The Anjali title score in one of the clippings - <expletive> Idhukku mela oru script-ku, director-ku, rasiganukku apt-a oru score eppadi kudukka muidyum?
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The Anjali title score in one of the clippings - <expletive> Idhukku mela oru script-ku, director-ku, rasiganukku apt-a oru score eppadi kudukka muidyum?
Perform pannadhula illa, general audio visual clip
Go straight to 11:48 in this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QbSr...layer_embedded
மூன்று தமிழ்க் காவியமும்
முருகனுக்கு தொட்டிலடி
முத்தமிழின் சங்கமமும்
முருகனுக்கு கட்டிலடி
அருமை அருமை! ( முருகன் எப்பவும் ஆண்டிதான் போல :) ராஜா இதைப் பகிரவில்லையென்றால் நமக்குத் தெரியபோவதில்லை. முருகன் கண்ணனாக மாறியவுடன் எத்தனை மக்கள் இன்னமும் ரசித்துக்கொண்டு இருக்கிறார்கள் பாருங்கள்! )
Fell down from chair laughing at Raaja's anecdote on kavignar .
Particularly 'that ' ashtray and cigarette comment...
joke apart - he clinched the deal in favour of kavignar when he said "Naan notes ezudhara maadhiri kavignar
paattu ezudhuvaar" - genius apdeengara much abused wordukku inimel idhu dhaan right definition.
His reference to shubert's awesome piece - coincidentally in my new place they have a station beaming
classical music 24 hours - most lauded, sought after violin pieces are upto 60% by shubert and one of his pieces almost
made me stop the car in the side and listen... joys of listening to music... vaarthaigal thoarkum arpudha anubhavam....
Oru chinna :collar_lift: - IR is the Kannadasan of his era apdinnu indha forumla munnAdiyE padhivu senjuttEnnu perumaiyOdu sollikkoLgiREn. Couple of important points on IR and his personality came out - the body language in BMK's presence - oh ye detractors of his arrogance, know ye that to earn his respect, you need to be of the calibre of Balamuralikrishna. This is actually an aspect of his character that I have highlighted and celebrated in a PM to Littlemaster. Nammalaala mudiyumA? Avaraala mudiyin - EnnA THAT is the degree of his genius. Only the truly blessed and super-talented can and will have that discriminatory faculty - no fake praises will emanate from that mouth. Andha levelukku talent illAdha namma and maRRa sagOdharagaL at our level dhaan politeness-ku kodi pidippOm(and don't be astounded that I am saying it - indha forumla dhaan namma arrogance ellAm. Real life-la mudiyumA?)
Kamesh & Rajaram,
Thanks much for the videos. No words to describe the program. I dont remember when i heard the song "Oru raagam" before, but an amazing song. Ulagathula irundha ella pull'um serndhu aricha pola irundhudhu...andha 2nd interlude'a kekkum bodhu!
So many highlights...Will write more later...
thanks,
Krishnan
The second point is about Kavignar - the amazement he expressed at Kavignar's spontaneity. True to his constant emphasis on the need for spontaneity in his music making process. It is that aspect that appeals to him - ofcourse, what I mean is the ability to produce Quality output spontaneously. If you go by the defn of genius as "99 percent perspiration", then there are a lot of geniuses in the world. If you restrict it to ability to produce magic spontaneously, consistently, then that number reduces significantly.
What we post day-in-day-out in the hub has been told by Prakash Raj :-) :thumbsup:
I'm in Anandha sAgaram :thank you:
Plum, one word Vidya Garvam.. without which his anecdote on Kannadasan would have sounded blasphemous..
