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An interesting AIR program on Tyagaraja

Here is an interesting program broadcast by AIR, unsure when, where 9 compositions of Tyagaraja are rendered by different artists and each composition has an introduction (in hindi though). It is an interesting mix of artists too. I will try to get the intro translated to English and add it on this post.

It is commendable that AIR had such programs in addition to the National program and the sangeet sammelan that was always a wonderful set of concerts across the country.

Madurai Mani Iyersri gaNapatini – saurAshtram
Chitoor Subramanya PillaikalyANavasantam
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatarraguvara – pantuvarALi
Alathur BrothersdhyAnamE – dhanyAsi
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya PantuluevarimATa – kAmbhOji
Mayuram RajamnagumOmu – AbhEri
M D Ramanathannannu viDaci – reetigowLa
Mudikondan Venkatarama IyerkAru vElpu – kalyANi
Sattur SubramanyamvADEra daivamu – pantuvarALi

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Slokam by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

While scanning and listening to recordings, I came across one recording that had an AIR program on Tyagaraja and on what must have been the rest of the cassette, was a recording of Semmangudi. He sings the slokam on navarasam, which he has sung in other concerts as well, but this one almost without an accompaniment (it is possible that K S Narayanswamy is on Veena that can be heard at very low volumes) resulting in one being able to enjoy every nuance is his singing. It is most likely a concert at the Kalki gardens. I have listened two such concerts with M S Subbulakshmi and K S Narayanaswamy, but this one is a different one.

This is perhaps the best of his renderings of the navarasa slokam. Here is the track for your listening.

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On issues on the blog

In the last 3-4 years, I have been primarily using archive.org to store the recordings and providing access to them on my blog for listening purposes.

Unfortunately, archive.org was a victim of DDoS (Denial of Service) attacks a week ago, because of which the site is completely down and none of the resources on their site are accessible. So, when you visit the blog pages, in some pages or in some sections of these pages, you may find white space appearing instead of the audio gadget. They say that the DDoS attack has been stopped and that they are in the process of restoring their site. I am hoping that they will be restoring their services soon and I will post an update when their services are restored.