Why is he even aging? Can't he be immortal? Well... He is gonna be. A musical concert. With a stage-wide orchestra, he stands in the middle facing a question. The 8 minute long retort that was calmly delivered by the man made me rephrase my line "With a stage-wide orchestra, He stands in the middle facing the question". "What is a symphony?" asked the compere. An answer came. We might need a never ending list of superlatives before we even start "adjectiving" it. The scene that unfolds makes you punch your fists in the air (not once) and at the same time your eyes turn moist.
You feel a silence that engulfs the initial frames of the video and you can see Him waving His hands as if He is painting in the air. Yes, He was. With one strong wave of His hand, *Bang* He breathes life into the dormant orchestra. You see cellos and violins being played. The crowd erupts. He just silences the crowd with His finger on His lips. The passion evident. A divine two and half minutes into the video, when the music reaches its peak, He stops it abrupt. "Idhayammmmm Poguthaeeee..." - No music, no back up vocals, absolute silence - yet there is divinity and there is a pain conveyed (that is the situation for the song in the film). A 1979 song starts and the crowd goes frenetic. We have a standing ovation at the end. Then, we have how this music evolved from Schubert's musical notes to Idhayam Poguthae. We have a short session with the same song played for a different music. This version, during its run, makes a comfortable shift into the folk genre - the fist pump again. After a brief second version comes the answer to "What is symphony?" in His own style.
You feel a silence that engulfs the initial frames of the video and you can see Him waving His hands as if He is painting in the air. Yes, He was. With one strong wave of His hand, *Bang* He breathes life into the dormant orchestra. You see cellos and violins being played. The crowd erupts. He just silences the crowd with His finger on His lips. The passion evident. A divine two and half minutes into the video, when the music reaches its peak, He stops it abrupt. "Idhayammmmm Poguthaeeee..." - No music, no back up vocals, absolute silence - yet there is divinity and there is a pain conveyed (that is the situation for the song in the film). A 1979 song starts and the crowd goes frenetic. We have a standing ovation at the end. Then, we have how this music evolved from Schubert's musical notes to Idhayam Poguthae. We have a short session with the same song played for a different music. This version, during its run, makes a comfortable shift into the folk genre - the fist pump again. After a brief second version comes the answer to "What is symphony?" in His own style.
The words from The Gnani to the novice. He reiterates AR Rahman's quote on Him - "When many musicians were running behind awards, He was living for music".
ISAIGNANI ILAIYARAJA!
Please do watch the video embedded below
Please do watch the video embedded below
Thanks - Isaignani Ilaiyaraja, Prakash Raj, Jaya Television, YouTube Channels