V_Sji, awesome writeup :clap:
I couldn't catch the progam on TV and haven't seen the videos yet. Some quick pointers on couple of incidents in the concert:
When the orchestra started performing Schubert's piece, one could instantly guess that it wasn't a piece by IR and that it was some European master's composition. The amount of rigorous practice and experience of the orchestra playing under IR all these years was visible as they nailed the piece brilliantly. Not sure how many orchestras (that too from the film industry) can pull off something like this. But the magical moment happened after that. IR started to sing Idhayam pogudhe as the orchestra continued playing in the background and for a second I was wondering if the symphonic piece was his own creation. The tune, a trademark IR pathos song, blended so naturally with the symphony, note by note, phrase by phrase. This was no mere 'fusion', but rather something that we've come to associate with IR - multi-threaded weaving, fusion at an atomic level. Recall Kamal's note on IR about Higgs Boson and splitting the nucleus of musical notes. Try listening to the symphony piece alone (a bloody scintillating one) and then Idhayam pogudhe separately and then listen to this piece from the concert. This is Kamal's point demonstrated live. For a layman like me, it's difficult to even associate Idhayam pogudhe with the symphony. I frankly saw no major connection. But for someone like Raaja, he probably saw the song in the symphony and just 'plucked' it out from it. And when this was demonstrated live, it was magical! : Pat thighs: :chest thumping: Raaja da! :bow:
Another interesting moment was the 2-note song. This was meant to be a gimmick, of course, a dash of pomp and glamour, a thorough vanity fair. I'm guessing that this wasn't Raaja's idea and that he was usuppEthified to do something of this sort. The 3-note song was great fun, an awesome tune emerged from it. This time around, I was pretty convinced that it would be purely gimmicky with just 2 notes. But Raaja proved me wrong. There was something more to it than just the pomp. The thought process behind the 'musical cheating', that he has spoken about before, could be seen here. He played the tune, a simple, catchy one (what else can one expect with 2 notes) and asked the chorus to sing it. He then directed the keyboardist to play two chords as the backing rhythm. The piece sounded more interesting. Asking the singers to repeat the singing, he then gave two different chords to the keyboardist and asked him to do a chord change at a certain place. And there was the effect! The same tune, but two different set of chords and the sound was different! Musical 'honesty' in gimmickry! :clap:
Raaja :bow: Subashree :bow:
This is what I wrote on twitter on this program: "Like great mathematicians who see patterns where none seems to exists, Raja sees 'idhayam pogudhe' in the Shubert's Symphony"
"It is a testimony to the greatness of tune and orchestration of 'Raja Kaiyavacha' that it can withstand the mangling by Yuvan"
Hello Jai Hind songs
Thanks to dhinakar rajaram for the links..check the left hand side corner
http://www.hellojaihind.com/videos.html
சின்னக் கண்ணன் இரண்டாம் பாகத்தில் வரவில்லையா? அதற்கான காணொளியை இன்னும் காணோமே? இரு மேதைகளின் சங்கமத்தை ரொம்ப எதிர்பார்த்து இருக்கிறேன்.
In the concert Raaja said Karthik raja and I learn Jazz from from Atila.....A person who is nearing 70 years and is recognised as one of the best composers and musicians in the history of music...Will any one dare to say this in public
Raaja sharanam sharanam
Nothing sir, the kOlAmbi speaker / teakkadai / function / bus-cast, in short "the rAsA effect" on TN :-)
(I am among the many who keep talking about this in the hub and Prakash Raj opens the show with that as a personal comment)...
Great....Kamesh brought the next set of videos for us.:ty:
mmm...Raja, What is so great about Kaannadasan's AYIRAM MALARGALEY.....varigal ? :roll:.
pardon my ignorance, to this day, I never seen the movie , I don't know the situation or story.
Varigal enna sollaradhu?
This particular composition when I grew up, it is female vocalist prelude humming followed by the wonderful music, long drawn tune in enchanting Vasu's vocals caught our attention to stop at the palace ground to enjoy the raja paadal.
paadal varigalukkaga indha particular paadalukku naangal wait pannidhu illai.
this particular song musical content followed by singing adds more value.
vinatha
who is the singer who sang "edho moham" - she ate up KArthik for lunch and supper..
Surmukhi - is another singer to watch out for - great find these singers. God bless them.
And yes - Raaja kaiyya vechcha - the kuthu - blended into waltz into WCM majestic march - is
a huge feast to be chewed by little raaja's little singing mouth.. adhukkullaam baalungara dinosaur venum
illainna kamalngara singam venum..
Singer of etho mogam with karthik was Rita... her name is SUCHARITA THYAGARAJAN ...she has sung in many movies of IR
I am giving 2 clips here.. one is the Schuberts symphony played by an western orchestra and the other which played in the show. There is no difference at all. for those who have heard IR's orchestra playing it.. the moment the western video starts and plays.. u will sing IDHAYAM POGUDEY...
thanks to chandrasekar facebook for the western link
BRILLIANT RAAJA TEAM see from 9:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGtyb...ature=youtu.be
JUST LISTEN TO THIS and I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT IR's ORCHESTRA ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD
WESTERN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpuC...eature=related
another small note about raaja kaiyya vecha - second interlude andha flute_pipe sound - so local sound - adhai andha veli naatukaarar clarinetla vaasichaare - oru note, oru chinna skip-lag illaamal - andha aalukku adhukku score sheet kuduththu dhaane vaasichiruppaaru? wow. endha soundayum ippadi notate panna koodumna adhu genius dhaan..
