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What appears
to be a simple list of compositions has a lot of thought and planning behind it. One of
the many reasons for the success of every concert of Vinjamuri is his choice of the items
for a concert. In order to come up with the list of items to be sung for a particular
concert, he would plan meticulously taking many points into consideration. Given below is
the list of items from 3 different concerts ranging from year 1937 to year 1964.
The points
that he would consider for planning any concert are:
- Choose about 15 items for a 3 to 4
hour concert.
Always start with a Varnam,
mostly Ata tala varnam in 2 Kalas, to warm up the voice as well as the audiences.
Either an RTP or a major Raga
Kriti highlights the concert, from there on tapering down to conclusion.
There will be minimum
repetition of the Talam and same Janya ragas consecutively.
Compositions of at least 5 or
6 different composers, minimum use of the same composer consecutively.
Choose the compositions based
on the language of the place.
Choose complexity of the
items based on the type of the audiences
Choose kritis on local deity,
especially while singing at the temple Sabhas.
Change the set of repertoire
every 5 years or so to present variety.
Vinjamuri
Varadaraja Iyengar |
Vocal »»» |
Erode
Viswanatha Iyer |
Violin |
Kuchibotla
Venkateswarulu |
Mridangam |
Madras
Munuswamy Pillai |
Kanjeera |
Vinjamuri
Varadaraja Iyengar |
Vocal
»»» |
Dwaram
Narasinga Rao |
Violin |
Veeraraghavayya
Chaudari |
Mridangam |
Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar |
Vocal
»»» |
Kuppuswamy |
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Violin |
VS Lakshminarayana |
Mridangam |
SV
Ramana |
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Ghatam |
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| Program Items from Guntur Sangeetha
Samajam - November 21, 1937 |
# |
Song |
Ragam |
Talam |
Composer |
1 |
Neranammithini |
Kanada
(J-22) |
Ata |
Puchi
Srinivasa Iyengar |
2 |
Vathapi
Ganapathim |
Hamsadhwani
(J-29) |
Adi |
Muthuswamy
Dikshitar |
3 |
Neelayathakshi |
Mayamalavagowla
(M-15) |
Triputa |
Shyama Sastri
|
4 |
Birana
Varalu |
Kalyani
(M-65) |
Rupaka |
Shyama
Sastri |
5 |
Nee
Chittamu |
Dhanyasi
(J-8) |
Triputa |
Thyagaraja |
6 |
O'
Jagadamba |
Anandabhairavi
(J-20) |
Adi |
Shyama
Sastri |
7 |
Seethamma
Maayamma |
Lalitha
(J-15) |
Rupaka |
Thyagaraja |
8 |
Maa
Janaki |
Kambhoji
(J-28) |
Adi |
Thyagaraja |
9 |
Sudha
Maadhurya Bhashana |
Sindhuramakriya
(J-15) |
Adi |
Thyagaraja |
10 |
Sri
Muladhara |
Sri
(J-22) |
Adi |
Muthuswamy
Dikshitar |
11 |
Munnu
Ravana |
Thodi
(M-8) |
Jhempa |
Thyagaraja |
12 |
Ragam
Tanam Pallavi |
Sankarabharanam
(M-29) |
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13 |
Ragamalika |
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14 |
Javali
etc. / Mangalam |
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| Program
Items from Thyagaraja Gana Sabha - Cocanada - October 4, 1940 |
# |
Song |
Ragam |
Talam |
Composer |
1 |
Viriboni |
Bhairavi
(M-20) |
Ata |
Pachimiriyam
Adi Appayya |
2 |
Vathapi
Ganapathim |
Hamsadhwani
(J-29) |
Adi |
Muthuswamy
Dikshitar |
3 |
Ennaganu
Rama Bhajana |
Kamavardhini
(M-51) |
Rupaka |
Ramadasu |
4 |
Saadhinchene |
Aarabhi
(J-29) |
Adi |
Thyagaraja |
5 |
Seethamma
Maayamma |
Lalitha
(J-17) |
Rupaka |
Thyagaraja |
6 |
Akshyalingavibho |
Sankarabharanam
(M-29) |
Triputa |
Muthuswamy
Dikshitar |
7 |
Etu
Namminavo |
Saveri
(J-15) |
Adi |
Patnam
Subrahmanya Iyer |
8 |
Manasa
Sancharare |
Shyama
(J-28) |
Adi |
Sadasiva
Brahmendra |
9 |
Tatvameruga
Tarama |
Garuda
Dhwani (J-29) |
Rupaka |
Thyagaraja |
10 |
Munnu
Ravana |
Thodi
(M-8) |
Jhempa |
Thyagaraja |
11 |
Micellaneous
Songs/Mangalam |
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| Program
Items from Hyderabad People's Cultural Assoc. - May 2, 1964 |
# |
Song |
Ragam |
Talam |
Composer |
1 |
Neranammithini |
Kanada
(J-22) |
Ata |
Puchi
Srinivasa Iyengar |
2 |
Appa
Rama Bhakthi |
Kama
Vardhani (M-51) |
Roopaka |
Thyagaraja |
3 |
Rama
Bhakthi |
Suddha
Bangala (J-22) |
Adi |
Thyagaraja |
4 |
Seshachala
Nayakam |
Varali
(J-39) |
Roopaka |
Muthuswamy
Deekshitar |
5 |
Narasimha
Nannu |
Bhilahari
(J-29) |
Triputa |
Vinjamuri
Varadaraja Iyengar |
6 |
Endaro
Mahanubhavulu |
Sri
(J-22) |
Adi |
Thyagaraja |
7 |
Kaala
Raatri Swaroopini |
Urmika
(J-57) |
Adi |
Muttayya
Bhagavatar |
8 |
Naagagandhari |
Naagagandhari
(J-20) |
Adi |
Muthuswamy
Deekshitar |
9 |
Ragam
Tanam Pallavi |
Bhairavi
(M-20) |
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10 |
Slokam |
Ragamalika
() |
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11 |
Tillana |
Hindolum
(J-20) |
Adi |
Vinjamuri
Varadaraja Iyengar |
12 |
Vangakkadal |
Surati
(J-28) |
Roopaka |
Andal
Tiruppavai |
13 |
Mangalam |
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