Sangita Kalanidhi Smt.R.Vedavalli @ KGS, 21/9/07

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 22 Sep 2007, 23:00

Concert : Gokulashtami Series @ KGS, T Nagar
Artist : Sangita Kalanidhi Smt.R.Vedavalli
Accompaniments : Smt.Vasanta Kannan - Violin
Sri. B.Ganapatiraman - Mridangam

Song List :

1. Vanajaksha - Mandari - HMB - Adi
2. Cinta Deerchi Nannu - Hamsadhwani - T T - Adi - S
3.Enthuku Nirdaya - Harikamboji - Tyagaraja - Adi
4. Chalu Chalu - Saveri - Tyagaraja (Prahlada Bhakti vijayam) - M.Chapu - R,N,S
5. Sri Rukmini Sriyam Dehi - Manirangu - Meesu Krishna Iyer - Adi- S
6. Oru murai darisanam taralagadha - Karaharapriya- Amb.Krishna -K.Chapu - R,N,S
( tuned by Smt. R.V. herself)
7.Mokshamu Galada - Saramati - Tyagaraja - Adi
8. Sankaracharyam - Sankarabharanam - Subbarama Dikshitar - Adi - R,T,N,S
9. Maamiyam - Revagupti, Ahiri - Ashtapadi Jayadeva- Adi
10.Gokula Nilaya Krupalaya Paalaya - Bimplas- Adi

The concert was outright soaked in vintage quintessence and had intelligent and intellectual brilliance.
Never given to flashy techniques, Smt.RV , presents very intelligible music, with a profound knowledge base and with a good balance of lakshya and lakshana.

Her Saveri and Karaharapriya were soaked in rakti, Sankarabharanam touched the peak and depths of the raga pravaham, the tanam was a step by step progression touching all the octaves, swaras interwoven intelligently. Saramati was soaked in bhakti and the tukkadas had ample measure of weight and lightness.

Smt.R.V.'s concert is any music lovers' vintage experience, learners notebook and connoisseurs delight. Her kalapramanam is just right with structured gamakas, karvais, korvais and brighas. It appears so simple on the surface, but try it out to see how difficult it is to reproduce the same with correctness.

I guess, that is the strong foundation on which quality music rests - years of practice , tapas and single minded focus towards one 's style of singing.

Smt.Vasanta Kannan on the violin matched the brialliance in a measured style and played her violin in a very melodius manner matching upto the kalanidhi's target. RV appreciated her with a besh and bale everytime she played a nice swara or raga.

Ganapatiraman, on the mridangam has become a seasoned and a matured vidwan and guages the style and tonal quality of the singer and suits his sound structure on the mridangam accordingly. He was following her style closely with some spirited finishing touches. His tani was short, sweet and full of essence and RV remarked about the same.

Somebody was heard saying after the concert " Pazhasu Pazhasu thaan, Pazhasu Perisu thaan". I guess that sums up the total conert succintly, more than any review.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 22 Sep 2007, 23:28

This is the second time an unpublished song of Ambujam Krishna has surfaced.
The other one was ezhil tirumEni.
Anyone have the lyrics for these songs?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Sep 2007, 01:45

Lakshman, I will try. As you say, the Ambujam Krishna songs tuned by sangita kalanidhi R. Vedavalli are rarely sung, mainly because they are not heard that much in concerts. I don't think they have come out as recordings either, if I am not mistaken...

jagan · Post by **jagan** » 23 Sep 2007, 07:48

Listening to Vidushi Smt. Vedavalli, I was reminded of the remarks of the great music critic and rasika Sri. N. M. Narayanan (N M N ) who wrote

â€œClassicism can be so total as to relax the listener into a state of peace he has rarely knownâ€

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 23 Sep 2007, 18:08

The lyrics of the karaharapriya song is as follows :

P : Oru murai darisanam tharalaagadha
Sri ranga Ranga enru azhaikkum enakku
Perugum Kaveri aarinridaiye aravanai thuyilum en ammaane, pemmane

Charanam : Eravedhu pagaledhu, unnai ninaipadharkku
uravedhu, pagaiyedhu, unnai saranadaindhapin
Pirappedhu, erappedhu un adimai aanapin
kuravai niraivakkumguna kunjarame

The lyrics is soaked in Saranagati tattvam and the composer has used alliteration, rhyme and symmetry beautifully and the prosodic content is beautiful.

More so is Smt.R.V. choice of the tala ( Khanda Chapu) which aptly fits in with the metre and slices the words meaningfully. Added to the jewel is the most beautiful rakti raga Karaharapriya with apt use of the Nishada and Madhyama , two jiva swaras of the raga.

You should listen to the tune to get the full picture of aesthetics.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 23 Sep 2007, 20:27

Thanks Saveri.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Sep 2007, 00:57

Thanks Saveri.
Though I do not know the song, with the lyrics posted here, a few corrections:
iravEdu pagalEdu (whether night time or day time)
iRappEdu=there is no death
aDimai (slave, servant)
kuRaivai niRaivAkkum
It is understood that for those who want the lyrics and cannot read tamizh script, the differences in r and R do not matter because the difference does not come across in tamizh while we speak it (however, the meanings may change by using just r in place of R and vice versa example: karai=edge kaRai=stain).
There is no dh sound in tamizh. Edu (we hear this word several times in this song). It is not pronounced as the dha as in sudhA or rAdhA, but as in sadA and padam (soft).

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 24 Sep 2007, 02:10

Saveri: Do you happen to have any information on the compositions of Dr.Srivatsa?

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 24 Sep 2007, 15:07

oh my gosh! sad that i had to miss this concert...

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 24 Sep 2007, 20:58

Dear arasi,

Thanks for the diacritical corrections. I am not used to writing that way in English and hence used the amnner in which it is written in tamizh.

Saveri.

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 24 Sep 2007, 21:10

karthikeya kamalekshana siva suta is a song in Valaj , very popular

he has ongs on Kantimati amman, Lord Dhanvantri or Srirangam, Sringeri and Kanchi pontiffs , Sharadamba of Sringeri , one song on Rama ( sung by Vijay Siva in the CD titled RAMAMRUTHAM).

His mudra is Srivatsa or Srisuta

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 25 Sep 2007, 02:23

Thanks again Saveri for the info on Srivatsa's songs.

About the diacritical script, there still isn't one which is accepted by all! I wasn't good at it. The more I typed songs and translations, the better I got to be--but that is not the best, I would say!

In general, we use A for the elongated sound 'A'. It took some time to get used to it at first (visually). Others use 'aa' which is visually pleasing but I prefer A for more clarity, and there are several other issues...

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 25 Sep 2007, 10:13

CORRECTIONS :

The Mandari varnam Vanajaksha is by Mysore Vasudevachar, and not H M B. I got it reconfirmed.

The last song Gokul Paalaaka in Bhimplas is also Mysore Vasudevachar. The concert started with MV and ended with MV !!!

Kindly excuse the error .