rAji gOpAlakrishnan@ParthasArathy swami sabha on Dec 28,2008

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Dec 2008, 13:17

violin - shertalai sivakumAr , mrudangam - melakAveri balAji , ghatam - nangai swaminAthan ?and morsing -???

1. intha mOdi (varnam) - sArangA - Thiruvotiyur thyagayyA??
2. Swaaminaatha paripaalayaasumaam(N,S) - nAttai - MD
neraval in "vaamadeva paarvati sukumaara "
3. Kalasa Vardhijam (R)- Ratnangi - T

4. taruNam eedammA - gowlipaNtu - SS
5. jutA murArE(R) -Arabi - T
6. durgA devi durita nivArini - navarasa kannada??? - HMB

7. nidhi chAla sukhamA (R N S T) - kalyAni -T
neraval in "mAmadha baNdana yuthA narastuthi sukhamA"
8A. slOkham kastUri tilakam lalATaphalakE - kanadA+ hamsAnandi + revati + neelAmbari -
browsed the web to find the name leela sukhar???, has she/he just tuned the lyrics , this slokham appears very ancient, any inputs there
8B. maNI nUpura dhAri rAjagOpAla - neelAmbari - OVK

Not to bring any shades of male chauvinism here ,there are few female artist who are able to bring the MLVian staminA and charge in concerts that just makes me spell bound when I hear those artist.Smt rAji , just like our forumite arasi who is also rAji brings that excellence that is just evenly spread almost everywhere through out the concert.

Her start in sAraNgA did make me happy with me making an early assumption that his close sister will not be sung , there was weight in the brother then followed with a finest nAttai , not heard neraval for this master piece ,her swaras were brilliant . A lovely alApana followed , I was thinking that it is either melakartha 1 to 4 for sure , with me just pleading sing that ratnaNgi as I have never heard that piece ever in the concert. Her rendition was quite brilliant . ShyamA sastri tarunam eedamma is usually sung with a lot of emotive weight and Smt rAji did just that.

The next was a little bouncer , I found it too difficult to make up my mind as to whether it was Arabi or sudda sAveri, She sang a nice krithi just felt a little more nAdaswara bAni there would have taken this concert little up, only this number was just good to very good. A sparkling durga devi was sung brilliantly , navarasa kannada was little better than the usual "am I a toy" krithi.

The assumption that sister kalyAni will not follow the brother sAranga was shattered , certainly it was one fine kalyANi alApanai , in a way when there is over dose of concerts kalyAni just helps. I was just thinking please avoid nidhi chAla or endhuku or nija dAsa sing a vasudevayani or a kamalAmbam , she did not read my mind there as much as ratnangi .nidhi chala sukhama passed fast perfect to my liking she sang an excellent neraval and swaras there.

malekaveri balAji was sweet there , even though he played long first round of tani with me thinking with 2 upapakkavadhyam he skipped the second and wrapped the tani in 6 minutes.The MLV was back with full vigour there , finest slokham kasturi tilakam followed with a well charged rAgas bringing her voice and rendition to perfection . It was an outstanding plus tukkadA with one of the finest OVK neelAmbari wraps that must have given the greatest crowd puller arunA a little bit of jittery feeling there.

Shertalai's violin was just good to very good ,bit squeaky in kalyANi. melakaveri balAji was brilliant in his play well charged and gave a very charged support to this vidushi, ghatam support was very good , the mOrsing artist was just right never robbiing any shruthi sowkhyam there.Overall an excellent concert , just perhaps if the arAbi was better this could have hit an excellent to outstanding concert.

This vidushi rAji gOpAlakrishanan is very much sidelined ,I just cant figure why she sings so less and why is she pushed to a morning slot in academy. Looks like this is the last concert of smt rAji ,thank god I just caught on her last one. This concert followed by sanjay in parthasarathi sabha was great(hope one of the sanjay fans post that concert, i only attended till end of half tani).

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 29 Dec 2008, 13:30

"the usual "am i a toy" krithi"! LOL!

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 29 Dec 2008, 14:25

rajeshnat wrote:Looks like this is the last concert of smt rAji ,thank god I just caught on her last one

Do you mean her last concert for this season?

SMV · Post by **SMV** » 29 Dec 2008, 16:20

Not Really.. She is singing on 5th Jan for Rasika Ranjani Sabha [Venue being NGS @ 4 pm]

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 29 Dec 2008, 18:00

I am sorry there for that line "last concert", I just meant for the year 2008

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smv
Can you cross check the rAgamaliga for the slokham, not sure if that is right. Thanks for letting us know about Jan 5th concert, though no chance for me to be there on a friday.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 29 Dec 2008, 18:49

the slokm is from a poem called krishna-leela-tarangini of Leelashuka (Obviously a psuedonym, like most names of sanskrit poets)

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Dec 2008, 19:23

durgA dEvi is by Jayachamaraja Odeyar.
The shloka kastUri tilakam is part of a long piece - krSNa karNAmrta - by Suka muni. Some details here:
http://www.splendourindia.org/splen_aug ... a_lord.htm

shadjam · Post by **shadjam** » 29 Dec 2008, 23:03

Thanks rajeshnat for the clarification

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 30 Dec 2008, 07:14

I think he is called bilvamangala Leela sukar.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 30 Dec 2008, 15:31

Lakshman wrote:durgA dEvi is by Jayachamaraja Odeyar.

But this song (rAga : navarasa kannaDa) has the harikEsha mudrA... Not that that's final proof of the authorship but all references I have seen so far mention this as a HMB kriti... I think u r referring to the dharmavati composition of Shri Wodeyar with the same starting words.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 30 Dec 2008, 15:48

Jigyaasa wrote:
Lakshman wrote:durgA dEvi is by Jayachamaraja Odeyar.
But this song (rAga : navarasa kannaDa) has the harikEsha mudrA... Not that that's final proof of the authorship but all references I have seen so far mention this as a HMB kriti... I think u r referring to the dharmavati composition of Shri Wodeyar with the same starting words.

Nice of you to ask this. Since it had harikesa mudra I was naturally thinking that it was HMB (not JC OdeyAr) . But let us wait for LJi.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 30 Dec 2008, 15:50

u mean it was NOT Wodeyar!

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 30 Dec 2008, 23:39

If the song is same as the ones in the following urls .....

http://sangeethamshare.org/sridharan/38 ... _Krishnan/

http://sangeethamshare.org/tvg/UPLOADS- ... HAN-VEENA/

The announcement for the "Durga Devi" in the above urls name it as Harikesa Nallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar composition.