Raja - Live in Concerts - Madurai Concert Telecast/Videos

[skr]

Was away for a while
Wonderful to read all your posts on the concert.
Am disappointed that the festival had to end
But it was a memorable experience to attend the concert live and witness these musicians create havoc.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

for our comfort, the links of all the 3 day program here

15th - http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthrea...l=1#post800235

16th - http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthrea...l=1#post800501

17th - http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthrea...l=1#post801081

If its not too much to ask, i wud request someone comeup with the list of songs, as in the order of youtube videos, making it easy for viewing.

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[kiru]

This concert was awesome ..No wonder all you folks are so excited and providing very good reviews.. (especially like the ones from V_S and KV). I dont think any other concert like this - in terms of orchestrational complexity has been attempted on stage in India. This was like european classical meets rock meets indian classical concert.. no wonder the audience does not know when to dance when to stay quiet. I bet the Hungarian guys are flabbergasted at this genre of popular music.
During the eighties we got so many gems because IR was exploring carnatic.. now he is onto Jazz. I am guessing we will be in for another wave of gems from him.. if nature and our cine folks cooperate..

Yeah.. the singers slipped here and there but I guess things are a bit difficult to do it one shot.. Also..singers improved sometime into the song..I think the female singers let by Chitra were more consistent than the male singers..just my feeling.. yeah Rita messed up ethO Mogam .. I think she started the charanam in the wrong pitch/tempo and could not correct .. She needs to cool down a bit.. probably stressed out. My favorite KJY slipped in diction/pronounciation and notes a bit. I liked his his spirit and energy though. I dont know why he (in en iniya pon ) and even raaja shortened the notes a bit .. is it improvisation ? Haricharan did well..but I did not see the shake in the notes and the bhavam like Kamalhassan (great guy .. who can act/sing/dance/write lyrics/direct)

[rajkumarc]

It would be really hard to conduct a better concert. Endrendrum Raja comes out at the top even with the sub-standard performance of some of the newer singers. I don't think SPB or KJY are going to perform much better in the future concerts. It's thoroughly satisfying to listen to them perform live with IR even though they were unable to replicate the quality of the original recording. I would take that drop in quality any day over some other new singer trying to do justice which never works out.

Kattu Kuyilu and Ilamai Idho were top notch performances especially in terms of vocals. Poove Semboove's orchestration and the multiple repeats were stunning. These kind of events lift such a concert to an extraordinary level. Will we get to see another concert like this, I doubt it seriously.

I sincerely hope and wish IR does a future concert with other languages or performing more of his recent works.

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

Above all, we need to bow down to Jaya TV's dedication in constant staging of Raja's masterpieces. even not so popular but superb compositions. Raaga maalika, that past concert, this one,, wow!! Jaya TV really Rocks

From the minor incident where Raja Sir is made to walk a bit of distance(a sort of disrespect) during the arrogant JJ's 1996 rule, to now where Jaya is mostly transformed and also JJ tv to Jaya TV. While other channels like Kalaigner TV, vijay Tv and Sun TV aren't arranging for IR concert its Jaya TV which is the ONLY channel sincerely staging rare raja songs. I guess we will have another concert at 2015/2016.

all the Sun music, raj music Isaiyaruvi types surely survive by airing well on Raja's melodies, and even Vijay Tv's super singer's main backbone is raja sir's songs only. lets see if they do their part...

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

I dont think any other concert like this - in terms of orchestrational complexity has been attempted on stage in India. This was like european classical meets rock meets indian classical concert.. no wonder the audience does not know when to dance when to stay quiet. I bet the Hungarian guys are flabbergasted at this genre of popular music.

superb point! maybe there was some previous event, we don't know but surely this can be considered one of the most complex orchestration, even complex singing, needless to say complex compositions. As we are most familiar with all songs, if music fans from some other state/place was subjected to this show, hearing most pieces for the first time, he may agree the compositional complexity too!

my 2 cents

[layman10]

Balki asked for 'jodi nadhigal' ?! wow not bad..

[KV]

Yeah, that was a surprise! This guy, without any doubt, is namma paya!

[Sureshs65]

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KV, I think you had asked me about a Ramana Maharishi album which you saw in a shop. I am unable to find that thread, so replying here.

Yes, that has music by Raja but the singing is done a devotional group. It has more the traditional devotional flavour to it.

[KV]

Thanks for the info, Suresh (are these new songs or the ones from his other Ramana albums?)
It's available at the Ramana Ashram in Sanjay Nagar, I'm told. Will try to get it sometime soon.

Checked for Mayilu at 'Temptations', Indira Nagar, yesterday; wasn't available. Any news in Calypso?
Chennai, anyone?