Sowmya at Margazhi Utsavam (Jaya TV) ?

rain_of_nectar · Post by **rain_of_nectar** » 04 Dec 2008, 18:26

Did any of our forumites attend Smt. Sowmya's thematic concert last night for the Jaya TV series? A relative of mine has been raving about a "magnum opus performance" that encompassed the evolution of Tamil Isai from Silappadikaram times to contemporary composers. She also says it was comparable in scope to last year's breathtaking Nandanar performance from Sowmya. I'm curious to hear from any of our learned forumites who might have attended...

devi · Post by **devi** » 04 Dec 2008, 19:06

Will they show it on Jaya TV?

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 06 Dec 2008, 00:07

S. Sowmya, Embar Kannan, Neyveli Narayanan
Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam, Chettinad Vidyashram, RA Puram, Chennai
6.30 pm, Wednesday, Dec 3rd 2008

Theme: silappadikAram mudal shivan varai (From Silappadikaram to Sivan)

1. ADamaikkuyinRa - gambhIra nATTai - ahanAnURu (tolkAppiyam)
2. Aychiar kuRavai (Silappadikaram - Ilango Adigal):
a) kanrukkUnivAk (?) - mullai paNN (mOhanam)
b) irumen shAyal - madhyamAvati (graha bhEdam from mOhanam)
c) kadir tikiri - hindOLam (graha bhEdam from madhyamAvati)
d) vaDavarayai mattAkki - shuddhasAvEri (graha bhEdam from hindOLam. This is the original tune of this popular song)
e) mUvulagum IradiyAn - shuddhadhanyAsi (graha bhEdam from shuddhasAvEri)
3. Appar Tevaram:
a) kalittu kalandOr (tiruviruttam) - kaushigam paNN (bhairavi)
b) ATTuvittAr ARoruvar (tiruttANDagam) - sempAlai paNN (harikAmbhOji)
c) manamenum tONi (tirunErisai) - navarOj
4. yAmAmAni yAmAma (mAlai mAtru padigam - Palindrome) - kaushigam paNN (bhairavi) - tirugnAnasambandhar (Raga sketch)
5. pUtERndu Ayana - Arabhi - tirugnAnasambandhar
6. iDarinum taLarinum - gAndhArapancamam paNN (kEdAragauLa) - tirugnAnasambandhar
7. EzhisayAi (viruttam) followed by 'pattimayum aDimayaiyum' - shankarAbharaNam - sundaramUrtti nAyanAr
8. Divya Prabandham: nOTTra nOnbilEn - gauLa - nammAzhvAr pAsuram
9. Divya Prabandham: ennai varugAvana - tODi - periAzhvAr pAsuram (R sketch, N, S, T)
10. Kamba Ramayanam: ulagam yAvaiyum (rAgamAlika: nATTai & hamIrkalyANi)
11. pArppADum pAtALar (tiruvAcakam) - mOhanam - mANikkavAcakar
12. En paLLi koNDIr ayyA (rAma nATakam) - mOhanam - aruNAcala kavi
13. yArukkuttAn teriyum (pallavi only) - dEvamanohari - gOpAlakRSNa bhArati
14. nAdar muDi mEl irukkum (siddhar pADal) - punnAgavarALi - pAmbATTi siddhar
15. kAlai tUkki - yadukulakAmbhOji - mArimutta piLLai
16. ittanai tulambaramAi (pallavi only) - dhanyAsi - muttu tANDavar
17. ADi koNDAr - mAyAmALavagauLa - muttu tANDavar
18. tamarum amarum (tiruppugazh) - kalyANi - aruNagirinAthar
19. bhUmi mEcciDum (kAvaDi cindu) - tishra naDai - aNNAmalai reDDiAr
20. Brief sketches of 'sanda varai vanda' (khaNDam), 'ponnulavu sennikuLa' (mishram) & 'manjunIhar' (mishram)
21. gaja vadana - shriranjani - pApanAsham shivan
22. vAzhiya sentamizh - mahAkavi bhAratiyAr

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 06 Dec 2008, 01:51

ramanathan wrote: 3. Appar Tevaram:
b) yAmAmAni yAmAma (Palindrome) - kaushigam paNN (bhairavi) - Raga sketch

This is not an Appar Tevaram but the famous mAlai mARRuttirupadhigam (mAlai mARRu - Tamil for Palindrome)
composed by TiruGnanasambandhar. A very nice list and good raga choices.

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 06 Dec 2008, 07:59

ramanathan, will Carnatica be releasing this CD?

By the way, it's been a long time since Carnatica had new releases (the last CDs were the SSI specials back in July). Hope you have a huge new crop in time for the season...

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 06 Dec 2008, 08:38

vidya wrote:This is not an Appar Tevaram but the famous mAlai mARRuttirupadhigam (mAlai mARRu - Tamil for Palindrome)
composed by TiruGnanasambandhar. A very nice list and good raga choices.

My mistake, entirely! Have made the correction in the list. Thanks, vidya.

gn.sn42, this was not a Carnatica programme at all. It is part of the Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam conducted by Maximum Media. Excerpts will be telecast as always, later this month on Jaya TV.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 06 Dec 2008, 10:48

ramanathan wrote:
My mistake, entirely!

Are you sure? Unless my memory is failing me, I think Sowmya described it as an Appar composition.

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 06 Dec 2008, 21:06

Somehow, this has to come on a CD! Youtube dint do justice last year as it was only a portion of her whole program...

murthy.jaya · Post by **murthy.jaya** » 06 Dec 2008, 23:04

It will be nice if this comes out on DVD

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 06 Dec 2008, 23:58

ramanathan wrote:this was not a Carnatica programme at all. It is part of the Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam conducted by Maximum Media. Excerpts will be telecast as always, later this month on Jaya TV.

