arranging the concert. He sang it well.