Madurai Sundar at SSVT, DC - Dikshitar Aradhana

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 04 Nov 2007, 08:49

Madurai R. Sundar - Vocal
Sandhya Srinath - Violin
Srinath Balasubramaniam - Mridangam
Vivek Chellappa - Khanjira

1. Shri Mahaganapati - Gowla (S)
2. Swaminatha Paripalayashumam - Nattai (S)
3. Balagopala - Bhairavi (N,S)
4. Santhana Manjari - Santhana Manjari (R,S)
5. Marakatavallim - Kambhoji
6. Nirajakshi - Hindolam (S)
7. Ranganayakam - Nayaki
8. Shri Guruguha - Devakriya
9. Shri Rajagopala - Saveri (R,N,S,T)
10. Shri Venkata - Surutti
11. Mamava Pattabhirama - Manirangu

A good concert from Shri. Sundar. The pick of the concert, IMHO, was the short and effective neraval for Balagopala at Drona Karna, and the longer neraval for Shri Rajagopala at Dhiragraganya. Santhana Manjari alapana was detailed and enjoyable. The short renditions of Shri Guruguha and Shri Venkata were also very well done, with the Surutti especially grasping my attention, although it was at the fag end of the concert. There was also a minor faux pas in the Nattai kriti, where he appeared to forget the anupallavi (possibly because the preceding Gowla kriti's anupallavi also starts with Kama Janaka!).

Smt. Sandhya on the violin was decent throughout, with measured responses to Santhana Manjari and Saveri. Shri Srinath and Shri Vivek provided good percussion support and a solid thani, lasting almost 30 minutes. Enjoyable fare, overall.

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 04 Nov 2007, 10:19

Santhanamanjari seems to be a hot favourite with the TNS school...
-bhaktha

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2007, 01:45

venkat,
If the artiste and the sponsors have no objections, could we get a sampling? I have not heard dEvakriyA at all. SantAnamanjari would make it doubly nice...

sridhar · Post by **sridhar** » 05 Nov 2007, 04:22

you mean this particular uruppadi in devakriya

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 05 Nov 2007, 04:55

i did not record it... SSVT releases its recordings that are available at the temple premises... there was also a lec-dem earlier in the day, which i could not attend, by Shri. Sundar explaining the handling of ragas by MD... apparently, he talked about all the kritis that he sang in the evening... during the vote of thanks, one of the organizers referred to the recording of the lec-dem (audio and video)...

Shri Guruguha was popularized by DKP, i am sure you can find it on musicindiaonline...

venkatpv · Post by **venkatpv** » 05 Nov 2007, 04:57

and in case you didnt know, Devakriya is more popularly called Suddha Saveri

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2007, 05:09

No, I didn't! And I do have a song or two in it, by its other name!! LOL...

arunsri · Post by **arunsri** » 05 Nov 2007, 17:53

arasi

the Devakriya kriti is item 2 on the list.

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/~ksj/D%20 ... ar%20Day)/

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 05 Nov 2007, 23:05

arasi wrote:venkat,
If the artiste and the sponsors have no objections, could we get a sampling? I have not heard dEvakriyA at all. SantAnamanjari would make it doubly nice...

IIRC, DKP/DKJ have sung srI guruguha tArayASumAm in dEvakriya in several concerts/recordings. At least some recordings should exist on Sangeethapriya.

-Ramakriya

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 05 Nov 2007, 23:11

SrI guruguha in dEvakriya was the second kriti taught to me. We don't get to hear this often in concerts. I heard only DKP' s version

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 06 Nov 2007, 05:14

I've also never heard the kriti being sung by anyone outside of the DK Bani

sbala · Post by **sbala** » 06 Nov 2007, 07:15

Vedavalli mami has also sung that in one of her albums.

bhaktha · Post by **bhaktha** » 06 Nov 2007, 10:20

I have heard Sri. S Ramanathan render the same... Smt. Sowmya, his disciple sings it often in her concerts.
-bhaktha

sankriti · Post by **sankriti** » 06 Nov 2007, 19:52

Ranjani and Gayathri have rendered "Sri Guruguha Tharayaasumam" - devakriya (suddha saveri), in their "Saravanabava" album.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 06 Nov 2007, 22:01

How can I ever forget now that dEvakriyA and my old pal Suddha sAvEri are different monikers for the same rAgA? Thanks, folks for your posts.
No doubt, one learns all the time, here at the forum...