Lalgudi G. Jayaraman

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Rsachi
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The Ragavardhini composition of Lalgudi is played by Viji on AIR and it is in Sangeethapriya.org here
http://www.sangeethamshare.org/svasu/UP ... hmi_Violin

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Today would be his 83rd birthday had Sri LGJ been alive. His rama katha sudha recording with Srimathi and PMI is still the gold standard of Carnatic violin.

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Here is another review of LGJ biography - never knew this SVK -LGJ tiff
http://www.thehindu.com/books/lalgudi-a ... epage=true

We have had few posts on the LGJ biography in the thread
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... it=lalgudi

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Knowing the kind of meaningless drivel that SVK writes, I am surprised that any one took his reviews seriously enough.

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mahavishnu wrote:Knowing the kind of meaningless drivel that SVK writes, I am surprised that any one took his reviews seriously enough.
Exactly!!

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VKV/MKR Sir
I was too young to know about Jaya Jaya Devi of LGJ, the only thing i know is it went to litigation etc . May I get little more information about what that his. I know it is a dance opera.

How was that performed did it have episodes like what mahabharatham had . If my memory is right it was also performed in chennai apart from usa.

Is that on goddess devi .I have heard few lovely krithis which few contemporary musicians sing which I am assuming it was part of jaya jaya devi opera . What are the songs that are part of jaya jaya devi.

Take your time .Throw some insights please.

cacm
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Dear R,
I will write about JayaJayaDevi shortly in some detail. VKV

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Rajesh: We will await VKV's account and I will supplement it without being redundant.

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Ramasubramanian M.K wrote:Rajesh: We will await VKV's account and I will supplement it without being redundant.
HERE IT IS! As extensive coverage is available by GOOGLING I will be BRIEF HIGHLIGHTING VARIOUS ASPECTS NOT COVERED & POINTING OUT THINGS NOT COVERED USUALLY:
0) As is well known the story dealt with the omnipotence of Devi (the female aspect of the divinity covering six different aspects each one represented by a leading dancer from a major school of dance).
1) This was the first ever "OPERATIC BALLET"- A VERY APT DESCRIPTION TITLED "Wholesome Entertainment" BY CHARUKESI IN HINDU FRIDAY REVIEW (FRIDAY OCT 10,2008) who briefly described it as "pleasing to the eyes and ears" with LGJ'S MUSIC & RADHA'S FLOWING JATIS & CHOREOGRAPHY ALONG WITH THE REMARKABLE RESEARCH BY SUJATHA VIJAYARAGHAVAN AS WELL AS SERVING AS THE SHEET ANCHOR OF THE PROJECT.
2) This was the first time to my knowledge that the major disciples of the VARIOUS leading gurus participated in the same production playing different roles and SUJATHA played the MAJOR role not only in ENORMOUS RESEARCH NEEDED but as "the bridge between LGJ the composer and RADHA the choreographer" and in "uniting the ENTIRE TEAM with her guidance".
3) To quote Charukesi again (His Review was complete and thorough- MORE LATER): " For the musically inclined audience, there was enough in the forms of thanam, niraval and swara kritis. For those affectinados of dance, there were breathtaking jatis, Padhavarnam and thillana.
He also opined that the jatis were not complicated and they were so easy they prompted the audience to respond with foot-tapping rythmn. Correctly stated! To me as Sujatha has pointed out elsewhere LGJ had introduced very subtle nuances like in an impossible "hackneyed" raga to innovate in like NILAMBARI - which was breath taking & amazing to behold & hear!- To me it was like hearing a CONDENSED VERSION OF LGJ'S UNIQUE CREATIVE APPROACH OF MANY MANY YEARS CONDENSED IN 3 HOURS!
4) As I wish to avoid any litigation troubles I wish to state that the Cleveland Aradhana was NOT the sponsor of this production but Cleveland Cultural Alliance (according to their web site) was responsible for the production--"factual" joke if such one is possible!-
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CONTINUATION OF POST#159:
5) MY OWN PARTICIPATION IN THIS EFFORT: I was involved in Chennai& Cleveland in many areas- unfortunately on the creative side as MOSTLY a spectator as the others were EXPERTS- I was witness to giants tackling so many diverse areas so deftly I was in AWE most of the time. I WAS FORCED to understand the difficulties of co-ordination involving highly creative persons!
REGARDING THE REACTIONS, REVIEWS OF JAYA JAYA DEVI:
The audiences CLEARLY recognised the Genius of LGJ & RADHA who CHOREOGRAPHED THE BRILLIANT TALENTS OF ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.NOW TO THE CRITICS:
In the typical THOROUGHNESS of Western Critics Ms.Wilma Salisbury the famous ART CRITIC(DANCE, MUSIC ETC) of the LEADING NEWSPAPER IN usa CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER HAD THE HEAD LINE " A PERFECT TEN"- Equivalent to a maiden Triple Century in TEST CRICKET- as the Front Page title in her review with EFFUSIVE PRAISE DETAILING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PRODUCTION. The Indian SO CALLED EXPERT REVIEW by the well known SUBBUDU (who was there to receive an award from Cleveland in Aradhana) was his typical meandering non-deep superficial one ( in Tamil can be described as Vazha Vazha Kozha Kozha Seppan Kizanghu Morekuzambhu style not saying much of anything) in which he tried mostly to conceal his semi-knowledge (or ignorance in the sense of half empty-half full depending on the point of view) of the musical dance ballet art form. My useful contribution was to buy fifty copies of the Cleveland Plain Dealer & place it outside the door of the participants overnight like what happens at hotels like HILTON ETC so they could read the reviews next morning!
With this I leave it to MKR to complete & write a substantial account of the debut of Jaya Jaya Devi which I rank among the most THREE SIGNIFICANT HAPPENINGS IN N.A. since I landed here i n 1959 the other two being the concert of Bharat Ratna M.S.S IN UN IN '66 & LGJ-RAMANI-RAGHAVAN-SANKARAN FINAL CONCERT IN '71. VKV
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cacm wrote: 3) To quote Charukesi again (His Review was complete and thorough- MORE LATER): .....
Googled to find the review of Charukesi of the Lalgudi's dance ballet.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/10/10/stor ... 120200.htm

