Shyama Sastri Remembrance Festival, Aug. 14th & 15h 2008

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 13 Aug 2008, 13:46

Carnatica Archival Centre for Music & Dance presents a two-day festival dedicated to the great composer Shri. Shyama Sastri. The event is designed as an exposition of the life and times of this vaggeyakara, to gain insight into the lyrical beauty of his compositions and most importantly as a fund raiser to help his descendants, who are in dire need of financial assistance.

Programme:

Thursday, Aug. 14th 2008
Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
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6.00 pm: Inauguration
6.30 pm: An insight into the three monumental swarajatis - Explanatory concert led by S. Sowmya, Lakshmi Rangarajan, Shashikiran, P. Ganesh, Prema Rengarajan, Radha Ramji, Nisha Rajagopal, Nagai Sriram, B. Ananthakrishnan, Neyveli Narayanan and others

Friday, Aug. 15th 2008
Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
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10.00 am - 1.00 pm: Mini concerts, comprised exclusively of Shyama Sastri compositions by young & emerging artistes (Sriranjani Santhanagopalan, Prasanna Venkataraman, Amrutha Venkatesh)
3.00 pm - 5.00 pm: Quiz on the life and music of Shyama Sastri (Spot registrations of teams of two members each. Anyone can participate. Four teams to be chosen from a preliminary round, for the finals)
5.30 pm - 9.00 pm: Mini concerts comprised exclusively of Shyama Sastri compositions by Vijay Siva, R. Vedavalli, Suguna Purushottaman & Varadachari (Duet) and Gayathri Venkataraghavan. Accompanists: Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Amrita Murali, Manoj Siva, Trivandrum Balaji.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

We request your generous donations for the Shyama Sastri Fund. Outstation rasikas desirous of contributing may do so online at: http://rasika.carnatica.net/viewtopic.php?t=1726

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 13 Aug 2008, 16:17

A wonderful effort. Kudos to Sri Ramanathan, Smt. Sowmya and the Carnatica team. Looking forward to rasika reports on the proceedings.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 13 Aug 2008, 17:28

What a wonderful line up. Best Wishes!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 13 Aug 2008, 18:39

Very nice programme with a very nice theme.Best wishes.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Aug 2008, 20:23

As usual, Carnatica connecting with community in music. Great going! Promises to be a treat of a day for Chennai vAsis...

gundakriya · Post by **gundakriya** » 17 Aug 2008, 09:56

Did any of our forum friends attend this? Would love to hear more about the quiz and concerts...

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 18 Aug 2008, 12:20

i went on Day 1 for the svarajathi rendtions. will write in detail later.

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 18 Aug 2008, 18:43

http://www.carnatica.net/editorsblog

malavi · Post by **malavi** » 19 Aug 2008, 21:54

I attended the programme on 15th. The quiz started at 3.30 pm.It was conducted by Sowmya and Shashikiran. The quiz was on Syama Sastri and there were 5 teams with 2 persons in each team. It was a very educative quiz..we got to know a lot of details about Syama Sastri which we were not aware of. Vidwan TRS was present and was very appreciative about the way in which the quiz was conducted. The audience participation was also very good.

This was followed by 4 mini concerts of Syama Sastri kritis.

The first one was Vijay Siva. Violin - Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. Mridangam - Manoj Siva.

1. Neelayadakshi - Paras
2. Pahi Sri - Ananda bhairavi
3. Tallininnu - Kalyani
4. Palinsu Kamakshi - Madhyamavati

He sang all the 3 charanams in this kriti.
5. Brovavamma - Neelambari

This was followed by Smt Vedavalli, supported by Sumitra Vasudev.

1. Marivere Gati - A.bhairavi
2. Himadrisute - Kalyani
3. Ninnuvina - Abheri
4. Brovavamma - Manji
5. Karunajooda 0 Sri

Both the concerts were very enjoyable. I had to leave after this.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 19 Aug 2008, 22:25

i went on Day 1, that is 14th of August.

i reached late and could make it only when Sri Natarajan, formerly DD director was talking. Earlier Sri VV Sundaram spoke as well.

