sugunA purushothaman@rAgasudha hall on Dec 31st,2008

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Jan 2009, 12:04

Accompanied by thanjavur ??- mridangam and violin -ranjani ramakrishnan

1. missed the first one some one tells me she sang a priyA rAgamaliga , only heard the last few lines of shanmughapriyA
2. ilalO praNathArthi (R,S) - atAnA - T
3. suguNamulE jeppukoNTi (R N S) - chakravAkham - T
neraval in "snAnAdi sukarmambulu"

4.vAshi vAshi vAshi???(S) - sahAnA - ramaswami dikshitar
5. shree kAnthanee (R) - bhAvapriyA - T
6. tulasi bilva(R S) - kedAragowlai - T

7. garudA garudA garudA - garudahwani ?? - suguNa purush???
8. nI pAdamulE (R N S T) - bhairavi - patnam
neraval ???

9. shree rama jayarama - yadhukula kAmbOdhi -T
10. marukuvaliya?? - hamsAnandi?? -
11A.nee nAma -sowrAshtram - T
11B. mangalam kOsalendrAya - madhyamavati

One usually hears the guru and then moves to sishya , but I had to hear kgAyathree times to hear this vidushi for the first time. I heard the last few strains of expressive shanmughapriya as part of a rAgamaliga .But that disappointment went away from ilalO ,where she sang a nice alAp and a lovely athana atAna

chakravAkham as a submain is a fantastic choice , she sang this exceptionally just got the first signal of musiri bhAvam in the neraval. The pick of the day fro me was the sahana , was that shiva shiva svhiva or was it vashi vashi vashi is something that is stumping me right now , but to me the sahana swaras was very different ,she sang it little fast and it was brilliant

bhAvapriya a cross between tOdi and shubhapantuvarAli ,well that is how I heard it , I guess it was perfect ,the alApanai and krithi was excellent. Kedaragowlai should have more a questioning bhAvam , with her voice not rising much up it had bit of sahanA shades. The krithi and swaras were excellent .

The next gArudAdhwani?? was quite good in lyrics . The main was Bhairavi , perfect for me and another reviewer here. Just perhaps I was thinking may be she could have sung mukhAri as mukhAri and musiri are the best . The rendition was very good to excellent with nice round of madhamaKala swaras ..

It was perfect to have yadhukula kAmbOdhi (no complaints despite a kedara gowlai) , perhaps that being a utsava sampradAya krithi she could have wrapped up there as she ended up with musiri bhAvam right there. But unfortunately the usual ending pavamAna was there prior to a fast hamsAnandi.

The mridangist thanjAvur ??? was apt in his play with a tani just going well with the mood of the song .The violinist ranjani ramakrishnan was good .

Overall a very good to excellent concert by this vidushi, she was assisted by her no 1 cheer leader sugunA varadAchari in the first row . I was longing to hear this sugunA p for a long time , just caught her in the last day of this wonderful year . Happy new year to all of you.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 01 Jan 2009, 12:36

What svarams they were! It was like waterfalls ... Listening to sahana flow out like that was particularly thrilling. And then the kedara gowla ragam was lovely as well.

The bhairavi was good too, but I got a bit bored by the time bhairavi fast svarams started. And I felt maybe some other line could have been chosen for the N and S.

The garuda thing seemed like an on-the-spot composition by the vidushi, it was superb.

Yes, the voice sometimes became a bit shrill and harsh.

saptaratna · Post by **saptaratna** » 01 Jan 2009, 14:26

Nee Padamule Gati in Bhairavi is by Anai Aya and not as popularly believed to be by Patnam Subramania Iyer. This wrong info is never seems to get corrected and keeps making its rounds, even in the Academy souveneir.

ghanaragam · Post by **ghanaragam** » 01 Jan 2009, 14:32

saptaratna wrote:Nee Padamule Gati in Bhairavi is by Anai Aya and not as popularly believed to be by Patnam Subramania Iyer. This wrong info is never seems to get corrected and keeps making its rounds, even in the Academy souveneir.

How far this information is authentic ? Neepadame gati is known as the compostiion of Patnam subramanya iyer for years together, kindly clarify

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Jan 2009, 14:33

I did not know that Anai Ayya composed in telugu also.
The kriti doesnt have either mudra 'vEnkaTEsA' or 'umA dAsA' anyway!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Jan 2009, 14:40

The opening varNam was :
sankara hara priya - rAgamAlika - Adi - Suguna Purushottaman (rAgamAlikA varNam with all the 'priyA' ending rAgams) (Svarams in shanmukhapriyA, the rAgam of the caraNam)

There was a slOkam 'gajAnanam bhUta gaNAdi sEvitam' in hamsadvani preceeding the varNam

sahAnA kriti is vAsi vAsi vAsi vAsi...

there were some svarams the bhavapriyA also

garuDA garuDA is in garuDadvani

neraval in the main piece was done at the usual anupallavi line "srI panchanadIsvaruni rANi"

the thiruppugazh was 'marukkulAviya' in pUrvikalyANi and not hamsAnandi.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 01 Jan 2009, 14:46

Suguna Purushottaman - Rajani Ramakrishnan Arun - Thanjavur Kumar

Nada Inbam
31 Dec 08. 6:15 pm

gajAnanam - slOkam in hamsadvani
sankara hara priya - rAgamAlika - Adi - Suguna Purushottaman (varNam with all the 'priyA' ending rAgams) (Svarams in shanmukhapriyA, the rAgam of the caraNam)
ilalO praNathArthiharuDanucu - aTANA - Adi - T (RS)
suguNamulE jeppukoNTi - chakravAkham - rUpakam - T (RNS)
vAsi vAsi vAsi vAsi - sahAnA - Adi - Ramaswami Dikshitar (short sketch, S)
shrI kAnthanIyaDa - bhAvapriyA - Adi - T (RS)
tulasi bilva - kedAragauLa - Adi - T (RS)
garuDA garuDA garuDA - garuDadhvani - Adi - Suguna Purushottaman (short sketch)
nI pAdamulE - bhairavi - Adi - PSI (RNST)
shrI rAma jayarAma - yadukula kAmbOdhi - kaNDa cApu - T
marukulAviya - pUrvikalyANi - tisra jhampai (tisra naDai)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
mangalam kOsalendrAya - madhyamAvati

It was a fitting concert for celebrating the new year eve. Each piece was rendered with a lot of bhavam and the choice of rAgams and kritis were very very refreshing. The choice and presentation of each rAgam was excellent and the way in which each rAgam was handled was just tooo good. The pieces were all effortlessly rendered. The kalpitam and manOdarmam were both very inspiring and creative and yet vintage stuff. The accompanist were very good and did a fantastic job in accompanying aptly.

bharath

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 01 Jan 2009, 16:34

Has anyone recorded the concert?/ Particularly, the shahana song.. I think it is a rare first. AFAIK, this isn't circulating in any shishya paramparas, and is of archival value. The treatment of rAgas by rAmaswami Dikshitar was reflective of his time and the rAga swarUpa then. pitifully few of his songs are sung.. Upto a dozen are found in the Sampradaya pradarshini..
Would be grateful for the sahana song..

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Jan 2009, 18:57

rbharath wrote:
the thiruppugazh was 'marukkulAviya' in pUrvikalyANi and not hamsAnandi.

If I recollect in K.gAyathri concert for rasikAs , I mentioned one thiruppugazh as hamsAnandi instead of poorvikalyAni (IIRC Dvmk made a correction there), why is my head tricking and preconditioning to always think thiruppugazh is in hamsAnandi instead of poorvikalyAni.