Vidwan. R.K. Sriramkumar at Palo Alto(SPIC MACAY) NOV.8,2009

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 09 Nov 2009, 21:08

Vidwan R.K.SRIRAMKUMAR-VIOLIN
Vidwan K.ARUNPRAKASH-MRIDANGAM
Vidwan GURUPRASAD -GHATAM

Song list
1)nAda tanumanisham-chittaranjani-Adi- T-(S)
2)nIlAyadAkshi-paras-triputa-S.S. (S)
3)entavEDukOndu rAghava-saraaswati manOhari-Adi-T
Brief rAgam, neraval at 'cintatIrchuta',swaram
4)kOluvaiyunnADE- bhairavi- T
Elaborate rAgam, neraval in the caraNam, swaram
5)shrI guruguhasya dAsO(a)ham-pUrvi-tisra Ekam- M.S.D
(one of the guruguha vibhakthi kritis)
6)cinnanATena-kalAnidhi-Adi-T
7)akshayalingavibhO- shankarAbharaNam- mishra Ekam(?)- M.S.D.
An elaborate AlApanai,neraval, swaraam at 'sAdujanOpEta' swaram
followed by tani
8)parulanamATa-jAvalI-kApi-D.S.
9) -SINDHUBHAIRAVI- p.d
10)varugalAmo-mAnji- G.K.B
11)pavamAna-mangaLaM(ending with a brief surutti).

I think the concert started around 1.30 p.m. and ended by 4.15 p.m.
Shri R.K.S.R.K announced the name o the kriti, rAgam etc. after every piece..

Probably this is the first time I am hearing a violin solo from R.K.S.K
It was a very satisfying concert. Of course there was no R.T.P.
The concert got off to a fine start with the cittaranjani piece. The second song in paras, I think I am hearing for the first time. Bhairavi AlApanai was for about 6 minutes or so and the song was rendered in all its splendour. Before this was the saraswati manOhari kriti, in which the anupallavi was taken for neraval and swaram. The pUrvi song of M.S.D , which I am hearing for the first time was good. Sounded like a janyam og MMG-SGMPNS-SNDPMAGRS. Pl. correct me if I am wrong.
The next song 'akshayalingavibhO' is one of my favourites; he did an alaborate AlApani and neraval swaram at 'sAdujanOpEta'. I could hear the sAhityam in his playing;it was so beautiful.
He announced the tALam as misra Ekam; I thought it was called misra cApu.

This was followed by a beautiful tani in which both the artists played very well, and it was very pleasing to the ears.
I could not remember the P.D padam.
Then came parulanmATa, followed by 'varugalAmO' -It was played with a
lot o senstivity and in many places I FELT that I HEARD SHRI. K.V.N's voice. An absolutely beautiful rendering by RKSRK. It moved me to tears. That it was my mother's favourite song is also a reason,may be.Like all good things, the kutcheri came to an end with the mangaLam.
As I wrote elsewhere (In another kutcheri thread o RKSK,)
our arasi's phrase 'sollAmal solludal' was used to refer to Shri. Arunpraksh's playing.
I understand that ramakriya was there ;wish I had known; it was a small gathering of the audience and I could have easily looked for a fellow rasika.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 10 Nov 2009, 04:57

Punarvasu wrote:l.
He announced the tALam as misra Ekam; I thought it was called misra cApu.

I could not remember the P.D padam.

That's because none of MD's compositions were set in any of the chApu tALas - Most of the miSra Eka and trishra triputa are now 'shown' as miSra chApu, and khanDa Eka, (if any exist) might have morphed as khanDa chApu.

I was not familiar with the PurandaradAsa composition's meTTu too. He did not say which one it was.

-Ramakriya

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 10 Nov 2009, 05:58

Punarvasu/ Ramakriya, would a recording be made available for purchase, do you know?

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 10 Nov 2009, 07:19

It was recorded; we know that. Probably if you contact 'Sankritilaya' they may tell you.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 10 Nov 2009, 17:55

PD's PADAM?

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 11 Nov 2009, 04:23

Purandara dAsas compositions are normally called 'pada's.

srikant1987 · Post by **srikant1987** » 11 Nov 2009, 14:27

I thought they're called "dEvarnAmAs"

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 11 Nov 2009, 19:46

The word padam was used in a more liberal sense, till the beginning of the last century, than is now.

The songs of Annam-AcArya and the haridAsa-s were all referred to as padam-s.

Subbarama dikshitar has even used the word padam, for some compositions we now call javali-s in his SSP.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 14 Nov 2009, 00:09

Pada and dEvara nAma (as applied to compositions of haridAsas)are almost used with the same meaning. However, the word 'pada' predates, the word dEvaranAma by several centuries.

Structure wise, padas are predecessors of kritis that came in later. IIRC, Purandara dasa himself has used the word kriti somewhere.