After the speeches, the group singing of the three svarajathi was presented. the participants where:

Palai Sri Ramachandran, Smt Prema Rangarajan, Smt Sowmya, Sri Shashikiran, Sri Ganesh, Sri Aditya Prakash, Kum Nisha Rajagopal on vocal. Nagai Sri R Sriram, Sri B Ananthakrishnan on the fiddle, Neyveli Sri Narayanan on the mrudangam and Nerkunam Sri Sankar on the Kanjira.

Wherever existed, the different versions that are in vogue were presented as well. There were different versions for a few caraNams in the yadukula kAmbhOji svarajati and for many caraNams in the tODi piece.

All those who participated gave some of their personal insights into the svarajati and also put forth some of the special phrases that portray the rAga bhAvam.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Sep 2008, 20:45

Review in Hindu:

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/09/05/stor ... 220600.htm

[quote]GNBâ€™s self-styled usage of the Nishadam in the chittaswaram for Marivera Gathi (Anandha Bhairavi), the genesis of the raga Chinthamani (a creation of Shyama Sastri), the significance of the charanam â€œRepu Mapani Cheppithe Vinanuâ€

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 21:01

Ravi,
dEvi, brOva samayamidE--this is the hour! 'rEpu mApu' (nALaikku gILaikku--the typical mazhai gizhai, kind of nonsensical addition, I think).
rEpu mApu wouldn't do. brOva samayamidE.
mApu is also corrupt form of mAf. Just wondering...

gundakriya · Post by **gundakriya** » 05 Sep 2008, 21:24

In this rarely sung charanam, Shyama Sastri is said to allude to the contest with Bobbili Kesavayya that was scheduled for the next day... "Please bestow me with your grace, tomorrow, O devi..." (rEpu means tomorrow in Telugu)

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 21:55

If you say rEpu, I won't hear of it--is how I understand it...

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 05 Sep 2008, 22:18

arasi,

from online telugu lexicon:

రేపు (p. 1094) [ rēpu ] rēpu. [Tel.] n. The dawn, the morning. ప్రాతఃకాలము. To-morrow. తరువాతి దినము. Gen. రేపటి. Loc. రేపట. రేపటఎల్లుంట either to-morrow or the next day. నేటరేపట to-day or to-morrow. రేపటిపని to-morrow's business or work. రేపుమాపు day and night. రేపటిసోమవారము next monday. రేపకడ or రేపాడి rēpa-kaḍa. n. The morning or dawn. ప్రాతఃకాలము. adv. In the morning, at dawn. "రేపకడమత్ప్రియశిష్యులబంచి." HK. ii. 226.

రేపు (p. 1094) [ rēpu ] rēpu. [Tel. causative of రేగు.] v. a. To raise, provoke, irritate, incite, excite. రేచు, ఉసికొలుపు. See రేచు.

And for mApu (assuming this is what it is here):
మాపు (p. 0981) [ māpu ] māpu. [Tel. causal of మాయు.] v. a. To dirty, make foul. మలినముచేయు, మురికి చేయు. To destroy, efface. మాయజేయు, పోగొట్టు. రూపుమాపు to ruin, destroy. n. Evening, సాయంకాలము. Night, రాత్రి. Infl. మాపటి. Dative మాపటికి at night. రేపుమాపు morning and evening. మాపటివేళ the night time. మాపటియెండ the evening sunshine. మాపుడు māpuḍu. n. Foulness, మాలిన్యము, మయిల.

Arun

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 23:08

Thanks Arun! But what do YOU make out of it? I mean, the line in the song.

jnaanasoonyam · Post by **jnaanasoonyam** » 05 Sep 2008, 23:13

Trust the good citizens of this forum to complicate an essentially simple sentence. It's not 'repu mapu...'. The Hindu columnist is right: "rEpu mApani ceppitE nE vinanu dEvi" and 'gundakriya' has succinctly captured the meaning.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Sep 2008, 23:35

Without wanting to complicate it further (believe me on this!),
samayamidE, ati vEgamE vucci--tomorrow? My 'simple' understanding is: at this hour and pronto, please! Not later, the next day .