Kshetra Sangeetham Episode 8 - Invitation

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Dear Rasikas,

Do make it convenient to attend Kshetra TIRUVAIYARU on Sunday - 5th June 2011 . Details are given in the invite below.

[satyabalu]

*Yet another treat awaits us.
*Allow me to import a relevant thread on Tiruvaiyaru.


» 26 Aug 2007 02:19
Hello to everyone and we would like share what we know in this regard.

Its very interesting to see this post. We have done a research and wrote an article on the set kritis called as `Tiruvaiyaru Kshetra Kritis' composed by Saint Tyagaraja. Saint Tyagajara has composed a set of 16 kritis on this kshetram. The kritis Muripemu (Mukari), Sarivedalina (Asaveri), Amma Dharmasamvardhani (Atana) and Sive Pahimam (Kalyani) come under this category.

As you are aware Tiruvaiyaru is known as the `Panchanada kshetram’ (`Panchanadi’ - where the 5 rivers i.e., Kaviri, Vadavar, Vennar, Vettar and Kudamurutti converge).

The names of the deities - Lord Pranatharthiharar and his consort Goddess Dharmasamvardhini .

Since the 5 rivers meet in this place, Lord Pranatharthiharar is also known as Lord Panchanadeeshwarar.

The other kritis are

1. Evarunnaru - Malavasri -Adi
2. Karunajudu -Todi - Adi
3. Bale balendu -Ritigaula - Adi
4. Mutsada brahmadulaku - Madyamavati - Adi
5. Muripemu - Mukari - Adi
6. Sarivedalina - Asaveri - Adi
7. Sivepahimam - Kalyani -Adi
8. Sivasivasiva - Pantuvarali - Adi
9. Ambaninu - Arabi - Adi
10. Ilalopranatharthi - Atana -Adi
11. Ehithrajaga deepa -Saranga -Triputa
12. Darshanamu -Narayanagaula -Jampa
13. Amba dharmasamvardhani -Atana -Adi
14. Parasakti - Saveri - Adi
15. Neevubrova - Saveri -Adi
16. Vidhichakradulaku -Yamunakalyani



lalithanand

» 26 Aug 2007 10:15
Yey mani-Thodi-Shyama Sastri Kriti on Dharmasamvardhini -mention of Kaveri comes in Charanam-Courtesy Rare Kritis of Shama Shastri-Late.Prof.A.Sundaresan.
* I think "Geetharthamu -Surati" was sung in praise of one Anjaneyar temple situated close to Tiruvaiyaru.I need someone to confirm this.
*I notice Kanchi&Tiruvaiyaru were the two shrines sung by all the Trinities.

[hamirkalyani123]

Would be great if someone who is lucky to have attended this concert posts a review of the concert.

[Sundarnrao]

The auditorium was filled to its capacity –Being uniquely ephemeral & tangibly emotional that one can only say that Smt VS’ concert forayed a divine presence aiming to stir the soul on the thematic presentation of KS- Thiruvaiyaaru. Bhakthi was fragranced right at the first drone and thus started the musical expedition with a breezy Bhajana Seyave set to Kedaram.

Warming up her tonal abilities to sheer brilliance within few micro-seconds, Smt VS oozed an authentic alapana ensuring intricacies of every tiny essence of raga being covered with finest emotions. Her manodharma layers strongly vouched her rasaanubhava and built a divine dialogue with her violinist. The first rendition strongly set the celestial expectations with audience at all levels.

Bale Balendu set to ritigowla came poignantly as her second rendition. It was a sheer marvel filled with elaborate exposition of Smt. VS’s artistic brilliance throughout. The song duly elevated the sacredness further to heighten energy for her third rendition Ehi TriJagadisha in saranga. With multi-decades of riyaaz, Smt. VS posed comfort of building the momentum through her exquisite saranga. Her concoction on melody, skill, simplicity and emotions were visible in every phrase of manodharma portions.

It takes a strong maturity and focused concentration to continue with a raag like madhayamavathi right after Saranga and being an able prowess, Smt. VS handled Dharmasamvardhini at ease and crafted a melodic essence with her usual supremacy. Her alaap carried distinctive colors playfully ranging from P-P-P octave range. Followed by Pranatharthiharaya in samanta, Smt. VS crafted yet another colossal treatment to evoke soul and sustained pleasure to every rasika at the venue.

Her Thevaram set in Mukhari right after pranatharthi was a class-par-excellence – Post which, smt. VS continued with a brisky panchanadheesha in poornachandrika. Her lyrical frames and melodic vibrancy was unparalleled all through the rendition, setting augmented anticipation for her master-stroke on the following song set to Saveri (durusuga). Smt.VS’s saveri transcended all the musical-beings for rasikas and transported everyone to heights of divinity.

Smt. VS’s supremacy was felt in every sur and was so enrapturing that, violinist was able to cope well with Smt.VS’s spot-innovations. Smt. VS has a phenomenal knack of producing Hindustani voice culture tersely on the scales that stays common with both the formats of musical system. It was again evident with her Yaman-Kalyan rendition of vidhichakradulaku. Her artistic imaginations on yaman-kalyan was a sheer delight to every rasika. She produced sophisticated approaches on her bol-vistaar and behlawa.

As the mind was seeping into the bouquet of yaman-kalyan, Smt. VS proceeded with her finale through jayamangalam effortlessly and elegantly – thereby making the concert a memorable musical delight.

[vs_manjunath]

Thanks for your review ! Never heard Samantha Ragam.

