Award of Rasikapriya to DRS

MaheshS · Post by **MaheshS** » 15 Mar 2007, 15:35

mnsriram - I'm getting a 404 when I try to access the pictures ... can you let me know please! Thanks.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 15 Mar 2007, 15:44

It should be alright now Mahesh.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 15 Mar 2007, 16:08

drs, can u send the notations?
may be my mail to me?

ninjathegreat · Post by **ninjathegreat** » 15 Mar 2007, 20:23

DRS sir - any possibility of a recording?

Cheers, Ninja

kalgada78 · Post by **kalgada78** » 15 Mar 2007, 20:33

drs, can u send the notations?
may be my mail to me?

DRS,add my ID also please.

Thanks!
Sarma.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Mar 2007, 21:09

DRS

Please post the meaning as well as the notations for the benfit of all!

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 15 Mar 2007, 21:40

The meaning is here:

drshrikaanth wrote:The lyrics for the punnAgavarALi varNa are

sakhi SrIkAntana vinA |
sairipiyallE nA ||P||
mokhu kATallAnA |
mOhu taNiviyallAnA ||AP||

ettugaDe pallavi
pancabANu ghAsi- paNNinAnE ||

Oh Sakhi, I can't bear being without Srikanta; Doesn't he show his face? Doesn't he quench my love?

ettugaDe: The five-arrowed one (manmatha) hurt me , alas!

-Ramakriya

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 15 Mar 2007, 22:05

Congratulations to Dr Srikant. Your contributions to us rasikas is immeasurable
and we thank you. Have a great time in London!!.

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 15 Mar 2007, 23:06

Murthy gAru, can you please give the meaning for the varNam. Thank you.

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 15 Mar 2007, 23:07

ksrimech : Look at post #57

Should be OK, unless the composer says no!

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 15 Mar 2007, 23:16

Oops sorry rAmakriyAji, that post didn't appear on my browser at all. Sorry again. Thank you.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 16 Mar 2007, 01:04

drs - i am also very interested in the notations

Thanks
Arun

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Mar 2007, 01:45

Thanks ramakriya
That makes perfect sense to me!
Now awaiting the specialities DRS promised. The punnagavaraLi is indeed lilting! We should discuss the ragalakshana too!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 16 Mar 2007, 03:18

Notation for the punnAgavarALi varNa

http://www.rogepost.com/n/3772057784

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Mar 2007, 03:38

Perfect!
Suji
Your turn now! Let us hear it in your violin!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Mar 2007, 03:44

DRS

with some elaboration this can be an excellent dance piece varNam. The shOkam of the punnagavarALi can be beautifully depicted in bhAvam. Only thing is to add some jathisvaram!

What do you think Shankar?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 16 Mar 2007, 04:15

Thank you all for your kind wishes

Ramakriya- the meaning posted by you is perfect.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 16 Mar 2007, 15:44

After almost a week I managed to write down a brief about the event

MAIDSTONE, MARCH 10, 2007

RASIKAPRIYA Dr. Shrikaanth K. Murthy

This felicitation ceremony was conducted by the carnatic group popular in cyberspace - Sangeethapriya (www.sangeethapriya.org)

The program started at around 3:30PM with an invocation, a compositon of Dr. Shrikaanth on Lord Ganesha rendered by Ranajani Sivakumar. This was followed by an introduction of Dr. Shrikaanth and his works. The award was presented by the founder of Sangeethapria, Srinivasan Rajagopalan who said that it was an honour presenting the award and appreciated Dr.Shrikaanth's services towards Carnatic music. Dr.Shrikaanth was nominated by rasikas world over touched by his service to Carnatic music. He added that this award would continue to be carried on in the years to come.

Dr. Shrikaanth also expressed that it was with great pleasure that he is accepting the title Rasikapriya. He added that it endears him to the rasikas. He said that he was honoured and touched by the token of appreciation from Srinivasan and the Rasikas.

The ceremony was followed by a composition of Dr.Shrikaanth - kamalAmbikayA kaTAkShitOham in dES rAga rendered by Sriram.

The main program of the day, a concert by Dr. Shrikaanth began with his own compositon, a varNam in punnAgavarALi, a very rare treat. He was accompanied on the violin by Jyotsna Srikanth and on the mridangam by Amuthan. The items to follow were excellent choices including tattvamariya taramA(Ritigowla - Papanasam Sivan), O pannaradO kANE (kannaDa - own composition), paralOka sAdhaname manasA ( pUrvikalyANi - Tyagaraja), nA ninna dhyAnadoLiralu (kAnaDa - Purandara Dasa), SrI vEnkaTa girISam (suraTi - Muttuswami Dikshitar), innu daya bArade (kalyANa vasanta - Purandara Dasa).

This was followed by the vote of thanks - special mention was made of Srinivasan Rajagopalan (sangeethapriya) and Ramakrishnan (rasikas). However, the surprise was yet to come. The conluding item, a rAgamAlika and a tALamalika (suLAdi) - the rAmAyaNa mangaLa rAgamAlika (SrI, dhanyAsi, vasanta, asAvEri, mOhana, saurAShTra, suraTi set to the suLAdi sapta tALas) was the conluding item of the concert and another composition of Dr. Shrikaanth that is a masterpiece.

The musical feast was followed by lovely dinner organised by Sahana and Srikaanth

Overall the program was great. The audience was charmed by Dr. Shrikaanth's music and his vidwat.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 16 Mar 2007, 16:00

Thanks Sriram for the delightful pictures and the summary.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 18 Mar 2007, 09:08

Friends here is the next song.
tattvamariya taramA - Ritigowla - Adi - Papanasam Sivan
I apologize for the audio quality which is over modulated and I do not know how to compensate. Hopefully the video may have a better audio,
http://www.sendspace.com/file/49ukze

padmini · Post by **padmini** » 20 Mar 2007, 12:54

congratulations shrikaanth, for the title "RASIKAPRIYA' conferred on u on 14th of jan. and the actual function took place on 10th of this month. we are really proud of u.
thanks shriram for giving us the real sight of the functionn. u have made us fortunate enough to listen to the concert by recording and sending to all of us. also we had the deligt of viewing the pictures also. thank u again shriram.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 20 Mar 2007, 15:14

Thank you mummy.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 20 Mar 2007, 20:47

thanks padmini amma
it is your grace that we have the gift of such a gem to CM. The title Rasikapriya is just a token of our expectations from DRS in the future. The credit goes to you just as we say in Tamil
InRa pozhuthum perithuvakkum than makanai
chAnRon enak kETTa thaay
( the mother feels happier than giving birth to her son when she sees him recognized as a scholar)
Thank YOU!

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 21 Mar 2007, 16:42

drshrikaanth wrote:The lyrics for the punnAgavarALi varNa are

sakhi SrIkAntana vinA |
sairipiyallE nA ||P||
mokhu kATallAnA |
mOhu taNiviyallAnA ||AP||

ettugaDe pallavi
pancabANu ghAsi- paNNinAnE ||

The prAsam in this gem of a kriti is amazing!
1) Beginning: sakhi-sairi, mokhu-mOhu
2) End: vinA-nA-kATallanA-taNiviyillAnA
3) Mid: SrikAntana-kATallAnA, sairipiyallE-taNiviyallA..
(did I miss anything?)

Aha! Brilliant stuff! Bravo, DRS!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 21 Mar 2007, 21:19

Jayaram
That is the difference between a 'vaggEyakAraka' and a 'kavi' !
One knows musical iidioms and the other the frills of the language. Rarely you find one who is both!
DRS is such a one!

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 22 Mar 2007, 19:04

Thanks Jayaram and CML for noticing and poiinting out the nuances

laxmiv · Post by **laxmiv** » 22 Mar 2007, 21:03

Dear Dr. Shrikanth,

The punnagavarali varnam is very beautiful. Looking forward to listening the rest of the concert.

Thanks cmlover for uploading the songs.

Laxmi

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 22 Mar 2007, 21:16

DRS - have you included rAgamudre in any of your kritis? I was thinking a combined ragamudra + ankita for ragams such as Sri, bAgeSri would be lovely!

Have other composers done this?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 22 Mar 2007, 22:11

Dear laxmi
I will be delighted to u/l the concert one song at a time. I was hoping a Rasika feedback after each u/l. What is a Rasikapriya without priya Rasikas expressing their appreciations and views! In fact DRS has given this concert for the enjoyment of us Rasikas. While all of flock to demand from him Quiz (which is very time intensive on his part) there is very little appreciation expressed (of course the punnagavraLi is well received!) for the concert part. He has started with a nice Tamil song and I expected some comments from the Tamil Rasikas! Al least note that the padcchedams are perfect! (Note he does not sing 'madavaa raNamukanE'

In my view Jyotsna has accompanied very delightfully though the sound of the mridangam is jarring due to recording artefacts.

If you are all ready we shall move on!

laxmiv · Post by **laxmiv** » 22 Mar 2007, 23:24

Dear cmlover,

I just listened to DRS second song, tatvamariya. It is very nice. I don't think I am qualified to comment on DRS. But you are right, the tamil pronounciation is impeccable.

I have heard people sing modhaka harane

Laxmi

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 22 Mar 2007, 23:57

CML,
Let's go piece by piece.
This rItigowla composition is indeed a very nice one. I am hearing it for the first time. Realized it on Lord gaNESa.

DRS has sung it immpeccably.

I am always envious of people you can sing tamizh kritis (I can't with the correct pronunciation

)

-

pallavi

tatvamariya taramA nin tatvamariya taramA
mUlAdhAra gaNapatE surapatE unadu
(tattva)

anupallavi

satva guNamum jIva dayaiyum gnyAnamum
saTTrum illaada kiraanukkunadu
(tatvamariya taramA)

caraNam

mathura paripUrNa mOdaka karanE
mahaa vigna vanasUtaara varanE
nitiyonbadum anparkkaruL paranE
nikhila caraacara bIjaasUranE
madisEkaran maganE sumukanE
matavaaraNa muganE
sruti mutiviNar varu citra paranE
guha sOdaranE raamadaasanukkunadu
(tatvamariyA taramA)

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 23 Mar 2007, 01:20

while i am unsure about these, i think the following apply:

mathura => madura (although i guess both apply - du would be the tamilized form)
vanasUtaara => vanakUTAra (i think)
nitiyonbadum => nidi(y)onbadum (i think this nidi + onbadum?)
anparkkaruL => anbarkkaruL (anbarkku arUL)
bIjaasUranE => bIjAkuranE (?)
matavAraNa => mada-vAraNa

drs as usual has done a fine job!

Arun

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 23 Mar 2007, 01:31

also i dont know what is "kirAn" as in "kirAnukkunadu" (kirAnukku unadu). I think i have heard this as kiradanukku (krAdagan?) - as in worthless person?

Arun

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 23 Mar 2007, 01:33

i checked kirAdan/kirAdagan means "villain"

Arun

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Mar 2007, 01:39

I think there are some errors in the lyrics I posted.

I do hear DRS sing madura, nidi etc.
The composition is a mixture of sanskrit and tamizh words. Should one sing the sankrit word in tamizhised form ? I think yes.

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 23 Mar 2007, 01:45

actually suji i think since many of the phrases are stock sanskrit phrases which have little/no meaning in tamizh, a sanskritized pronounciation seems better to me better. For some words like carAcara there is no tamizh equivalent and tamilizing will mangle it beyond repair.

I think the way drs has sung it is quite ideal for this song IMO.

