Maragatham Sankaranarayanan Trust- 2.12.2011

The Maragatham Sankaranarayanan trust has been holding concerts on the 2nd of December every year,as part of the Remembrance Day of the composer Kallidaikurichi Dr.E.S.Sankaranarayana Iyer.

The venue for this year's concert was Sivakami Petachi Auditorium.

The concert was exclusively of Dr.ESS's compositions.




Accompanists were

M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin
Manoj Siva - Mridangam
Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira





Looking at the compositions of Dr.ESS, it is very interesting to note that he has composed numerous kritis in Ghana ragas, Rakthi ragas and several rare ragas like Somatarangini, Sudhdhasyamala, Bhanuchandrika, Natanasrimati, Naadamurthi, Dwaithanandi and so on.

He has also composed a beautiful set of Kritis on Lord Shiva, called the Ekaadasa Rudra Kritis, Navagraha Kritis and a few Tamizh padams too.

That day I took up 2 rare ragas, Vivardhini and Sudhdhasyamala. Vivardhini is a Janya of Sankarabharanam and Sudhdhasyamala is a Janya of Chakravaham.

Song List: (R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1. Gajavadanam Bhaja - Natai - Adi(S)
2. Neeraja Nayane - Lalitha - Rupakam (R,S)
3. Mahadeva manohari - Devamanohari- Adi (R,S)
4. Bhakthileni - Vivardhini - Adi (S)
5. Bhagavantam Shukram - Varali - Adi (R)(Navagraha Kriti)
6. Paramukha - Sudhdhasyamala - Adi (R,S)
7. Bhavothbhavam - Kambhoji - Adi (R,N,S,T) (Ekaadasa Rudra Kriti)
8. Eppodhum Ennudan - Punnagavarali - Misra Chapu (Tamizh padam)
9. Manaththinil Kavalai - Virutham in Surutti followed by
Marakatha Maninibha - Surutti (Mangalam)

It was a great experience learning and presenting all the above mentioned Kritis.