Nithyasree at Parthasarathy Sabha, 1st Jan 2008

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 02 Jan 2008, 12:31

Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal
Usha Rajagopalan - Violin
I. Sivakumar - Mridangam
Dr. Karthik - Ghatam

1-1-2008 @ Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

Song list:

1. sami ninne - varnam - pantuvarali
2. yochana - darbar - tyagaraja
3. maamava satatam - jaganmohini -tyagaraja (RNS)
4. naaraayanaaya namo maadhavaaya - madhyama varaali - naaraayana teertha
5. jnaana sabhayil tillai - saaranga - papanasam sivan (R)
6. kaayaarohanesam - kar devagandhari - dikshitar
7. nannu paalimba - mohanam - (RNST) - NS @ karamuna chara kodhanda kanti to
8. gaanarasam tannil - raga malika? - lalitha sivakumar
9. RTP - dharmavati - tishra tripuTa + khanda naDai - pallavi: aruL puriya uriya tarunam eedayyA murugayyA innum dayavillayA
10. sAyee rAmA - bhajan
11. Javali - cheli neneTlu - pharaz
12. Tillana -
13. mangalam

The concert lasted 3 hours 10 minutes and the audience was eating out of Nithyasree's hands. IMO Usha Rajagopalan played an excellent foil to Nithyasree through out the concert. The main piece in mohanam lasted 50+ minutes with a sweet raga aalapana and a long tani that took 20+ minutes. Dr. Karthik was exceptional on the ghatam in the tani and received multiple rounds of applause from the appreciative audience. I found Nithyasree's jaganmohini aalapana very pleasing. She made useful announcements of the ragas (jaganmohini, dharmavati for the RTP and also announced the taalam of RTP). The gaanarasam song had a charanam on each of the nava rasams and had the audience in thrill. Nithyasree announced that this is a composition of her mother, Mrs. Lalitha Sivakumar.

kgopin · Post by **kgopin** » 02 Jan 2008, 12:38

Kaayaroganeswara - Karnataka Devagandhari - Muthuswamy Dikshitar

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Jan 2008, 12:45

My guess for 11 is Javali in Pharaz

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 02 Jan 2008, 12:47

Sami Ninne (item 1) should be in Pantuvarali unless this was a rare varnam

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 02 Jan 2008, 12:58

Thought I detected traces of p. kalyani...will correct

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 02 Jan 2008, 13:09

First things first, this is among the WORSHHT "big" sabhas I've been to. And the seat I got was empty for good reason. Very strategically placed- every time someone walked past behind it, a minor tremor occured. EXTREMELY disturbing... MEDIOCRE acoustics... ALL this for the sake of sentiment

kAyArOhaNEsham bhaja rE rE is in karnATaka dEvagAndhArI set to rUpakam.
Now I'm confused, I thought, in fact I'm positive she sang Shatkala Narasayya's PantuvarALi varNam! The organisation of songs(4,5,6) struck me as weird and not heading in any direction. 5 in mishra chApu immediately after 4 in khaNDa chApu gave the feeling of... being on a jaunty ride...
Neraval at karamuna for nannu pAlimpa was extremely good and so were the swara matrices although I'd gotten a little bored of mOhanam

(fourth time this season!) I thought the violinist's essay was longer than it could've been. In fact Smt. Nithyasree's long stares at times seemed to suggest a "isn't this getting a tad too long?" undercurrent...

The rAgamAlikA piece was VERY good. It took off in dEsh and moved on to aTANA to project adbhuta rasa. next came khamAs for shringAra followed by sahAnA for karuNA rasa. mAND did seem appropriate by way of rendition for hAsya rasa and rEvatI stood for roudra rasa. Bhaya rasa was depicted via mAyAmAlavagowLa while chandrajyOti for vIbhatsa rasa brought an aura of vivadi mystique. MOhanam was used for vIra rasa and valaji for shAnta rasa (the common association of sAma with shAnta rasa notwithstanding). She then sang swaras for each rAga ending with the name of the corresponding rasa. I believe she's trying to popularise her mother's pieces a little more aggressively nowadays what with kAryakAraNaswarUpanE(sUrya) at the academy n all...

The pallavi seemed an exercise in laya erudition. The exact line was aruL puriya uriya taruNam idayyA murugayya innum dayavillayA. The rAgamAlikA constituted bhowLi, kAnaDA, chandrakauns and (I'm not 100% sure of this one, maybe someone who attended can clarify) ArdradEshi! I know this rAga cuz I've a heard a Dikshitar composition, shrIgaNEshAtparam chitta na hi rE in it. The swaras seemed to suggest it but maybe it wasn't. The sai bhajan was in vAsantI, I love this rAga for it's melancholic feel... I left at this point (had to, coming from half way across the city as I was)

Overall, I think her concert last yr at the same date and venue was far superior n 10 minutes shorter

The violinist was fantastic in her swara repartees but I could hear small squeeks and squeals from the instrument all thru the concert but "interspersed" at such strategic points that no one would notice them seriously. The tanI could've been a little shorter (my near zero understanding of the dynamics of the same probably mitigates to such a view

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Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 03 Jan 2008, 07:25

Ragamalika Thillana by Lalitha Sivakumar. If it was, the ragas include Bhoopalam, Kedaram, and Neelamani. The song you couldn't identify was Cheli Nenetlu in Paras. It is a Jaavali.

