Venue: Sringeri Jagadguru Sankara (Sarada) Madam, Krupashankari Street, West Mambalam, Chennai
Date: 23rd Sep 2006
Vocal: Sri Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan
Vocal Support: Sri Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan
Violin: Sri M.A. Sundareswaran
Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
Morsing: Sri Srirangam Kannan
List of songs:
1) varnam (evari) – AbhOgi – Adi – pattanam subramania iyer
2) srI mahAganapatE – nAttai – Adi – mAyUram viswanAtha sAstry (S)
3) vinAyakuni – madyamAvati – Adi – thyAgarAja (NS)
4) srI rAjarAjEshwari – pUrnachandrikA – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar
5) abhaya varadE – hindOlam – misra chApu – indira natEsan (?) (AS)
6) krupaju – chAyAtarangiNi – adi – thyAgarAja
7) paralOka bhaya – mandAri – Adi – thyAgarAja (S)
8) thAyE yashOdA – tOdi – Adi – UthukkAdu venkata subbaiyer
9) rAgam tAnam pallavi – kalyAni – Adi (2 kalai)
pallavi wordings: “srI saraswati vANi kalyANi, rAgapriyE namOstutE”
10) nIrajadaLanayanA – mAnd – Adi – mannArgudi sAmbasiva bhAgavathar
11) nArAyaNA – sudha danyAsi – kanda chApu – purandaradAsa
12) rAgathil siranda – rAgamAlikA – Adi – kadalUr subramanian
13) bhO shambhO – rEvati – Adi – dayAnanda saraswati
14) nAn oru vilayAttu – navarasa kAnadA – Adi – pApanAsam sivan
15) pavamAna (mangaLam) – sOwrAshtram – Adi – thyAgarAja
Sri Srnivasan sung a lot of songs that his father Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam used to sing and rendered them well. The tanam in ragam tanam pallavi was not top class stuff though.
The pallavi line in the ragam tAnam pallavi “srI saraswati vANi kalyANi, rAgapriyE namOstutE” was structured as follows (A = aksharam): (starts 1A after samam) srI (1A) sara (1.5A) swati (1.5A) vANi (1.5A) kalyA (1.5A – ends at half of the Avartanam) Ni (+ gap = 2A) rA (1A) ga (1.5A) priyE (1.5A) namO (1.5A) stutE (1.5A) = Total 16A = total akshara count of one Avartanam of Adi tALam (2 kalai)
Ramkumar R 