Regarding "aayiram malargaLe" lyrics - adhu kavidhai illai - paattu and it is not a song to denote a love song between lovers - it is about the memories of love.
now if you see the movie - the song is constantly played in the sombre second half (VIjayan - remembering is once beautiful life - now immersed in tragic recollections of that) - That is why this song is not template thalaivan - thalaivi song - but a mash of the entire eco system around them - every sight and sound and smell of their memory - and what an abstract painting kavignar paints - it has everything - fragrance and tenderness of 1000 flowers, the hills and their joyous celebration of spring time beauty, the passage of the season with each one adding a layer of colour on the preceding one as the lovers gain further proximity. Indha whole mise-en-scene has been zipped and wrapped into a present by the kavignar which entirely slide into the wonderful tune and with both genius collaborating, it must have been an experience to behold on many levels..
Thanks Jai for the details of the song.
varigal of this particular composition never caught our attention when I grew up or over the years listening too.
Your post interests me to watch the scene or movie now, not Kannadasan's varigal for me.:)
still the orchestration, long drawn tune and the prelude aalaap, singers enrich the song in that order, I guess for me.
vinatha.
The 1st 2 parts of 16th are here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=oGw6wE7fPjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=dqSXGpS0jO8
Totally spellbound by the concert in the last two days and just waiting for the last part tomorrow. Hope they release the DVD soon and make it available for everyone. The most goosebump-y moment for me so far was the symphony performance and Raaja's "Idhayam Pogudhe" towards the end of that symphony piece.
SPB & Chitra were top class and KJY's rendering of En Iniya Pon Nilaave was classic with his trademark style "Dharadha dha dha dhaa". Loved Poongathave from Deepan & Uma as well, their voices were mostly intact. Most of the new female vocalists were superb.
Overall, the performance of the orchestra stands out from everyone, their hardwork shows in their quality :notworthy:
சித்ரா - ராஜா குரலில் இந்த வரிகள்..
ஒரு ஜீவன் அழைத்தது ஒரு ஜீவன் துடித்தது
இனி எனக்காக அழவேண்டாம் இங்கு கண்ணீரும் விழவேண்டாம்
உன்னையே எண்ணியே வாழ்கிறேன்
விவரித்து எழுதத் தேவையில்லை என நினைக்கிறேன். நான் உணர்ந்ததை மற்றவர்கள், பாடிய சித்ரா - ராஜா ஒரு கணமாவது உணர்ந்தார்களா??
"ஆயிரம் மலர்களே மலருங்கள்" - ம.வாசுதேவன் குரலில் பாடிய இளைஞர் வெகுசிறப்பாக பாடி முடித்தார். :notworthy: நான் எதிர்பார்க்கவேயில்லை. "மலைகள் மீது ரதி உலாவும் நேரமே..." என்ற இடத்திலிருந்து தாலாட்டு பாடாமல் தாயாகுமோ..." என்ற இடம்வரை மின்சாரம் பாய்ச்சிய தருணங்கள். பிசிறில்லாமல் சிறகை அசைத்து உயர உயர பறக்கிறார். ராஜாவின் முகபாவனை ஆயிரம் அர்த்தங்களை சொல்கிறது அந்த இடத்தில்.
0.42 - 1.13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgy9F...eature=related
nice reminder - what a phrase i say - malaigal meedhu radhi ulaavum nerame!!
did he know that heroine was rathi?
even then how nicely it fits with the musical and visual landscape?
Maestro's recap about Kavingar's ingenuity and spontaneity (as Plum mentioned) is a very interesting anecdote. I agree with Plum that not many geniuses fall into this category and he has every authority to issue that statement, as he is the living testimony for speed, spontaneity and quality. Definitely a goose-bump moment for me. But those singers performed shabbily, especially female singers. Male singer was ok, still I can feel how much we miss MV sir and Jency. Especially at the lines 'Rathi ulaavum nErame', thoroughly missed him. The singers just sang the words and there is absolutely no feel in it, just like some kids sing. Again who are those singers? Even the tempo was little less compared to the original one. But orchestra made up for it, extremely well.
