Suguna Varadachari, SSI Golden Jubilee Foundation

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 30 Jul 2009, 23:33

Suguna Varadachari - Dr. R Hemalatha - Mannarkoil J Balaji

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Golden Jubilee Foundation
Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, Music Academy
28 July 09. 6:30 pm

ninnE kOri - kAnaDA - Adi (varNam)
lambOdarAya namastE - varALi - MD
ninnu sEvincina - yadukula kAmbhOji - misra cApu - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
nI nEnenduku daya rAdu - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - MV (RNS)
karuNAkara - bEgaDa - rUpakam - ST
pAlincu kAmAkshi - madhyamAvati - Adi - SS (RNS)
tani
karacaraNakrutam - senjuruTTi, yamunA kalyANi, nAdanAmakriyA
siva siva bhO - nAdanAmakriyA - misra jhampai - JCW
verum vambu vArtai - kApi - rUpakam - Suguna Purushottaman
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - suruTTi

It was a very classical concert. All the pieces were rendered with a lot of bhavam and the manodarma parts were all very good as well.

I reached a little late, during the yadukula kAmbhOji AlApanai. The AlApanai of yadukulakAmbhOji was good. The simmEndra madhyamam was a truly classical affair. It was given a punchy start and each phrase was interwoven so methodically and classically the outcome was one of the unforgettable elaborations of the ragam in recent times. Personally I felt it was the best pick of the day's concert. The madhyamAvati AlApanai was great. The pieces were all rendered with the traditional gait and the manodarma parts were all very inspiring. It was interesting choice of kritis and ragams that made it a great concert. The accompanists were very good and played in perfect anticipation.

It was a great concert.

bharath

PS: The kApi piece by Smt. Suguna Purushottaman, has the same tune as 'parulanna mATa' and has lyrics which are in the same mood as the original composition, except for the language. Smt. Suguna Varadachari specially mentioned this after the piece.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 31 Jul 2009, 07:50

Can you please give me some more details on the simmEndramadhyamam piece?
Nice write-up! It would have been a very good concert, I guess. =)

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 01 Aug 2009, 00:07

srinivasrgvn wrote:Can you please give me some more details on the simmEndramadhyamam piece?

find a link to a vINA rendering of this same song, in the last post in the below link.. I think sangeethamshare has a vocal version, only it may not be easy to find (misspelt name or something)

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... higan.html

rbharath,
i know you missed it, but can you confirm the identity of the varNam if possible ? More details..

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 01 Aug 2009, 06:35

rbharath wrote:
PS: The kApi piece by Smt. Suguna Purushottaman, has the same tune as 'parulanna mATa' and has lyrics which are in the same mood as the original composition, except for the language. Smt. Suguna Varadachari specially mentioned this after the piece.

I think she sang this in the Cleaveland Thyagaraja utsavam along with Smt.Suguna Purushoththaman and they spoke about it.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Aug 2009, 10:23

keerthi, i was told by others who had been from the beginning that it was a VK/TT varNam in darbAr which went 'ninnE kOri' and not as 'chalamela' which is more popular. i dont know more. can try finding out..

srinivasrgvn, i dont know much else. it was a vasudevachar composition.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 Aug 2009, 00:46

rbharath wrote:keerthi, i was told by others who had been from the beginning that it was a VK/TT varNam in darbAr which went 'ninnE kOri' and not as 'chalamela' which is more popular. i dont know more. can try finding out..

Could it have been the VK kAnaDA Adi tALa varNam..? It goes ninne kOri..

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 02 Aug 2009, 19:49

lyrics of the kApi piece:

verum vambu vArttai. rAgA: kApi. rUpaka tALA.

P: verum vambu vArttai nambalAmO prANanAyakA
A: vaTTa nilavu pOnra un mukham vADip-pOnadEnO
vambar shollai nambi uLLam vembi pOghalAmO verum
C: dharmam arinda duraiyE unai deNDaniTTu sholvEn
varmam koLLa vENDAm vINE vambai namba vENDAm vENDAm verum

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 02 Aug 2009, 20:51

deNDaniTTu - does it mean the same tOppukaraNam pOTTu? Or, is it the same as 'daNDamu peTTi' (in telugu) - which is prostrating?

