Most of them were created on the requests of popular dancers like Padma Subrahmanyam and Chitra Visweswaran. Lalgudi had composed both ‘Tana’ as well as ‘Pada’ varnams the latter has sahitya for the mukthayi and charanam swaras. Since Lalgudi Jayaraman is particularly known for his varnams and thillanas, Sankari delved deep into both. Sringaram, which won him the National Award. Besides creating a few instrumental ensembles (vadhya vrinda), he turned music director for the film Lalgudi had also set the verses of the Valmiki Ramayana to tune in Sapta ragas and Soolati Sapta talas. Highlighting his amazing composing skills and confidence to experiment, Sankari said that his music for the dance ballet ‘Jaya Jaya Devi’ included almost the entire Bharatanatyam margam. Sankari began by pointing out that the master violinist has more than 50 thillanas, 40 varnams and 10 kritis to his credit. One of his prime disciples, Sankari Krishnan, recently presented an informative and engaging lecture demonstration on the various fascinating facets of Lalgudi’s music. Violin maestro Lalgudi G Jayaraman’s exceptional contribution to Carnatic music through his performances and compositions is legendary.
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