27 March 2013

Muttuswami Dikshitar's Surya Moorthe Namostute- Flute recital




सूर्य मूर्ते - रागं सौराष्ट्रम् - ताळं ध्रुवम्

पल्लवि
सूर्य मूर्ते नमोऽस्तु ते
सुन्दर छायाधिपते

अनुपल्लवि
कार्य कारणात्मक जगत्प्रकाश -
सिंह राश्यधिपते
आर्य विनुत तेजःस्फूर्ते
आरोग्यादि फलद कीर्ते

चरणम्
सारस मित्र मित्र भानो
सहस्र किरण कर्ण सूनो
क्रूर पाप हर कृशानो
गुरु गुह मोदित स्वभानो
सूरि जनेडित सु-दिनमणे
सोमादि ग्रह शिखामणे
धीरार्चित कर्म साक्षिणे
दिव्य-तर सप्ताश्व रथिने
सौराष्टार्ण मन्त्रात्मने
सौवर्ण स्वरूपात्मने
भारतीश हरि हरात्मने
भुक्ति मुक्ति वितरणात्मने



pallavi
sUrya mUrtE namO-astu tE
sundara chAyA-adhipatE

anupallavi
kArya kAraNa-Atmaka jagat-prakASa -
siMha rASi-adhipatE
Arya vinuta tEjaH-sphUrtE
ArOgya-Adi phalada kIrtE

caraNam: 


sArasa mitra mitra bhAnO
sahasra kiraNa karNa sUnO
krUra pApa hara kRSAnO
guru guha mOdita svabhAnO
sUri jana-IDita su-dina-maNE
sOma-Adi graha SikhA-maNE
dhIra-arcita karma sAkshiNE
divya-tara sapta-aSva rathinE
saura-ashTa-arNa mantra-AtmanE
sauvarNa svarUpa-AtmanE
bhAratI-ISa hari hara-AtmanE
bhukti mukti vitaraNa-AtmanE


Meaning:
Salutations Oh Lord in the form of Surya, the Lord of the beautiful Chaya

Oh illuminator of all infinite causes and effects in the world, the Lord of Simha rasi. One whose effulgent lustre has been praised by those of highest esteem, the bestower of benefits such as good health.

Friend to the day-lotus, a friend to all, the most resplendent one, the thousand-rayed, the father of Karna, the fire swallowing dreadful sins, whose brilliance has delighted Guruguha, one who is praised by the learned, the auspicious day-jewel, crest-jewel to Chandra and other planets, worshipped by the energetic, the witness to all actions, one who has the chariot drawn by the seven divine horses. One whose principle nature is embedded in the eight-syllabled hymn of praise, who is of golden hue, of the nature of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and who confers material benefits and spiritual emancipation
.


14 March 2013

Sharanam Bhava Karunamayi- Flute recital by Arun

 Raaga: Arabhi    Narayana Theertha Tarangam         Adi taala

Sharanam Bhava Karunamayi

Pallavi
 
 sharaNam bhava karuNAm mayi kuru dInadayALO
 
  karuNA rasa varuNAlaya karirAja krupALO

Anupallavi

adhunA khalu vidhinA mayi sudhiyA sura bharitam
madhusUdana madhusUdana hara mAmaka duritam

Charana 1: 

vara nUpura sundara kara shObhita valaya
sura bhUsura bhayavAraka dharaNIdhara krpayA
tvarayA hara bharamIshvara suravaryamadIyam 
madhusUdana madhusUdana hA mAmaka duritam

Charana 2 :

 ghrNi maNDala maNI kuNDala phaNI maNDala shayana
 aNimAdi suguNa bhUSaNa maNI maNTapa sadana
vinatA suta ghana vAhana muni mAnasa bhavana
madhusUdana madhusUdana hara mAmaka duritam

Charana 3

ari bhIkara hali sOdara paripUrNa sukhAbdhE
narakAntaka nara pAlaka paripAlita jaladhE
hari sEvaka shiva nAryaNa tIrtha paramAtman
madhusUdana madhusUdana hara mAmaka duritam

Lyrics with  Meaning
 
In this tarangam Bhoodevi (Mother Earth) sings the praise of lord Vishnu and prays to him to incarnate in the world to save it from the attrocities of evil demons.
Slokam:
SaraNa mupagatAham tvam SaraNyam janAnAm
nikhila bhaya viyOgam yOgi chintyAm manantam
sura ripugaNa bhAram dussaham durbharammE
parihara paramAtman bhakti siddhaika moortE||

