Sanjay, Veda Pata Nidhi

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 20 May 2008, 23:15

Sanjay Subrahmanyan - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Ramadas

Veda Pata Nidhi. Kanchi Periyava Jayanthi Celebrations
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall.
20th May 2008. 6:30 pm

bhavanuta - mOhanam - Adi - T
nI daya rAdhA - vasanta bhairavi - rUpakam - T
vinatA suta vAhanuDai - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
nI mati challaga - Anandabhairavi - Adi - Kavi Matrubhoothaiyya
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - misra cApu - MD (R)
sivakAma sundari - mukhAri - Adi - PS
aru marundoru tani marundu - kAmbhOji - rUpakam - MT
durusuga krupajUchi - sAvEri - Adi - SS (RS)
tani Avarththanam
hE gOvinda - madhuvanti - rUpakam - Sur Das (R)
rAmanai bhajittAl - mAND - Adi - PS
tillAnA - tODi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a nice concert. The AlApanais of kalyANi and sAvEri were both done beautifully. All the kritis were rendered very well. The svarams were all off beat and employed a lot of dhATTu prayOgams particularly. The madhuvanti AlApanai was very much making one expect a Pallavi. The accompanists were good.

bharath

PS: i m hoping people will write longer comments on this concert

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 20 May 2008, 23:23

rAmanai bhajittAl is also by Papanasham Shivan.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 20 May 2008, 23:24

The Mohanam was a good start. There was a short round of Swarams. To me, the second piece Nee Daya Rada was the pick of the concert. It was very well rendered. Harikambhoji Alapanai was good. Anandabhairavi and Kambhoji pieces were relatively rare and well sung. And yes, the Madhuvanthi had several people expecting a Pallavi.
Sathej

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 20 May 2008, 23:25

Thanks Bharath - good to hear about a Sanjay concert after the flurry of TMKs over the last few weeks! I guess going by the trend he had set a few months back, you could be pardoned for anticipating an RTP in Madhuvanti!

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 20 May 2008, 23:26

BTW how long was the Madhuvanti alaapana?

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 20 May 2008, 23:36

The Madhuvanthi was for about 3-4 minutes.
Sathej

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 May 2008, 02:43

Thank you bharath.
Sanjay's concert review on the forum appears after a long while. I have not seen one since he went back home after touring Europe.
As expected, a varied list. He has chosen such emotive krutis for the concert. I notice that there was no varNam (nor is it found in the middle of the concert list!).
Wish I had heard the vinatA suta vAhanuDai in hari khAmbOji. An unheard kruti for me and with RNS too, in a favored tAgA. KalyANi is invariably sung with relish by Sanjay.

Vijay,
Your boss should look at weekend concert schedules in various cities before sending you off on trips...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 May 2008, 05:22

Arasi wrote:
Vijay,
Your boss should look at weekend concert schedules in various cities before sending you off on trips...

I remember, when I was working in the Admn. office of a bank in Chennai (Madras) , so many years back, how my DGM,(who himself was and ardent CM fan) used to grant me 10 days leave for the Dec. season on the condition that I must, on my return, give him a detailed report of every concert I attended, which I gladly did.
Being the admn. office, we had no pressure of the 'half-yearly-closings'.
This enabled me to attend the 'Dec-Season' continuously for so many years.
I recall those days with nostalgia.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 May 2008, 09:58

Sathej wrote:The Madhuvanthi was for about 3-4 minutes.
Sathej

i somehow felt it was atleast 6+ minutes. wasnt it? may be it made such an impression.

arasi wrote:I notice that there was no varNam (nor is it found in the middle of the concert list!).

i dint know this happens with sanjay lists as well.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 21 May 2008, 10:22

I think the tillana was a Misu Krishnaiyer composition

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 May 2008, 10:24

sureshvv wrote:I think the tillana was a Misu Krishnaiyer composition

could be.

the last line of sAhityam went something like "krishNa rAjEndruni rakshinchu chamuNDi" or something. so i guess it must be a composition of krishan rajendra wodeyar. however, it could be somebody in his court or so...

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 21 May 2008, 10:28

Let me review this in a poetic style.

On the occasion of 115th Jayanthi of Mahaperiyaval, the stage was set for a wonderful evening. Surprising drizzle for 10 minutes created â€œsand aromaâ€

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 21 May 2008, 10:38

The event was to commemorate the birthday of Kanchi Maha periyavar. And the harikamboji kriti is said to be composed by Thyagaraja describing the Garuda Seva at the Kanchi temple.

