Aruna Sairam@Varasiddhi Vinayakar Temple, Toronto-aug 3rd

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Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

With Jayadevan on violin, T.Vaidyanathan on mrdangam, Janakan on ghatam and Surendran on morsing.
Song list:

sarva mangaLa mAngalyE shlOka in gambhIranATa followed by
ammA AnandadAyini-gambhIranATa-Balamuralikrishna
bAgAyanayya-candrajyOti-Tyagaraja
namahshivAya vAzhga-tiruvAcakam in AbhOgi follwed by
sabhApatikku vEru deivam-AbhOgi-Gopalakrishna Bharati-N, S
kadanakutUha rAgapriyE-kadanakutUhala-Pallavi Venkatarama Iyer
nArAyaNa bhavadhi –shlOka –shubhapantuvarALi followed by
shrI satyanArAyaNam-shubhapantuvarALi-Dikshitar-A,S
kanaka sabhApati-dhanyAsi-Gopalakrishna Bharati
valaikkai maDanallAn-tEvAram-mOhana followed by
kapAli karuNai-mOhana-Papanasham Shivan-S, tani
ADAdu asangAdu vA-madhyamAvati-UttukAdu venkatakavi followed by
lines from his other songs: kAlinil silambu in tODi, nIla rUpENa in rEvagupti.
bahu vilakagala in aThAnA, makara kuNDala dharita in hindOLa
tIrtha viTThala-abhang
karpaka vinAyaka kaDavuLE-viruttam of Bharatiyar followed by
Az manattil Anai mukhA-hindOLa-N.Viramani Iyer
mADu mEikkum kaNNE – folk song
bAjE nrudanga-abhang
Om murugA oru mugam-viruttam in rAgamAlikA
enna kavi pADinAlum-nIlamaNi-A.Adisesha Iyer
Om shakti parAshakti-Gopalakrishna Bharati
maNamayakkum-viruttam followed by
kALinga nartana tillAnA

arasi
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Post by arasi »

Lakshman,
Wow! Almost every song prefaced by a vituththam!
Any reviews?

kmrasika
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Post by kmrasika »

Oh, she rendered her trademark, "rAgasOngamALikA!!!" Who is pallavi venkaTarAma aiyyer? Never heard of this composer before.
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prashant
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Post by prashant »

kmrasika wrote:Oh, she rendered her trademark, "rAgasOngamALikA!!!"
:D:D:D:D
:lol::lol::lol:

Sam Swaminathan
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Post by Sam Swaminathan »

"Who is pallavi venkaTarAma aiyyer ?

I believe this person is Thinniyam Venkatarama Iyer, who is credited with the creation of Pallavi Ratnamala....those in the know, please confirm or correct this....thanks

kadambam
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Post by kadambam »

Pallavi Venkatarama Iyer aka Flute Venkatarama Iyer was a disciple of Flute Mali. He was a Laya expert and known for composing complex pallavis. He passed away recently (less than a year ago) and was 90+.
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kmrasika
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Post by kmrasika »

Sam Swaminathan wrote:"Who is pallavi venkaTarAma aiyyer ?

I believe this person is Thinniyam Venkatarama Iyer, who is credited with the creation of Pallavi Ratnamala....those in the know, please confirm or correct this....thanks
OK this is the early guru and mentor of Smt suguNA purushOttaman, with whom he successfully published the book, pallavi ratnamAlA.

blackadder
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Post by blackadder »

Report rather than review! Hmmm!! What's up? ;-)

sunayanaa
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Post by sunayanaa »

Sam Swaminathan wrote:"Who is pallavi venkaTarAma aiyyer ?

I believe this person is Thinniyam Venkatarama Iyer, who is credited with the creation of Pallavi Ratnamala....those in the know, please confirm or correct this....thanks
Pallavi Venkatrama Iyer , a flutist was instrumental in shaping many artists. He was too good at Layam and intricate maths. Many mrudangists have got training in "maths" from him which he used to provide free of any charge. He was also called Pallavi Venkatrama Iyer for his "maths" filled Pallavis.

sunayanaa
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mridangam.karthic
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Post by mridangam.karthic »

The morsing artist's name is S. Surenthar he played as usual extremely well on that day

blackadder
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Post by blackadder »

Wow!!! This thread must rank #1 for the longest duration between posts. :-)

mridangam.karthic
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Post by mridangam.karthic »

lol :P im a new user signed up yesterday
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