Oh Lord Sriman Narayana, you are the sole savior. You dispel our fears. Yogis meditate upon you always. Several demons are causing unbearable attrocities on the earth. Please relieve me of this unbearable burden and save the world.
P
SharaNam bhava karuNamayi kuru deena dayALO karuNA rasa varuNalaya KarirAja krupALo ||
Oh compassionate lord, I seek for your shelter. You are the ocean of kindness and you showered mercy on the elephant king who was in deep distress. The attrocities of the demons have become intolerable.
AP
adhunA khalu vidhina mayi sudhiya surabharitam
madhusoodana madhusoodana
hara mAmaka duritam ||
You quelled the demon Madhu. Oh Madhusoodana , dispel my accumulated sins.
C 1
varanoopura dhara sundara karaSObhita valaya
surabhoosura bhayavAraka dharaNee dhara krupayA
twarayA hara bhara meeSvara
suravarya madeeyam
madhusoodana madhusoodana hara mAmaka duritam ||
You are beautiful with dancing bells on your feet and bracelets on your wrists. You assuage the fears of the learned brahmanas and devatas. You dispel all evil on the earth with kindness. Oh Madhusudana , dispel my accumulated sins.
C 2
ghruNi mandala maNi kundala phaNi mandala Sayana
aNi mAdi suguNa bhooshaNa maNi manTapa sadana
vinatA suta ghana vAhana muni mAnasa bhavana
madhusoodana madhusoodana hara mAmaka duritam ||
Your diamond studded earrings shine briliantly and you recline on the Sesha serpent. You are embellished with many virtues and you flourish both in micro and macro forms. The diamond studded pavlion is your abode. Garuda bird is your great vehicle. You live in the hearts of sages. Oh Lord Madhusoodana, dispel my accumulated sins.
C 3
ari bheekara hali sodara paripoorNa sukhAbdhE
narakantaka narapAlaka paripAlita jaladhE
harisEvaka Siva nArA yaNa teertha parAtman
madhusoodana madhusoodana hara mAmaka duritam ||
You are terror for your enemies. You are Balarama's brother. You are the ocean of absolute happiness. You destroyed Naraka and protected all. You ruled the earth and the oceans, Narayana teertha is the devoted servant of Sri Hari. Oh Madhusoodana, dispel all my accumulated sins.



13 March 2013

Lalita raaga Alapana by Arun. S

Sri Ranganatham Upasmahe -Carnatic Flute recital

Raaga Poorna Chandrika        Sree Ranganatham Upasmahe                      Adi Taala

Muttuswami Dikshitar Kruti




Lyrics


पल्लवि

श्री रंगनाथम् उपास्महे नित्यम्

सीता वल्लभम् श्री शन्कर  गुरुगुह  वेद्यम्


समाष्टि चरण

नारदादि नुत श्यामल गात्रम्

नीरजारि मार्ताण्ड सुनेत्रम्

शीतकरम् शरचाप धरणम्

देवराज पूजिताब्ज चरणम्  

Pallavi

Sree Ranganatham upAsmahE nityam

sItA vallabham shrI shankara  guruguha  vEdyam


samaashTi caraNa

nAradAdi nuta shyAmala gAtram

neerajAri mArtANDa sunEtram

sheetakaram sharacApa dharaNam ( Sree ranganaatham ) 

dEvarAja pUjitAbja caraNam  





12 March 2013

Shraddhanjali to Sangeeta Kalanidhi Padmabhushan Dr. Sri Pada Pinakapani

Sangeeta Kalanidhi Dr Sri Pada PinakaPani (1913-2013 )

Legendary Carnatic vocalist Sangeeta Kalanidhi Dr Sri Pada Pinakapani passed away on 11th March 2013 at Kurnool. I offer my Sabhakti poorna  pranams and Shraddanjali to the feet of Dr Pinakapani.

