Jayalakshmi Santanam, Nada Inbam

Jayalakshmi Santanam - Balu Raghuram - Thanjavur Ramadas - E M Subramanian

Nada Inbam
25 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

gnAnAnanda mayam dEvam - slOkam in mukhAri
Era nApai inta kOpa mElarA - mukhAri varNam - Adi
dasarata nandana - asAvEri
evarani - dEvAmrutavarshiNi
vaNDADum sOlai - harikAmbhOji (RNS)
thUmaNi mADattu - hamIrkalyANi (R)
ninne nODi dhanyanAnEnO - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - PD (RNS)
dakshiNAmUrtE - shankarAbaNam (RST)

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Vidwan A Sundaresan Memorial Concert

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Ahalya - R K Shriram Kumar - Thanjavur Ramadass - N Guruprasad

Vidwan A Sundaresan Memorial Concert
Raga Sudha Hall.
7 July 2010. 6:15 pm

gnAnanda myam dEvam - slOkam in kEdAragauLa
sAmi daya juDa - kEdAragauLa - Adi - TT
manasA eTulOrtunE - malayamArutam - rUpakam - T (S)
budamAshrayAmi - nATTaikuranji - misra jhampa - MD
Azhi mazhai kaNNA - varALi - Adi - ANDAL (NS)
brahma kaDigina - mukhAri - Adi - A
mAmava karuNayA - shanmukhapriyA - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
srI vENugOpAla dEvA - darbAr - kaNDa cApu - KI (R)
amba vANi nannu - kIravANi - Adi - HMB (RNS)
tani
valapu tALa vasamA - aTANA - misra cApu - ST
entaDi kulugE - kalyANi - rUpakam - DS
jagattinai kAttiDum janArdhana - yamunA kalyANi - Adi - Ambujam Krishna
jagadOddhArNA - kApi - Adi - PD
shAnti nilava - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a very good concert. As usual with Smt. Santanam, the choice of rAgams and kritis were pretty different and interesting. All of them were rendered very well. The AlApanais of shanmukhapriyA and kIravANi were both very elaborate and grand. However, one would have prefered a heavier kriti for main. The darbAr was crisp and punchy. The neraval and svarams were all measured and absolutely classical. The post main pieces were all wonderfully rendered too. The violinist was playing like a shadow and gave very good replies. The mridangist played with very good anticipation and in tandem with the music. He was ably assisted by the Ghatam vidwan. The tani they shared was pretty different and soothing on the ear with the soft and hard strokes and the gumukkis that came in a good measure. A very well spent evening at a very classical concert.

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Nada Inbam

Jayalakshmi Santanam - Ranjani Ramakrishnan Arun - Erode Nagaraj - N Guruprasad - Nerkunam Sankar

Nada Inbam
25 Dec 09. 6:15 pm

gnAnanda mayam dEvam - slOkam in kAmavardhani
sAmi nI tODi - kAmavardhani - Adi (S)
charaNu siddhi vinAyakA - saurAshTram - misra cApu - PD
nenaruncharA - simhavAhini - Adi - T
cintayAmi jagadambA - hindOLam - misra jhampai - JCW (R)
pArvati kumAram - nATTAikuranji - rUpakam - MD (R)
vizhikku tuNai - viruttam in sAvEri
murugA muzhumadi - sAvEri - Adi - PS (R)
parAtparA - vAcaspati - Adi - PS (NS)
eppaDi manam - husEni - misra cApu - AK (R)
vinarAdanA manavi - chakravAkam - kANDa cApu - Thirupati Narayanaswamy (NS)
dAtsukOvalEnA - tODi - misra jhampai - T (RNS)
tani
ala sara paritApam - suruTTi - misra cApu - ST
prANa sakuDiTu - senjuruTTi - Adi - DS
ElarADAyanE kAmini - bhairavi - Adi - Chinnaiah
oruti maganAi - bEhAg - Adi - ANDAL
shAnti nilava vENDum - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - madhyamAvati

It was a fantastic concert by all means. Almost a full bench. The concert was absolutely grand. The pieces were all perfectly rendered and the renditions were measured and crisp in both kalpitam and manodarma parts. The vocalist was just too brilliantly inspiring. The accompanists were all perfect and played their parts aptly.

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Nadopasana

Jayalakshmi Santanam - Pakala Ramadas - Thiruvidaimarudur Radhakrishnan - V V S Manian

Nadaopasana, PS High School.
3 July 09. 6:30 pm

gnAnAnandamayam dEvam - slOkam in kAmbhOji
taruNi ninnE - kAmbhOji - Adi - Fiddle Ponnuswamy
sudhAmayi - amrutavarshiNi - rUpakam - HMB
nAdOpAsana - bEgaDa - Adi - T (R)
rAmA ika nannu - sahAnA - rUpakam - PSI (RS)
ambaramE tannIrE - kalyANi - kANDa cApu - ANDAL (NS)
kshINamai tirugA - mukhAri - Adi - T (R)
heccarika gA rA - yadukula kAmbhOji - kaNDa cApu
pArthasArathI nannu - madhyamAvati - rUpakam - RSI (RNS)
tani
samayamidE rA rA - bEhAg - PSI
eNNi eNNi manam - rAgamAlikA - tisra naDai
sAnti nilava vENDum - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - madhyamAvati

It was an amazing concert. Each piece was rendered with a lot of bhavam. The renditions were weighty and all the pieces were moving. The AlApanais were measured and brought out the rAga bhAvam in totality. The neraval svarams were all very good as well.

