Ritha Rajan, Nada Inbam

[rbharath]

Ritha Rajan - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
30 Aug 2010. 6 pm

sAmi nI pai - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK (short sketch) [varNam]
rAmA nI pai - kEdAram - Adi - T (short sketch S)
kAntimati - kalyANi - rUpakam - Subbarama Dikshitar (R)
idhE bhAgyamu - kannaDa - misra cApu - T (RS)
sArasAlanu ipuDu - kApi - rUpakam - TQ (short sketch) [svarajati]
nI pAdamulE gatiyani - bhairavi - Adi - PSI (RNS)
tani
koNTE gADu - suruTTi - tisra tripuTa - K
marubAri - senjuruTTi - rUpakam - DS
rAkA chandra samAna kAnti vadanAm - slOkam from mUka panchasati - aTANA, nAyaki, sahAnA, yadukula kAmbhOji
kAraNamadAga vandu - sindhu bhairavi - kaNDa tripuTa - A [tiruppugazh]
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. From the beginning it was very enjoyable and each piece was rendered with a lot of passion and feeling. There was a prevailing sense of leisure through the concert. The vishrAnti and saukyam that went hand-in-hand with each phrase made it a very memorable concert.

The opening with a grand varNam set stage for the evening. The kEdAram piece was rendered in a gripping fashion with a fantastic round of karpanai svarams.

The first elaboration of the evening kalyANi, on request from this writer, came as a very enjoyable and educative number. The ideas and phrases presented very classical and heavy and the kriti that followed was also rendered with a bhavam and one liked it a lot.

The submain of the evening was an elaborate kannaDa, with a rare number. The AlApanai was fantastic exposing otherwise unknown facets of the rAgam and gave a very detailed and classical painting of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and the svarams that followed were much enjoyable.

The (karnATaka)kApi svarajati that came next, was rendered in a very captivating fashion in a slow tempo and it was a very moving rendition.

With such a buildup came the majestic grand main course of bhairavi. The AlApanai was absorbing and elaborate with all the classical phrases. The kriti was rendered wonderfully with very fitting neraval and svarams that were extraordinarily gripping the rasikas.

However, the grand finale came with the suruTTi padam. Gosh, what a rendition it was. Just too good and brought tears tooo. The jAvaLi that followed was very good. The slOkam was also very grippping and classically rendered in heavy rAgams with a lot of bhavam and vigour.

Smt. Ritha Rajan provided a very deeply classical and gripping recital.

The accompanists were both excellent. The violinst was perfect in playing along for each of the songs. All the replies during manOdarma parts were perfectly matching. The mrudangist played with utmost anticipation and in tandem with the music. The way both the accompanists could see what was coming next and playing just the right thing was pretty astounding and it all gelled perfectly together.


A very classical and wonderful concert to remember for a long time.

bharath

[keerthi]

Impressive song list from Dr.Ritha Rajan, as can be expected from the foremost authority on the pATantara pedigrees of tyagarAja kRti-s. She is one of very few people who sing the telugu version of the lyric for the karnaTaka kapi VarNam. The few people that do know it/ sing it, only sing the sanskrit lyric - 'sumasAyaka-vidhurAM ava'.


IdE bhagyamu exists in the lAlguDi pATHAntara. But, there are precious few vocalists that know this song, with it two-kala charanam-s.

It is interesting that the viduSi has chosen three rAga-s of the northern kAnaDa family - sahAna, nAyaki and atANa for slOka singing.. She always selects rare and beautiful verses.

I envy rbharath. I may never get to listen to RR, directly.

[rbharath]

Impressive song list from Dr.Ritha Rajan, as can be expected from the foremost authority on the pATantara pedigrees of tyagarAja kRti-s. She is one of very few people who sing the telugu version of the lyric for the karnaTaka kapi VarNam. The few people that do know it/ sing it, only sing the sanskrit lyric - 'sumasAyaka-vidhurAM ava'.

indeed. Not many people sing 'sArasAlanu'. I had requested her for it and the kalyANi.

When i asked her for the karnATaka kApi varNam a while back, she immediately replied saying "enakku sumasAyaka theriyAdu. naan sArasAlanu thaan pADuvEn." for which i quietly said "enakkum sArasAlanu thaan venum."

IdE bhagyamu exists in the lAlguDi pATHAntara. But, there are precious few vocalists that know this song, with it two-kala charanam-s.

yes, i have heard LGJ's recordings of this song. Have heard the Lalgudi siblings play it live as well.

It is interesting that the viduSi has chosen three rAga-s of the northern kAnaDa family - sahAna, nAyaki and atANa for slOka singing.. She always selects rare and beautiful verses.

well, she always has such a taste. she usually picks verses and ragams very differently

I envy rbharath. I may never get to listen to RR, directly.

its not that tough man. The next time, she is singing somewhere, i'll let u know as soon as i can. you can plan a trip to madras accordingly.
else, call her to sing in bangalore

[Lakshman]

rbharath: Who is the composer of koNTE gADu?

[cienu]

Not many people sing 'sArasAlanu'. I had requested her for it and the kalyANi.

Bharat made a request for Kalyani. Now thats interesting

[sivapriya]

[quote="rbharath"]Ritha Rajan - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

nI pAdamulE gatiyani - bhairavi - Adi - PSI (RNS)

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Nee Paadamule Gatiyani in Bhairavi Adi tala is NOT composed by PSI ( Patnam Subramania Iyer). It's a composition of ANAI AYYA of Thanjavur fame.

Somehow over a period of time, this composition has been popularly wrongly attributed to a popular composer. Also PSI has hardly any composition on Devi.

This song is on Dharmasamvardhani the Devi of Thanjavur.

[mankuthimma]

Bharat made a request for Kalyani. Now thats interesting

Not at all .For someone who knows Bharath well. Ask him and he will say
I asked it for the Krithi's merit . Not the Raga .

[Lakshman]

The song is by Patnam Subramania Iyer as per kritimani malai vol 4, pg 579. The song composed by Anai Ayya in bhairavi is enduku palumAru.