SKR, I immensely enjoyed the concert!
Raja's rehashed mayanginen...... telgu composition by Karthik - prati dhinam....
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SKR, I immensely enjoyed the concert!
Raja's rehashed mayanginen...... telgu composition by Karthik - prati dhinam....
http://s22.postimage.org/6cnlkqsyp/DSC05126.jpg
thakita thadhimi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgTCkNQpsQ
Karthik's rendition of "En Iniya Pon nilave" song in Toronto concert. He is effortless (sometimes in a hurry :) ) . This has good audio. Check out the interludes. Pretty neat reproduction of the original. Amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS9ZArhVSrk
thanks,
Krishnan
Ah...trust the regulars of this forum to faithfully make it like I expected(kiru, baroque etc...) :-D I decided to skip it to spend more time with my toddlers.(Did watch McEnroe/Agassi at HP Pavilion 3 months ago).
So what was that about Raja being upset about the crowd? I expected the crowd to be more dignified, but then a lot of attendees were likely to treat the event like an entertainer, than being mature fans of IR.
Raja did not like when some folks were noisy, whistling etc..!
Audio was poor at times, few terrible episodes!
I really wish that they don't allow food inside the theater! nauseating!:(
How come Kiru is not gloating over SUNDARI KANNAL ORU SEDHI... yet!:)
Good seats, though!
kanavu maadhiri auspicious evening vandhu odi pochu! :-D
With Ilayaraja, We simply love life!:happydance::bluejump::musicsmile:
If I had known that some of he hubbers here are from San Jose, I would have arranged a quick meeting/photo session with Maestro. Lets plan a fan meet next time Sir is here.
I like the NEXT TIME ... phrase! Hopefully soon!
Raja's 'BALU VAA!' calls kadhuley olichundey erukku!:)
what an incredible experience - too bad I couldnt meet up with IR backstage!
HP Pavilion had a thiruvizhaa effect !
hubbers, next time I visit bay area, would love to meet up with some of us.
highlights for me:
1. IR entering the stage like a military commander and starting the concert right on time!
2. the IR-SPB camaraderie - SPB explaining the harmonic score of 'oh priya priya' on strings, goosebumps all the way - idhathaan naan edhirpaarthaen.
3. I had explained to my friends outside the hall abt how Mano has often butchered SPBs telugu songs in tamil - 'o papa lali' by SPB became, 'o BAABAA lali' (like baba black sheep have you any wool) by Mano in tamil - and when mano came onstage, i was getting all nervous, but he stuck to his 'shenbagamey' - what a relief - aanaa IR found a mistake even in that rendition "sammadhamey became sammAAAAdhamey" - Mano nallaa ottappattaar - after that, Mano was relegated to doing compering and edupidi velai!
4. Chithra - yenna oru simplicity and no hassle presence onstage - hats off - 'ninnukori varnam' on stage was pattai kilappufying - the orchestration was topnotch
5. IR - as usual - some aanmeega / thathhuva sidharalgal - in-between the show!
6. I was speaking abt IR's telugu scores eloquently before the show referencing Abinandana in particular - and when SPB sang 'adhe neevu' i was overjoyed, but let down a bit when the song was rendered without those glorious interludes!
7.'balapam patti', 'priyaa priyathamaa' and the immortal 'priyathamaa, nanu' from JVAS - all of which were marana mass hits when they came out - were justifiably performed, especially the last song which had some very intricate strings section in the second interlude - IR gave them accolades just for that song!
more later
One of the major highlights of the show was "pottu vaitha kadhal thittam" by Karthik and Yuvan. Karthik's performance was very energetic, the whole stadium was rocking. Even IR was smiling when Karthik asked orchestra to stop and audience to start clapping to the rhythm. Similar response to Chitra's Ninnu Kore Varnam. I heard from the organizers that IR had some nice things to say about Bay Area's audience. Will write about that soon.
Irir- I didn't know you went to CA show. Would have loved to meet. We have few things to catch up. I will send PM.