[mahavishnu]

Thank you for your review, Sundarnrao. You sound just like SVK. And I mean that in a very positive sense Clearly, you enjoyed the music very much.

Any word on the accompanists, esp Akkarai?

Also, did anyone hear Dr. Sudha Seshayyan's discourse before the concert? She is a remarkable speaker and I am sure she had a lot of interesting things to say about Thiruvayyar.

[rajeshnat]

sundarnrao
Give some whitespaces , it is bit difficult to read . Tx for your review

Manjunath
May be you have that already downloaded samanthA.Long time back in our concert series , K gayAthri (student of Smt sugunA purushotam) sang this rAga. Refer this review , lot of details about samanthA in http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... t=samantha

[satyabalu]

*Could not make it to the concert.
*Eager to know the composers for 1-Bhajana seyavu,2.panchanadeesha -Poornachandrika.
*She has covered all the Trinities.

[vsrani]

*Could not make it to the concert.
*Eager to know the composers for 1-Bhajana seyavu,2.panchanadeesha -Poornachandrika.
*She has covered all the Trinities.

The second is Patnam Subramania Iyer krithi - It was displayed on the screen.

[mahavishnu]

Bhajana SeyavE in kedaram is a composition of the Anai-Ayya brothers. Smt Gayathri Venkataraghavan has a wonderful version of it in her Ksetra Tiruvayyaru album released by Charsur.

[Sundarnrao]

Dear Mahavishnu sir - Akkarai Kum Subhalakshi's artistry was a perfect testimony to her creative resourcefulness and innovativeness through-out the concert. She duly casted a a magical blend of “avirbhava, tirobhava & sancharas” through some of the obscure and untouched dimensions of all the raga demonstrations. Her saath (accompaniement) spirited an inimitable style of remarkable fusion of multitudinous aspects of great command of tonality, soulful imaginative quality in the melodic structure and improvisation methods within the creative boundaries beautifully laid by Smt. VS.

Her ‘alap' in the ‘mandra sthayi' or the lower register of the madhyamavathi raga was characterised by a soothing sense of meditative reposefulness. The note “rishabh” had a hauntingly beautiful quality. The sombre alap section in ritigowla was characterized into a “jod” like treatment in which Akkari resorted to a series of pulsations, playing the permutations of notes in a rhythmic manner. The speed of playing also quickened conspicuously to double the tempo of the previous section. Her emotive passages in Saranga maintained a rapid and constant pulsation using the high pitched “chikari” strings that strongly created a sense of scintillating incantatory sound. In a rather surprising and unusual move on yaman-kalyani, she duly embarked on a euphonious delineation many unapproachable flavors. Her musical possibilities that were unleashed on saveri was discernible right from “alaap” and was played as a plaintive melody conveying an ample depth of feeling. Her magical hands are so powerful that, it constantly reminded me of Pandit Ram Narayan and Ustad Sultan Khan with the way they use plectrums to produce emotions, tone, raga and expressions with grace.

The electrifying and resonant “tihayis” of Sri. Sundaresan on mridangam were in astounding synchrony with the resplendant ‘sangathis' in all the chosen ragas, thereby producing ripples of ecstacy and excitement in the audience. He played par excellence. On the whole, it was a perfect trio that created heavenly ambiance for 3 hours.

Dr. Sudha's discourse was extremely innate, sharp and powerful. Known for her multi-faceted prowess, she was able to apply practical & yet philosophical quotients to sustain deepest values & rationales on the backdrop of thiruvaiyaaru. Her confident approach, commanding narration, convincing metaphors and communicative vocabulary set the ambiance of virtual & visual thiruvaiyaru in front of audience.The banner/poster design of concert was also novel and sophistcated.

Btw, who is SVK ?

Dear Rajeshnat Sir - Apologize for the inconveniece caused due to blackberry typing. will make edits for a better readability asap.

[HarishankarK]

*Yet another treat awaits us.

*I notice Kanchi&Tiruvaiyaru were the two shrines sung by all the Trinities.

I guessTirupathi also - Teratiyaga raadha, Sri Venkatagireesam, Venkatasaila Vihara

[HarishankarK]

sundarnrao
Give some whitespaces , it is bit difficult to read . Tx for your review

Manjunath
May be you have that already downloaded samanthA.Long time back in our concert series , K gayAthri (student of Smt sugunA purushotam) sang this rAga. Refer this review , lot of details about samanthA in http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... t=samantha

There is a video in Youtube of a concert in Podhigai by Smt R Vedavalli. She opens her concert with a majestic rendition of this song in Samantha. The diction is so clear and full of bhava. Strongly recommend all to listen to this piece; the full 1 hr concert is a marvellous treat.

[vs_manjunath]

rajeshnat & Harishankar- Thanks for ur inputs reg Samantha ragam. I will listen to this ragam frm the links u have mentioned.

[mahavishnu]

Harishankar: venkatashaila vihArA is not a trinity composition. It is by SubbarAya shAstry.

[satyabalu]

Thanks for your review ! Never heard Samantha Ragam.

*She has done it earlier @Dikshidhar Akandam last year.
*My query on "Geetharthamu"-Is it on a temple in Thiruvaiyaru is unresolved.
*Pranatharthihara-Melakartha ragamalikai-Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer is also on this shrine.

[vs_manjunath]

pavanAthmaja comes in the lyrics of " Geetharthamu" referring to AnjanEya but not sure abt the song made on a Hanuman Temple near Thiruvaiyar!