Monumental moment of the whole concert is that excellent demonstration of Schubert's symphony and how he extracted Idhayam POguthe out of it. KV you explained it extremely well. :thumbsup: I could not believe when all the instruments stopped, Raja sang Idhayam POguthe, I was totally mesmerized, what a moment that was! That's not all, with the same piece of music, he continued singing the song. Shashtaanga Namaskaarams! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: I would like to know from them who witnesses this live, how the audience reacted to these moments. There cannot be a better moment in any concert. Hats off to the musicians! :notworthy:
He even remembers the year and all the details when it was composed. Another demonstration to explain the symphony. What did he say 'Seeyakkai'? Why did he say that? I didn't quite get that. Those two set of instruments, violins and cellos first played separately and then together and Maestro cleverly explains it short and sweet. That's the authority we are talking about. It is sad all these precious treasures are not grasped by the current and upcoming music directors (even his kids), still they want to make quick money compromising very much on the quality. There is no one to carry his legacy! What a shame!
Another goosebump moments from Saagara Sangamam BGM.
If you have a monumental moment, there has to be a horrible moment following it. That's the female singer in Etho MOgham. Sothappified to the core by the female singer with all sorts of Abhaswarams. How can she sing like that, Naarasam to ears. Completey no feel. Missed Shreya Ghoshal very much. Every time orchestra has to come to rescue. Karthik did a good job, still at lower octaves, he could not register properly could see struggling.
Ilaiyaraajaa'vukku Ilaiyaraaja'vaa? Good one! Good try by Yuvan on Raja Kaiyya Vechcha, still he has abhaswarams most of the time when he sings! Magic re-created by orchestra again! The incident he explained was thoroughly touching!
Another masterpiece in Sindhu Bhairavi!
Poongathave was too good. Starting veena by Punya Srinivas Devi was excellent. Again tempo was little slow. Uma Ramanan sang little sadly, don't know why. Deepan was cool, no complaints. Napolean (flute) stole the song with able support from violins, nadhaswaram and Thavil. Solo violin by Mr. Prabhakar is another highlight of the song.
Oru Jeevan, Chitra ji again, what to tell, no mistakes, perfect 10. What a sincere singer she is! Thorough to her profession and art! Young female singers should learn from her, they were very careless today (except Surmuki, thanks Suresh ji for letting me know the singer's name. :smile:).
Nadhaswaram piece and violin piece from Rudraveena, haunting piece of music!
It was surprising that the same females when singing choir were singing perfectly, but when they come to sing a solo or a duet, they were clueless. In Aayiram Thaamarai mottukkale, Surmuki was fantastic. Starting mridangam by Jaychan was exemplary. SPB sir was quite good, but as Nerd expressed, we can feel the tiredness in him.
Ilangaathu Veesuthe was good, who is the female singer again? She was quite good. I expected Sriram would sing still better as it was his own song.
Pazhassi raja, a marvel in new age!
Vizhiyile malarnthathu, SPB sir brought Rajini sir in front of me. Somehow I am not happy to see him struggling. Could not believe same SPB in SRR was exceptional and outstanding. K J Yesudas sir in En iniya Pon Nilaave. I believe this is the song, where KJY faltered at the start, right?. We didn't get to see it. Starting guitar by Sashee sir was so perfect. How casually he plays guitar as if it is a toy. Great! Choir was again perfect in backing up.
Greatest moment of this episode is the demonstration of Franz Schubert's piece and symphony, followed by Kavignar's anecdote.
Sorry for all the nitpicks, but it didn't take away an inch of enjoyment.
According to my opinion, today's honors for the best performer goes to the entire orchestra, they did some outstanding performance. The way they played Schubert's symphony piece cannot be described by words. Proud to see such a huge talent! Their other performances were also perfect and way better than the earlier 2005 concert, where we could hear at many places they could not re-create the magic, but here the hardwork and preparation shows and they were absolutely perfect in nailing down to recreate all the magic! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: Followed by Chitra ji's Oru jeevan Azhaithathu.