 Biography of  Dr Sri Pada Pinakapani:

Dr. Sripada Pinakapani was born on August 3rd 1913 at Priyagraharam (village) in Srikakulam District of Andhra Pradesh. He was the last son of Sri Sripada Kameswara Rao and Smt Jogamma, He had his primary education in Rajahmundry and Kakinada. He graduated in M.B.B.S. (1939) and did his post graduation in M.D. General Medicine (1945) both from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam. He served in Madras Medical College as Assistant Professor of Medicine and later in Andhra Pradesh Government in Andhra Medical College (Visakhapatnam)/ King George Hospital and at Kurnool Medical College/ Government General Hospital Kurnool between 1945 and 1968 and retired as Professor of Medicine, Superintendent GGH Kurnool on August 2nd on Superannuation from State Government Service at the age of 55.
His main hobby was Classical Carnatic Music. His Adi-Guru was (Late) Sri B.S. Lakshmanarao of Mysore, a fourth generation disciple of Saint Sri Tyagaraja Swamy. His Gurus in advanced music were ‘PADMASREE’ Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (late) and Sri Ranga Ramanuja Ayyangar(late) of Madras. He performed in All India Radio since October1938 until 2001and gave Public Concerts in all over in Andhra Pradesh, some places in Tamil nadu, Delhi, Bangalore and Bombay. 
Following are some of the prominent awards conferred on Dr Sri Pada Pinakapani:

  • A.P. Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award in (1966),
  • A.P. Sangeetha Academy Fellowship in (1982),
  • T.T.D. Asthana Vidwan (1973),
  • 'Sapthgiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani' (TTD) (1974),
  • Kala Prapoorna (Honorary Doctorate in Music, of Andhra University given by (Late)His Highness Sri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy the then President of India,
  • National Sangeetha Natak Akademy Award, Delhi (1977),
  • 'Sangeeta Kala Sikhamani' of Madras Fine Arts Society Society (1970),
  • 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' of Madras Music Academy (1983),
  • Padma Bhushan (Presidential Award, conferred by then President of India, His Highness Jyani Zail Singh) in 1984.
  • He was one of the Five Memember Cultural Delegation of Government of India that toured China in 1984.
  • 'SAPNA' (Sri Annamacharya Project of North America) Life time achievement award in April 2004,
  • 'Kalasagara' of Hyderabad award for lifetime achievement in 2008.
  • Tyaga Brahma Ganasabha of Chennai gave lifetime achievement award on 17th of February 2012 and
-first ever 'TELUGU VELUGU' Puruskar wais conferred on 30th of March 2012, by His Excellency Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh as a tribute to Telugu speaking people who brought world wide glory, along with the greats like Sri Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna (Classical Music), Dr. C.R. Rao (Mathematics), Gen K.V. Krishna Rao (Army), Sri C. Narayana Reddy (literature), Sri Vempati Satyam (kuchipudi dance), Sri Bapu (art), Sri Akkineni Nageswara Rao (film industry)
  • 'Tagore Ratna' was given by National Sangeetha Natak Academy at the end of April 2012 in a quiet function at his residence at Kurnool.
Dr Pinakapani, as a  Great Guru and author :

