Raja - Live in Concerts - Madurai Concert Telecast/Videos

[baroque]

SKR, I immensely enjoyed the concert!
Raja's rehashed mayanginen...... telgu composition by Karthik - prati dhinam....

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[K]

[K]

thakita thadhimi

[krish244]

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!



thanks,

Krishnan

[al_gates]

Ah...trust the regulars of this forum to faithfully make it like I expected(kiru, baroque etc...) 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.

[baroque]

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!

With Ilayaraja, We simply love life!

[njv]

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.

[baroque]

I like the NEXT TIME ... phrase! Hopefully soon!
Raja's 'BALU VAA!' calls kadhuley olichundey erukku!

[irir123]

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

[teja]

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.