Concert of Smt Aruna Sairam, at Bangalore

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 19 Nov 2008, 17:22

Hello,

As part of Ganjams Flight of Fantessy on 23-11-2008, Smt Aruna Sairam performed after a long gap. The hall was jam packed and rasikas were made to set on the dias also. It was a wonderful concert. The markable aspect was insted of usual pattern of Varnam and Ganesha stuti, the concert began with Devadideva sri vasudeva in raga Sunada vinodhine. It was good.

Shriroop

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 19 Nov 2008, 18:23

Hi,

Can anyone post the list of songs. I heard once she sing an elaborate Bairavi at MA in chennai. I have an RTP of her in thodi
(commercial release). Any RTP rendered? Any new abangs? Anything special?

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 20 Nov 2008, 02:49

Sunada vinodini seems Aruna Sairam's favourite raga. She seems to be very comfortable singing the raga.

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 20 Nov 2008, 12:05

Hi,

There was a RTP. It was Bhagyada lakshmi Baramma in Madyamavathi and further in Ragamalika . She sang two Abhangs one was a request in Raga Saraswathi " Kadakadini" . Concluding piece was Thillana of Oothakadu, Kalinga Mardhana one of her famous piece.

Shriroop

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 20 Nov 2008, 17:24

shriroop wrote:Hi,

Kalinga Mardhana one of her famous piece.

Shriroop

Was this piece on the Emperor, Ashoka?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 20 Nov 2008, 18:45

The erstwhile warrior of the region speaketh

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 20 Nov 2008, 23:56

Hi,

Sorry, How one can think of Emporer Ashoka. It is on Lord Krishna's Kalinga (Serpent) Mardhana.

Clear now?

Shriroop

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 21 Nov 2008, 10:23

Hi Shriroop, the piece is called "Kalinga Nardhana" and presumably refers to Krishna's dance on top of Kaliya, the snake
Kalinga, or Orissa, is also where Ashoka waged a terrible war that changed his life...Mardhana, I think, means destroying - so Kalinga Mardhana could also be a reference to the king.

Purist · Post by **Purist** » 21 Nov 2008, 13:50

She rendered Vasudevayani in Kalyani after a good alapana .
Could not find a seat and missed the rest of the concert.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Nov 2008, 23:21

So, purist did the ghar jAnA
nardhana mardhana gharjana...
Oh boy! Doesn't it usher in a lion?

Purist · Post by **Purist** » 22 Nov 2008, 13:10

arasi wrote:So, purist did the ghar jAnA
nardhana mardhana gharjana...
Oh boy! Doesn't it usher in a lion?

Sorry arasi, I could not get the full import !!!
Pl unfold.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 22 Nov 2008, 14:26

Unfortunately, on that day I was on an evening flight from delhi to Bangalore by A JETLITE PLANE .I was eyeing my co passenger with jealousy who was deeply immersed in hearing AS, in his.mp3 addeed to my misery was the chaming air hostesses were supplyin g all the passengers with a small bottle of 200ml water only . nothing else.LOng live economy drive! gobilalitha

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 22 Nov 2008, 20:44

'kAlinga narttanam'? 'kAlinga mardhanam'? 'kalinga mardhanam'?

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 22 Nov 2008, 23:58

Hi,

Krishna started with Narthanam and finally I think it was mardhanam. Hope I am right.

Shriroop

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 23 Nov 2008, 00:01

Hi,

She sang two Kannada Devaranamas, one was a request Pillangoviya. Mokshamugalada, One song in Ritigowla, Kadanakutuhalam (not raghuvamshasudha), were some of the pieces of the concert.
Shriroop

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Nov 2008, 09:52

Purist,
You said you did not find a seat and had to 'go home' (ghar jAnA). So, I added gharjanA (the roar of the lion) to mardhanA.,
The erstwhile kalingA warrior (Vijay, who used to live in that region) spotted the mardhanam in place of nardhanam, so, your leaving for home added one more word to the list

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Nov 2008, 21:38

mardana (not mardhana) - could mean both killing, or subduing...

So, in krishNa's enounter with kALIya, it was mardana (subduing - and not killing), followed by nartana - to symbolize the subduing of his ego, after which kALIya along with his wives, left the yamunA.....