His music pursuit and activities did continue to more than significant extent after this. He continued to train students who sought him. He put all the music he acquired through more than 5 decades of single minded effort, into a book, and this was published by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam of Tirupati in the four volume magnum opus the SANGEETHA SOWURABHAMU, containing more than 1000 kritis of various composers notated, which he reset into delectable Tanjavur bani (gharana) for which he strived throughout his entire life. This set of books happens to be the source of quality compositions for all aspiring musicians in India and abroad. And many more publications have come up subsequently. He realized that after him only the books continue to be the source of music and put all his energies for the posterity.
MANODHARMA SANGITAM is the book which gives insight into how to develop one’s own manodharma and this has been accepted as one of the books recommended by Telugu University of Hyderbad for music students.
PALLAVI GANA SUDHA, is a unique colletion of more than 160 PALLAVI’S of classic rendition notated and of them 25 have detailed work up. This book is published in both Telugu and English.
MELARAGAMALIKA, contains the description of the 72 melaragas and the actual Melaragamalika was originally composed by Sri Mahavaidya Natha Iyer. To this Dr Pinakapani added notes and brought out in a beautiful book with the Sanchari Swaras on the facing page of each component raga of the ragamalika. Thus it serves as guide to an aspirant musician of the 72 melakarthas. He composed the tune of 108 Annamacharya Kritis in Tanjavur Bani and dedicated them to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.
He was awarded Gupta Foundation Award of Eluru in 1993, Lifetime Achievement Award by Nadabharathi of Hyderabad in 2001, Gadicherla Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, Lifetime Achievement Award by SAPNA (Sri Annamacharya Project of North America) in 2004, Dr.Jandhyala Dakshina Murthy Foundation Lifetime achievement Award 2005, Kalasagara of Hyderabad in 2008.
He trained many in advanced Classical Carnatic music and the famous among them are Sri. Nookala China Satyanaryana, Sri Nedunuri Krishna Murthy, (Late) Sri Voleti Venkateswarlu, (Late) Kumari Srirangam Gopalaratnam, Smt Sistla Vasundhra Devi, Smt K. Subbalakshmi (daughter of Meduri Ramamurthy), Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekhar of Malaysia, (veena). Popular musicians like Sri Malladi Brothers are regular visitors to Dr. Pinakapani for guidance and elobaration of finer points in advanced music.
One notable fact is that his First music disciple Sri Nookala Chinna Satyanarayan himself had been awarded Padma Bhushan AWARD in 2010.
His only deterrent was his old age. He breathed music when he was not praying or asleep and used to sing and said music comes on its own without effort and he cannot help but keep singing. He continuously kept making changes to the nuances and fineness of expression of ragas and he was expressing his desire to make delectable music with short phrases and attributed this effort to his failing breath capacity.

(Source: wiki-pedia )

Video and Audio Links:


Special Programme opn Life of Dr Pinakapani in telugu broad casted by HMTv- Part 1 and Part 2 

Birth Centenary celebrations videos  of Dr Pinakapani @ Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad - part 1 , part 2 and part 3 


Annamacharya Kirtana,  Intakante ika  Ghana  and Kshetrayya Padam  (tuned by Dr Pinakapani ) rendition by Malladi Suri babu , Malladi brothers Sri Rama Prasad & Ravi Kumar and  during Janma Shatabdi celebrations of Dr Pinakapani 

Famous Annamacharya Kirtanas tuned by Dr Pinakapani-


Vaade Venakatadri in Vasanta raaga  by Dr Seshulata and Lahari 


Kshetrayya Padams-  part 1 , part 2 and part 3   by  Malladi brothers tuned by Sri Pada Pinakapani.




11 March 2013

Swaminatha paripalayashumam - Flute recital



स्वामि नाथ - राग  नाट - ताळ आदि

पल्लवि
स्वामि नाथ परिपालयाशु मां
स्व-प्रकाश वल्लीश गुरु गुह देव सेनेश

समष्टि चरणम्
काम जनक भारतीश सेवित
कार्तिकेय नारदादि भावित
वाम देव पार्वती सु-कुमार
वारिजास्त्र सम्मोहिताकार
(मध्यम काल साहित्यम्)
कामितार्थ वितरण निपुण चरण
काव्य नाटकालङ्कार भरण
भूमि जलाग्नि वायु गगन किरण
बोध रूप नित्यानन्द-करण
 
pallavi
svAmi nAtha paripAlayASu mAM
sva-prakASa vallISa guru guha dEva sEnESa

samashTi caraNam
kAma janaka bhAratISa sEvita
kArtikEya nAradAdi bhAvita
vAma dEva pArvatI su-kumAra
vArijAstra sammOhitAkAra
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
kAmitArtha vitaraNa nipuNa caraNa
kAvya nATakAlankAra bharaNa
bhUmi jalAgni vAyu gagana kiraNa
bOdha rUpa nityAnanda-karaNa

24 January 2013

Papanasam Sivan Krutis - Carnatic Vocal by various artists




Papanasam Sivan



Papanasam Sivan (September 26, 1890 - October 10, 1973) was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer.A famous composer, Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyagayya. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created numerous hits popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and M. S.Subbulakshmi.


Papanasam Sivan's early years were spent in the Travancore area of Kerala where the kings patronised fine arts. He was born at Polagam Village in the district of Thanjavur, which was home to the illustrious musical trinity of Carnatic music. His given name was Ramaiya. In 1897, when Ramaiya was just 7, his father died. His mother Yogambal, along with her sons, left Thanjavur and moved to Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, where her brother-in-law was a Ramayana Sastri in the renowned Padmanabha Swamy Temple. At Thiruvananthapuam, Ramaiya learned Malayalam and Sanskrit and later earned a degree in grammar.

