Smt. Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam at CMAC, Charlotte

[hamirkalyani123]

Vocal concert Sunday Spetember 21st at 3:30pm. Tate Hall, CPCC Overcash Building.

DR. VIJAYALAKSHMY SUBRAMANIAM
Ranjani Ramakrishnan--Violin
Trivandrum Balaji--Mridangam

The concert started at 4 P.M. Here are the list of songs.

1. Kambhoji ata tala varnam
2. Jaya Jaya - Nattai, Purandara dasa
3. Neelayatakshi, Raga Pharas, Syama sastry
4. Aadamodi galade ramayya, Charukesi, Saint Tyagaraja
5 Composition in Yadukula Kambhoji
6. Kamala Charane - AMrita Behag, GNB
7. Sri Satyanarayam UPasmahe - Shubha pantuvarali, Dikshitar
8. Vasanta, RTP (Pallavi - Saketa Nagare Nivasantham, Samrajya Pradam Ramam) with ragamalika
Ragamalika : Ranjani, Karnaranjani, Natakuranji, Valaji, Hamsavinodini?, Nalinakanti and Revathi
8. Composition of Nadopasana Srinivasan in Maand (NOTE: He is contemporary composer who lives in Chennai)
10. Composition in Tilang by Subrahmanya Bharathi
11. Jagadodharana in Kapi
12. Tillana of Dr. MBK
13. Mangalam

The audience in Charlotte were treated to simply superb performance :ymapplause: by this Trio for 3.5 hrs. As you can see the concert has everything in it including the most notable fact that she has covered almost all the composers including the contemporary ones. It is rare to find such a variety in concerts. The RTP was simply majestic with Smt. VS and Ranjani alternating and in VS going back in the same order before winding down with Vasantha. The pallavi meaning was interesting with the stress on "Nagare Nivasantham and Nagareni Vasantham". The concert as one would expect from Dr. SMt. VS is of highest classical quality and Smt. Ranjani on violin and Sri Balaji have provided great accompaniment to make it memorable evening for everyone.

[rajeshnat]

Very nice Vidhusi VS - nice to occasionally go away from big 5 gana ragas- I am assuming vasanta pallavi is also indicating saketa nagara (tiruvarur)

[rshankar]

Rajesh, sAketa nagaram is ayOdhyA - how does tiruvArUr play into that?

[rajeshnat]

Tx ravi - my mistake of not associating ayOdhya

[bhakthim dehi]

Was the Pallavi complete in a lyrical sense?

[Lakshman]

Was song #8 kOvil selvadellAm?

[sridhar]

can someone post the rest of her schedule this fall? I am particularly interested in any concert in the tri-state area. Thanks

[hamirkalyani123]

Lakshman, Yes, it should have been song 9.

It continues like Vedam Solla venda, Anudinam Rama bhajana...

[Lakshman]

Sridhsr: Please see here:
http://www.vijayalakshmysubramaniam.com/concerts.html

[Sundara Rajan]

#5 Bhaktim Dehi: Yes, the sentence is incomplete. Since both the nouns Nivasantham & Ramam are in DwithiyA vibhakthi, the reviewer forgot to mention the verb like bhajAmi , namAmi, bhajarE etc. that the artist could have used.

[hamirkalyani123]

Sundara Rajan and Bhaktim Dehi,
I have checked with VS and confirmed that the lyrics I wrote here are indeed correct. Nothing is missed out:-)

[Sundara Rajan]

The pallavi as given translates to "அயோத்தியில் வசிப்பவனை , ஸாம்ராஜ்யத்தை தருபவன் ராமனை " only and there is no predicate to complete the sentence. The artist herself could have left out the verb unintentionally or unknowingly. I have noticed that many carnatic singers do come up with pallavi lines that are incomplete and/or make no sense.

[bhakthim dehi]

Thank you sundararajan and hamirkalyani

[hamirkalyani123]

Sundara Rajan, what you translated for me is greek and latin for me:-)

[Sundara Rajan]

Hamirkalyani: I guess you are not familiar with Tamil script. The sanskrit nouns SAkEtanagarE nivasantham and samrAjya pradam Ramam are both in the objective case ( TO Rama who lives in Ayodhya and who gives sAmrAjya -----?? )) and hence should be followed by a verb as predicate in order to form a complete sentence. Hope this helps.