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August 15, 2005
sirkazhi siva chidambaram, chembur fine arts, chembur, bombay
nityashree mahadevan was scheduled to perform tonight at the chembur fine arts society and i confirmed by phone with the auditorium contact there a couple of hours before the concert.but when we showed up at the door; we were told that she bailed! #@$@#%#@#$@#$...so angry! since pandit jasraj, mandolin srinivas and pandit shiv kumar sharma were performing at the NCPA in a classical fest called tiranga the same time ~ had passed on that since it was so far away in the city and nityashree being pretty good; compromised on the choice for the distance.
..anyway! sirkazhi siva chidambaram was the replacement and since we had come so far; apprehensively decided to stay on~
i wasn't sure of what to expect since i had never heard of him but was told he is a son of a famous tamil musician, sings carnatic and film songs..i was utterly feeling out of place for the first couple of songs since he appeared very jerky without a flow and in my opinion; seemed breathless and constipated!..maybe its the male carnatic singing style with lower pitches and sudden stresspoints..anyways..he had me totally in it when he sang a song in ananda bhairavi (one of my favorites) and his main piece; a abdul kalam poem in kambhoji ragam...with excellent solo (and jugal bandi) contributions from his accompanists in violin, ghatam, morsing and mridangam ~
his setlist as much as i could compile with help from others ~
1: ragam abhogi - evari bothana (varnam)
2: ragam saurashtram - sri ganapathim (keerthanam)
3: ragam ananda bhairavi - poomel valarum annai
4: vande matram enbhom (being independence day)
5: thyagarja song (still investigating which one :))
6: ragam atana - some swatantra song in tamil
7: ragam narayanagowlai - (mutthuswamy dikshitar song)
8: folk song
9: ragam suddha simantini - sri janaki ramana (thyagaraja)
10: ragam kambhoji - main piece - (based on a president abdul kalam azad patriotic poem)
11: patriotic tamil song by bharathiyar
12: devotional kannada song on chamundi
13: devotional tamil song on murugan
14: devotional malayalam song on sri guruvayoor appan
15: devotional self composed hilarious tamil song on murugan but based on bombay suburb names and similar sounding muruganisms
16: couple of film songs (one from karnan)
17: ragam madhyamavati composition to finish up
overall..i felt it was an average concert from my street joe (or street srinivasan :) perspective..being a casual carnatic listener and concert goer..not too into film, semi-classical or ultra devotional songs! not too into male carnatic artists ~
....didnt seem as i was part of his listening audience as i looked around the auditorium..an older profile who listened to his father in the yesteryears in film, folk and traditional music......similar styles, sounds and mannerism i was told..
Posted by dharma at August 15, 2005 10:09 PM