Ramaiya was very religious, and with death of his mother in Yogambal when he was 20, became even more so. He wandered from place to place visiting temples and singing devotional songs. Ramaiya used to be an active participant in the devotional music sessions at the home of Neelakandasivan in Thiruvananthapuram. Thus he learned many of the musical compositions of Neelakandasivan. In this period, his wanderings would take him regularly to the temple at Papanasam, where he would smear bhasma all over his body. Hence people began to refer him as Papanasam Sivan, the name by which he was to become well known later.

He picked up his first music lessons from Noorani Mahadeva Bhagavatar, son of Parameswara Bhagavatar. Later he became the disciple of Konerirajapuram Vaidyanath Iyer, a well-known musician, under whose tutelage Sivan blossomed into a consummate artiste that he was.

In spite of his deep knowledge of music, Papanasam Sivan was more interested in the devotional aspect of music. He preferred to sing devotional songs and encouraged other singers take part in sessions of devotional music with him. Papanasam Sivan was a regular in all the major temple festivals in South India with his devotional songs.

Later in 1962 Papanasam Sivan received the President award.

Family of  Papanasam Sivan:

Ramaiya (Papanasam Sivan) has a daughter Dr. Rukmani Ramani who is a leading Carnatic Musician in Chennai. Ashok Ramani who is his grandson is also a successful Carnatic Musician. Another daughter by name Nila Ramamurthy also composes Carnatic music. He had an elder brother Rajagopal Iyer whose daughter V. N. Janaki was an actress and wife of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Rajagopal Iyer also had a son P. Narayanan who was a great educationist in Chennai.

Sri Papansam Kumjumani Bhagavathar, Sri Papanasam Ramani Bhagavathar, Smt Radha Kalyanaraman(Vocalist), Sri Papanasam Kumar (Mrudangist), Master Sankaranarayanan R (Mrudangist), Master Gokul Kumar (Violinist), Kum. Sruthi Kumar (Vocalist and Veena player), Kum. Anita Sivaraman (Dancer) are noted artists , Kumar Rajendran (Advocate) and Dr.Latha Rajendran (Special Educator) who are grand/great-grandsons and grand/great-grand daughters of Sri Rajagopala Iyer.

( Source: Wiki-pedia)

Click here to read more 
  1. About Papanasam sivan  
      2. List of  Compositions of Papanasam Sivan

      3.Books on Papanasam sivan Compositions 
   
      4. Lyrics of Papanasam Sivan Krutis

 Audio:

Click here to listen

1.       Neeve sharan shanmukha-kamboji- Papanasam Sivan- Unnikrishnan

2.       Karunanidhiye- bouli- Mishrachapu- Papanasam Sivan-Bombay Jayashri

3.       Karthikeya Gangeye Muruga-Thodi- Papanasam Sivan-Neyveli SanthanaGopalan

4.       Bhuvaneshwari-Begada- Papanasam Sivan- roopaka taala  S Gayatri

5.       Guruvayuruppa-Chakravaka-Adi taalam- Papanasam Sivan-Shankara Namboodri

6.       Thunaipurindarul karuna madhava-varamu-Papanasam Sivan-Neyveli SanthanaGopalan

7.       Naan oru vilayatu bomaih-navarasakannada- Papanasam Sivan- Unnikrishnan

8.       Madhava maaya-hamsanandi- Papanasam Sivan-Soumya

9.       Kannanai- Shanmukhapriya- Papanasam Sivan-S Gayatri

10.   Karpagame-Madhyamavati Papanasam Sivan- Neyveli SanthanaGopalan

11. Papanasam Sivan Krutis by T M Krishna 

12.   Papanasam Sivan Krutis - Volume 1 and volume 2 

13. Assorted Collection of Papanasam Sivan compositios Link- 1 and Link-  2 

14. Vishwanatham Bhaje - Nedunuri krishnamoorthy

15. Sadashiva Bhajaname- R Vedavalli 


Videos:

1. Great Composer Papanasam Sivan- part 1 , 2  by Gayatri Venkataraghavan

2. Documentary on  Papanasam Sivan , Tamil Tyagayyar- Part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 an 5 

3.  Lecture on Papanasam Sivan