Sanjay, Music Academy

Sanjay Subrahmanian - Nagai R Muralidharan - Guruvayur Durai - Neyveli Venkatesh

Music Academy, 26th December 2006. 7:30 pm

caraNAgata vatsalE - kadanakudukalam - Adi - KS Krishnamurthy
parvatarAjakumAri - srIranjani - Adi - MD
anudinamunu - bEgaDa - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
ennaDu jUtunu - kalAvati - Adi - T
kapAli - mOhanam - Adi - PS (RS)
tani Avarththanam
ohO kalamE - khamAs - Adi - Vedanayakam Pillai
RTP - brindAvana sAranA - tisra tripuTa (kaNDa naDai) 1 akshara eDuppu 5 akshara aridi
'nAdanai thinam ninai manamE brindavana sAranga ranga'
orumaiyuDan - ramalinga aDigaL tiruvartupA - kAmbhOji, sAvEri, shanmukhapriyA, kApi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTRam - Adi - T

The concert began with the varNam in kadanakudukalam. Sri Sanjay's throat was rather not-so-co-operative when he began, however, it picked up, as the concert proceeded. The srIranjani kriti was nice.

As he began the bEgaDa AlApanai, his throat started to settle down and then it was just too good to listen to him, phrase after phrase. The kriti was rendered well with nice round of neraval and svarams. The kalAvati kriti was rendered soulfully.

The main mOhanam AlApanai and the kriti were good and reminded of MMI in many occasions. The svarams were good.

The sahAna short sketch and the kriti were good. The brindAvana sArangA AlApanai was awesome. It was very beautiful elaboration and the tAnam was built well. The pallavi, set by Sri Durai, was rendered well with anulOma, pratilOma and also singing in tisra naDai. It was rendered very well with nice set of svarams and a short tani. The rAgamAlikA viruttam and the subsequent rendering of the same in kApi were good. It was yet another concert to proove, why sanjay concerts keep the cash registers ringing.

Sri Muralidharan on the violin was good all over. He played in accordance to the kritis and gave fitting replies to Sanjay all thro' the concert. Sri Durai took proper care of the percussion department. He played well for all the kriti and also according to the sangatis. The tani was very nicely structured. Sri Venkatesh was good in parts.