Dr.Smt.Nithyashree Mahadevan on 24/1/09 at BARC Chembur,Mum

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 25 Jan 2009, 19:34

Dr .Smt.Nithyashree Mahadevan - Vocal
M.Krishnaswami - Violin
Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam
Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Vanajakshi - Kalyani - ?
Shanta mulekha - Sama - Thyagaraja ( alaap ,swaram)
Janaki ramana - Suddha seemantini - ? ( alap and swaram)
Kripaya palaya shoure - Charukesi - Swati tirunal ( alaap ,Swaram)
Petra thai thanai -Viruttham followed by
Devi Jagannatha - Kalyana vasantham - Gopala krishna bharathi?
Madhura Madhura - Ataana - ?
Karubaru - Mukhari ( alaap,Swaram)-Tyagaraja
Saranam Vijaya saraswathi - Vijayasaraswati - Muthiah bhagavathar
Sree Rajagopalam - Saveri ( alaap ,neraval in Charanya - ,swaram)-?
Thani for 10 minutes.
Enneramum un pada kamalam - Punnaga varaali - Syama Sastri's rare song in Tamizh
RTP - Hemavati
Arul puriya tharunam idhayya murugaya
innum dayavillayaa
with swarams in Ranjani,Mohanam ,Revagupti,Hamsadhwani,Anandhabhairavi,Hindolam,Amruthavrshini,Neelambari,Kannada,Nalinakanthi,?,
Shivaranjani,Madhuvanti,Chnadrakouns,?,Revati,Behag,Nattai,Gowla,Arabhi,Varali,Sree
followed by a short Thani
Vizhikku thunai - Viruttam followed by
Kanda nee oru Malaivaasi - Ahirbhairavi-?
Sada Sandosham tharum ore idam tiruppathi- Baageshri- ?
Sreepadam - Varna rupini-?
Enda naadu engal nattukeedu -Bharathiyaar- Sindhubhairavi
Chelieyene(I hope iam right) - Paras- Thyagaraja ?
Tillana - Revati -Arul puriya - Maharajapuram Santhanam(I was told)
Pavamaana Mangalam- Saurashtram

What a wonderful concert it was!Mind blowing is one word!

I am still reeling under the after effects of a 4 hours concert.It was a such a delight to hear each and every song
Requests were pouring on and she had to announce she cant sing as it was already 10 30 pm and late.

Dr.Nithyashree was in full form from the word go with a brilliant Vanajakshi followed by sedate Shantamulekha

She did alapana for almost all songs with short neravals and swaram for all songs

Each song was a treat to hear and she sang with atmost concentration and melody.

The punnaga varali en neramum was so moving and touching as it left tears in my eyes.

The RTP was sung in tisra triputa taalam (kanda nadai) and she sang in pancha nadai as announced by her (I hope I am right), was really a treat to listen .

The quick change of raga in swaram was mind blowing resulting in a long round of applause when RTP concluded.

It was good to watch lot of young school students taking note of the ragas/songs and sitting till the mangalam.
It was like all of us were tied down in the unannounced 4 hour concert,considering the far off location of the hall which is in BARC with security checkings at gate and need to walk a lot for nearest auto stand.

She was ably supported by Mr Krishnaswami who showed in his apt melodious returns eventhough he was oboviously not in best of health.
His Charukesi,Saveri ,hemavati and Mukhari retrun were so wonderful.

Skandasubramaniam with his long experience for playing to Dr Nityashree was very prompt and in line with her.
Sivaramakrishnan was overshadowed by Skandasubramaniam with his returns.

It was a wonderful thoroughly enjoyable concert and one of my best concert for a long time.

The ? marks I have put shows my ignorance.May be other Rasika can help .I also took help of one of a senior rasika ,like the students , who helped us all with identifying the ragas generally .
Especially in RTP when Dr Nithyashree was batting like Dhoni or Yuvraj hitting for sixers all over the stadium .We were just left in awe whether to listen or to identify the raga.Still we missed on couple of ragas in RTP.

