Nisha Rajagopal at The Music Academy - 17-12-08

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 18 Dec 2008, 00:25

Vocal: Nisha P. Rajagopal
Violin: Poorna Vaidyanathan Shankar
Mrudangam: Erode Nagaraj
(at The Music Academy - 1-45pm on 17-12-08.)

1. vanajAksha - varNam - rIthi gowLa -kaNda jAthi ata thALam -
Veenai Kuppaiyar
2. rAmA nI pai - kEdhAram - Adhi - Thyagaraja
3. lAvaNya rAmA - pUrNa shadjam - rUpaka chApu - Thyagaraja
4. dhurusugA - sAvEri - Adhi - Syama Sasthri
5. sarasvathi manOhari - sarasvathi manOhari - Adhi - Dhikshithar
6. nidhi chAla sukamA - kalyANi - misra chApu - Thyagaraja
7. saravaNa bhava guhanE - kannada - Adhi -Papanasam Sivan
8. RTP - rIthi gowLa - kaNda jAthi thruputa thALam - RK.Sriramkumar
9. mOdi jEsEvELrA - jAvaLi - kamAs - Adhi - Pattabhiramaiya
10. sApasyath kousalya - jOnpuri - adi - Thiruppazhanam
Panchapakesa Sasthri.

Nisha sang with clear diction and delineation of ragas with good mano dharma.

ata thALa varNams always enhance the classical value of the concert, that too when such a list is there. She sang cheerful sarvalgu swarAs for kEdhAram and the concert geared up well to the next level.

lAvaNya rAmA - pUrNa shadjam, a krithi which inspired UKS sir and made him name his foundation as "laya lAvaNyA"

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 18 Dec 2008, 08:04

Nice concert it seems. varnam & RTP is same raga!!

-hari

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Dec 2008, 08:26

Among the younger generations Nisha is maturing fast. She is the one to watch for!
Wish her well!

HarishankarK · Post by **HarishankarK** » 18 Dec 2008, 10:24

What is the meaning of the Pallavi line !!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 18 Dec 2008, 13:56

s_hari wrote:Nice concert it seems. varnam & RTP is same raga!!

-hari

This used to be the convention I think.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 18 Dec 2008, 14:07

My attempt at guessing the meaning

bruhi rasanE"¦. -oh tongue, say
gowLAnga sathIthi - that (she is)the fair complexioned consort-
sadhA shiva shankarIthi"¦-that (she is) 'shankari of sadAshiva'

there is also the judicious use of words-(shankarI+ithi-) shanka rIthi followed by 'gowlA' to give the name of the raga-'rIthigowLa'.
the word 'ithi' is used beautifully.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 18 Dec 2008, 14:54

Punarvasu wrote:My attempt at guessing the meaning

bruhi rasanE"¦. -oh tongue, say
gowLAnga sathIthi - that (she is)the fair complexioned companion-
sadhA shiva shankarIthi"¦-that (she is) 'shankari of sadAshiva'

there is also the judicious use of words-(shankarI+ithi-) shanka rIthi followed by 'gowlA' to give the name of the raga-'rIthigowLa'.
the word 'ithi' is used beautifully.

Thank you for the translation, Punarvasu. Sri Shriramkumar is a true 'renaissance man' of Carnatic music. How beautifully he has conceptualized this pallavi!

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 18 Dec 2008, 16:43

I too attended Nisha's concert yesterday.She dispalyed excellent attitude and one can see an assertiveness in her performance.She has really progressed in these years.

She followed pure sampradhaya by singing RTP in the same raga as that of Varnam.I have seen the late legend TMT follow it meticulously.Her selection of Poornashadjam would have been avoided since it is close to Reetogowlai and when there are already 2 nos.in the kutcheri in RG.

I also feel violin support by Poorna Vaidyanathan could have been better.Erode Nagaraj was a great support to her though.

But on the whole Nisha's concert was good.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 18 Dec 2008, 22:10

Punarvasu wrote:there is also the judicious use of words-(shankarI+ithi-) shanka rIthi followed by 'gowlA' to give the name of the raga-'rIthigowLa'. the word 'ithi' is used beautifully.

Beautiful... Sriramkumar Sir is a genius...