Alathoor Venkataraman, Nadopasana

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:02

Alathoor Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Kumar

Umayalpuram Swami Bhagavathar Concert, Nadopasana, P S High School.
23rd March 2007 6:30 pm

sarasUDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
sItA manOhara - ramAmanOhari - Adi - T
siddhi vinAyakam - cAmaram - rUpakam - MD (S)
pAhimAm srI rAjarAjEsvari - nATTai - Adi - SS
sarasIruhAnana rAma - mukhAri - Adi - T (R)
enduku nirdaya - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
srI mAtAh - bEgaDa - Adi - MD
kAruvElpulu - kalyANi - Adi - T (RS)
tani Avarththanam
OmkAra pancharasukhI - rAgamAlikA - Adi
pada sarasamu - kApi - Adi
candrasEkarA - sindhubhairavi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The concert began with a nice rendition of the varNam and the ramAmanOhari kriti. The cAmaram kriti was rendered with a nice round of svarams and the rare nATTai piece was rendered well.

The mukhAri AlApanai was very nice, the kriti was rendered beautifully. Sri Venkataraman's elaboration of harikAmbhOji was very beautiful. He rendered the kriti very nicely with quick neraval and nice svarams at 'dharalO nIvai tyAgarAjupai'. The bEgaDa kriti was rendered in a moving fashion.

The main kalyANi AlApanai was done in a nice fashion. The kriti, another rarity in concert circuits these days, was rendered nicely with many sangatis and elaborate round of svarams at the pallavi line. The rAgamAlikA which followed was nice as well.

Sri Venkataraman gave a nice concert with quite a few not-so-popular pieces carefully chosen and rendered them beautifully. Though there were some problems with his throat and voice, his concert was very enjoyable.

Sri Varadarajan on the violin played very well in accordance to the main artist and gave very fitting replies. All his AlApanais and svarams were nice. Sri Kumar on the mrudangam, played well nicely with nice anticipation. His tani was nice as well.

bharath

kalgada78 · Post by **kalgada78** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:17

Bharat,
is he related to ALB?

Sarma.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:24

Sri Venkataraman is the son of Alathoor Subbu Iyer.

kalgada78 · Post by **kalgada78** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:26

I see.Nice to see the legacy continuing.
Thanks Bharat!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:52

OmkAra panjarasukhi is one of the navaratnamAlikAs composed by Mysore Vasudevachar.

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 29 Mar 2007, 10:30

Pleas stand corrected.

Omkara pachara sukhim is a navaratnamalika sloka on Goddess Saraswati composed by the great Kavi Kalidasa .

The tunes were set by Alathoor bros and popularised by them.

Adiyen , being the student of Late Alathur Panchapakesa Iyer ( brother of Alathur Srinivasa Iyer) has the fortune of learning and singing the same. The slokas and the ragas in which they have ben composed are both a singers and listeners delight.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Mar 2007, 19:44

saveri wrote:

Omkara pachara sukhim is a navaratnamalika sloka on Goddess Saraswati composed by the great Kavi Kalidasa

I went through the book navaratnamalikA by Vasudevachar but could not find any clue (with respect to OmkAra panjara sukhim) indicating that it was a composition of Kalidasa.
The songs in this book are:
shri narasimha stotram, shri tyagaraja pancaratnam, shri muttusvami dikshita caritam, shri shyama shastri caritam, shri matangi stotram, shri guru stotram, rajashirvadam, shri jayacamaraja pancaratnam and shri dadhi vamana stotram.
Maybe he just tuned this shloka into a ragamalika.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 29 Mar 2007, 20:13

OmkArapanjara SukIm is a composition of Adi SankarAcArya.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Mar 2007, 20:48

Here are the songs that are in the book. Maybe some more of these songs are by other composers. Please identify the composers. Thanks.

1: shrIpatim brahma rudrAdi vanditam guNapUritam vicitra rUpa caritam nArasimham bhajEnisham

2: shrI rAmacandra pAdAbjE yanmanO madhupAyitam svadharma niratO yastu nisprhO yO dvijOttamah

3: AsIdvipravarah kascit shrI muttusvAmi dIkSitahvINA vAdana sangIta vEdashAstra vishAradah

4: AsIdvipravarah kascit shyAmashAstri vishrutah
vEdAdyayana sampannO gAna vidyA vishAradah

5: OmkAra panjara sukhim ...

6: shankara guruvara mahimA suta rAmatitarati vAngmanasasImAm
guru caraNa bhakti garimAmukharayatitarAm hi mUkakalpam mAm

7: shrI rAma lakSmaNAviva sauhArdam prApya susthiram suciram
shrI cAmarAja putrau jIyAstAm shAradAmba tava krpayA

8: shrI madhyadukula vAridhi rAkAcandram sushIla guNasAndram
jayacAmarAjavarya krpayA suciram shriyah patih pAyAt

9: ati vimala sugAtram rukma pAtra sthitAnnam sulalita dadhikhaNDam pANinA dakSiNEna