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Parivadini Carnatic Chat with Vid. Lalgudi Rajalakshmi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qHkYhRL0_g&app=desktop

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Image

Concert 264-Lalgudi Jayaraman violin
( Today is his Birth day-17-09-2014 )

Listen at:

http://myblogkumara.blogspot.in/2014/07 ... rt-ix.html

Songs cobbled to gether…
LGJ-01 - Varnam_Kannnada
LGJ-02-Vaaranamukava_Hamsadwani
LGJ-03-Samaganalolane_Hindolam
LGJ-04-Aandavene_Shanmukapriya
LGJ-05-Maatimaati_Mohanam
LGJ-06-Dwajavanthi
LGJ-07-Thillana_Karnaranjanimp3

கோபாலுனுகுகந்த ஜெயராமா..
பிறந்த மண்ணிற்கு பெருமை சேர்த்த தயாபரா!
சலனமுற்ற மனம் நிம்மதியுர
'வர்ண' ஜாலங்களையும்
தாள லயம் நிறைந்த தில்லானாமுதல்
கீர்த்தி ஈந்த கிருதிகளையும்
பல பல இசை வித்தகர்களையும்
இசை உலகத்திற்கு அள்ளி தந்தவா!
கண்ணனின் குழல் இசைக்கும் நாதத்திற்கொத்த
ஜெய 'ராமனின் 'வில்' இசைக்கும் நாதம்
இனி ஒலிப்பது என்றோ?
venkat k

kObAlunuguganda jeyarAmA..
piRanda maNNiRgu perumai sErtta tayAbarA!
salanamuTRa manam nimmadiyur
'varNa' jAla#ngaLaiyum
tALa layam niRainda tillAnAmudal
kIrtti Inda kirudigaLaiyum
pala pala isai vittagargaLaiyum
isai ulagattiRgu aLLi tandavA!
kaNNanin kuzhal isaikkum nAdattiRgott
jeya 'rAmanin 'vil' isaikkum nAdam
ini olippadu enRO?
venkat k

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Dear Coolkarnij,

Refer your earlier posting No. 11 in this thread (dated February, 2006)

Quote

" here is a beaauutiful concert of TNS with lalgudi at Pune1974
http://rapidshare.de/files/12476351/TNS_07-I.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/12478310/TNS_07-II.zip.html"

Unquote

can you please upload the concert once again and give the link
for the benefit of members of this forum who have joined only recently.

thanks.

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நினைவில் நீங்காத தோடி!

