Sattur Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai (06 Nov 2006)

[ram]

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore

Date: 05 Nov 2006

Organizer: SAFE



Vocal: Sattur Sisters - Smt. Bhuvana Rajagopal & Smt. Lalita Santanam

Violin: Smt. Neela Jayakumar

Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar



List of songs:

1) annamE (varnam) - Arabhi - Adi - tiger varadAchAriAr

2) thudi sei manamE - kIravANi - Adi - mangaLam gaNapati

3) samayamidE - kEdAram - rUpakam - patnam subramaNya iyer

4) chalamElarA - mArgahindOLam - Adi - thyAgarAja (S)

5) kalayAmi raghurAmam - bEgaDa - misra chApu - swAti tiruNAL (AS)

6) enta muddO - bindumAlini - Adi - thyAgarAja

7) EkAmrEsa - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - muthuswAmi dIkshitar (ANST)

8 ) mOmu jUparA - behAg - rUpakam - ?

9) Ayiram Ayiram - chArukEsi - Adi - UthukkAdu venkata subbaiyer

10) mandAro (?) krishnagE mangaLa (mangaLam) - suruTTi - Adi - purandaradAsa

(Key: A= raga alapana, N=neraval, S= kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)



The concert, though not intellectually stimulating, was a decent one. The sisters kept it very simple. The renditions of the songs were very good. The shanmukhapriya raga alapana by Smt. Neela Jayakumar was really good. She started off by almost playing "sidhi vinAyakam anisham" and went on to give a very good delineation of the raga.



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[rbharath]

an AlApanai in mArgahindOLam? thats nice to know.

where was the neraval in 'EkAmrEsa nAyakIm'?

Wrt the chArukEsi kriti, i remember the sisters announcing it is a composition of nIlA rAmamurthi at yet another occasion they sang it. there was however a debate on the issue. I dont remember if it reached a verdict.

[ram]

bharath,

they sang kalpana swaram in margahindolam, not alapanai

neraval in "EkAmrEsa" was done at "kAnchI nagara nivAsinIm"

[ram]

w.r.t the charukesi kriti ... may be Lakshman ji or someone else can throw more light.

[meena]

mOmu jUparA - behAg is by sree annamacharya

[Lakshman]

Ayiram Ayiram. rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.

P: Ayiram Ayiram gOpiyargaLoDu naTam Adi viLaiyADi varum Ananda krSNan (avan)
A: nEyamODu ennai avan nADi vandu ninriDuvAn nIla varNa kaNNan avan kOla kuzhal Udi ninrAn
C: konjum shalangai olikka vanjiyarin vITTu tayir pAlai ellAm uNDu pashu pOlE oLindiDurAn
anji ninru aDiyum paTTu annaiyum viyandiDavE aNDa carAcaram pavaLa vAyil kATTiDurAn
I am not sure of the composer.

[rshankar]

MLV's version of this chArukEsi composition is wonderful!

[ram]

thanks meena for the composer name

[hariharan]

Ayiram Ayiram. rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.

P: Ayiram Ayiram gOpiyargaLoDu naTam Adi viLaiyADi varum Ananda krSNan (avan)
A: nEyamODu ennai avan nADi vandu ninriDuvAn nIla varNa kaNNan avan kOla kuzhal Udi ninrAn
C: konjum shalangai olikka vanjiyarin vITTu tayir pAlai ellAm uNDu pashu pOlE oLindiDurAn
anji ninru aDiyum paTTu annaiyum viyandiDavE aNDa carAcaram pavaLa vAyil kATTiDurAn
I am not sure of the composer.

This song is composed by Shri. K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai and popularised by Smt.M.L.Vasanthakumari. Bombay Jayashree had sung this song in her album " Brindavan" The audio link is
http://ww.smashits.com/brindavan/aayira ... 64999.html

Hariharan

[Lakshman]

Though the song is credited to K.N.Dandayudapani Pillai by many, it is not in the book of his compositions. I would say that the composer is not known.

[arasi]

Lakshman,
See how even five years after a concert, you are sought out, to help us find the composer of a song

[Lakshman]

arasi:
And even after five years it is frustrating that we still do not know who the composer of this song is!

[arasi]

[ram]

Lakshman sir,

Sattur Sisters had replied to my blog post and said it is composed by Smt Neela Ramamurthi. Regarding the source of this information, they mentioned it as one Mrs.Prabavathi, a direct disciple of MLV.

[rajeshnat]

Lakshman sir,

Sattur Sisters had replied to my blog post and said it is composed by Smt Neela Ramamurthi. Regarding the source of this information, they mentioned it as one Mrs.Prabavathi, a direct disciple of MLV.

Wow I did not know that , This song is very special I have personally handed over a chit to Smt MLV in MFAC to sing this number. What a number that just oozes with so much feel that too with Smt MLV singing it.

[Lakshman]

Thanks Ram for finding the answer to the composer question. The song is not in Nila Ramamurti's book Stuti Manimalai but I understand she had published two other books which unfortunately, I do not have.

[Lakshman]

I confirm that the song Ayiram Ayiram is by Nila Ramamurti. I saw it in one of her books available at the Music Academy, Chennai.

[ram]

Lakshman sir,

Thanks for the confirmation!

[rbharath]

Lakshman sir,

Sattur Sisters had replied to my blog post and said it is composed by Smt Neela Ramamurthi. Regarding the source of this information, they mentioned it as one Mrs.Prabavathi, a direct disciple of MLV.

should this be, Smt. T M Prabhavathi?