Jigyaasa, are you sure she sang Bhowli? It's more likely to have been Revagupthi. Thanks for the other details, like the ragas of the new composition. I wish I could have heard it!

Does anyone know what Nithyasree sang at the Music Academy this season?

sridhar_ranga · Post by **sridhar_ranga** » 03 Jan 2008, 10:57

thanks a bunch, i have edited the songlist...

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 03 Jan 2008, 12:08

@Vocalist, I always mix up the two, BhowLi n rEvagupti, though when I hear grahabalamEmi, I know for SURE it isn't bhowLi... Are u saying it's more likely because bhowLi is a morning rAga? Or is it taboo to sing bhowLi in RTP rAgamAlikA? I dunno... Maybe it WAS rEvagupti...

I've heard that rAgamAlikA tillAnA... She sang it at NGS in 2006 season... IIRC it has 4 or 5 rAgAs although I don't remem the others...

My idea behind mentioning the rAga-rasa pairs was to induce some discussion about the relevance... Looks like it fell flat...

Song list of Nithyasree @ Music Academy, 25th Dec 07(from memory)
1.nATakurinji varNam (Papnasam Sivan)
2.vidhulaku mrokkEdA (S at kamalAgowrI)
3.mAnamu kAvalanu talli(SahAnA, rUpakam, HMB) (A,S at (abhi)mAnamu)
4.bAlasubrahmaNya(kEdAragowLa,rUpakam,Papanasam Sivan)
5.kAryakAraNaswarUpanE(sUrya,mishra chApu, Lalitha Sivakumar)(A, shlOka frm Aditya hrudayam)
6.mInAkshI mE mudam dEhi(gamakakriyA,Adi) (A,N,S,T at madurApurInilayE)
7.RTP-kApi
8.kANa kaNNAyiram(karnATaka dEvagAndhArI, Adi)
9.mangaLam

I might've missed some stuff out but I'm sure abt the above...

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 10 Jan 2008, 06:37

She's been known to sing Revagupthi quite often in her RTPs (like Madhuvanthi) due to her liking of the ragas...seemed more likely for that reason only. I'm sure it has 4 ragas. Probably the other raga was Mohanam.

Thanks for the Music Academy list. Do you remember the pallavi line for the RTP? Btw, could you post the songlists/details for any other Nithyasree concerts you attended?

vvmri · Post by **vvmri** » 10 Jan 2008, 07:14

About the pantuvarali varnam, was the charanam ni mi sha mu yugama by any chance,because if that was the one, this is a rare varnam that is not rendered alot.please clarify.thanks

vageyakara · Post by **vageyakara** » 10 Jan 2008, 08:19

hallo shridhar,
The reason behind the traces of P.oorvi kalyani appearing while dealing with Pantuvarali, is simple.While duing Aalap, one has to be in immediate touch with sudha Deivatam.Whereas the poorvi.Kal.. has a distinct Aaroh: SA RI GA MA PA DA PA SA . hENCE UPTO pANCAMAM BOTH HAVE THE SAME SWARAMS.It is suggested whiule singing P.Kal.The beginning line is started and carried on with SA RI GA MA DHA... and then from the 2nd continuing phrase with SA RI GA MA PA DA PA SA REGION, it would give a clear picture . Where as in panthuvarali you can not avoid Pancamam in the first line itself.to abtain claritry
Ramaraj

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 11 Jan 2008, 12:10

Vocalist wrote:Probably the other raga was Mohanam.

DEFINITELY NOT...

Thanks for the Music Academy list. Do you remember the pallavi line for the RTP? Btw, could you post the songlists/details for any other Nithyasree concerts you attended?

I have the pallavi line in my concert list which isn't with me right now. Will revert when I get it... I managed only 2 concerts of Smt. Nithyasree this season...

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 20 Jan 2008, 10:21

Jigyaasa wrote:
Vocalist wrote:Probably the other raga was Mohanam.
DEFINITELY NOT...

Thanks for the Music Academy list. Do you remember the pallavi line for the RTP? Btw, could you post the songlists/details for any other Nithyasree concerts you attended?
I have the pallavi line in my concert list which isn't with me right now. Will revert when I get it... I managed only 2 concerts of Smt. Nithyasree this season...

Sorry, the other raga was Brindavana-Saranga

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 21 Jan 2008, 14:46

Vocalist wrote:Sorry, the other raga was Brindavana-Saranga

IMPOSSIBLE. Since we've gotten this far, I have a recording of the concert. If it's not against the rules, I'll just share that clip of the rAgamAlikA where this "unidentified" rAga is sung in some time... Ppl should be able to clarify with certainty..

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 21 Jan 2008, 15:20

I'm not sure that's a good idea on this forum, Jigyaasa. The mods might be able to clarify, though.

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 24 Jan 2008, 20:17

Vocalist wrote:She's been known to sing Revagupthi quite often in her RTPs (like Madhuvanthi) due to her liking of the ragas...seemed more likely for that reason only. I'm sure it has 4 ragas. Probably the other raga was Mohanam.

Sorry Jigyaasa. Yeah, I meant the other raga in the Thillana by the last sentence - I wasn't clear at all :/

Sorry, the other raga was Brindavana-Saranga

Again, I meant the Thillana here too :/