Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam - House concert in Atlanta

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 29 Apr 2008, 00:34

Smt Jayalakshmi Santhanam gave a house concert at Smt. Shanti and Sri Srinivasan Ramaswamy's house in Atlanta on Saturday April 26th. She was accompanied by Sri Lakshminarayanan on the violin and Sri Ram Sriram on the mrudangam.
The concert went on for close to 3 hours. Here are the items she sang:

gnyAnAnandamayam dEvam - slokam in nATakuranji
1. calamEla- varnam in nATakuranji - Adi
2. gajavadana bEDuvE - hamsadhwani - Adi - purandara dAsa - swaram at pallavi
3. sarasIruhAsana priye - nATa - Adi - puliyUr doraisAmi Iyer - swaram at saraswathi
4. sAdhincenE - Arabhi - Adi - - tyAgarAja - rAga sketch
5. himAdrisuthE - kalyAni - rUpakam - SyAma SAStri - rAgam, neraval and swaram at sYAmakrishha sOdari gowri
6. enRikku Shiva krupai - mukhAri - misra chApu - gOpAla krishna bhArati?
7. enta nErchina - udaya ravi chandrika - Adi - tyAgarAja
8. pancAShatpITha rUpiNi - karnATaka dEvagandhAri - Adi - dIkshitar - rAgam
9. sAmikku sari evvarE - kEdAragowLa - misra chApu - pApanASam Sivan - rAgam
10. kshitijA ramaNam - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - dIkshitar - rAgam sketch
11. alamElumanga nI abhinava rUpamu - bhairavi - khanda chApu - annamAcArya - swaram at pallavi
12. daridApulEka - sAvEri - Adi - tyAgarAja - rAgam, neraval and swaram at valaci padamula nammitE - tani
13. viruttam - AniraimEkka in rAgas bilahari, dhanyAsi, sahAna, kApi followed by ennatavam Saidanai
14 vElan varuvAraDi - rAgamAlika
15. celi nEneTlu sahintunE - pharas - Adi - jAvaLi
16. mAlE maNivaNNA - kuntala varALi - Adi
17. pUrnachandrika tillana - Adi
ended with Sriyah kAnthAya

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 29 Apr 2008, 00:38

sAmikku sari evvarE is a composition of Papanasam Sivan.

and the concert list looks awesome.

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 29 Apr 2008, 00:47

Thanks rbharath,
I have added it to the post.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 29 Apr 2008, 01:37

enraikku shiva krpa is by NIlakantha shivan.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 01 May 2008, 12:21

Isn't # 11 - alamElu manga in khaNDA CApu? Thanks shishya for posting this list.

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 01 May 2008, 17:16

you are right Prashant it was sung in khanda chapu. A slip between notes and the post

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 01 May 2008, 20:30

Jayalakshmi has been giving several concerts and is going to be singing more during her stay here. I heard about concerts (a workshop too?) in the Chicago area, Florida, Detroit and so on...