They started playing the intro BGM without telling IR. maestro was eating his sandwich and suddenly called to be on stage. He didnt have time to drink water as well. Until the last step, he was eating/cleaning left over in his mouth. I was bit concerned and thought he might choke, but managed very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by irir123
Before that IR and SPB were comparing 2 sandwiches! SPB wasn't hungry, but IR forced him to eat (urimayudan "saapiduda apparam pasikkum").
After the show on our way back to car, IR said "janaki is the only artist who could render the song as is and Chitra is the next best" and someone in the car mentioned that "Janaki scolded you in a recent TV interview" and IR said "sollittu poraanga, yaar Yaaro edho solraanga, avanga sonna thappillai". He has lot of respect and admiration for Janaki.
njv - adadaa! i thought you were in NJ and already attended that event - had no clue you were attending the SJ event as well!Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
btw, I teamed up with another old-time TFM hubber, to go to the show ! but he is not active here any longer - he was also involved with RaajanGAHM the erstwhile IR project from the 1990s!
I wouldnt miss it for gods sake. I was there in all 3 events, but had the opportunity to be with him in NJ and continuded that in CA. You may have noticed me as well... Guy with navy blue jeans, white shirt, a Nikon D5200 camera and a small (maestro's) camcorder moving around the auditorium and disturbing people :)Quote:
Originally Posted by irir123
SJ show of IR - contd...
8. IR gave an interesting anecdote abt the origin of the 'maasi maasam aalaana ponnu' tune for Dharma durai - am paraphrashing him here:
"namma superstar illa ? avaru paattu composingku vandhu, 'thanni karuthhurichhu' tune madhiri venum indha situationukku - apdeenu kettaar - naan sonnen - adhu yerkanavey potta tune - indhaanga vera tune, indha situationukku correcta irukkum - adhu thaan 'maasi maasam aalaana ponnu' tune pirandha kadhai".
9. SPB asked IR if he has written any song in Telugu - IR said he has done it once - a spiritual verse after he was inspired by a thyagaraja keerthanai.
10. hariharan did ample justice to 'manjolai kili thano', 'isaiyil thodangudhamma' songs - brilliantly rendered!
11. IR sathham podra makkalskku oru dose vuttaru - adhukku munnadi thaan Karthik, sathhamey illaiyey apdeenu usuppethhi vituttu ponaar! IR oda thittu karthik pakkam thaan poyirukkanum!
When this concert was slated for Nov 16, I was thinking of posting here to let any other state attendees know I'd be happy to host them and/or help them get around the area. Alas! I came to know about the Mar 1 date very late and therefore didnt check this thread for days.Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
Adada, miss pannitome oru get together.
Waiting for that, teja. thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by teja
irir123 - Thanks for posting interesting events.. its always great to hear about maestro.
Some interesting info shared by the organizers of Ilayaraja's concert in San Jose (Bay Area Telugu Association):
- Raja is super happy with the response to the concert. During the lunch on Saturday, he was recollecting how the entire crowd of 10,000 people did not get up from their seats even after he concluded the concert. It was 12:15AM but they were not tired and were asking for more songs. Raja & SPB had to announce that the concert is over, multiple times. Only then people started getting up.
- Raja extended his compliments the audience in bay area, calling them musically inclined and well disciplined. He was recollecting how they were clapping very precisely to the rhythm when Chitra was performing 'Ninnu Kore Varnam'. Chitra has also made similar comments.
- When the organizers asked Raja to come back for another concert, Raja seems to have readily agreed. More details awaited.
12. when SPB sang 'ilamai ennum poongatru', we was floored ! cudnt have been a greater tribute to both the late Kannadasan, as well as IR and SPB himself - oldtime hubbers would remember the times when this song was analyzed piece-by-piece for its chords progression - hats off to the orchestra to demonstrate the entire thing to perfection onstage!
13.the recreation of the acapella 'naan porandhu vandhadhu' from mayabazaar, must have taken hours and hours of practice to make it perfect - as IR himself said after that song - during a recording, it can be redone until it becomes perfect, but not so, doing it onstage - kodi kodi nandri for the singers who did this onstage!
Wow, I really admire that "someone"...how he got guts to say that in front of IR and how he took that lightly and responded back....Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
By the way I missed the opportunity njv, I should have come to NJ concert and met you, and you would at least helped me in seeing thalaivar close enough and got a photo opportunity.....
