Sri Vijay Siva at MIT (Cambridge, MA) on Oct 2nd 2016

[Jigyaasa]

Accompanists:

Sri R.K. Sriram Kumar - Violin
Sri J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam
Pramod Gokhale and ... - Vocal support (don't know the other name)

Song list:

Missed the first one or two items - crazy traffic heading into Boston (did anyone else attend who remembers?)

kamalAmbA samrakSatu - Anandabhairavi - miSra cApu - Muthusvami Dikshitar - S at kamalAmbA

bhajana sEyavE - kalyANi - rUpakam - Thyagaraja - A, N at bhajana sEyavE

jayatu gOkulavAsa - kIravANi - Adi - sAhitya of Purandaradasa - A, N, S at jayatu SrIbhUlOla bhaktajana paripAla

samayamidE nannu brOcutaku - budhamanOhari - Adi - Harikeshanallur Muthaiah Bhagavatar

RTP - jayantasEnA
sEnApatE SaktipANE jaya jayAnanta (sEnA...)
catuSra aTa - sAhityam for the pallavi by Sri R.K. Sriram Kumar
trikAlam was done by both disciples together
rAgamAlika svaras in allied rAgAs - madhyamAvati, maNirangu, Sri - each starting off in the slow speed and then transitioning into the faster one tani Avartanam

vElai mali tan kANal mAlai mali (?) - mAyAmALagauLa - rUpakam - ?

hE gOpAlaka ! hE kRpA-jala-nidhE ! hE sindhu-kanyA-patE !
hE kamsAntaka ! hE gajEndra-karuNA-pArINa ! hE mAdhava ! |
hE rAmAnuja ! hE jagad-traya-gurO ! hE puNDarIkAksha! mAm
hE gOpI-jana-nAtha ! pAlaya param jAnAmi na tvAm vinA
from the mukunda mAla in rAga kuntalavarALi followed by
mAlE maNivaNNA - ANDAL tiruppAvai

gAndhi mahAn pirandAr - Karnataka dEvagAndhAri - Adi - Periasamy Thooran
and
shAnta ahimsA mUrtE - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - Mayuram Vishvanatha Shastri
on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti

iruppavar tiruppugazh - Suddha dhanyAsi

kalyANIm karuNArasAndra nayanAm (tODi) kAmAri vAmAngalAm (Ananda bhairavi)
kastUrImatabhAsamAnaniTilAm (kalyANI) kalhAramAlApriyAm (shankarAbharaNam)
kalvandAvati karma gotraya sulabhAm (kAmbhOji) gnyAnaikalafpAm (bhairavi)
sada vande tvAm kamalAmbikE bhagavatim (punnAgavarALi, sAhAna, ghaNTA, Ahiri)
shrI chakrarAjESvarIm (Sri)
rAgAs of the kamalAmbA navAvaraNam
my transcription of the SlOka may have some errors - would someone please check and also mention the source if they are aware?

Sri kamalAmbikE SivE pAhi - Sri - khaNDa Ekam - Muthusvami Dikshitar

[rshankar]

Wow! Very detailed notes...

How was the concert experience (rasAnubhava)?

[rajeshnat]

vElai mali tan kANal mAlai mali (?) - mAyAmALagauLa - rUpakam - ?

MMG krithi , i dont know the composer. Some one else should help?

gAndhi mahAn pirandAr - Karnataka dEvagAndhAri - Adi - ?
and
shAnta ahimsA mUrtE - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - ?

gAndhi mahAn pirandAr - Karnataka dEvagAndhAri - Adi - Periasamy Thooran
shAnta ahimsA mUrtE - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - mayuram vishwanatha sastri

[Jigyaasa]

Wow! Very detailed notes...

How was the concert experience (rasAnubhava)?

Thanks, R. It was a wholesome experience - at times serene and introspective, at others, intense and exhilarating.

The kalyANi AlApana had beautiful pancama varjya phrases cascading downwards. The strength of the voice in the lower octave was evident from the time spent dwelling in the mandAra pancama. The choice of pallavi for neraval in the kriti offered myriad opportunities to express the idea of exhorting the mind to worship rAma. These were explored beautifully with the punch of the two-off beat at --bhajana!

The kIravANi AlApana had many refreshing phrases and the pathos in the violinist's interpretation was really something. Numerous svarAkshara usages in the neraval, particularly around pa-ri-pA-la enhanced the emotive content rather than detracting from it.

The emotion was also palpable in the two Gandhi songs which seem to be set in such appropriate rAgAs.

The kamalAmbA shlOka struck me as a tour de force because each phrase and the corresponding rAga were only sung for a few seconds but encompassed the spirit of the rAgA, even the ghaNTA which has a more elusive svarUpa.

[rshankar]

That is what I wanted to know...thank you for sharing! It makes me all the more sad to miss this team's concert in NJ this coming weekend...As I was complaining to one of the office-bearers of CMANA, their concert calendar and my travel schedule seem to be in perfect sync this year!