Looking forward to tomorrow's final episode. :D
திரு v.s,
"சின்னக் கண்ணன் அழைக்கிறான்" பாடலைப் பற்றிய உங்களது வார்த்தைகளுக்கு காத்திருக்கிறேன். இந்த நிகழ்ச்சியின் இதுவரையிலான முக்கியமான தருணங்கள் என்றால் அது பாலமுரளியும் ராஜாவும் மேடையை பகிர்ந்து கொண்ட இந்தப் பாடலும் அடங்கும்.
Thanks venkkiram for reminding me. How did I miss this moment? Somehow I keep remembering that Chinna Kanna Azhaikkiraan was performed yesterday. Sorry for that. Yes that was another sensational moment in the concert, as Prakash Raj aptly said, that we all love Maestro, but Maestro loves you. Exactly, how true! Maestro never forgets his elders and mentors. The way he kindly requested with a sort of hesitation 'Anna medaikku vaanga', there itself show his respect. Surprisingly at over 80 years, he sang Chinna Kannan Azhaikkiran song exceptionally well. :notworthy: Still we can hear the Gambheeram in his voice with no hint of shyness/nervousness. Prakash Raj's anecdote about Dr. BMK's mutual respect to Isaignani clearly shows how much high regards he has for him. I was also taken by SPB sir humility towards Dr. BMK. Apart from the music, I think these aspects appear to be missing in today's trend having regards to their peers and mentors. Great moment and thanks again for pointing that out. :D
What a big sin to have missed out the first song of today. Nee Paartha Paarvai from Hey Raam. Before coming to that interesting speech by Kamal. Even after giving hits after hits, how he gets early around 4.30 pm and goes for classes to learn. It is still continuing till today as expressed by Maestro himself. :notworthy: Nee Paartha is one composition which cannot be done by others even after 'room pOttu yosichaalum' for several weeks or months or years, it will never happen. But it happens in seconds for Maestro. Beautifully done on stage. Class piano, and excellent violins played in counterpoints, and very well sung by Hariharan, Surmukhi and Manasi (except the start was little off-key). When they sang 'Uyire... Vaa...' any heart will melt. Another great moment in the concert. I think Hariharan whispered to Maestro to play piano? Very nice to see him play piano and acknowledged by the hungarian drummer. :thumbsup:
Super post V_Sji as usual :clap:
+1. Horrible she was, even I could spot the abaswarams. Karthik managed quite well and the orchestra was terrific. Not sure why, the crowd did not recognize the song until 10-15 secs. Or may be its Jaya TV. And also +1 for ShreyaG. Badly sorely missed. SJ is irreplaceable for edhO mogam, sure but at least Chitra should have sung. Or ShreyaG. Wonder why she dint go. She would have sung w/o any remuneration even as we all know.
And this is the first time I am seeing SPB struggle. Actually he was quite good and has been the best male singer on the show so far, by a mile, but we have seen SPB *own* shows. I guess he would still do fine on recordings but this has been one of the biggest disappointments. Very very sad indeed.
Chitraji-delightfully sincere like yesterday. Symphony+Idhayam pOgudhE, stunning. IR was a little out of sorts in oru jeevan though. Yuvan was not as bad as I expected him to be.
And BMK saar, 80+ and the way he finished the first charanam and came back to chinna kannan azhaikkiraan - no words.
Loved the orchestra. They were superb on all the songs. Aayiram. malargale. malarungal was goosebump inducing stuff.
Loved Vijay A + DSPs head swings. I can hardly tolerate both but highly respect the fact that both of them are huge Raja fans. 'Namma paya' feeling when they exhibit it each time.
And the mandatory appreciations to Prakash Raj and Jaya TV (for the choice of songs/BGMs they played from the NA winning scores) Can't wait until tomorrow but don't like the fact that its the last episode :-(
"நான் உனை நீங்க மாட்டேன்.." என்ற வரிகளைத் துவங்கும் முன்பு ராட்சசனாக பாலு உருமாறிய கணத்தைக் கண்டு ராஜா க்ளீன்போல்டு ஆகும் நிகழ்வு கடைசித் தொகுப்பில் இருக்கிறது. தரிசிக்க காத்திருக்கிறேன்..
The way he asks the audience to keep quiet at 10:10 in that symphony video :rotfl2:
V_S, neenga enna ezhudhinAlum it's so good to read :clap: Thanks much Sir!