Rathnagirishwarar Temple-12/2/12

This is one of my favourite concert venues.

Shivarathri celebrations are very grand at this temple.







Accompanists:

B.U.Ganeshprasad - Violin
Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira



















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

1. vara vallabha- hamsadhwani - Adi -G.N.Balasubramaniam (S)
2. chintayE mahAlinga - paras - Adi - muttuswAmi dIkshitar
3. karpagAmbikE - bilahari - rUpakam - pApanasam sivan (R,S)
4. I vasudhA - sahAnA - Adi - tyAgarAja
5. utrumai sErvadu - shankarAbharaNam - Adi - tirugnAnasambandar tEvAram
6. sakala lOka nAyikE- Arabhi - Adi - UthukAdu vEnkatasubbier
7. saravana bhavA - pasupatipriyA - Adi - harikEsanallur muthiah bhAgavatar
8. bhajarE rE - kalyANi- misracApu - muttuswAmi dIkshitar (R,N,S,T)
9. muddukrishnA - senjurutti - Adi - UthukAdu vEnkatasubbier
10. sri mAdhavA - behAg - Adi - pApanAsam sivan
11. virutham, enakkum unakkum- bhairavi - rUpakam - rAmalinga swAmigal arutpA
12.nAgendra hArAya - rAgamAlikA - kantacApu - AdishankarA
13. mangaLam- pantuvarALi - kantacApu - harikEsanallur muthiah bhAgavatar

Sharada Cultural Trust, Hyderabad - 10/2/12

Venue: Keyes High School. Open Air Auditorium. Great ambience.





Accompanists:
Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin
J.Vaidyanathan- Mridangam








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

1. varNam- srirAgam - Adi
2. vallabhA nAyakasya - bEgadA- rUpakam - muttuswAmi dIkshitar (S)
3. badalika deera - reethigowLa - Adi - tyAgarajA (R,S)
4. EkAmranAtheshwarENa - caturaNgiNi - Adi - muttuswAmi dIkshitar(R)
5. sarasa sAmadAna - kApi nArAyaNi - Adi - tyAgarajA
6. tanayuni brOva - bhairavi - Adi - tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
7. tuNai purindaruL - varamu - Adi - pApanAsam Sivan
8. RTP - poorvikalyANi - kanta triputa (R,N,S)
"dAsarathE mAm pAlaya dayAnidhe inakula tilaka"
Ragamalika swarams:NAta,kAnadA,mOhanam,KeeravANi,hamsAnandi,hindOLam,kalyANi, valaji,shanmukhapriyA,shankarAbharaNam,vasantA,mOhanakalyANi,bEgadA,surutti.
9. irakkam varAmal - behAg - rUpakam - gOpAlakrishna bhArati
10.jagajjanani - ratipatipriyA - Adi - Ghanam krishna iyer
11. virutham (pAsuram):surutti,neelAmbari,vasantA,sAma,kApi followed by
kannA vA - rAgamAlikA - Adi - ambujam KrishnA
12. ArAr AsaippadAr - nAdanAmakriyA - muthuthAndavar
13. mangaLam

Sri Ram Samaj - 5/2/12

This concert was held at Ayodhya Mantapam, West Mambalam as part of the Tyagaraja Aradhana series. Concerts on all days had artists singing Tyagaraja Kritis from start to finish.

Accompanists:

V.Sanjeev - Violin
Thanjavur Subramaniam - Mridangam
Sree Sundarkumar -Kanjira

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

1.munduvenuga - darbAr - Adi
2.sItApati - kamAs - Adi (S)
3.sAdinchanE - Arabhi - Adi (R)
4.sandEhamunu - rAmapriyA - Adi (R,S)
5.tanavAri- bEgadA - Adi
6.Ehi trijagadeesa - sArangA - misra cApu (S)
7.enduku peddala - shankarAbharaNam - Adi (R,N,S,T)
8.rAma pAhi - kApi - misra cApu
9.rAmuni maravakavE - kEdAragowLa
10.ennaga manasuku - neelAmbari - Adi
11.vadanadhyuti - pantuvarALi - rUpakam
12. mangaLam

NSTSS, Nanganallur - 30/1/12

Concerts at Nanganallur always draw huge crowds.
This was conducted at Ranjani Hall, Nanganallur.






Accompanists:

R.Hemalatha - Violin
Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira







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

1. Varnam - pantuvarALi - Adi (S)
2. swAminAtha paripAlaya - nAtai - Adi - muttuswAmi dIkshitar
3. seethamma mAyamma - vasantA - rUpakam - tyAgarAjar (R,S)
4. sri suganti - kuntalam - rUpakam - muttuswAmi dIkshitar (R)
5. entanuchu - yadukulakAmbhOji- Adi - tyAgarAjar
6. AdAdhu asangAdhu - madhyamAvati - Adi - UthukAdu vEnkatakavi (R)
7. srikanta - bhavapriya - Adi - tyAgarAjar (S)
8. sarasa sAma dAna - kApinArAyaNi - Adi - tyAgarAjar
9. ninne nammiti- simhendramadhyamam - misra cApu - mysore vAsudevAchAr (R,N,S,T)
10. sri mAdhava - behAg - Adi - pApanAsam sivan
11. shanmugapriya nAyakan - rAgamAlika- Adi - N.S.Chidambaram
12. ponnArmEniyanE -TevAram
13. vadanadhyuti - pantuvarALi- rUpakam - tyAgarAjar
14. mangaLam

Sathguru Rasaanubhava - 27/1/12

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, has been conducting the 'Sathguru Rasaanubhava' series for about 6 months now. This thematic concert is a monthly one, featuring exclusively Saint Tyagaraja's compositions.






Accompanists:

V.V.Ravi - Violin
Poongulam Subramanyan - Mridangam
Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam






The theme that I took up for this concert was "Moods and emotions of a devotee(Naadopasaka) during the spiritual journey towards the Supreme".

Saint Tyagaraja has expressed these sentiments very beautifully in many of his compositions. Any devotee experiences emotions like a deep longing to see the Lord, longing to converse with Him, self-depreciation, pleading with the Lord, doubt,disappointment, anger, introspection of his own disqualification,steadfast faith in Him, taking playful liberties with Him, gratitude and finally sharaNAgati.
I took one example for each such emotion and briefly explained the composer's outpouring of Bhakti before rendering each of the kritis.


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

1. entarAni - harikAmbOji - Adi (longing for His company)
2. rA rA mA inti - asAveri - Adi (longing for His Darshan)
3. suguNamulE - chakravAham - rUpakam(S)(Keertana)
4. sArvabhowma sAkEtarAmA - rAgapancharam- Adi (longing for a conversation with Him)
5. nEnendu - karnAtaka behAg- Adi (self-depreciation)
6. E rAmuni nammithinO - vakuLAbharaNam- misra cApu (R) (doubt)
7. mAmava satatam - jaganmOhini- Adi (faith in the Lord)
8. enthanuchu - yadukulakambOji - Adi (R) (pleading)
9. ennaLu oorakE - subhapantuvaraLi- misra cApu (R) (anger,grievance)
10.calamElarA- mArgahindOLam - Adi (dejection)
11.dAsarathE - tOdi - Adi (R,N,S,T)(gratitude)
12.badalika dIrA - rItigowLa - Adi (humor, playful liberty)
13.etulaina bhakthi - sAmA - misra cApu (encourage the Mind)
14.tava dAsOham - punnAgavarALi - Adi (sharaNAgati)
15.mangaLam - rAgamAlikA slOkam - wAlajApet venkataramaNa bhAgavatar


Here is a review of the concert that appeared in the HINDU dated 3/2/2012: