Vidwan Pattabhirama Pandit sings at Ananya

Concert held at Ananya in association with Karnataka Gana Kala Parishad sponsered by Smt. Revathi Krishnan in memory of Shri. S K Ramanuja Iyengar.


Vocal: Vid. Pattabhirama Pandit
Violin : Vid. B Raghuram
Mridangam : Vid. H S Sudhindra
Ghatam : Vid. Shreeshaila

List:
01. varNa - chalamEla -  shankarAbharaNa - Ata - swAti tirunAl mahArAja
02. evaranI - dEvAmritavarshini - Adi - thyAgarAja
03. raghuvara nannu - pantuvarALi - Adi - thyAgarAja
04. mAmavasada - kAnaDa - rUpaka - swAti tirunAl mahArAja
05. rEvagupti AlApa - gOpAlaka pAhimAm - mishra chApu - swAti tirunAl mahArAja
06. annapUrNE - sAma - Adi - dIkshitar
07. bhairavi AlApa - janani mAmava -  mishra chApu - swAti tirunAl mahArAja
08. taNi in mishra chApu
      Speech by Vidwan B K ChandramouLi
09. shlOka - aruNakiraNajAlaihi... - dwijAvanti
10. dhareyoLagiruvudu bahu kaTHiNa - sindhubhairavi - Adi - purandaradasa
11. tillana -dhim tha thom dhiku taka -  dhanashrI - Adi - swAti tirunAl mahArAja(?)
12. mangala - pavamAna


Review: 

The concert started with the beautiful aTa-tALa-varNa in shankarAbharaNa; this was followed by poignant rendering of evaranI. Then came electrifying raghuvara in pantuvarALi.  raghuvara was rendered in fast pace with short nereval and electrifying swarakalpana at manasu nA nIkai. Then came calm and slow paced mAmava sada. AlApa in rEvagpti was soothing. gOpAlaka pAhimAm had swarakalpana at gOpalaka. After this, on request by audience from front row, vocalist rendered annapUrNe vishAlAkshi. It was time for the main item; an elaborate and impressive  AlApa in bharavi by the vocalist  was complimented by a neat essay of bhairavi by Vid. B Raghuram. The main item was janani mAmava with elaborate nereval  and  swarakalpana at anupamita kamalavAse. taNi in mishra chApu by Vid. Sudhindra and Vid. Shrishaila was excellent. Vidwan B K ChandramouLi  thanked the artists. The concert  ended with a tillana in dhanashrI. The concert exposed the talent of Vidwan Pattabhirama Pandit and KVN bani. His specialty in swarakalpana was obvious from his complicated swara-prastAra. Also, his rendering of the krithis with bhAva was impressive.  Vid. Raghuram's essays and his following were notable. Vid. H S Sudhindra played with good anticipation, adding beauty to the rendering. Vid. Shrishaila supported the vocalist and mridangist well. Thanks to the organizers and the sponsors for a good concert.

Excerpts from the book "M.D.RAMANATHAN - meaningful pauses" - 1

From the article by Subramanian Ramakrishnan :-

He desired a highly resourceful and inspiring Guru and finally found the ideal one in Tiger Varadachariar. Ramanathan joined Kalakshetra as the only student for the first batch of Sangita Siromani Course in 1944. Since then he recieved undivided attention and boundless affection from his Guru, Tiger, ....

Tiger's presence inspired his initial concerts at the Music Academy and Mysore Rama Mandiram...

His audience, though not large, was clearly marked by the presence of a highly knowledgeble and inspired set of Music lovers...

Vocal Concert by R K Srikantan and R S Ramakanth

At Jayanagar,  organised by Advaitha Samsthe on 13th June  2010.
Vocal: Vid. R K Srikantan and Vid. R S Ramakanth
Violin: Vid. M A Sundaresan
Mridanga: Vid. Arjun Kumar
Ghata: Vid. Giridhar Udupa

01. varNa - ninnE kOri - kAnaDa-  Adi - tiruveTTiyUr tyAgayya
02. gajAnanayutam - chakravAka - Eka - dIkshitar
03. hamsadhwani AlApa - jayamahishAsuramardini - rUpaka - muttaiah bhAgavatar
04. vandE sadA padmanAbham - navarasakannaDa - Adi - maharaja swathi tirunal
05. dEvagAndhAri AlApa - tulasamma - Adi - tyAgarAja
06. mukhAri AlApa - entani nE varNintu shabari - rUpaka - tyAgarAja
07. taNi in rUpaka tAla
08. koniyaDe - kOkiladhwani-Adi-tyAgarAja
09. kalyANi - varavakoDu enage - khanDa chApu - kanakadAsa
10. tOdi - kangaLidyAtakO kAvEri rangana nODadA - rUpaka - shrIpAdarAya
11. bEhag - maDi maDi maDi endu - Adi - purandara dAsa
12. tillAna - dhIm dhIm dhIm .. - kannaDa - Adi -
13. mangala

Review :

This one was a poignant concert by the nonagenarian legend Dr. R K Srikantan and Prof. R S Ramakanth. With excellent accompaniment by the accompanying artists, the vocalists took the elite  audience to the core of aesthetics. This concert was organized by Shri. Arun Kumar of Advaitha Samsthe and the hall was a very good one with good acoustics. The concert began with nennE kOri - a varNa in kAnaDa, which was followed by gajAnanayutam in chakravAka with swarakalpana at gajAnanayutam. Then came the AlApa in hamsadhwani which had a special flavor, followed by jayamahishAsuramardini, with swarakalpana at jaya... Later, AlApa by Vid. Ramakanth in dEvagAndhAri was very good bringing out the bhAva of this special rAga which was complimented extraordinarily on violin by M A Sundaresan; a rare krithi - tulasamma followed this. The main item was mukhAri (entani nE) which was elaborated with AlApa  and  swarakalpana and nereval at kanulAra sEvinci. taNi in rUpaka was very very good. After taNi, there were dEvaranAma's which were rendered very well each starting with a short AlApa. The concert ended with a tillana in kannaDa. One could notice good diction, bhAva and very good krithi-rendering - some signatures of RKS style. All the krithi's were rendered with full bhAva with full justice to the rAga-bhAva. The accompaniment on violin was just too good. Vid. M A Sundaresan's essays in dEvagAndhAri, mukhAri and  bEhag were outstanding. Vid. Arjun Kumar and Vid. Giridhar Udupa followed up very well to make the concert a grand one.