Concert #18-sandhyadhArani-badri govindarajan-aravind@Luz,Ja

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Jan 2010, 18:17

Rasikas Concert Series #18.

sandhya dhArani-badri govindarajan-aravind(crt #18)@rAgasudha on Jan 1st,2009
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Vocal : sandhya dhArini, disciple of Akella Mallikarjuna Sarma
Violin : badri govindarAjan, disciple of of Kovai Dakshinamurthy
Mrudangam : aravind(semmu 86), disciple of UKS

I was not there for the concert, Heard it was lovely , todi as a main and rtp in nAgaswravali.
All those who attended post your impressions in this thread

aDANA · Post by **aDANA** » 01 Jan 2010, 18:39

i have heard BADRI govindarajan. He is quite good.. NICE azhutham

vainika · Post by **vainika** » 01 Jan 2010, 21:36

Very nice concert, right from the beautifully etched sarisajanAbha, kAMbhOji aTa tAla varNa.

nAgasvarAvali svaras (vocal), tODi AlApanA (violin) and tani Avartana (though brief) were among the sections that stood out. I hope we get to listen to these artistes more often.

Having missed all previous rasika gatherings this season (save for a quick dinner/catch-up with Vijay), I was glad to meet Cool, Rajumds, Nick, Sri Nageswaran. Akella-ji, Bharadwaj and Uday.

Hearty thanks to the organizers for a great start to the Rasayana series and to 2010!

lramakrishnan/vainika

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 01 Jan 2010, 22:54

It was a very nice concert indeed.

It is a pity that there were not more people --- although the number attending would have probably been fine for a house concert. Still, we have kicked off on the very first day of the first month of this decade, and perhaps that's more important than having fixed a time and place outside working hours and the like.

Always a pleasure to meet the rasikas, and a big bonus to have not only VKV but also Akella among us.

Another bonus for me was getting to give Sandhya a lift to her house, which earned me a nice cup of tea and some nice conversation

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 02 Jan 2010, 11:11

It was a nice morning and a good way start a new year. Loved meeting all the people too.

The concert was really good. I couldnt stay through till the end, but the parts i attended were indeed very good..

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 02 Jan 2010, 11:13

Awaiting the complete songlist and report. Glad you all had a good time!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 02 Jan 2010, 13:32

Did manakkAl rangarAjan sir grace the occassion?

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 02 Jan 2010, 14:03

It was a wonderful morning. We had some discussions on giving a new direction to our venture. Keerti , VKV, Kulkarni and Akkela spoke a few words.

The concert was sublime, and with her guru sitting in the front row, Sandhya gave a fine performance. Badri Govindarajan is definitely a star in making and I am sure we will hear more and more of him in future.

Our own Semmu was in fine form and played beautifully for the songs and played a short and sweet tani.

I think Sandhya Dharini is also a member of the forum and I am sure either one of them will post the song list.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Jan 2010, 14:40

Sad to have missed this - had to leave early on 31st morning....was there a jam session as well?

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 Jan 2010, 20:51

We did not finish the concert until about 1.00, and people melted away fairly quickly, so no jam session.

I think we have to do that as a separate occasion. Not wishing to impose on anyone, but it might be an idea if one of our musicians who take a central part in these sessions takes the lead. ...Of course, anyone else can too! Just an idea!

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 02 Jan 2010, 23:19

Songlist -

1. Slokam
2. sarasijanAbha - KAmbhOji aTa tALa varNaM - Vadivelu
3.GaNanAyakaM - RudrapriyA - Adi - MD [S]
4.RakSimpavE srIrajatagiri - MAlavagauLa - KC - T [S]
5.BAgAyanayya - CandrajyOti - Adi - T [AS]
6.SrIrAmanAma nI jihvayai - aTANA - Adi (Tisra gati) - ?
7.SarasijanAbha murArE - TODi - misra chApu - ST [ANS]
8.Darshanamu sEya nA taramA - NArAyanagaula - T (In tribute to Chittoor.S.Pillai)
9.GaNEshaskandajanani - nAgabhUSani - HMB
10. RTP - NAgaswarAvaLi 'SadA nA morAlincarAda! girIshA! mahEshA!'
11. Tani Avartanam
12. MutyAla celikenu - gaurikalyAni - T (Unearthed from saurASTra sabha manuscripts, tuned by nedanuri)
13. ManavE mantrAlaya - Shuddh sArang - PadmacharaN
14. Mangalam - SaurAsTra - T

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Jan 2010, 00:13

Keerthi - can you throw some light on #12? Was this not tuned by Sri T? If so, what was the rAga in the manuscript and why did Nedunuri Sri Krishnamurthi have to re-tune it?

