Parasala Ponnammal @ Ragasudha 31.12.2010......

[semmu86]

Parasala Ponnammal - Ragasudha - 31.12.10

Parasala Ponnammal - Vocal
Smt.Bhama (?) - Vocal support.
Sri.V.V.Ravi - Violin
Sri.Umayalpuram Mali- Mrudangam

The songlist am writing down here is from memory and i request for any corrections in the same and apologies for any mistakes.

1. sAmi ninnE (?)- varNam - pantuvarALi (?) - Adhi (S).
2. pari pAhi - sAveri - Adhi - R,S.
3. hiRanmayEEm - Lalitha - rUpaka chApu.
4. tsAlakalla lADu - Arabhi- Adhi - (R,N,S @ ilalO).
5. sudhAmayi - amRuthavaRshini - rUpaka chApu
6. bhArathi mAmava - thODi- Adhi - (R,N,S,T).
7. kala kanDi khatham hAram - nEElAmbaRi- Misra chApu.
8. iTu sAhasamulu - saindhavi(?) - Adhi
9. thillAnA - kaRnATaka dhEvaghAndhAri(?) - Adhi.
10. karpagamE - MadhyamAvathi - Adhi.

A wonderful concert to remember for a long time to come. PP's voice was in great form and the concert was a virtual treat.

Most of them were swAthi thiRuNAL compositions and PP's masterful rendition of them embellished the concert to greater heights. The beauty of sarvalaghu swara singing (especially Arabhi) was brought out in its majestic best by PP, an hallmark of SSI's style of singing. Just goes to show, how sometimes all the fast cacophonical phrases and the mindboggling mathematics sometimes represents lack of ideas and ignorance in bringing out the depth and bhavam of a raga...

My grandma was also very happy to catch up with her childhood Trivandrum friend (PP).

A wonderful way to round of 2010.....

[harimau]

Parasala Ponnammal - Ragasudha - 31.12.10

1. sAmi ninnE (?)- varNam - pantuvarALi (?) - Adhi (S).

I suppose bilahari wasn't there, otherwise you could have asked him! ]

[Nick H]

My grandma was also very happy to catch up with her childhood Trivandrum friend

Sorry I missed speaking to you. You had already gone when I looked.

[semmu86]

Nick, yeah i had to leave as soon as the concert was over as my grandma had already started to complain about leg pain...

[eppramod]

Thanks for the song list
Heard from my cousin who attended the concert that it was a great one.

Pramod

[mahavishnu]

cheeky, harimau.

There are two sami Ninne varnams in Pantuvarali; only one of them is in adi talam (Shadkala Narasayya). The ata tala varnam is by Veenai Kuppayyer.

and Swati tirunal's itu sahasamulu is in Saindhavi. TMK also sang it at the academy on Jan 1.

[ksrimech]

The ata tala varnam is by Veenai Kuppayyer.

Doesn't that start chEliyApai dayabuTTAdEmayyA?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rltshuT4UfM

[sr_iyer]

The two varNams that start with the word 'sAmi' in this rAga I am familiar with are both in Adi tALa -- sAmi ninnE and sAminItODitEvE. I have seen multiple composers being ascribed to the second named varNam, in different books - of course, the first one viz sAmi ninnE is known as a composition of ShaDkAla narasayyA.

[bilahari]

Come to think of it, the varNam in this concert was sAmi nITODi. PP sings some really uncommon varNams in general and I thoroughly enjoy them - a pada varNam in tODi in San Diego comes to mind immediately.

[mahavishnu]

Sorry, I meant to say that there are two varnams that I am aware of in Pantuvarali. And yes, ksrimech the second one is the one you mentioned.

I have not heard sami niTODi before.

[harimau]

cheeky, harimau.

Now that bilahari is safely on homegrounds, he can get together with bala747 who introduced himself as:

[City: Singapore

Favourite Artistes: MDR, SSI, Somu, Santhanam, Brinda/Mukta, My mother.
(instrumentalists): MSG, TNK, LGJ, MC, Balachander, Karukurichi, TNR, PMI, VR, Harishankar, Palani Subramaniam Pillai, my brothers (violin, mridangam)

Musical Training: Vocal (about 5 years of formal, many years of informal)
Violin: 15 years

Favourite Ragas: Purvikalyani, Varali, Kedaragoula, Devagandhari, Vasantha, Asaveri

Favourite compositions: Kanakana Ruchira - Varali, Satre Vilagi - Purvikalyani, Ninnu Vina - Purvikalyani (both sung by MDR), Kripaya Palaya - Charukesi, Meenakshi - Purvikalyani and others]

On second thoughts, nah! That guy is way too much into Purvikalyani too! ]

[arasi]

Harimau,
Where you at Chennai for the season? Wish you had come to the RasikAs meeting and had introduced yourself. There were a couple of forumites who mistook a gentleman I happen to know for Harimau at another concert of the Golden Girl!

[rbharath]

the Arabhi was awesomeness..
tODi was nice as well