Good lineup and thanks for the info. This is surly a proud moment. They must have picked putham pudhu bhoomi too for the sake of its western classical elements.
Raghu --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Ganpy Nataraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Continuing my ramblings.. > > I think I missed out "Roobaroo" from the list of songs performed. > > * ARR was very calm and relaxed. He was clad in a simple, plain white > Indian attire.. > * Ethan Sperry was the music conductor for the evening. He was too > good and was totally involved with every single song that was played. > * ARR quipped towards the end of the show (paraphrasing) - "I think I > met Ethan 4-5 years back..around Christmas and I wished him Merry > Christmas. He said, Merry Christmas to you - I am > Jewish..."..smile.."When I was composing for Bose, I explained Ethan > about Sufism, Islam and the meaning of the song Zikhr. When he sent me > the list of songs that they had picked for this concert, the first one > in the list was Zikhr. This is a song that I normally would feel odd > about performing in my own show..because...you know.".. > * He went on to add how this relationship is important and his wish to > go further & music crossing boundaries, etc.. > * His ending comment.."If one of these students here becomes the > president (of the USA), I am sure there will be peace in the world..." > * Veerapandi - sounded great with 40 vocalists on stage..can't really > explain how amazing the experience was. > * The hall was packed - I didn't expect it as the general word around > Detroit before the concert was that since this wasn't going to be a > regular ARR show, not many were interested. Probably about 2500 people > in the audience. > * Every song was received well - obviously the crowd wanted ARR to > perform more. Vande Mataram, Shakalaka, Range De Basanti, Dil Se re > were some of the songs that drew the maximum cheer. > > -Ganpy- > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "Ganpy Nataraj" <ganpy@> wrote: > > > > It was different...Not knowing what to expect from this concert as it > > was not to be a regular ARR one, I was a little wary to start with. > > But the energy that the Global Rhythm/Miami university students > > brought to the stage pretty much comforted me right when they started > > the show with a modified "Ramta Jogi". This was a Global Rhythm show > > where they played Rahman's compositions and Rahman himself honored > > their efforts by participating in it. > > > > The song selection was superb although not everyone may agree with me. > > > > Some of the songs that I remember..(not necessarily in the order in > > which they were performed) > > > > 1)Ramta Jogi > > 2)Yaaro Yaarodi (Vasundhara Das) > > 3)Veerapaandi Kottayilae > > 4)Khalbali (ARR) > > 5)Lose control > > 6)Ek Onkaar (Vasundhara Das) > > 7)Rang De Basanti (the Global Rhythm singer's energy when he sang this > > song was infectious and could give the likes of Shankar Mahadevan a > > run for his money when it comes to stage energy) > > 8)Raasathi > > 9)Thee Thee (Vasundhara Das) > > 10)Shakalaka - BD version - (Vasundhara Das) > > 11)Zikr > > 12)Dil Se (ARR) > > 13)Dakka Lakka Bukka (ARR sang a little bit) > > 14)Dol Dol > > 15)An instrumental/vocal medley including "Bombay awakens", Nahin > > Samne, Ghanana Ghanana, Mangal Mangal, aalap by Srinivas Krishnan (ARR > > on keyboards and Sekar on cello) > > 16)Instrumental - Vanessa Mae's Raga Dance - (Melissa Reiner on violin > > V.R Sekar on Cello) > > 17)Global Rhythm's own composition of what apparently was loosely > > based on Rahman's scrap melody picked up by Srinivas Krishnan/Kevin > > Lambert (a student who spent a couple of months in Chennai at ARR's > > studio) > > 18)Chale Chalo > > 19)Rang De Rang De (original song played and choreographed on stage) > > 20)Some Jadhi recital by Srinivas and Kevin > > 21)Vande Mataram (ARR) > > > > G Ramkumar was there. So was Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Kailash Kher was > > a no show. > > > > Except may be 5 or 6 students, all the other members of the groups > > were non-Indians - so you can imagine how challenging it would have > > been for them to sing in Hindi/Tamil. > > > > > > -Ganpy- > > > Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com Admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/arrahmanfans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