I think the kALIya nartanam of Sri OVK (the one that starts with 'yamunA taTaka..') is not a tillAnA - just a superb aural description of the final dance that evokes vivid images.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Nov 2008, 22:23

Ravi,
While I goofed with the extra 'h' with both words, in tamizh, it is nardanam and mardanam, isn't it?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 23 Nov 2008, 22:46

Thanks Ravi - I have never correctly understood whether the dh is stands for the consonant in "dhanush" (bow) or "daya"(pity)...I guess we must then have three categories - d, dh and dhh! Pity about the limitations of the English alphabet

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Nov 2008, 23:17

Vijay,

I think it is D (like in Dar - fear), Dh (DhAkA), d (dayA), or dh (dhan - wealth) when we romanize Indian script. In tamizh, D, and Dh, along with T (TUTnA - to break) and Th (jhUTh - lie) get collapsed to the T/D letter/sound, and d, and dh, along with t (sItA) and th (tithi - date) all get collapsed to the t/d letter/sound.

Arasi,

You are correct - nardanam in tamizh is nartanam/dance, while mardanam sounds and means the same...

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 24 Nov 2008, 21:36

Thanks Ravi! Dhaka does ring a bell but I think it will be a while before I get the translisteration scheme

shriroop · Post by **shriroop** » 25 Nov 2008, 11:44

Funny, the topic was to gather some openion on Aruna Sairams music and to share the views of the rasikas about the concerts they have attended and to review the Music of the famous artist. Insted it is pity that people discuss on Narthana OR Mardhana and other things.

Shrioop

Purist · Post by **Purist** » 25 Nov 2008, 12:25

Arasi,

Thanks, that was interesting.

Shriroop,

take it easy

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 25 Nov 2008, 13:30

Shiroop,

I agree with you. I also felt exactly like you.

I think this goes once again to prove that we are no longer interested in people like women artists like Sudha Raghunathan, Nithyasree, Aruna Sairam, Mahathi etc. I am sure people now will fight back saying Soumya , Ranjini & Gayathri are done regularly and some others like vedavalli and Suguna Puroshotam are reviewed. But the enthu in reviews of TMK, Sanjay, TNS is not there in others. I guess FANs of such people should come forward in to putting their views in web. But I am not sure whether this is women vs men performer bias. I guess everyone is busy and they can attend only their fav artist. I will be very keen reading Mandolin U Srinivas , Shashank and Ravikiran reviews and they are all great artists. Nowadays there is some interest here in Vijay Siva and TVS.

rbsiyer · Post by **rbsiyer** » 25 Nov 2008, 15:41

rajaglan wrote:Shiroop,

I think this goes once again to prove that we are no longer interested in people like women artists like Sudha Raghunathan, Nithyasree, Aruna Sairam, Mahathi etc. I am sure people now will fight back saying Soumya , Ranjini & Gayathri are done regularly and some others like Suguna Puroshotam are reviewed. But the enthu in reviews of TMK, Sanjay, TNS is not there in others. I guess FANs of such people should come forward in to putting their views in web. But I am not sure whether this is women vs men performer bias. I guess everyone is busy and they can attend only their fav artist.

the preferences in a low traffic forum and that too pertaining to a form of music that has long lost its mass appeal is not statistically meaningful. sample size needs to be large for pattern to emerge. so dont take it seriously.
audience profile of aruna, sudha, nityashri concerts versus the others varies drastically also. maybe only small percentage of non-tmk-sanjay audience pool is online! i am fan of all the three ladies but neither read nor write reviews. but who is this mahathi who is clubbed with such popular singers? have never seen the name in even one of my sabha schedules.

bias is everywhere. hindu newspaper coverage is very biased often hyping up completely mediocre singers! sruti magazine has also joined this bandwagon after pattabhiramans demise. other media dont seem to have agenda but covre carnatic music in token and/or random fashion.

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 25 Nov 2008, 16:15

Shriroop, sorry for hijacking the thread...I am a bit of a sucker for puns although I seem to have got my Sanksrit all mixed up in this case...no offence intended...

Let us get back to Aruna SAiram...or rather, why we don't have as many reviews of popular lady artistes....

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 25 Nov 2008, 16:24

Hi rbsiyer
thanks.
Mahati is added not to club with stalwarts, just to highlight that we do review of upcoming artists like Abhishek Raghuram , Prassanna Venkatraman etc (also selectively) . Mahati is covered in Kumudham, viktatan , hindu and Aval vikatan during music season. I havenot heard much except a song of her Mahalakshmi jaganmatha and also a thodi (mind boggling and short) alapana of her in some program. So that 'etc' has lot more