Manda Sudharani, Nadopasana

[rbharath]

Manda Sudharani - R K Shriram Kumar - N Manoj Siva - V Anirudh Athreya

Nadopasana, PS School
6 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK (short sketch, S)
girirAja sudhA tanayA - bangALa - Adi - T
manasA manasAmartyamEmi - vardhani - rUpakam - T (RS)
nI padamulE gatiyani - navarasa kannaDA - Adi
himagiri kumAri - ravikriyA/raghupriyA - Adi - MD (RS)
rAmA nIyaDa - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
RTP - hamsAnadi - tisra tripuTa (sama eDuppu, 4 aridi)
sadA nI smaraNE gati sAma gAna mOdini
(sUcita svarAkshara & graha bEda pallavi with hindOLam)
parulanna mATa - kApi - rUpakam - DS
bhAvayAmi gOpAla bAlam - yamunA kalyANi - kaNDa cApu - A
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of vardhani and ravikriyA were both done well. The kharaharapriyA and hamsAnandi were both presented excellently. There was a good mix of rare and known pieces in the concert. The pallavi was rendered with exceptional control and there were svarAksharams all over. Smt. Sudharani also explained that during the grahabEdam from hamsAnandi to hindOLam omiting the shadjam of hamsAnandi, except for the shift of shadjam to the hamsAnandi rishbam, all the other notes retain their frequency and name as such for the new scale to get the new rAgam.

The accomapanists were wonderful. A good concert

bharath

[rshankar]

# 2: girirAja sutA tanaya

sutA = daughter - Sri tyAgarAja is invoking the son (tanaya) of the daughter (sutA) of the mountain-king (girirAja) -gaNESa

sudhA = nectart

[keerthi]

Manda Sudharani - R K Shriram Kumar - N Manoj Siva - V Anirudh Athreya

Smt. Sudharani also explained that during the grahabEdam from hamsAnandi to hindOLam omiting the shadjam of hamsAnandi, except for the shift of shadjam to the hamsAnandi rishbam, all the other notes retain their frequency and name as such for the new scale to get the new rAgam.

bharath

Seems a little funny, given that there are no pratimadhyama rAga-s in hindolam's murchana cycle.

(mohana-madhyamavathi-hindOlam-suddhasAvEri-suddha dhanyasi)

Could she have been referring to the Northern RAga HindOL..? It practically has the same scale as sunadavinodini, and can arise out of Ri omission in hamsAnandi.

[cmlover]

Intriguing and interesting
Hamsanandi S R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 S' -->(omitting S) R1 G3 M2 D2 N3 --> (making R1 as S becomes)
S G2 M1 D1 N2 = Hindolam...

[kartik_krish]

But Hamsanandi to Hindolam has been done a lot of times in the past right?

[cmlover]

Yes! TNS has done that...

[arasi]

Bharath,
Thanks for the review. Still haven't had a chance to hear Manda Sudharani. Isn't her style the same as of Pantula Rama's?
The vardhani song manasA mana sAmarthya--I heard for the first time from Pantula Rama this season and it was a fine one.

[laks1972]

Bharath,
Thanks for the review. Still haven't had a chance to hear Manda Sudharani.

http://www.unrulednotebook.com/2010/01/ ... #more-6326

[vsarma.iitm]

http://sangeethapriya.org/tributes/thya ... harani.mp3
http://sangeethapriya.org/tributes/thya ... harani.mp3

[laks1972]

Bharath,
Thanks for the review. Still haven't had a chance to hear Manda Sudharani.

there is one concert here:

http://www.sangeethamshare.org/vijayagopal/

concert number 085

[arasi]

laks 1972,
Thanks for promptly bringing Manda Sudha Rani's music and for your essay on her MA concert AND your blog which I am looking at for the first time. A find, indeed. hAsyam about twitter a la vaLLUvar kept me laughing.
Yes, Manda Sudharani is remarkable. She reminds me very much of Pantula Rama. Vaguely remember something about their running a school together (?). They are similar but have their own stamps too, I think.

Thanks Sarma. Will listen to what you have posted and I will get to know her music even more.

[rbharath]

Bharath,
Thanks for the review. Still haven't had a chance to hear Manda Sudharani. Isn't her style the same as of Pantula Rama's?

I dont have much info about Smt. Pantula Rama. I havent even heard her much.

Smt. Sudharani is a disicple of the violinst Ivaturi Vijeswara Rao and lives in Vizag. She does teach music there i m told.

[musiclover88]

Are there any commercial recordings of Mrs. Sudharani?

[mahesh3]

The concert links dont seem to work, for the concert in Vijayagopal's page?
I wish Charsur or Rajalakshmi audio would bring out some concerts of this artist.

[laks1972]

....... and for your essay on her MA concert AND your blog ......

Correction, the blog is not mine.

[laks1972]

The concert links dont seem to work, for the concert in Vijayagopal's page?

It very well works. The concert is here, to be more precise:
http://www.sangeethamshare.org/vijayago ... ani_Vocal/

[arasi]

laks 1972,
Sorry for the mix up.