Ranjani Gayatri at Advaita Foundation Bangalore, March 5th

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 06 Mar 2008, 10:57

Vocal duet - Ranjani and Gayatri
Violin - H N Bhaskar
Mridangam - Poongulam Subramaniam
Khanjira - Guruprasanna

01 Varnam - Aboghi
02 Paramananda - Kedaram - Swati Tirunal
03 Sakala Grahabala - Atana - Purandara Dasa
04 Siva Siva - Pantuvarali - Thyagaraja
05 Thyagaraja Yoga Vaibhavam - Ananda Bhairavi - M Dikshithar
06 Sundareshwaruni - Shankarabharanam - Thyagaraja. Followed by Thani avartham.
07 Patti Viduvaradu - Manjari - Thyagaraja
08 R T P - Hindolam ("un darisanam kidaikumo Nataraja, dayanidhe")
09 Idhu Thano Thillai Sthalam - Behag - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
10 Siva Darushana - Suddha Dhanyasi - Purandara Dasa
11 Bhajan - Sohini - Swathi Tirunal
12 Abhang - Pilu and Mangalam

This was held as part of the Sivarathri celebrations of Advaita Foundation, Bangalore.

This being on the occasion of Sivarathri they sang mostly compositions on Lord Siva. The turnout was very poor in the beginning of the concert maybe because it was not well advertised, the hall was not even half full. Towards the end the turnout was better. There were issues with the mic adjustment for the first couple of songs but then they gradually settled down to give a fine concert.

I am not very qualified or technically equipped to give a detailed review. I will give a brief review and request someone else who attended to give a more detailed version.

They began with a varnam in Aboghi and then Kedaram followed by a Purandaradasa's Navarathnamalika in Atana. After Pantuvarali and Ananda Bhairavi came the main piece of the concert. It was the less heard Sundareshwaruni in Shankarabharanam of Thyagaraja, which was from his Kovur Pancharatnam. They then sang a RTP in Hindolam with the Pallavi "un darisanam kidaikumo Nataraja, dayanidhe". Incidentally i think Sanjay also sang the same Pallavi for his RTP in Gowri Manohari in Krishna Gana Sabha in December. There were a few requests for Bho Shambho by the audience, which they (R&G) said they do not know very well and would sing it next time here! They wrapped up with a Swathi Tirunal Bhajan in Sohini and a Tukaram Abhang.

They were well supported by HN Bhaskar. The percussion team of Poongulam Subramanyam and Guruprasanna also gave good support.

inpursuit · Post by **inpursuit** » 06 Mar 2008, 12:46

Hi vanamali,
Any more concerts in this series or was it only for Sivarathri?
Didn't know of it at all!

rajaglan · Post by **rajaglan** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:05

Hi Vanamali,
I didnot know at all.

Who sang sankarabaranam alapana and who sang hindola raga alapana. Are they alternated during alapana.
How long is the concert?

Thank you

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:05

I think this was for Sivarathri only. There were no ads in the paper. I came to know of it only because i go in front of the SSMRV college every morning and they had put up a banner about the concert since the last 2-3 days.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:05

Any more concerts in this series or was it only for Sivarathri?

This must be one of the organization's events. You can check their website for more info:http://advaitaglobal.com/achivement.html

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 06 Mar 2008, 13:21

rajaglan wrote:Hi Vanamali,
I didnot know at all.

Who sang sankarabaranam alapana and who sang hindola raga alapana. Are they alternated during alapana.
How long is the concert?

Thank you

The concert was for about 2 hrs 45 mins.. started at 6:30 and went on till 9:20PM.
Both of them shared the raga alapanas for the main and the RTP. Ranjani started off with both and later left it to Gayatri to continue..

inpursuit · Post by **inpursuit** » 06 Mar 2008, 17:18

Thanks kmrasika and vanamali!

flutepeace · Post by **flutepeace** » 08 Mar 2008, 02:28

The concert is uploaded on Sangeethamshare website - a wonderful rendering of Sankaraparanam

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 09 Mar 2008, 01:18

flutepeace wrote:Sankaraparanam

Thats Śankarābharaṇam (Śankara ābharaṇam)

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 09 Mar 2008, 04:26

vanamali, can you post the pilu abhang,if no copyright violation is involved? Iam a slave to their abhangs, which i hAve mentioned in the thread about their kutcheri in Odukathur mutt gobilalitha

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 09 Mar 2008, 19:38

gobilalitha wrote:vanamali, can you post the pilu abhang,if no copyright violation is involved? Iam a slave to their abhangs, which i hAve mentioned in the thread about their kutcheri in Odukathur mutt gobilalitha

Sure, but can i post links to concert recording here? I have uploaded it to mediafire, if i am allowed to post the link here then i can surely share it here. Other members of the forum please let me know if i can share the link here.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 09 Mar 2008, 21:06

The concert is available at: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/harihara ... i-Mar2008/