Kalpakam Swaminathan, Tyagaraja vibakti kritis, Nada Inbam

Programme on Thyagaraja Vibhakti kritis.

Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veenai
Smt Bhuvaneswari Narasimhan - Commentary & Vocal Support
Sri L Ramakrishnan - Veenai Support
Sri R K Shriram Kumar - Fiddle
Sri K Arun Prakash - Mrudangam

Nada Inbam. Raga Sudha Hall.
27th Feb 08. 6 pm

valaci vaccinAnurA - hindOLa vasantam - rUpakam (chauka varNam composed by Ramaswami Dikshitar on tyAgarAja swami)
mahAgaNapatE - naTa nArAyaNi - Adi
srI guruguha - dEvakriyA - rUpakam
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nArI rItigauLa - rUpakam
tyAgarAja pAlayAsumAm - gauLa - Adi (dhyAna kriti)
tyAgarAjO virAjatE - aTANA - rUpakam (pratama vibhakti)
tyAgarAjam bhajarE - yadukula kAmbhOji - misra cApu (dvitIya vibhakti)
tyAgarAjam bhajEham - nIlAmbari - rUpakam (dvitIya vibhakti)
tyAgarAjENa samrakshitOham - sALaga bhairavi - Adi (tritIya vibhakti)
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam (caturtI vibhakti)
tyAgarAjAdanyam - darbAr - Adi (panchami vibhakti)
srI tyAgarAjasya bhaktO - rudrapriyA - misra cApu (sashTi vibhakti)
tyAgaraAja krityA krityam - sArangA - kaNDa Ekam (saptami vibhakti)
vIravasanta tyAgarAja - vIravasantam - Adi (sammOdana vibhakti)
srI kamalAmbikE - srI rAgam - kaNDa Ekam

The programmed started with brief introduction about the kshetram Thiruvarur and the deities in the temple. The detail to which Dikshitar are documented in his compositions was mentioned Their were brief introductions about each song before they were presented.

All the compositions, except for the dEvakriyA piece, are on the various deities who are present in the tyAgarAja swAmi temple in thiruvArur.

There were brief AlApanais for nArI rItigauLa, gauLa, aTANA, yadukula kAmbhOji, bEgaDa, darbAr, sArangA and srI rAgam. No neraval, svarams were rendered. Smt Swaminathan choose to sing the pieces in sALagabhairavi, rudrapriyA, sArangA and vIra vasantam. She sang along while playing the others on the vINai.

A programme to remember and cherish!