வீயெஸ்வி

ஏப்ரல் 22. லால்குடி ஜெயராமன் அவர்களின் நினைவு தினம்.

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2016/04/73.html

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English translation please!

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Thanks to Chellappa for the link.Hope there will be a webcast of the program.

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There was a brief time where Kulkarni once planned to take me to doyen LGJ house . May be if I had gone to Shri LGJ's house, I could have seen his diary.Unfortunately it never happened.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/t ... 070823.ece

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Today Sep 17 happens to be 86th Birth Anniversary of the Violin Legend Lalgudi G Jayaraman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8av4steAZA

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Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you Sir

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sorry posted by mistake

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Forumites/Rajeshnat/VKV--My apologies for leaving this thread hanging since VKV's 2 posts--#159 and 160. For some reason I had not followed the thread since 2014.

I think VKV has hit upon all the salient points in his posts. Each statement of his is true without any hyperbole. Myself and my wife had the good fortune of hosting him and his wife in our house in Queens prior to the Cleveland Premiere. Those few days were memorable. Radha also stayed with us during that period as also were SP Ramh who was the main male singer. A few instances:

LGJ Sir used to sit in our narrow kitchen(I will scrounge around for some pics if I can find them!!!) and run the songs by us and ask my opinion(!!!!) about the ATANA piece--example the piece where the Yakshan scolds Parvathi and talks derisively about Lord Siva--taunting her about the wayward Shiva inhabiting the cemetery,bare-bodied with ashes strewn all over the body saying --Avana Un manavalan--with this phrase ending in a drawl reminiscent of how sometimes to denote contempt we drawl the words. He will point out to us the drawl which otherwise we would not have noticed and ask for our reaction!!!. The phrase Sa Da pa Ma Pa Ga-characteristic of Atana(with dragging the Dha) would be in full display. What could we say? Talk of throwing pearls before a swine!!!!

Likewise in the Thillana in Nalinakanthi the piece begins briskly and reaches the crescendo within the first minute starting with the Arohanam (Sa Ga Ree Ma Pa Nee Ma Pa nee Sa ) and ending in the Mel Shadjam(Pa Nee Ga Ree Sa). The tempo with all the dancers exquisitely choreographed by Radha was the climax of the ballet. He will ask for our reaction as if we could offer anything better!! He put so much effort in the most subtlest of phrases and was anxious that he audience notices the nuances.

At the Cleveland festival(one cannot but doff our caps for VVS for "snaring" this before it could be launched in Chennai), LGJ was a nervous nellie anxious that every nuance of his be reproduced correctly by SPRamh and the female singers--Sumitra Nitin and Lalitha. After the initial scene he would rush behind the stage voicing his concern about the mike effects. He was intently focussed on everything that was going on stage and would flinch frequently when he felt something was not to his expectation. In one of these on-stage intrusions he was agitated . I tried to assuage him that everything is alright and that he should get back to his seat. The perfectionist he was, he said to me in very stern voice in Tamil" NEE ENNAI SAMADHANAM PANDRAKKU BADILA NAN SOLLARA POINTAI GAVANI". I hid my tail between my legs and retreated.!!!

We also had the fortune of attending the NJ concert with him. Sitting next to him(not a word would be exchanged by him with anybody--so intent he was. He would at times flinch when he found something below par(none of us noticed that anyway!!). Finally my wife gently turned to him and whispered to him to tone it down as his gestures may lead the audience to think that something was not being executed properly. The smart man that he was he then realized and tells my wife "nee Sollaradum Saridan"(what you say is correct) and then he calmed down.

After we returned back to our home with his wife and SPRamh in the Car my wife told SPRamh how well he sang--LGJ did not say a word. After reaching home he pulls my wife aside and says "You should not praise him so much--the praise may go to his head"--the kind of admonition his Father used to give visitors whenever they came to the house to praise his playing after the concert.!!


He would take a walk around the block admiring the flowers and the artistic arrangements in the neighborhood. We took him to see Jurassic Park--he was absolutely bowled over by Spielberg's artistry!!Another movie was the Thriller "The Hand that rocks the Cradle{ starring Rebecca Demonay" where she tries to harm the child--LGJ could not "stomach" this and kept on wondering are there heartless women like these.

The one movie which tickled him very much was the Hugh Grant Movie "Four weddings and a Funeral"--the naiveté in him could not grasp the bizarre sequences in the film.


Oh!! memories!! memories!!

