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Adanceofrhythmandmelody
Thursday
Dec2013
Author:LalithaSri
ThesoftstrainsofDwijawanticomewaftingin,themelodymeltsall,thetechnique
strongbutsubtleandsubmerged,theinvisiblebowsosmoothitissimplyunfelt…the
“violinthattalks”intonesbalagopalayamunavihara…Thisimageneedsnotagging,
thelyricneedsnomudra…it’sunmistakablyLalgudi!
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SmtVijayalakshmi’sLecDemonthecompositionsofherfatherandGuruShriLalgudi
Jayaramanwas,withinthegiventimeframeof45minutesonDec20thatMusic
Academy,afeatintimemanagement,giventhevastscopeofthetopic.Shebrought
outthequintessentialLalgudicharacterisitics,theprimacyofmelodywiththe
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subtletyofgrammarthatrecedestothebackground,itsbeautybecomingobvious
onlywhenpointedout.
IntheLalgudivarnamcompositions,thenotesandthetextwenthandinhand.The
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thirdsvaramwasveryspecialasexemplifiedinhisNalinakanticomposition.Thereis
nokarvai,thereisshadjavarjamwithouttouchingsa,andthesvarapatternsare
liltingly,interlacingwitheachothertocreatetheLalgudimagic.Anotherexampleis
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Devagandharicomposition,inwhich,withoutkarvai,phrasescomingfromthehigher
notedown,butthemovementisupward.
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HisPadaVarnamingeniouslycombinesexuberancewiththeunderstatedjoyofthe
nayakibhava.Themusicandthelyricscreatethemoodtogether,juxtaposingthehigh
tideonfullmoonandthedewdropsunderthecoolmoonlightwithmusicalphrases
appropriateforeachtextualphrase.TheamazingShanmukhapriyaPadaVarnamis
structuredlikeanecklace(haaram),with15notesoneithersideofthecentral
pendant.Usedonthedancestage,thesignaturestyleofthesevarnamsistheirgait.
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pendant.Usedonthedancestage,thesignaturestyleofthesevarnamsistheirgait.
Ullasanadaioroyyaranadaiarehandledtosuittheparticularragam.Thegeniusof
Lalgudiusessvaraksharaporuttamtothehilt.
Thoughtillanastypicallydonothavesangatis,Lalguditillanasusesangatis,providing
amplescopeforthedanseuse’sfootwork,and‘ornamentopia’insangitamtoenhance
expressionofcontent.
AnamazingrevelationwasthestoryoftransformationoftheNeelambarivarnam,
originallycomposedasTanavarnam,convertedintoaPadavarnamwithTamillyrics,
withoutchangingasinglenote!
Ofthefourtillanassettomisrachaputalam,eachhadadifferentopeninganddistinct
characterofitsown.Pahadicomeswithaverysofthandlingwithlittlefocuson
kanakku.Misrasivaranjanistandsoutforitskorvaiandsrutibedam.
Whatstandsoutinhiscompositionsaretheaestheticsandragabhavam,andbeyond
everythingelse,thecomposer’shumanquality.Hewaseverybittheideal
VaggeyakkaraasdefinedintheSangitaRatnakara.
Deliveringanimmaculatelecturepunctuatedbyaptsinginginterludes,shesaidwith
theinheritedhumility,thatitwasherattempttocontainanoceaninaconch
(samudraminsanku).Perhapsthisshouldbetheopenerinaserieswithsequels
following,todojusticetoamastercomposerandmagnificentartiste.Itcouldthen
bestowontherasikatherefinementtoexperiencetheecstaticdanceoftherhythm
andmelody,onthewaytowhatLalgudiJayaramanhimselfenjoyedas‘everlasting
bliss’.
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