Vijay Siva@MA, 20/12/2013

[sankark]

Gods surely were showering such grand luck on me today (and others at MA today). What a performance it was!

Charulatha Ramanujam violin
Manoj Siva mridangam
? ghatam

kapAlIshwaram - mOhanam - Adi - ambi dIkshitar (s)
ayyanE natanam - sAvEri - Adi - ? (ns@vEzha muganaipetra vimala namachchivAyanE)
mAnasa guruguha - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam - MD (s@mAnasa)
mahima dakkinchikOvayyA - rishabapriyA - Adi - T (rn@phanikirAni) - is it really T's song? more like PSI
amba nIlambari - nIlambari - Adi - thanjAvur ponnaiah
Karina nidhi ilalO - thOdi - Adi - SS (rns@amba devi kOmaLa mrdubhAshini) - just stole the show, CR was simply superb
kshitijA ramanam - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - MD
rtp (pItambaradhara priya nAyikA mAmpAdhu rAdhikA) - kApi - 2 kalai Adi - tani
kaNNinun siruththAmbinAl - rAgamAlikai - Adi - madurakavi
thiruppugazh

[rshankar]

RTP on rAdhA..interesting...I think it should be mAm pAtu rAdhikA!
Beautiful songs. Who is the composer of the second kRti?

[gardabha_gana]

What a concert! I just loved it. Wonderful rishabhapriya thodi and kapi. I am following him to kgs too.

[gardabha_gana]

Ghatam is suresh I think. Special mention for the accompanists especially charulatha who was exceptional

[sreebeecane]

pItambaradhara priya nAyikA mAmpAdhu rAdhikA

Such clever incorporation of raaga mudra. 'kApi' has become 'kApI' but the split at 'rAdhikA pItAmbaradhara' is really well done.

After singing kacheris, Vijay Siva must probably start composing verses as in dattapadi.

[pvs]

I too agree. Vijay Siva has a penchant for such pallavis. Even if the first line alone were used, 'nAyikA pItAmbaradhara' gives the raga. Reminds me of his 2011 MA pallavi in Kannada (language) the included the words bega and daya to give Begada!
His AnandhaBhairavi yesterday was very creamy smoooooooth! One artist who never disappoints.
The Madhura Kavi pasuram was extra ordinary with apt word splits!

His neraval at 'komala mrdhu bashini' for the Todi kriti brought up a question in me. Shouldnt it be komaLa (delicate) instead of komala which is of different meaning? (nitpicking, I know!)

[sankark]

Does telugu/sanskrit have that L vs l distinction? Yes, at times it came across as kOmala instead of kOmaLa

[Rsachi]

kOmala is correct. L Is a variant distortion in some languages.

[pvs]

Thanks, SankarK and Rsachi. A part of me still thinks it should be the heavier La instead of la. lack of distinct sounding letters shouldn't preclude distinct sounding words. I also agree that vaLLI in Tamil is taken as valli in Samskrit. Confused, I am.

Not to distract from Vijay Siva's sumptuous fare...

[vs_manjunath]

pvs- interesting abt his kannada language usage bega daya for Begada.........all frm MDs usage from DKP/DKJ school( samsArabhIthyapahe....arabhi ; similarly abhogi embedded in sri Lakshmi varaham song )

[sankark]

Lyrics that I jotted down for sAveri song

ayyanE natanam Adiya poRpAdhA Anandhak kailAyanE

thuyyanE thiruchiRRambalam thannil thAndavam thogujam tharikida .... oru pAdham thUkkiya

vEzha muganaippeRRa vimalA namachchivAyA
Azhithanil ..... gnanamukundan nEyA
chOzhan kai peRRunda anbA bakthar sagAyA
thogujum ... oru pAdham thUkkiya

[pvs]

Dear SankarK,
I heard it as 'chOzhan kai vettunda' (as in cut/severed). what is the leelai associated with it?

[srikrishna]

Thanks, SankarK and Rsachi. A part of me still thinks it should be the heavier La instead of la. lack of distinct sounding letters shouldn't preclude distinct sounding words. I also agree that vaLLI in Tamil is taken as valli in Samskrit. Confused, I am.

Not to distract from Vijay Siva's sumptuous fare...

In telugu and sanskrit, it is the softer la; it should be kOmala and not the heavier La.

[sankark]

pvs - no idea on the lIlai. Could be vettunda and not peRRunda

[Enna_Solven]

http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... nam#p28421

[pvs]

Thanks, Srikrishna and SankarK