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Namaskaram,

I would like the lyrics to vidwan Lalgudi sir's desh thillana. Please send me the lyrics to my email at ptambraparni@gmail.com. I would also like the lyrics to vidwan lalgudi sir's valachi varnam. Please send me the lyrics to ptambraparni@gmail.com.

Namaskaram

Mrs. Pallavisree Tambraparni

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Today (22 April 2018) I had a chance to attend one concert . One person who sat next to me said " Today is exactly 5 years since Lalgudi Jayaraman Sir passed away " and I googled now to check that it is true. One of my favourite composition of his is his Madhuvanti thillana . I am thinking now which came first- is it Lalgudi madhuvanti thillana or kanda naal mudhalai (NS chidambaram compositoin)where S kalyanaraman sings that. My gut feel that this madhuvanti both SKR and LGJ may have collaborated and taken a cue from the other(I may be wrong too)

Here is that link to this greatest violin maestro on this day 22 April 2018 playing his own thillana in madhuvanti

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iar4-gCzqaM

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Sharing this from another thread :

Here's the full set of links for the Lalgudi pancharatnams played by LGJ and Srimathi in live concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPA-gsoCtTk - Isha pAhimAm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeUWUyAadCo - lalitE pravrddha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRcTxsu93DI&t=7s - mahita pravrddha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5izYQu2oQ - gati neevani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDV863TJF0 - dEva sri tapastheerthapura nivAsa

This 1967 concert is one of those many super excellent LGJ-Srimathi concerts. If you can get a hold of the full concert, do listen to the spectacular rendition of the reetigowla aTa tAla varnam, the use of chatushra tisram in Sri mahAganaptir avatumam, as well as the RTP in shaNmukhapriya, sAmA and Ananda bhairavi.

The earlier solos of LGJ were at the absolute peak of his technical prowess, and the energy is palpable.

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From this thread : viewtopic.php?f=13&t=30965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzby7z0ZfN8
Sublime concert - LGJ back in those days was at his technical peak. The energy and verve with which he used to play back then and how Srimathi Brahmanandam had to play to keep up note for note with that - no mean feat.

The best part is the tone of the gut strings on his violin and how it shines through that old recording - warm and velvety. Steel for all it's advantages falls short in this department.
And
Lalgudi Bramhananadam matched Lalgudi and had answer for every thing thrown.Oh what great combination during 1960-72 period.It is stated that they played around 500 or so concerts
.

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On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lalgudi G Jayaraman, Smt. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi has put together a beautiful video of 11 violins playing his varnam in rAga aThANA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56z3I9jne4w

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Wonderful!
A system of music that can thrown up a concept like Athana and people who can take the trouble to polish this concept are worth a lot to me. So many fine touches that these youngsters have picked up. Very nice indeed.

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A beautiful Jugalbandhi with Amjad Ali Khan on the sarod. That Simhendramadhyamam is haunting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgYVN5L3DJU

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The album : Golden Music Golden Years (official channel) :
Part - 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pwf8M1u8oU

Part - 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J66WoVqp_H4

I remember buying this with some gift money from a competition I won at school, and this is one of the best albums in my collection till date.

All gems of renditions by LGJ and GJR Krishnan (and Vellore Ramabhadran on mridangam IIRC), tugging at both your intellect and your heartstrings -- I can't pick a favourite.

Song List
1) varnam - neelAmbari - Adi - Own Composition - Played in 2 speeds with rich phrasing.
2) mEru samAna - mAyamAlava gowla - Adi (2 kalai) 1/2 eDuppu - Thyagaraja - Lalgudi's bhava laden interpretation and his cleverness in swara calculations is the highlight. There are places where he gets the arithmetic to dance.
3) darini telusukoNTi - shuddha sAvEri - Adi (2 kalai) - Thyagaraja - A storming rendition in the true spirit of GNB. This will blow you out of the water!
4) kamalAmba samrakshatu - Ananda bhairavi - mishra chApu - Muthuswami Dikshitar - A moving delight
5) aparadhamula - latAngi - Adi (1 1/2 eDuppu) - Patnam Subramania Iyer - alapana by GJR Krishnan.
6) kanna tanDri - dEvamanohari - Adi (1 1/2 eDuppu) - Thyagaraja - Clever swaras exploring a variety of endings.