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 03 Jan 2010, 07:26

I was browsing through the 2008 MMA journal at a bookstore, and saw an article about this(by Pappu.Venugopala rao). In 1950 or '52, some bhAgavatar from saurashtra sabha, madurai, presented these krti-s, and sang them after some fashion, in the academy. This song has been listed to be in gaurikalyAni.

We don't know how the bhAgavatar sang, but I remember Sandhyaji mention once (at the earlier rasikas meet at bangalore) that Nedanuri has tuned, notated and sung these; and that they have been released in a CD.

I didn't buy the journal, if you have access to a copy, you may find the full article interesting..

I wouldn't have typed in that raga name, if i hadn't chanced upon the article yesterday!

It sounded like sAranga-hamIr kalyani in most part, except the ending phrase which was always gmp-gmr-S (all shuddha M). This is a phrase from the northern KAmOd .

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 03 Jan 2010, 11:30

keerthi wrote: 4.RakSimpavE srIrajatagiri - MAlavagauLa - KC - T [S]
..
6.SrIrAmanAma nI jihvayai - aTANA - Adi (Tisra gati) - ?
...
8.Darshanamu sEya nA taramA - NArAyanagaula - T (In tribute to Chittoor.S.Pillai)
9.GaNEshaskandajanani - nAgabhUSani - HMB

12. MutyAla celikenu - gaurikalyAni - T (Unearthed from saurASTra sabha manuscripts, tuned by nedanuri)
...

Either the above krithis or rAgas are new to me

10. RTP - NAgaswarAvaLi 'SadA nA morAlincarAda! girIshA! mahEshA!'

Nice to see a pallavi line in telugu , usually the lines are in thamizh or sanskrit. NAgaswaravali , a lovely rAga though his cousin bahuDari is lovelier. Was there no swara ragamALiga

sandhyashree · Post by **sandhyashree** » 03 Jan 2010, 17:07

Hi everybody !!

Thanks everybody for the nice comments

That was me and pls note a small correction

it is Sandhya Dharani !!

the Atana item was a krithi of Bhadrachala Ramadas. Sorry ,i missed the last charana

The lyrics are Shree rama namame Jihvaku sthrimai unnadi.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 03 Jan 2010, 18:19

keerthi wrote: 10. RTP - NAgaswarAvaLi 'SadA nA morAlincarAda! girIshA! mahEshA!'

Tha Pallavi was set to? (Talam?)

Sathej

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Jan 2010, 21:39

rajeshnat wrote:Nice to see a pallavi line in telugu , usually the lines are in thamizh or sanskrit

Rajesh: Smt. Manda Sudharani's catur-rAga pallavi was also in telugu - the lyrics (as posted) are lovely...

gbadrinath · Post by **gbadrinath** » 04 Jan 2010, 10:45

Hi All,

Thanks for all your wishes and blessings. I am greatly honored by your dynamic encouragement

Btw, the Nagaswaravali Pallavi was set to Adi Thalam (2 Kalai)

Best Regards,
Chidambaram G.Badrinath
Violinist

semmu86 · Post by **semmu86** » 04 Jan 2010, 13:41

what a way to start the new year.. lovely concert. enjoyed it immensely ..

Arvind

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 04 Jan 2010, 13:45

gbadrinath wrote:Hi All,

Thanks for all your wishes and blessings. I am greatly honored by your dynamic encouragement

Btw, the Nagaswaravali Pallavi was set to Adi Thalam (2 Kalai)

Best Regards,
Chidambaram G.Badrinath
Violinist

Warm welcome badrinath. Incidentally in this forum we dont have much violinist participating , the only person i remember as a violinist participating is violinlover (rahul, disciple of MC) and vinay (who is now in US and who is also a disciple of kovai dakshinamurthy too).

Sreeni Rajarao · Post by **Sreeni Rajarao** » 04 Jan 2010, 17:14

Good to hear about the success of this event and concert!

I believe Suji Ram and Bilahari are violinists.

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 12 Jan 2010, 16:11

http://www.mediafire.com/?qmkxxyh0iom
Akella ji speaks . A day afer he gave the lecture at Music Academy.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zjzdxdyjmen
a short clip from the concert - before the batteries ran out of power.

http://www.mediafire.com/?nzzminnnmhn
VKV sir.Will try and get his full speech up here , later

rajumds · Post by **rajumds** » 12 Jan 2010, 16:17

http://www.mediafire.com/?vjwmdoyvnnn