A concert to cherish for all of us.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 25 Jan 2009, 20:59

I was wondering how she got time for so many items, with all the alapanais, neravals and swarams until I saw it was 4 hours. Good to hear that there are still some such concerts!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 25 Jan 2009, 22:38

vanajAkSi - Pallavi Gopala Iyer
jAnakI ramaNa - Tyagaraja
It is dEvA jagannAthA - Gopalakrishna Bharati
madhura madhura - Uttukadu Venkatakavi
shrI padam - Ganapati Raman
celinEnETlu - Chinniah/Pattabhiramiah
sadA santOSam - Ulundurpettai Shanmukham

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 25 Jan 2009, 22:45

Kanda nee oru malai vaasi is believed to be a composition of Tirupoor Neelakantan
and the javali cheli nenetlu is said to be of Dharmapuri subbarayar

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 25 Jan 2009, 22:46

Concert seems to be simply great..!!!
Alapana of ragams like Sama and Sudhdha seemanthini is simply superb..!!!
Nithyasree deserves great applause...!!

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 25 Jan 2009, 22:54

Looks like Smt Nithyasree has made such RTP rAgamAlikAs her trademark, be it in her Academy concerts of 2007, 2008 or elsewhere... I remember her singing a pallavi with the same lyric n the same tALa as above, in dharmavati, on Jan 1st 2008 in Parthasarathi Swami Sabha, Chennai... N sadA sandOsham tandiDum orE iDam tirupatti is in bAgEshri...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 25 Jan 2009, 23:35

Here is the text of celinEnETlu. There is no mudra of Subbaraya Iyer.

celi nEneTlu (jAvaLi). rAgA: paraju. Adi tALA.

P: celi nEnetlu sahintunE alavAni nentO varNintunE
C1: manOhArakAruDE ghana vinOda AdhIruDE pagadAniNTilO jEraDE
2: javvana rADAyane manci puvvulu inkElanE soga sevvAru jUcedarE
3: cEDErO cAmindruDE krpa cUDAmaNI candruDE cevi nEDaina rADAyene

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 26 Jan 2009, 05:28

nice sequence of ragas....hope to see more like this from Smt Nityashri. She is after all DKP's granddaughter...she should not compete on who can sing louder, or more inane rasam songs. Not that she needs my certificate

, but....I have been scathing of her fairly often on here for that rasam song.....

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Jan 2009, 07:58

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anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Jan 2009, 07:59

Thanks for the informations on the composers and raga Lakshmansir ,Jigyaasasir and Revanthvsir.Sorry for my mistakes which I made.

The one thing I forgot to add was this is the only major concert hall in Bombay ,I guess, where you can sit in Jamakkaalam and enjoy the concerts, unlike other ac hall concert.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 26 Jan 2009, 11:32

engaL nATTukkenda nADu IDu, pErinba nyAna vIDu--

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 27 Jan 2009, 07:45

Thanks Arasi madam for giving the correct words.Can I get the lyrics too as it was of 7 to 8 lines I Guess

kannama · Post by **kannama** » 27 Jan 2009, 07:59

What a wonderful concert it was!Mind blowing is one word!

No it is not.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 27 Jan 2009, 09:11

Anandabhairavi,
As I remember it, sung by DKP:

engaL nATTUkkenda nADu IDu! pErinba nyAna vIDu (engaL)

gangai yamunai porunai kAvEriyum pAyum
tingaLum muMMARi peidu, tInganigaL Iyum (engaL)

teLLu tamizh vEDam tarum vaLLuvar innADu
aLLum kavi avvai kambar avadaritta nADu
SAntitanilil mINDum*uyar gAndiar innADu
tErnda vIrar nEtAji, nEru engaL nADu!

*I think the word is mINDum-not sure.

devidas · Post by **devidas** » 27 Jan 2009, 12:29

Has Nithyashree been conferred with a doctorate or she obtained by submitting a thesis.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 27 Jan 2009, 12:38

Must have been a great concert. We have to appreciate the efforts she put in 4 hours and rendered so many kritis and thereby, not to disappoint rasikas. The advantage of BARC is- no one gets up and goes for bus/train because all are staying very nearby, within the BARC campus. The rasikas can even go and grab some food and come back !!!!

I did attend TNS, TVS and Bombay S' in this venue- They never disappointed and extended their concert duration by 30-45 minutes.