7) rAmA neeyeDa - kharaharapriya - Adi (2 kalai 1/2 eDuppu)- Thyagaraja - (R,S,TA) - main tour de force of the album, with tani avartanam by Vellore Ramabhadran.

Now comes the dessert :
8) krishnA nee bEganE bArO - yamuna kalyANi - mishra chApu (2/7 eDuppu) - Vyasatirtha
9) enna tavam seidanE - kApi - Adi (3/4 eDuppu) - Papanasam Sivan
10) teerAda vilayaTTu piLLai - rAgamalika (sindhubhairavi, khamas, shanmukhapriya,mAnd) - khanda chApu (or chatushra Eka khanDa naDai)

IMHO this is some seriously special icing on the cake - it's possibly the best recording of these numbers by LGJ out there. Lalgudi gives full vein towards his unique interpretation of the lyrics, erecting the musical scaffold of raga and virtuosity in flow with the meaning of every line and I remember being stunned when I heard these pieces for the first time.

Credit goes to GJR Krishnan for matching his father on stage whether it was in his solos or the replies to some very testy manodharma thrown at him by his guru and father. Vellore Ramabhadran provides his usual blend of unobtrusive, but tailor made support.

Regarding audio quality, the uncompressed sound on the original CD is of course far better than what Youtube offers (one reason to hear the album for real).

A special word for the choice of items in this album. Lalgudi's concert packaging is as good as his music itself. This album showcases various aspects of his genius - as a composer pushing the boundaries, an interpreter of compositions, a creator of expressive and original phrases, his ability to soak raga phrases in bhava and melody, the disciplined approach to presentation, the sheer range of gamakas, his ability to make the violin speak so much that I forgot for a while I was listening to an instrumental concert, his command over laya and various ways to end swaras from his rich experience accompanying the greats and his own ideas, his expansive raga alapana, ability to improvise at will, his particular care and attention to the lyrics of the compositions, and his ability to build musical ideas with the lyrical base, his virtuosity and command over the instrument (without reducing it to a mere pyrotechnical exercise), the ability to play dangerously without batting an eyelid, right down to clever use of tricks like harmonics, the uniquely warm timbre of his sound, the silken, virtually seamless bowing, and his romantic ability to cover a huge spectrum of emotional colors and express them through the violin.

True to its name, this album is truly gold standard - it gives you a complete tour of the music of Lalgudi Jayaraman, and is an aural feast for both layman and connoisseur alike.

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Ragam Tanam Pallavi in ranjani : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzdNXh_DAY8&t=755s

Ragamalika swaras (extending to the pallavi in the same ragas as well) in bEgaDa, amrtavarshini, vAgadeeshwari, nATakurinji, kalyANa vasantam, valaji, behAg (high speed swaras here)

This has been shared from Kosmik Music's official Youtube.

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shree rAga varnam - sAmi ninnE kOri - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z6Yc00B80c - With PMI - from Sanskriti series' official Youtube

LGJ in the old days was spectacular in playing varnams.

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When the maestro decides to sing : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms3HaDOP3RU

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lakshman ji,

could you share the list of varnams by LGJ?

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ajaysimha wrote: 07 Aug 2019, 19:21 lakshman ji,

could you share the list of varnams by LGJ?
lakshman ji, by chance did you miss this?

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angayarkkaNNi (navarasa varNa). rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.
aruNOdayamE (tv). rAgA: bauLi. Adi tALA.
calamu sEyanEla (tv). rAgA: valaji. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
dEvi pAdamE paNindOm (tv). rAgA: dEvagAndhAri. Adi tALA.
engum nirai deivamE (tv). rAgA: hamsavinOdini. Adi tALA.
entO prEmatOnu (tv). rAgA: bahudAri. Adi tALA.
innam en manam (pv). rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.
inta tAmasa (tv). rAgA: kannaDa. Adi tALA.
jalajAkSa nI pAdamE (tv). rAgA: asAvEri. Adi tALA.
kaNNanai maNivaNNanai (tv). rAgA: husEni. Adi tALA.
nAdasvarUpiNi (tv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
nambum anbarkkaruLum (tv). rAgA: varamu. Adi tALA.
nIvE gatiyani niratamu (tv). rAgA: naLinakAnti. Adi tALA.
parama karuNA (tv). rAgA: garuDadhvani. Adi tALA.
nIvEgAni vErevarunnAru (tv). rAgA: mandAri. Adi tALA.
pughalvAi nI (tv). rAgA: amrtavarSiNi. Adi tALA.
taruNam en tAyE (tv). rAgA: sAma. Adi tALA.
tirumAl marugA (tv). rAgA: AndOlikA. Adi tALA.
unnaiyanri vErAr (tv). rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.
vallabhai nAyakA (tv). rAgA: mOhanakalyANi. Adi tALA.