Sathej · Post by **Sathej** » 21 May 2008, 10:38

The Madhuvanthi was actually for 5 minutes. Checked it out just now.
Sathej

hindolam · Post by **hindolam** » 21 May 2008, 10:41

Thyagaraja Kriti - Vinataa Suta Vaahanudai - Raga Hari Kaambhoji

vinatA suta vAhanuDai-harikAmbhOji

In the kRti â€˜vinatA suta vAhanaâ€™ â€“ rAga harikAmbhOji, zrI tyAgarAja describes the beauty of procession of Lord varadarAja at kAncipuraM.
(As per remarks available in the book of TKG, this kRti is believed to be not written by srI tyAgarAja, but sung by certain lineage of disciples of srI tyAgarAja.)

P vinatA suta vAhanuDai
veDalenu kAJci varaduDu

A vanaj(A)san(A)di surulu
sanak(A)di munulu koluva (vinatA)

C nera vaizAkh(O)tsavamuna zata dina-
karul(u)dayiJcirO(y)ana pazcima
gOpura dvAramuna car(A)caramulaku
vara tyAgarAjuku vaga telupa (vinatA)

Gist
Lord varadarAja of kAncipuraM is going in procession, seated on the carriage of garuDa, with brahmA, sages sanaka and others at service, during the grand vaizAkha festival, as if a hundred Suns have arisen together, on the Western entrance of the temple tower, in order to show the path of salvation to the moving and non-moving and to this blessed tyAgaraja.

Word-by-word Meaning

P The Lord varadarAja of kAncipuraM (kAnci) is going in procession (veDalenu) seated on the carriage (vAhana) (vAhanuDai) of garuDa â€“ son (suta) of vinatA.

A With brahmA â€“ one seated (Asana) on Lotus (vanaja) â€“ and others (Adi)
(vanajAsanAdi), sages sanaka and others (Adi) (sanakAdi) at service (koluva),
the Lord varadarAja of kAncipuraM is going in procession seated on the carriage of garuDa â€“ son of vinatA.

C In the grand (nera) festival (utsavamuna) of the month vaizAkha (vizAkhOtsavamuna),
as if (ana) a hundred (zata) Suns (dinakarulu) have arisen (udayiJcirO) (dinakaruludayiJcirOyana) together,
on the Western (pascima) entrance (dvAramuna) of the temple tower (gOpura),
in order to show (telupa) (literally inform) the path (vaga) (of salvation) to the moving (cara) and non-moving (acara) (carAcaramulaku) and to this blessed (vara) tyAgaraja (tyAgarAjuku),
the Lord varadarAja of kAncipuraM is going in procession seated on the carriage of garuDa â€“ son of vinatA.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 21 May 2008, 10:46

Thank you sastrigal for the poetic set up to go with the review and song list. Don't understand why you quoted "fortunate" other than that you are prone to excessive quoting

Beg to differ with sastrigal on the accompaniments. Both were top class without being intrusive,

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 21 May 2008, 15:50

Thank you Hindolam for your efforts in giving the details of Kriti. Sanjay took this kriti because it is connected to Vaikasi month, which is the current Tamil month.

Even Bhajara (Kalyani) was rendered because of Vaitheeswaran Koil, being Angaraha Kshetram and the concert was on Tuesday.

One more point is- listening to the beautiful kriti of SS (Saveri), the pallavi goes like this.

"durusugA k.rpajUci santata-
marogad.rDhasharIramuga salupunanu"

From my limited knowledge on sanskrit, I guessed SS is praying for a good health and other things. I could not stop thinking of his family's condition (being discussed in segment of this site.)

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 21 May 2008, 15:54

oh ya. i just realised. yesterday (the day of concert) was the garuDa sEvai utsavam for kanchi varadaraja svami.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 21 May 2008, 15:59

It would be interesting if Lakshman Sir could post a list of pUCi iyengAr's tillAnAs.

madhavan · Post by **madhavan** » 22 May 2008, 13:26

On the occasion of Mahaperiaval Jayanthi, there was no song on Him and even Guru for that matter. How come the senior vidwan did not keep that in mind before selecting songs? I was expecting "Punniyam oru khodi" in Kiravani composed by Periasamy Thooran, but there was no song to mark the occasion. Even none of the fellow review-posters did observe and mention about it here, and that was the reason I waited till now to share my feelings! Anyway all is well that ends well!

saptaratna · Post by **saptaratna** » 22 May 2008, 13:33

The song by St.Tyagaraja on Garuda Seva at Kanchipuram, is, "Varadaraja Ninnu Kori, VacchitiMrokeraa " in raga Swarabhushani, set to Roopaka tala. Swarabhushani is a sister / allied raga of Devamanohari, S g m pd n s, S n d pm r s- ( R varjyam in ascending order and the vakra pattern 'sndn' missing in the descending order). The swaras are the same as that of Devamanohari.