I hope the programme is still being conducted in that school.

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 27 Jan 2009, 12:45

When she performed for Andhra Music Academy last February it was aanounced that she receievd a doctorate for her work on Gopala Krishna Bharathi's songs. So it must have been conferred for her thesis

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 27 Jan 2009, 13:23

I heard that she was confered the Doctorate by Satyabhama university for work on carnatic music ,when she was felicitated for the doctorate on Aug 15th 2008 in Shanmukhananda hall.

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 27 Jan 2009, 13:23

Arasi Madam thanks.

Sastrigal sir yes it is still conducted in the same school hall.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Jan 2009, 19:22

arasi: There is one missing stanza in your posting (2nd caraNa).

gAnam kalai jnAnam tava mOnam tarum nADu
mAnil tavari mAnai pOla mAdar vAzhum nADu

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 27 Jan 2009, 23:17

Lakshman wrote:arasi: There is one missing stanza in your posting (2nd caraNa).

gAnam kalai jnAnam tava mOnam tarum nADu
mAnil tavari mAnai pOla mAdar vAzhum nADu

'kavari' mAnai- it is a species of deer which is supposed to give up its life even if one strand of hair falls from its body.
Is it 'mAnil' or 'mAnattil'?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Jan 2009, 23:20

Thanks for the correction.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Jan 2009, 00:02

Thank you Lakshman for adding the missing lines.
Punarvasu is right in her explanation. mAnaik kavari mAnaippOLe mAndar vAzhum nADu--countrymen who uphold honor.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 28 Jan 2009, 00:09

I think mAnil = mAngaLil

My take on that line is "Just like (pOla) the kavari mAn amongst the deer family (mAnil), ours is the country/place (nADu) where women (mAdar) of such sensitivity live (vAzhum), they'd rather die than entertain any questions about their character."

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Jan 2009, 01:48

Ravi,
You have a point there. It is mAdar then, not mAndar.
Now, it can be 'mAnil kavari mAnaip pOLe' which means: among deer, the kavari mAn or, for qualifying it--mAnai, kavari manaip pOla.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 30 Jan 2009, 18:27

mahesh3 wrote:Not that she needs my certificate but I have been scathing of her fairly often on here for that rasam song.....

probably only 10 years if we include sangeetham days...barely noticeable :rolleyes:

anandabhairavi wrote:Arasi madam

anandabhairavi wrote:Arasi Madam thanks.

if you don't say "madam", arasi will accept that as thanks

i think

...and one more to add to Lakshman's corrections...perhaps even as a bit of trivia

Engal naatu is actually composed by Papanasam Sivan.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 30 Jan 2009, 18:34

vocalist wrote:
...and one more to add to Lakshman's corrections...perhaps even as a bit of trivia Engal naatu is actually composed by Papanasam Sivan.

Is there a reference to this somewhere? Thanks.

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 31 Jan 2009, 12:21

I thought it was Bharatiyar.Any reference Vocalist sir?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 01 Feb 2009, 03:35

The song is not in any of the Bharatiyar books.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 01 Feb 2009, 06:02

http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 651&T=9335 - my rendition in sindhubairavi

mahesh3 · Post by **mahesh3** » 03 Feb 2009, 08:55

vocalist...welcome

! dont know if i wrote much 10 years ago..

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 03 Feb 2009, 08:56

Lakshman wrote:vocalist wrote:
...and one more to add to Lakshman's corrections...perhaps even as a bit of trivia Engal naatu is actually composed by Papanasam Sivan.

Is there a reference to this somewhere? Thanks.

Usually I can remember if someone authoritative has said it, but I can't for this one. (Although i can't remember anymore, I assumed it was someone from DKP/DKJ school)

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 03 Feb 2009, 08:57

mahesh3 wrote:vocalist...welcome ! dont know if i wrote much 10 years ago..

mahesh

i exaggerated...a bit

could've been 6 or 7 years.

Ponbhairavi · Post by **Ponbhairavi** » 03 Feb 2009, 18:43

I vaguely remember that is is by Mayuram visvanatha Sastri .But i have noproof to substantiate
ponbhairavi