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Re: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman

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Lji
Super Post collating list of varnams . Once i heard an accquitance singing asaveri varnam , i was delighted. Can you also publish maestro list of tillanas.

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Lakshman wrote: 03 Sep 2019, 06:33 angayarkkaNNi (navarasa varNa). rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.
aruNOdayamE (tv). rAgA: bauLi. Adi tALA.
calamu sEyanEla (tv). rAgA: valaji. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
dEvi pAdamE paNindOm (tv). rAgA: dEvagAndhAri. Adi tALA.
engum nirai deivamE (tv). rAgA: hamsavinOdini. Adi tALA.
entO prEmatOnu (tv). rAgA: bahudAri. Adi tALA.
innam en manam (pv). rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.
inta tAmasa (tv). rAgA: kannaDa. Adi tALA.
jalajAkSa nI pAdamE (tv). rAgA: asAvEri. Adi tALA.
kaNNanai maNivaNNanai (tv). rAgA: husEni. Adi tALA.
nAdasvarUpiNi (tv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
nambum anbarkkaruLum (tv). rAgA: varamu. Adi tALA.
nIvE gatiyani niratamu (tv). rAgA: naLinakAnti. Adi tALA.
parama karuNA (tv). rAgA: garuDadhvani. Adi tALA.
nIvEgAni vErevarunnAru (tv). rAgA: mandAri. Adi tALA.
pughalvAi nI (tv). rAgA: amrtavarSiNi. Adi tALA.
taruNam en tAyE (tv). rAgA: sAma. Adi tALA.
tirumAl marugA (tv). rAgA: AndOlikA. Adi tALA.
unnaiyanri vErAr (tv). rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.
vallabhai nAyakA (tv). rAgA: mOhanakalyANi. Adi tALA.
There is also an Atana varnam, Ramanai Raghuramanai, which is not present in any publication.

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dhIm dhIm takata (t). rAgA: hamIrkalyANi. Adi tALA.
dhIm dhIm tanana (t). rAgA: vasantA. k/Eka tALA.
dhIm dhIm tanananana (t). rAgA: rEvati. cApu tALA.
dhIm dhIm dhIm taNam (t). rAgA: karNaranjani. Adi tALA.
dhIm dhIm dhIm tattatana (t). rAgA: hamsAnandi. Adi tALA.
dhIm dhImta udana (t). rAgA: tilang. Adi tALA.
dhIm tadhIm tadhIm (t). rAgA: brndAvani. Adi tALA.
dhIm tanadhIm (t). rAgA: behAg. (t/naDai) Adi tALA.
dhIm tanata dhIm (t). rAgA: pahADi. cApu tALA.
dhImta dhIm dhImta (t). rAgA: naLinakAnti. Adi tALA.
dhImita jhaNu (t). rAgA: sindhubhairavi. Adi tALA.
dhImta jhamta Namta (t). rAgA: bindumAlini. Adi tALA.
dhImta taratAni (t). rAgA: rAgEshrI. Adi tALA.
taka tajhaNu dhImta (t). rAgA: mOhanakalyANi. Adi tALA.
takadhIm tadhIm (t). rAgA: dEs. Adi tALA.
takiTa tadhIm (t). rAgA: nAgasvarAvaLi. Adi tALA.
tAm tAm taka (t). rAgA: vAsanti. cApu tALA.
tana dhIm jham (t). rAgA: kadanakutUhala. Adi tALA.
tana dhIm tadhIm (t). rAgA: mishrashivaranjani. Adi tALA.
tana dhImta dhImta (t). rAgA: mAND. Adi tALA.
tana dhiranana (t). rAgA: bhImpalAs. Adi tALA.
tanaddhIm tatana (t). rAgA: kuntalavarALi. Adi tALA.
tanana dhImta dhIm (t). rAgA: kApi. (t/naDai) Adi tALA.
tanana dhirana (t). rAgA: khamAs. Adi tALA.
tanata dhImtana (t). rAgA: Anandabhairavi. (t/gati) Adi tALA.
tanata tOmta (t). rAgA: kalyANavasanta. k/cApu tALA.
tAnOm tana tOmta (t). rAgA: dvIjavanti. Adi tALA.
tanOm tata dhiranA (t). rAgA: durgA. Adi tALA.
tata dhIm tadhIm (t). rAgA: madhuvanti. Adi tALA.
tatana dhIm tadhIm (t). rAgA: cenjuruTi. t/Adi tALA.
tatdhIm tanattadhIm (t). rAgA: yamunAkalyANi. cApu tALA.
tOm dru dru dAni (t). rAgA: darbArikAnaDA. Adi tALA.
tom dru dru (t). rAgA: bAgEshrI. Adi tALA.
tom dru tAni (t). rAgA: kAnaDA. Adi tALA.

