Shankari Ninne- Abhishek Raghuram BGS 28/10

[Rsachi]

Dear Rasikas,
Crowds and rains didn't deter me from going to the Abhishek concert y'day at Gayana Samaja. I couldn't stay till the end but got a beautiful typical Abhishek treat in a lovely Kamavardhini composition of Mysore Vasudevachar :
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shankari ninnE (medieval.org)

shankari ninnE. rAgA: kAmavardhini. cApu tALA.

P: shankari ninnE ika cAla nammitini shankari ninnE ika cAla nammitini
A: pankajAkSi nIdu mahima pogaDuTa nA taramA
pankajAnanE praNatajana shankari shrI tripurasundari
C: kAma janaka vAsudEva sahOdari shyAmaLAngai shiva hrdayOllAsini
kAmitArtta dAyini kAtyAyani gaurI gAciyunna nannu vEga kAvavE janani dEvi

Lyrics provided by Lakshman Ragde.
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This composition is masterly in my layman opinion, as it fully harnesses the "mystical" potential of the Kamavardhini raga and gives plentiful scope for improvisation (niraval, swaras) at every turn. The words have great musicality, too. There are a few recordings of TMT, OST, etc. In S'Priya.

Abhishek's raga alapana was a combination of highly effective pure notes, sharply alternating notes, glides and curvy endings all the time. Even his laya-oriented phrases in niraval and swaras were majestic and made a deep impact on me. His voice was robust and he covered from Mandara Ri to Tara Ma!

This raga has a mystical effect on me and KVN used to sing many Thyagaraja songs in his concerts. Even Ramanatham Bhajeham and Sarasaksha have been sung very well by yesteryear greats. This Vasudevachar composition is a gem of a song, in my understanding.

Wanted to share these thoughts as y'day's music is still lingering in me

[badari]

Full List...


01 inta mODi sAranga varNa Adi SRamanathan

02 pAlaya mAdha mAm anisham asAvEri Adhi swAthi thirunAL
Swara @ pAlaya

03 kaDai kaN vaittennai bEgaDa chApu RaamaswamySivan ( O , S )
Swara @ santatam pugazh

04 shankari ninnE kAmavardhini chApu m vAsudhEvAchArya ( A N S T )
Nereval @ pankajAkshi nIdu mahima

05 pAduvAi manamE pannIru rAgamAlike(Bhairavi mukhAri shuddabhairavi sindhubhairavi) rUpaka guru surajAnandha (rAgamAlika O)

06 nenaruncinAnu anniTiki nidhAnuDani nEnu nIdu mALavi Adi tyAgarAja

07 RTP suruTi and sunadavinodini
tAna on violin tisra TripuTa
RAGAMALIKA in ranjani ...

08 Bhajana Bina desh kabirdas

09 srI rAmachandra kripAlu bhajamana tulsidas

10 tillAna. .taka dhim ta .. shaNkarAbharaNa

11 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

[Rsachi]

Badari, is the tillana the same one that was made famous by the TMK niraval at Fort a while ago?

[badari]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sACI3vSdVjA
The tillana starts at 6: 54. and not the one that Abhisek sang.

Abhishek Sang..
Tatta dhim ta dhim tana dhirana T/Adi by Ponniah Pillai (TQ)

[rajeshnat]

07 RTP suruTi and sunadavinodini
tAna on violin tisra TripuTa
RAGAMALIKA in ranjani ...

Badari/Rsachi
Last year he sang this pallavi in a concert that i attended in chennai. The pallavi line was mAra janani(m) (m)ashrayE sunAda viNodini sukumarA.
u can confirm if it is the same.

Did he do a ragamaliga with ranjani as one of the ragas ?

Who were the accompanists???

[Jigyaasa]

02 pAlaya mAdha mAm anisham asAvEri Adhi swAthi thirunAL
Swara @ pAlaya

mAdhava

[CRama]

Intha modi varnam- IIRC, it is composed by Tiruvotriyur Tyagaiyer.

[hnbhagavan]

Accompaniments

B U ganesh Prasad - Violin
R Shankaranayan- Mridangam
GuruPrasanna - Khanjira

Pallavi

Marajanani Mashraye Sunada Vinodini....

RSachi may correct me.

[badari]

full pallavi line: mArajananIm AshrayE sunAda vinOdini sukumAra jananIm Ashraye

[badari]

While presenting the pallavi, there was seamless transition between suruti and sunAdavinodini.
At the beginning..the whole line was presented in sunAdavinodini and in the next repetition it was full pallavi in suruti...

gradually the line was split into 2 with first half in SV and second half in suruti.. and interchanged it in next cycle..

the Pallavi line kept getting split further and in the final persenteation, even before one could the rAga change, it had changed back !!

ranjani was first presented solo, without mixing with first 2. Later it became a triangular presentation of all 3 rAga swaras.

[rshankar]

Wow!

[harimau]

While presenting the pallavi, there was seamless transition between suruti and sunAdavinodini.
At the beginning..the whole line was presented in sunAdavinodini and in the next repetition it was full pallavi in suruti...

gradually the line was split into 2 with first half in SV and second half in suruti.. and interchanged it in next cycle..

the Pallavi line kept getting split further and in the final persenteation, even before one could the rAga change, it had changed back !!

The Lioness at Home says that about my bathroom singing. In addition, she says that I have created new ragas not documented in any texts on music.

[Rsachi]

Harimau,
You've just, casually, unravelled the secrets of musical success as well as connubial bliss, sir!