S. Sowmya - Tyagaraja aradhana concert at Indian Fine Arts,

kamavardhani · Post by **kamavardhani** » 22 Mar 2009, 10:23

Smt. Sowmya, Dr. Narmada, Neyveli Narayanan
Tyagaraja Day at Indian Fine Arts (German Hall, T Nagar), 21/3/09

raghunAyaka - hamsadhvani (s)
bhajana sEya rAdA - aThANa (s)
entamuddo - bindumAlini (r)
manasA shrI rAmacandruni - IshamanOhari
nORemi shRi rAma - varALi (r, s)
koniyADe - kOkiladhvani (s)
nI bhajana gAna - nAyaki
Emani pOgaDUtura - vIravasantam
manasu svAdhIna - shankarAbharaNam (r, n, s, t)
shObhAne - pantuvarALi (madhyama sruti) - start from anupallavi 'vadanadyuti'
tava dAsOham - punnAgavarALi
patiki mangaLa hArati - Arabhi
nI nAma rUpamulaku (mangaLam) - saurAStram

(All Tyagaraja kritis)

An expectedly scholarly presentation from Vidushi Sowmya, sprinkled with some relatively rare compositions, e.g. nORemi. Nice to hear an alapana of bindumAlini. The aThANa kriti had several interesting sangatis in the pallavi line. The main Shankarabharanam suite was handled with aplomb, topped by the lovely Mishra Chapu tani by Vidwan Narayanan. The hall was unbearably stuffy and acoustics so-so... given its prime location, one wishes the owners would spend a bit on upkeep ( replacing that moth-eaten stage curtain would be a good start

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srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 22 Mar 2009, 11:15

pantuvarali in madhyama shruti? How was it?

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 22 Mar 2009, 14:29

sObAnE is always sung like that.

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 22 Mar 2009, 18:43

Was nORemi shRi rAma rendered in Jhalavarali or Varali?MSG renders it in Jhalavarali

tribute · Post by **tribute** » 22 Mar 2009, 19:48

I've heard only the Dharmavathi "Bhajana Seya". This one in Atana is new!
Most of these kritis are really rare!! Kudos to Sowmya!!

tribute · Post by **tribute** » 22 Mar 2009, 19:51

kamavardhani wrote:The hall was unbearably stuffy and acoustics so-so... given its prime location, one wishes the owners would spend a bit on upkeep ( replacing that moth-eaten stage curtain would be a good start )

You're right!
The first time I went to that Ancient Manor was for my school culturals! My classmates were really shocked to see the hall! They thought it was some 100-year old haunted manor! You should look at the chairs. They're made of wood but are harder than diamonds!!

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 22 Mar 2009, 21:52

wow!
i missed it.

what a list!!

i wanted to come, but got held up with something as i was about to leave and hence had to miss it...

erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 22 Mar 2009, 22:13

can anyone upload the concerts are some portion of it?

ragam-talam · Post by **ragam-talam** » 23 Mar 2009, 02:51

Vidushi Sowmya is truly right up there in terms of vidwat. She is a great torch-bearer of her guru's adherence to gimmick-free, high-quality music. Surely SK material.

sankirnam · Post by **sankirnam** » 23 Mar 2009, 02:53

seconding Nagarajan sir's request for a recording.. esp. since my guru has played in this

fuddyduddy · Post by **fuddyduddy** » 23 Mar 2009, 19:35

i cant wait for her concert on may 2nd in NJ!

jaisree · Post by **jaisree** » 24 Mar 2009, 10:38

Sowmya's US concert schedule (Spring 09) is viewable at: http://sowmya.carnatica.net/blog

jnaanasoonyam · Post by **jnaanasoonyam** » 26 Mar 2009, 09:16

Why didn't Tyagaraja compose any varnams? Any thoughts, folks??