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Re: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman

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thank you lakshman ji,
for posting the the list of varnams and thillanas of great composer LGJ!!!

i could see LGJ has composed jathiswaram, varnam, krithi and thillana.
is there any other composition forms by lagudi ji?

i have heard that LGJ has done musical direction to many musical drams/ dance ballets.
so jathiswaram/varnam/thillana are out come of those.

is there any info available on those dance ballets whose music was directed by LGJ ji.

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ajaysimha wrote: 05 Sep 2019, 17:32is there any info available on those dance ballets whose music was directed by LGJ ji.
jaya jaya dEvi - a nATyam that told the story of various manifestations of the dEvi - as dAkshAyaNi, as pArvati, as karumAri, etc. The music and lyrics were Sri LGJ's. The original choreography was Smt. Rhadha's.

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ajaysimha wrote:
is there any info available on those dance ballets whose music was directed by LGJ ji.
Besides varNas, and tillAnAs he has composed some kirtanas, a jatisvara, and a puSpAnjali.

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thanks lakshman and shankar ji for info

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Re: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman

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vijay.siddharth wrote: 03 Sep 2019, 16:34
There is also an Atana varnam, Ramanai Raghuramanai, which is not present in any publication.
Would you be having the lyrics and notation of this Varnam?

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A Tamil article about Lagudi Jayaraman's foreign-tour
1525. சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 228
வந்தார்கள், கேட்டார்கள், இசைந்தார்கள்! 
லால்குடி ஜெயராமன்
https://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2020/04/1525-228.html

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A total of 25 Concerts Vintage of Lalgudi Jayaraman with srimathi Bramhanandam in 1960-70 and later with GJR have been uploaded.
I never saw any one mention about it. hence my posting.

A sample one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14hwWaxWtTk

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Re: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman

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Lakshman wrote: 03 Sep 2019, 06:33 angayarkkaNNi (navarasa varNa). rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA.
aruNOdayamE (tv). rAgA: bauLi. Adi tALA.
calamu sEyanEla (tv). rAgA: valaji. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
cendil nagar mEvum (pv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
dEvi pAdamE paNindOm (tv). rAgA: dEvagAndhAri. Adi tALA.
engum nirai deivamE (tv). rAgA: hamsavinOdini. Adi tALA.
entO prEmatOnu (tv). rAgA: bahudAri. Adi tALA.
innam en manam (pv). rAgA: cArukEsi. Adi tALA.
inta tAmasa (tv). rAgA: kannaDa. Adi tALA.
jalajAkSa nI pAdamE (tv). rAgA: asAvEri. Adi tALA.
kaNNanai maNivaNNanai (tv). rAgA: husEni. Adi tALA.
nAdasvarUpiNi (tv). rAgA: nIlAmbari. Adi tALA.
nambum anbarkkaruLum (tv). rAgA: varamu. Adi tALA.
nIvE gatiyani niratamu (tv). rAgA: naLinakAnti. Adi tALA.
parama karuNA (tv). rAgA: garuDadhvani. Adi tALA.
nIvEgAni vErevarunnAru (tv). rAgA: mandAri. Adi tALA.
pughalvAi nI (tv). rAgA: amrtavarSiNi. Adi tALA.
taruNam en tAyE (tv). rAgA: sAma. Adi tALA.
tirumAl marugA (tv). rAgA: AndOlikA. Adi tALA.
unnaiyanri vErAr (tv). rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.
vallabhai nAyakA (tv). rAgA: mOhanakalyANi. Adi tALA.
This list of varnams is missing one: Shanmukhapriya (pv) - Devar Munivar - Adi.

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