Chitravina Ravikiran @ Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, 10th Sep

ram · Post by **ram** » 25 Sep 2006, 23:10

Date of concert: 10th Sep 2006

Venue: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Auditorium, Chennai

Chitravina: N. Ravikiran

Violin: Akkarai Subhalakshmi

Mridangam: Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

Ghatam: T.V. Vasan

Khanjira: B. Shree Sundar Kumar

The concert started with a varnam which I missed as I landed late after shifting in from Bangalore to Chennai. The (partial) list of songs played by Sri Ravikiran is:

* kadalE vADu - nArAyanagOwla - Adi - thyAgarAja
* varanArada - vijayasrI - Adi - thyAgarAja
* marivErE - Anandabhairavi - misra chApu - syAma sAstri
* tatva meruga - garudadhwani - rUpakam - thyAgarAja
* rAgam tAnam pallavi - sapta swara rAgamAlika pallavi in the 7 rAgAs pUrnashadjam, rishabapriyA, dEvagAndhAri, simhEndramadyamam, lalitapanchamam, dhaivatAngi and nishAdA (nItimati), chosen to have the names of the 7 notes viz shadjam, rishabam, gAndhAram, madyamam, panchamam, dhaivatam and nishAdam in their names. Talam chosen - Adi (2 kalai)

The concert was advertised with the sapta swara rAgamAlikA pallavi as the differentiator. The rAga AlApana was done in the rAgAs pUrnashadjam, rishabapriya, dEvagAndhAri and simhEndramadyamam. The tAnam was done in the rAgAs simhEndramadyamam, lalitapanchamam, dhaivatAngi and nishAdA (nItimati). The pallavi lines were as follows (the ending word indicating the rAga in which the line was performed):

* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA shadjAdi (rAgA pUrnashadjam)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA rishabAdi (rAgA rishabapriyA)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA gAndhArAdi (rAgA dEvagAndhAri)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA madyamAdi (rAgA simhEndramadyamam)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA panchamAdi (rAgA lalitapanchamam)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA dhaivatAdi (rAgA dhaivatAngi)
* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA nishAdAdi (rAgA nishAda)

The rAgam tAnam pallavi was followed by a sapta gati taniAvartanam played primarily by Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on the mridangam with Sri T.V. Vasan and Sri Sundar Kumar joining in the end when the kuraippu was done. As there are only 5 gatis (chatusram - 4, tisram - 3, kandam - 5, misram - 7 and sankIrnam - 9), Sri Sivaraman added two more using a combination of tisram + chatusram (3+4) and tisram + kandam (3+5) and termed it "gati dwayam"

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 25 Sep 2006, 23:45

ram wrote:* sapta swaramulu upAsimpavE manasA dhaivatAdi (rAgA dhaivatAngi)

Does anyone have more information on this rAga dhaivatAngi?

-Ramakriya

ram · Post by **ram** » 26 Sep 2006, 22:35

If I remember correctly, the way Sri Ravikiran played it was just like mohanam with D3 (N2) used occasionally when coming down from higher S to lower S. It was not always used while coming down from higher sa to lower sa so I thought it must not be figuring always in the avarOhaNam.

Expert comments welcome.

kartik · Post by **kartik** » 27 Sep 2006, 18:24

Ramakriya,Ravikiran discovered the raga for the pallavi,using an occasional R1 to mohanam to give G1 effect.Mostly in the avarohana.This is how he played at Chamrajpet this year.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 27 Sep 2006, 20:27

karthik
noticed the Ragam Thanam Pallavi on sapthaswaras Eh !

i will leave it to you to inform the forum about the background to this ...

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 27 Sep 2006, 20:33

sapthaswara RTP...reminds me of BMK in Rishabhapriya again...

ram · Post by **ram** » 27 Sep 2006, 22:18

Kartik,

If you are refering to dhaivatAngi, then I don't think the modification to mohanam was w.r.t R1 ..... the extra note that Sri Ravikiran played at least in the Krishna Gana Sabha concert was I think only D3/N2. I guess "dhaivata" in the raga name also points towards that.

What name did he give to the raga in the Chamrajpet concert?

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 27 Sep 2006, 23:45

ram wrote:Kartik,

If you are refering to dhaivatAngi, then I don't think the modification to mohanam was w.r.t R1 ..... the extra note that Sri Ravikiran played at least in the Krishna Gana Sabha concert was I think only D3/N2. I guess "dhaivata" in the raga name also points towards that.

What name did he give to the raga in the Chamrajpet concert?

Kartik, Ram, you both got it sligtly off

;

The anya swara is shuddha dhaivata, I would say - because if it looked like mOhana very much - and to be good to the name dhaivatAngi, Ravikiran would employ two dhaivatas.

So my interpretation of dhaivatAngi is

S R2 G3 P D2 S

S D2 (D1) P G3 R2, with D2 D1 P appearing infrequently.

The two dhiavatas in succession, make the name dhaivatAngi quite appropriate.

If you are fanciful, or are more traditional ( in dakshiNAdi, two varieties of same note do not come in succession - they are considered two different swaras - unlike in hindUstAni where it is quite frequent) you can make dhaivatAngi a janya of mAraranjani, with the following mUrchane,

S R2 G3 P N1 S
S N1 (D1) P G3 R2 S - parathences indicating that it is a rare prayOga.

-Ramakriya