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 Aug 2009, 23:36

Have tried a 'match the following' exercisewith parulanna mATa and this composition/trans-position..

parulenna mATa namma vaddu = verum vambu vArttai nambalAmO
prANa nAyaka = prANanAyakA

C1: mOmu cinna pOyinadi marmamEmirA = vaTTa nilavu pOnra un mukham vADip-pOnadEnO

mAyalADi bOdhanace pAya cEsErA ~ vambar shollai nambi uLLam vembi pOghalAmO

C3: dharmapurini sthiramugA nelakonna sAmi nI = dharmam arinda duraiyE unai
dharmamuna nElukOrA ~ varmam koLLa vENDAm
nIku mrokkerA = deNDaniTTu sholvEn

srIvaiSNava jargon has people say 'danDam samarpikkirEn' as a mark of respect (and sometimes the oral equivalent of the physical act of prostration, if sayer is unable to do the act).
The hindi equivalent is pAE(n) lAgU(n)..

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 03 Aug 2009, 00:55

It is nIkenduku dayarAdu.

nIkenduku dayarAdu. rAgA: simhEndramadhyam. c/tripuTa tALA.

P: nIkenduku dayarAdu rAmA nIrajAkSa ninnE nammina nApai
A: rAkEndudhi pAnana rAmacandra sAkEta purAdIsha sarvEsha
C: sharaNAgata rakSakuDanucu nIdu birudulella nIvu maracitivEmO
dhIrAgragaNya dharaNijA ramaNa varamiyavayya para vAsudEva

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Aug 2009, 02:23

keerthi wrote: srIvaiSNava jargon has people say 'danDam samarpikkirEn' as a mark of respect (and sometimes the oral equivalent of the physical act of prostration, if sayer is unable to do the act). .

Thanks for that explanation.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 03 Aug 2009, 22:14

Lakshman wrote:It is nIkenduku dayarAdu.

nIkenduku dayarAdu. rAgA: simhEndramadhyam. c/tripuTa tALA.

P: nIkenduku dayarAdu rAmA nIrajAkSa ninnE nammina nApai
A: rAkEndudhi pAnana rAmacandra sAkEta purAdIsha sarvEsha
C: sharaNAgata rakSakuDanucu nIdu birudulella nIvu maracitivEmO
dhIrAgragaNya dharaNijA ramaNa varamiyavayya para vAsudEva

yes should be this one. Smt Varadachari did neraval for this song at 'dhIrAgragaNya dharaNijA ramaNa'

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 03 Aug 2009, 22:44

rshankar wrote:deNDaniTTu - does it mean the same tOppukaraNam pOTTu? Or, is it the same as 'daNDamu peTTi' (in telugu) - which is prostrating?

I think it means doing namaskaram / prostration.

In the snail mail age, I can recall letters written to elders in the family usually started with 'anbuLLa <appa>/<taatta> vukku <sender's name> anEka denDan samarppittu cheyyum viNNappam. kshEmam. kshEmattirku badil'

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Aug 2009, 23:01

Sridhar - thanks - your explanation dovetails with Keerthi's take on this. All this is new to me!

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 04 Aug 2009, 07:07

Thanks Lakshman ji and rbharath. =)

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 04 Aug 2009, 07:18

'danDaniTTEnenDru sollaDi' - there is a song in tODi.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 Aug 2009, 07:45

deNDam, daNDam: both mean vaNakkam.
Old time letters started this way: deNDam samarppitta viNNappam. kshEmam. KsEmattukku badil ezhudavum (vaishNavite style).
badil somehow got on board!
veRum daNDam is entirely different, of course!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 04 Aug 2009, 14:09

There is an expression in sanskrit 'danDavat bhUmaou patanam' meaning falling on the ground like a stick; symbolic of absolute surrender, bereft of one's ego; I have observed this usage- 'daNDam iDudal'- more in the VaishNava tradition- probably denoting the 'sharNAgati tatvam'.