Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, Music Club IIT Madras

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 25 Sep 2007, 22:57

Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar - V V Srinivasa Rao - Sherthalai R Ananthakrishnan - Anirudh V Athreya

DoMS 101, Music Club IIT Madras
24th September 2007. 6:45 pm

vanajAkshirO - kalyANi - Adi - RSI (varNam)
tatvamariyataramA - rItigauLa - Adi - PS (S)
nIlAyadAkshi - paras - tisra tripuTa - SS
dEvi brOva - cintAmaNi - Adi - SS
ElarA srI krishNA - kAmbhOji - tisra Ekam - TT (RNS)
nenarunchi nAnu - mALavi - Adi - T
srI krishNam bhaja - tODi - Adi - MD (RS)
tani Avarththanam
mAlai pozhudinilE - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Kalki
tillAnA - danasrI - Adi - ST
maithrIm bhajatha
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

Smt Mala presented a real nice concert with pieces carefully chosen and rendered well. The concert began with a brisk rendition of the kalyANi varNam. The rItigauLa piece was played well with svarams at 'madi sEkaran maganE' that were well structured.

The rare paras kriti was rendered very beautifully. The cintAmaNi piece was moving. It was quite a surprise to hear two shyAmA sAstri kritis in a concert, back to back. It was quite a thing to listen both. The kAmbhOji AlApanai was very elaborate and rendered with all the nuances that make the rAgam very enjoyable. The kriti was rendered with neraval and elaborate round of svarams and korappu.

The main tODi AlApanai was done very beautifully. The kriti was rendered with an elaborate round of svarams and korappu, all of which were enjoyable. The rAgamAlikA and the tillAnA were good also.

Smt Mala had carefully planned and chosen pieces. She rendered all the pieces well and made the concert very enjoyable. She was very ably supported by her accompanists.

Sri Srinivasa Rao on the fiddle was good in accompanying thro' the concert. All his replies to the AlApanai, neraval and svarams were all very good and stood up to that of the main artist.

Sri Ananthakrishnan played with good anticipation and all his patterns matched what the main artists played. He was ably supported by Sri Anirudh. The tani they shared was extensive and enjoyable also.

bharath

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 25 Sep 2007, 23:29

Must have been a lovely concert, Bharath! I find her concerts very enjoyable.
It is interesting to note that Smt. Mala Chandrasekhar always renders atleast one of Smt. MSS's (her grandmother-in-law, if I may coin that term!) signature songs in her concerts.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 26 Sep 2007, 11:52

ya.
she gave a very lovely concert.

gundakriya · Post by **gundakriya** » 26 Sep 2007, 12:10

Minor corrections:
1) nIlAyatAkShi
2) dhanashri

BTW, bharath - what is that 'TT' after 'elarA shrI k.RShNa'?? The kriti is generally attributed to Tyagaraja, though there is a school of thought that doubts its authenticity.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 26 Sep 2007, 13:17

TT stands for Thiruvotriyur Thyagaraja.

I always thought ElarA srI krishNa was composition of Thyagaraja. however, Smt Mala announced it is a composition of Thiruvotriyur Thyagaraja. When i asked her later about it, she said, that there was a confusion on whose kriti it is, but she was told by her guru, the Sikkil Sisters and also by Smt R Vedavalli that it is a composition of Thiruvotriyur Thyagaraja.

Hence, i mentioned as TT.

any corrections, proofs for either side are welcome.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 26 Sep 2007, 21:37

Yes. some kritis of TT (like sada matim, Elara) are wrongly attributed to Tyagaraja - as per what I have read.

-Ramakriya