Out of the world experiences!!

Will there be anyone who would like to miss a chance to see the living legend perform? No one would. A true music lover wil never do that and so did i. Dr KJ Yesudas was doing what he does best on sunday. Such an unassuming person he was. With a good sense of humor and the divinity that no other male voices have he was unleashed to the packed full house crowd. Never had i seen such a crowd for a ticketed concert in chennai. There are no words to describe his singing(am not a critic you see). but i felt the divinity in his voice and i had strands of hair standing hearing him render the best music that day. I felt a shiver in me waking up the sleeping me. And i have not seen in years a voice tat can sound so awesome in the lowest octave possible. He rendered many songs request form the audience too before wrapping up in his traditional way. Accompanying him were Bakthavatsalam( one of the great names) on mridangam who did a commendable job in his orthodox style and also Radhakrishnan in Gatam was great to hear. The whole concert was just another out of the world experience that only KJY can give us.

Yesterday's Unnikrishnan's concert was good as well. But my main motive to attend was for Karaikkudi Mani sir. And he was simply superb. Thani avarthanam was at its best. With the most complicated maths and thalam involved anyone ll be awestruck wit his performance. We cant find anyone who can provide such complexities to the thani avarthanam. his playing was way too much complicated wit very intricate strokes and most calculated and unique playing. He is known for this complication of the playing bringing in very complicated maths into mridangam. His pace just set the stage on fire. This was yet another concert to be remembered for mani sir.

And today was Kadri Gopalnath(the pioneer of playing carnatic music wit sax) kutchery. As usual he was at his best today giving out one of the best music treat to the rain affected population in the hall. Playing carnatic music in sax with this perfection and style is nothing but a gift.The pace and innovation in his playing made the people more curious and interested to sit till the end. Accompanying him on mridangam was my new found inspiration Patri Satishkumar. This is the second time i saw him play and today he was at his best or i would say that today was the best that i saw from him. The pace he sets along with Kadri Gopalnath was enthralling and a great music to hear. One of the best concerts that i have heard. Thani avarthanam was totally at the height of its pace. Satishkumar's speed was unmatched and was so perfect.The innovative strokes added more splendor today that was lacking in his first concert for the season. I dont know what more to say of him, but it was out of the box and an awesome experience. along with him was Sukanya ramgopal(one of the very few percussionist in the field of carnatic music) on gatam and B.Rajashekar on morsing . Rajashekar was out-standing as usual and it was really a good performance by SUkanya too. Kanyakumari on violin was absolutely mind blowing. Playing the tunes that was played with the sax to the same level of perfection was the best part.

I had a chance to speak with my new found inspiration. And am overwhelmingly happy about that. It was great feeling having spoke to him. The first instance wher i boldly went and spoke. More great concerts on the list. Will keep posted!!!!