Smt. Santanam gave a very enjoyable concert. Unfortunately, she had a bad throat on that day, but that did not stop her from presenting what was one of the most enjoyable concerts. Smt. Ahalya on the vocal support was good. Sri Ramadass on the violin was good in parts. The percussion department was beautifully handled by Sri Radhakrishnan and Sri Manian. The tani had Sri Manian do Konnakkol.

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Music Club IIT Madras

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Padma Srinivasan - Dr. Hemalatha - J Vaidhyanathan - Pudukkottai Ramachandran

Music Club IIT Madras. CLT
12th Nov 2008. 7 pm

gnAnandamayam dEvam - slOkam in vasantA
ninnE kOri - vasantA - Adi (varNam)
vAtApi gaNapatim - hamsadvani - Adi - MD (S)
budamAshrayami - nATTAkuranji - misra jhampa - MD (R)
varuvArO varam taruvArO - sAmA - Adi - GKB (short sketch)
pAvana gurupavana purAdIsham - hamsAnandi - rUpakam - Lalitha Dasa
en thAyum enakkaruL thandaiyum nI - viruttam in bEgaDa (by Smt. Padma Srinivasan)
vA murugA vA - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Spencer Venugopal (R)
sankari samkuru - sAvEri - rUpakam - SS (RNS)
Azhi mazhai kaNNA - varALi - Adi - Andal (NS)
venkatEsa nAtham - brindAvana sarangA - tisra Adi - Gauri Sthapathi
nambi kettavar illavO rangayyA - kalyANi - misra cApu - PD (RNS)
tani Avarththanam
anupama guNAmbudhi - aTANA - kaNDa cApu - T
kshINamai tirugA - mukhAri - Adi - T
villinai oththa puruvam - Kavadi Chindu
siRsiRakkum mEni - senjurutti - kaNDa tripuTa
vanga kaDal kaDaindha - suruTTi - rUpakam - Andal
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - madhyamAvati

That was one amazing concert. From the right go, Smt Jayalakshmi Santanam made every rasika sit up and listen very keenly. It was a fully classical affair with each ragam over-shadowing the other.

The slOkam and the varNam in vasanta were a very good start. The hamsadvani kriti to follow was rendered very beautifully with a fitting round of svarams to follow. The nATTakuranji AlApanai was very good. The kriti and the sAmA and hamsAnandi numbers which followed were rendered in a very rich fashion.

The AlApanai of bEgaDa was superb. The viruttam was good. The kriti was reminiscent of renditions by old masters. The sAvEri AlApanai was filled with some vintage sancArams. The kriti with neraval and svarams was rendered beautifully. The varALi thiruppAvai was a surprise and the neraval and svarams were much enjoyable. The brindAvana sAranga number, which i was later informed as a DKP favourite was also very good.

The main kalyANi was very good and it was rather refreshing to hear a dEvarnAma for main against all expectations. The aTANA and mukhAri after the main were quite surprising but nevertheless too good to not enjoy. The finishing pieces were all very good and make one totally fulfilled with the concert.

Dr Hemalatha was very good in all parts of the concert. Her solo versions and following of the main artist were both commendable and were very apt for the concert. Sri Vaidhyanathan was very good and embellished the music with his anticipatory playing and some very nice patterns that he produced. Sri Ramachandran was very supportive. The tani they shared was nice also.

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Post Trinity Compositions, Music Academy,

Jayalakshmi Santanam - Vocal
Padma Srinivasan - Vocal Support
Dr Hemalatha - Fiddle
J Vaidhyanathan - Mrudangam

'Post Trinity Compositions'
Music Academy, Mini Hall
16th September 2008. 6:30 pm

enthO prEma - suruTTi - Adi - Tiruvotriyur Thyagayya
sarasvati nannipuDu - kalyANi - rUpakam - Veenai Kuppaiyer (S)
cintayAmi jagadambAm - hindOLam - misra jhampai - Jayachamraja Wodeyar
rAma ika nannu - sahAnA - rUpakam - Patnam Subramaniya Iyer (R)
enraikku sivakrupai - mukhAri - misra cApu - Neelakanta Sivan
sAkEta nagara - harikAmbhOji - rUpakam - Mysore Sadasiva Rao (NS)
valli nAyaka - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar (RS)
uruvAi - viruttam in sAvEri
murugA murugA - sAvEri - misra cApu - Periyaswami Thooran
sadbhaktiyu - Ananda bhairavi - rUpakam - Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar (R)
gajavadanA - tODi - Adi - Kumara Ettendra (RNS)
tani
ElarADAyanE kAmini - bhairavi - Adi - Chinnaiah
karumugil vaNNAnuku - madhyamAvati - tisra naDai - Ambujam Krishna (mangalam)

Smt. Santanam's recent vocal recital for the music academy was a perfect example of open throated renditions of kritis. Her renditions were weighty and invoked the right senses in the audience. The choice of kritis, covering most known composers of the post-trinity era, and carefully not repeating anybody, was very nice to see. The AlApanais of sahAnA and Anandabhairavi were short and sweet. The shanmukhapriyA and tODi were elaborate and with enough grandeur to be fitting for the kritis to follow. The sAvEri viruttam was rendered very well, by Smt. Srinivasan, who happens to the niece of Smt. Santanam and the daughter of veteran vocalist of yesteryears, Smt. Rukmani Sundararajan.

Both kalpitam and manodarmam parts of the concert were very much enjoyable. Smt Hemalatha and Sri Vaidhyanathan provided very sensible support and played in accordance to what was being sung.

A nice concert over all.