Sikkil Gurucharan at Astika Samajam on 31.1.2011

[grsastrigal]

Nice to post my first review in the new format..

Astika Samajam-Alwarpet arranged a series of concerts as part of Thyagaraja Aradhana
festiva and it was the day of

Sikkil Gurucharan
Tiruvarur Baktavatsalam
S.Varadararajan-Violin
Vakam Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam

The concert was supposed to be for 2.30 hours but delayed and started at 6.50 because
TB arrived late. Sharp it ended at 8.50.

Nerenemmi-Kanada
nE jEsina nEramu liTTidani nIvE nAtO delupumu rAma-Purnachandrika-PSI Swaram in Rejesina.

Raga Alapana-Kumudakriya followed by
"Ardhanareeswaram and Neraval in "Ardhanareeshwaram"-MD

Srirama Padama- Amritavahini-T
Main-Shankarabharanam-followed by "Enduku peddala"- Neraval in "Veda sastra" and swaram.-T

Tani
nALai varum enru- Chandrakauns-Madurai GS Mani
Iyal isai-Tiruppugazh-Desh-AruNagirinadhar

Mangalam kosalendraya-surutti followed by "Srirama JayamangaLam"

SGC, in his short duration, managed to give full justice in raga alapana of both K.kriya and S.Bharanam. Unknown kriti in PSI added
value to this though he was referring the book while singing this...

His Shankarabharanam was too good. Pleasure to listen "enduku", the best of T's compositions.

Special mention about Tani. Vaikam and Tiruvarur-I would say performed most of their concerts together.
Sort of "Made for each other". Tani for 7 minutes was superb. A good Guru is identified by a good disciple.
Delhi S.Sairam is one among many of TB.

[Lakshman]

The Patnam kriti is:
nE jEsina nEramu liTTidani nIvE nAtO delupumu rAma

[grsastrigal]

Thanks Mr.Lakshman. I tried to get the song of "NaLai" and as usual you rescued me. but in saraNam I don't get the meaning of
"aNunguDanE tIrum tiraNDu vEdam ". Is it correct ?

nALai varum enru. rAgA: candrakauns. Adi tALA. Composer: Madurai G.S.Mani.

P: nALai varum enru nambalAmA guhan tALai paNindaruL pera vENDAmA
A: vElai piDitta kanda vElai manamurugi kalai mAlai oru vELaiyum tudikkAmal
C: azhagAna vAlibam aNunguDanE tIrum tiraNDu vEdam nEram kavalaippala
tiru murugan nAmam ninaikka nEramillai mana tiravi enbadu engO teriyavillai