Buggle : we will definitely plan for fans meet next time he is in US.
I have also suggested and online fans meet as well. Not sure if he will do that with busy schedule (15+ movies and his world tour), lets hope for the best.
Thanks njv..:)Quote:
Originally Posted by njv
It has been 2 weeks since the NJ concert. But still it remains afresh and i think it will stay afresh in our memory.
Here are some interesting info shared by IR & SPB.
1.on Ninnu kori varnam - IR mentioned that director did not request this song. This song was composed on 1-4-87 (Raja Sir showing the original notes). Manirathinam wanted this to be a chorous song. But Raja Sir felt that there is no space for creativity. So he decided to compose Mohanam raga based song in western style. Since saint Thiyagaraja's keerthana "Ninnu kori varanam" is also in Mohanam, Valli used that lyric as base and then wrote the remaining song.
2. #Lalitha priya kamalam - IR said director (KB) did not choose the character name of the heroine for that movie even after 2 months. During Composition, KB mentioned that he will choose the name of the heroine based on the raga of the song that IR had chosen to compose. The song was set in Lalitha ragam (Raja sung Dikshitar krithi, Hiranmayee lalitha) and KB had chosen that name.
3. SPB said that till date he (IR) will first start writing the notes of the song and then only he will start using his "harmonium". He will first write the lead singers name that he had in mind in his note first and then only start write down the notes.
4. IR shared another interesting info.. Till date, he had not taken more than 4 minutes to complete the notes of a song starting from Annakilli to NEPV and that's 920 films.
5. SPB said that black eyed peas in their elephunk theme album used IR's song "unakkum ennakkum anandam". But that was done without IR's knowledge and later blackeyedpeas apologized and did recognize IR.
6. on the same note, SPB said that many hindi composers blatantly ripped IR's composition and used in hindi movies without even offering a recognition. SPB recalled that one famous composer asked him to sing "rakkama kayaathattu" tune in hindi version without even knowing that it was sung by SPB in tamil and also claimed that its their original tune.
7. SPB recalled that IR never used any pre recorded composition in his composition including the starting mantras used in kadhal oviyam or any other songs. IR said that kadal oviyam song has several ragas in it.. (interesting info)
8. nila athu vanathu mela / Then pandi chemaiyle -- mani wanted a lullaby first. After hearing lullaby, mani wanted a peppy number in the same tune and thus born nila athu vannathu mela.. IR sung both of the songs and showed how they are same..
Any one who attended NJ event, please add or update any other interesting info that i missed.
On our way to Prudential for the concert, I was informing organizers where we were and at some point I mentioned that "literally 5 minutes" and Raaja sir said its a grammer mistake and I shouldn't use "literally" when talking! I responded by saying "naan Tamil medium sir" and he just laughed (implies I didn't go to school but has better grammer than you).
Ilayaraja's Toronto Concert is shown in Vijay TV - until 5PM today.
Toronto Show Vijay TV
First Part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbFEwYPgzAg
Looks like he is going to perform in Melbourne ,Australia on May 12, koduthu vaithavargal
Ilayathalam says its a rumour. Based on what I heard while Raaja sir was in NJ, he is planning on a concert in London in May. Not sure what's going on here. I will try to get some info and update.Quote:
Originally Posted by jmahesh
No what I heard from authentic sources is that he is performing in Australia -May 11th Melbourne and May 12th SydneyQuote:
Originally Posted by njv
Its not practical for entire orchestra to finish concert by mid night and fly to Sydney and do another show. Humanly not possible for anyone. They all need and deserve some rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by buggle
This is just a rumor and lets not spread this and set false expectation.
Latest from Ilayathalam says that there will be an announcement on 1st week of April about Aus show. Standby.
"Megha" audio to release in London on 24th of this month. I think, it will be done during IR's show in London:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/21673317.cms
thanks,
Krishnan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/e...w/21743380.cms
There's a video at the bottom as well
Thank you so much.. please upload if there are more videos. Hope the show rocked!!. please post the list of songs of sung during the concertQuote:
Originally Posted by naarayanan