Sikkil Gurucharan's concert in Tampa,FL on April 13, 2008

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 14 Apr 2008, 21:12

Today SWARALAYA of Tampa,FL sponsored a vocal concert by
SIKKIL GURUCHARAN

accompanied on the violin by nAgai srirAm and
on the mridangam by neyvEli skanda subramanian:

1. bEgada varNam inthachAla of vINai kuppaier
2. thatthvamariya tharamA, brief AlApana in rIthigowLa, P.Sivan, swaram
3. rAmuni maravakavE of thyagarAja in panthuvarALi: A,N.S
4. short AlApana in AndhOLIkA, rAga sUdhArasa, thyAgaraja
5. Ananda bhairavi AlApana, rAma nAma pAyasakE of purandara dAsa
6. kalyANa rAmA in hamsanAdam of OVK, swaram
7. Main Piece in kIravANi after elaborate AlApanA: thirunAvukkarasar's (appar)
thiruvaNNAmalai thirukkruntohai: vANanaim madhisUdiya maindhanai thEnanai
thiruvaNNAmalayanai. neraval and swaram at vIranai vidam undanai followed by
brief 12 minutes thani by skanda subramanian
8. ragam, thAnam, pallavi in bilahari in kanda thriputa thALam ; mridangam accompaniment
during later part of thAnam made it very delectable.
pallavi: sri ragukula thilakuda velachina rAmachandrudE mAm pAhi Devudu followed by swara in rAgamAlika:--------------, kEdAeragowLa,--------------, bilahari. ( I missed out on couple of ragas !)
9. very brief AlApana in Desh, virutham: nanmaiyum selvamum nALum ------ followed by thanjAvUr sankara iyer's rAma nAmamE thuthi manamE
10.mOsakOdE nalKO nAnu of purandara dAsa in subha panthuvarALi
11.mahAkavi bharathi's chinnam chiru kiLiyE : rAgamAlika(unabridged complete composition)
12.lAlgudi's thillAnA in mAnd rAga
13.chelanEnE, jAvaLi in paras

mangaLam in surati: mangaLam kOsalEndrAya.

At the end of the 3.75 hours exhilarating concert well supported by the accompanists the audience gave a well deserved standing ovation to the artists. As for me, it was well worth the two hours 100 miles drive each way on Sunday evening !

p.s. Did any one else also detect a trace of pUrvikalyANi in the early parts of AlApana of item 3 panthuvarALi ?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Apr 2008, 01:53

mOsa hOdenalla tiLiyade--Purandara Dasa

saravanan · Post by **saravanan** » 15 Apr 2008, 11:23

wow what a list!!lucky guys!

revanthv552 · Post by **revanthv552** » 15 Apr 2008, 12:13

I think the Javali is Cheli NEnetlU sAhinthunE
the list is really wonderful..

Member_First · Post by **Member_First** » 15 Apr 2008, 14:01

Sikkil Gurucharan often sings 'KalyANa Raama' of OVK in concerts. Seems, the song as well as the rAg are favourites to him.

hindolam · Post by **hindolam** » 15 Apr 2008, 15:26

Ramunimarvakave I thought was in Kedaragowla. Is there a krithi with the same words in Pantuvarali?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:02

hindolam wrote:Ramunimarvakave I thought was in Kedaragowla. Is there a krithi with the same words in Pantuvarali?

rAmuni maravakave O manasA is in kedAragowlai. There is another rAmuni maravakave sakEtha ?? in pantuvarAli. Shri maharAjapuram santhAnam used to sing this pantuvarAli krithi excellently. Try this url
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/c ... /ragam.44/

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:03

Interestingly, this kAmavardhani song is not found in any of the standard books of Tyagaraja kritis.

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:35

Yes Mr. Lakshman. I was also wondering whether the composition in kEdAragowLa was sung differently in kAmavadhani by Gurucharan, since I did not find this composition in TKG's book of T's compositions or your lists; but I did notice that the lyrics were different. Now it appears to be a rare composition of T.