Dr.Smt.Nithyashree Mahadevan on 25/9 Shanmukhananda Hall Mum

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Sep 2009, 00:26

Dr.Smt.Nithyashree Mahadevan - Vocal
M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin
Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridhangam
H.Shivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

A brilliant 3 and half hour concert by Smt.Nithyashree which was dedicated to her Grandmother Sangeetha kalanidi D.K Pattammal.

There was a CD srelease of SRIDEVI kritis of Smt.Nithyashree at the start of function.

Dayanidhe Mamava - Begada
Hariyuvati himavati - Hemavati
Sarva managala maangalye - slokam
followed by Mangala gowri mampahi - Karnataka Shuddha Saveri - Yagneshabattadri - from the cd released
Telisi Rama chintanamu - Poornachandrika - Thyagaraja
Meenalochana Brova - Dhanyasi - A,N S
neraval and swarm at samajagamana neevu
Saraswati annaiye - Karaharapriya - Papanasam sivan
Durgadevi durita nivarini - Navarasa Kanada
Kamalamba bhajare - Kalyani - a,s
alaap for 14 mins violin return for 7 mins Thani for 14 mins
Chintamani griha bhavaye - valaji - Yagnesa Bhattadri from the cd released
Sivaganga nagara - Punnagavarali
Rtp - kamalamanohari,bhagheshwari,vijayanaagari in kandajati triputa taalam,chatushra nadai.
pallavi was "Kamalamanohari sivagama bagheshwari jaya vijayanaagari'
followed by swaras in anandhabhairavi,ranjani,dwijavanti,jaganmohini.nilaambari,bhairavi,lalita,saraswati,gaurimanohari,kanagaangi,mohanakalyaani,durga,
jyotiswaroopini,sindhubhairavi,shivaranjani,madhuvanti,shree.
Tondru nighazndha - Bhairavi -bharatiyaar
Viruttam Kulam tharum selvam tarum followed by Janani janani - Revati
Bhagyadalakshmi - Purandaradaasa
Abhayambaa - sree - Muthuswamy dikshithar Words in sanskrit,telegu,tamizh.

Once again a briliant powerful concert by Smt Nithyashree.
Each one was a brilliant rendering and it was hard to seperate the songs to decide which was good.

The aalaap for dhanyasi and kalyani was superb .The swarams were a typical Nithyashree trademark with ekachakka kanakku vazhakku.

Telisi rama was a fast number sung beautifully while Sivaganga and tondru nigaznda were rendered soulfully.

The piece of the day was RTP.What a permutation combination of the 3 main raga back and forth.It left me spell bound
For Navaratri she sang swarams in ragamalika in different ragam ending the swaram with the ragam name of all the devis.It was iinovative and wonderful ragamalika as I would not have identified some raagams if she dint end the swaram with ragam name.

Violin by Krishnaswami and Mridhangam by Skandasubramaniam and ghatam by Shivaramakrishnan were good supporting Nithyashree perfectly.

Can some one give me the words for the mangalam written in 3 languages by muthuswami dikshitar.

It was a wonderful soulful performance.

It was after the performance that Smt Nithyashree told us that she had landed from Toronto on Thursday and came to Bombay on Friday and she was terribly jet lagged.

It was an amazing effort on her part where she never for a second showed her tiredness .

I would request experts in this form to give the name of the composers of the song which I have left out.

I am now looking forward to her programme on Oct 24th in Fine arts chembur ,which she said was in aid of cancer patients.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Sep 2009, 00:40

Anandabhairavi - thanks for that review...the pallavi for the RTP I think would have been 'kamalAmanOhari siva vAmabhAgESvari jaya vijayanAgari' ....

abhayAmbA is one of the maNiprvALa kritis attributed to MD that is in dispute wrt to its provenance.

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 26 Sep 2009, 00:48

Lucky and blessed are the ones who attended this concert.

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 26 Sep 2009, 01:16

Thanks for the review! Concert seems really wonderful! i heard her sing dhanyasi few years ago in hyderabad.
she sings the raga very well.
Was this concert recorded? would love to listen to the RTP

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 26 Sep 2009, 08:41

anandabhairavi wrote: Can some one give me the words for the mangalam written in 3 languages by muthuswami dikshitar.

having more than one language in a song , we call it manipravAlam. Nice to hear 3 hour + concerts happening in bombay

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Sep 2009, 10:56

RShankar sir.Thanks for pointing out my mistake. She sang as "Sivavama" only but I thought I heard it wrong and made a mistake in noting it as 'Sivagama" which was more familiar to me.Can you tell me the meaning of Sivavama ??

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Sep 2009, 11:13

Revanth I dont know if it wa recorded by the sabha for their archives.

Rajeshnat sir thanks for the information .I am learning so many new things about the music when I read various posts.

pallavi · Post by **pallavi** » 26 Sep 2009, 11:46

Anandabhairavi

Siva Vama Bhaga means left side of Siva

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 26 Sep 2009, 12:48

Thanks for the meaning Pallaviji

sureshdmoh · Post by **sureshdmoh** » 28 Sep 2009, 17:09

anandabhairaviji, Thanks for the review and the I greatly appreciate the mind - your willingness to share your experience to all of us - the unfortunate who could not be present there

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 29 Sep 2009, 11:10

Welcome .My pleasure!

Rishi Sharma · Post by **Rishi Sharma** » 30 Sep 2009, 22:52

Anandabhairavi,
Here are the lyrics for Sri Abhayamba (Manipravalam) - Sri - Adi - Muthuswami Dikshitar

pallavi
shrI abhayAmbA ninnu cintiHncinavAriki
inda kavalai ellAm tIrumammA

anupallavi
hE abhayakarE varE Ishvari kRpatOnu
endanai rakSikka idu nalla samayamammA

caraNaM
nI atyadbhuta shubhaguNamulu vini
nIvE dikkani nera nammiti
nIrajAkSi nijarUpasAkSi
nityAnanda guruguha kaTAkSi rakSi

English
Oh Abhayamba, for those who meditate on You, their difficulties are solved.

Distinguished one, whose hands offer refuge to Her devotees, Ishvari protect me with Your kindness.

I surrender to You with unflinching faith, after hearing about Your splenderous virtues. Oh You lotus-eyed one, You who are the witness for everything, You who are always blissful and bestow Your grace on Guruguha, please protect me.

Thanks. Rishi

anandabhairavi · Post by **anandabhairavi** » 01 Oct 2009, 17:35

Rishi Thanks a lot. Saptharishigalum ungalai aashirvadikkattum !