Thanks, ramanathan, but as others have pointed out, it will be great to have this available on CD or DVD. Could you lean on Maximum Media to release this, or perhaps negotiate to obtain Carnatica the CD rights?

sivakumar_natarajan · Post by **sivakumar_natarajan** » 11 Dec 2008, 16:45

Count me in as another votary for a CD/DVD release of this concert. I heard this performance live and was floored by the scope of the presentation. There are many artistes with the scholarship to take on such a theme, but very few that can effectively articulate their thoughts (both verbal & musical) and carry rasikas along. Sowmya succeeded spectacularly in that respect. An effective communicator in addition to being a fine musician. Very much a worthy inheritor of her guru's mantle, whose delightful lec-dem concerts I have heard in Kerala (he used to be a regular feature at the annual Tulasivanam festival in Trivadrum). For those of you who missed the live performance, be sure to tune in to the TV excerpts and hope that the concert will be released commercially!

Srividyaram · Post by **Srividyaram** » 12 Dec 2008, 22:25

It would be definitely fabulous to have this in a DVD. I saw the nandanaar from last year in you tube and as somebody rightly pointed out, it definitely was not complete. For those of us rasikas who live outside India, DVD releases definitely help immensely.

rain_of_nectar · Post by **rain_of_nectar** » 20 Dec 2008, 09:52

After watching the excerpts of this wonderful performance last night on TV, I have evn greater regrets about not attending the live show

Such vidwat, such articulation.... an artiste with lots of guru kataksham & guru bhakti. She has done real justice to the concept of 'thematic concert' year after year. I have to support all the requests made by others to somehow bring this out as a CD/DVD

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 20 Dec 2008, 11:31

Hi,

I watched the telecast yesterday. It was a lec-dem show. I think MMU is becoming a nice blend of concerts, bhakthi sangeetham and lec-dem. Thanks to Subasree
Thanikasalam and the artists who are innovative about their presentation. For people like me who never learnt CM , she looked like a mucicologist. I leave it to others to comment. Lots of information ( some went over my head).
Some facts like most Appar songs are sung in Bairavi etc.
And the way she answered the mathematics in CM, it was cracker of an explanation using calculus (time differential).
ie d/dt[sangathi] = higher , how it looks nice etc. Soumya proved that she is an engineer too.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 20 Dec 2008, 12:41

I too caught part of the program this morning and agree that it was excellent. But I missed this calculus part you refer to, rajaglan... Can you explain?

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 20 Dec 2008, 17:28

an excellent lec dem!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 Dec 2008, 20:42

I also wish that the complete program be made available in a DVD. Sowmya is indeed an effective muusicologist who wears the mantle of her famous Guru quite well. She seamlessly passes from a teacher to a performer making every point practically demonstrated. She exudes confidence which makes her presentation 'professorial'. She has indeed given a taste of the grandeur and hoariness of 'Tamizh isai' which is an eyeopener for those who beliieve that CM started only with the Trinity

As Newwton once stated, the Trinity stepped on the nameless shoulders of those Giants to reach the heights of CM. lest we forget. CM is the joint heritage of all of us in South India and we should all encourage investigators to sink in that CM ocean deep to bring out thhe pearls just like Sowmya has done as a pioneer. Hats off!

musicfan_4201 · Post by **musicfan_4201** » 21 Dec 2008, 09:37

cmlover wrote:I also wish that the complete program be made available in a DVD. Sowmya is indeed an effective muusicologist who wears the mantle of her famous Guru quite well. She seamlessly passes from a teacher to a performer making every point practically demonstrated. She exudes confidence which makes her presentation 'professorial'. She has indeed given a taste of the grandeur and hoariness of 'Tamizh isai' which is an eyeopener for those who beliieve that CM started only with the Trinity As Newwton once stated, the Trinity stepped on the nameless shoulders of those Giants to reach the heights of CM. lest we forget. CM is the joint heritage of all of us in South India and we should all encourage investigators to sink in that CM ocean deep to bring out thhe pearls just like Sowmya has done as a pioneer. Hats off!

More I read your posts, i think u seem to be more of a strong believer that CM started with the Trinity. And you seem to kindle a controversy upon every opportunity that you get. What is the need for such comment in this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 21 Dec 2008, 10:25

This is now available (only partly unfortunately) on youtube! Sowmya has proved that she is not just another carnatic musician trying to get a name in the concert platform. She has so much more to offer than any other musician i have ever heard in the current generation, added with her humble nature, devotion to her guru and her beautiful voice. She has inherited so much from her guru whom she calls a walking encylopedia.. I think she is getting there too!

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 22 Dec 2008, 08:18

bilahari wrote:I too caught part of the program this morning and agree that it was excellent. But I missed this calculus part you refer to, rajaglan... Can you explain?

Hi,

It was a very simple demo. She sang a sangathi slow and again sang the same sangathi at the usual (higher speed) and showed how it sounds good. So basically it means sangathi has to be delivered at a rate (or time at the denominator).

jeevagv · Post by **jeevagv** » 25 Dec 2008, 02:52

//9. Divya Prabandham: ennai varugAvana - tODi - periAzhvAr pAsuram (R sketch, N, S, T)//
This is by KulasEkara Azvar!

jeevagv · Post by **jeevagv** » 25 Dec 2008, 09:28

I am writing a series a posts in Tamil on this MMU concert. Please do drop in and post your comments.

http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post_9620.html
http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2008/12/2.html
http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2008/12/3.html

The series is to be continued to rest of Smt.Sowmya's presentation!

jeevagv · Post by **jeevagv** » 27 Dec 2008, 07:43

Next Part:

http://jeevagv.blogspot.com/2008/12/4.html