Arun

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Mar 2007, 02:17

DRS,
Can you please post the correct lyrics before we mangle it further. Also the way you would pronounce these words..for eg

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Mar 2007, 02:34

Ok here we go

tattvamaRiya taramA mUlA- | dhAra gaNapatE surapatE unadu ||P||

sattva guNamum jIva dayaiyum ~jAnanum |
saTRumilAda kirAtanukkunadu ||AP||

madhura paripUrNA mOdaka karanE |
mahA vig(h)na vana kuT(h)Ara varanE |
nid(h)iyonbadum anbarrkaruL paranE |
nik(h)ila carAcara bIjAnkuranE |
madiSEk(h)aran maganE sumukhanE |
madavAraNa mukhanE |
Sruti muDi (uNarvarum) citparanE guha-
sOdaranE rAmadAsanukkunadu ||

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Mar 2007, 02:35

Unlike bhArathi Sivan's Tamil is very much sanskritized. He of course uses Tamil grammar with sanskrit words. The padachchedams are very important so as not to make nonsense. I agree herein DRS has given an impeccable performance. This verse was originally popularized by MMI. Again it is nice for DRS to have started off with the prayer to Lord Vinayaga!

Has the controversy as to the janaka raga (20 or 22(D1 vs D2) ) for rItigowLai been finally resolved?

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Mar 2007, 02:38

Some of the letters within brackets are to show how they are spelt in sanskrit as also how many pronounce it. The last but one line (uNarvarum), Im not sure as lyrics are given differently in P sivan's and some websites. It says "mutiviNarvaru" which I do not understand at all.

Regards singing tamil lyrics myself, I do not have to think and worry about getting it right as I am for all practical purposes a native speaker of the language.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Mar 2007, 02:38

rItigauLa as is sung in this song and popularly is a janya of 22nd mELa only.

laxmiv · Post by **laxmiv** » 23 Mar 2007, 03:17

I have understood the last line as - sruti muDi unarvarul chitparane.

laxmiv

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 23 Mar 2007, 03:42

OK! Now here is the next Kriti
3. O pannaradO kANE - kannaDa - rUpaka - by Shrikaanth K. Murthy (brief AlApane and swaras in 2nd kALa)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wpjnv1

DRS

Pl u/l the sahitya and someone pl do the translation!

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Mar 2007, 04:27

Thanks DRS for the lyrics.
Moving on....

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 23 Mar 2007, 15:54

Top award for composer and singer

http://kentonline.newspaperdirect.com/e ... e38f0c2f80

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 Mar 2007, 21:18

I am very delighted to see that. Thanks mnsriram for the link.

kalgada78 · Post by **kalgada78** » 23 Mar 2007, 21:37

Good to see DRS getting recognised.Gratulations again!

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:01

cmlover wrote:OK! Now here is the next Kriti
3. O pannaradO kANE - kannaDa - rUpaka - by Shrikaanth K. Murthy (brief AlApane and swaras in 2nd kALa)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wpjnv1

DRS

Pl u/l the sahitya and someone pl do the translation!

nice kriti - Tried to post the sAhitya, but the mRdanga is a bit loud and I could not decipher the word at places ..

-Ramakriya

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:08

Just heard the kannaDA composition. Very nice. The kalpanaswarams were short and sweet- suggestive of the kannaDa scale.
Now we need the lyrics to discuss the sAhityA and then the rAga

The scale I could pull out is - 29 mEla
S R G M P M D N S
S N S D P M G M G M R S

There is an elongation on D that I noticed and may be on M
More from DRS

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 23 Mar 2007, 23:10

Thanks guys for all the wishes

Lyrics for O paNNaradO kANE kannaDa, rUpaka tALa

O paNNaradO kANE | upadESipi O jANE ||P||

SrIpadanga nambi rANi | SRngEri nelasina vANi ||AP||

cotta vicArame hembina | sukha vALkya marandilla |
s^atta j~nAnu parandilla | sandEhu arandilla |
cittama^ngu niNDilla | SrIkANtasutandE nalla |
ottina tamu kaNNaDari OdOdU kaNDilla ||C||