Trying to Learn Music

Ritha Rajan, Nada Inbam

2012-01-22T12:19:00.003+05:30

Ritha Rajan - R K Shriram Kumar - Thanjavur Kumar

Nada Inbam
2 Jan 2012, 6:15 pm

sAmi nIpai - Anandabhairavi - ATa - VK [varNam]
palukavEmi - pUrNacandrikA - Adi - T (S)
nIlAyatAkshI - paras - tripuTa - SS
paripUrNakAma - pUrvakalyANi - rUpakam - T (RNS)
cEtah srI bAlakRSNaM - dvijAvanti - MD (R)
dhUrjaTi natincenE - gauri - Adi {2} - Pallavi Dorasamayya
sukhi evvarO - kAnaDa - Adi - T (RS)
buddhi rAdu - sankarAbharaNam - misra cApu - T (RST)
vaDigA gOpaluni (paDakiNTiki) - mOhana - misra cApu - ksEtrayya [padam]
emandune muddu bAlAmaNi - mukhAri - Adi - dharmapuri subbarayar [jAvaLi]
IlAguna - darbAr - misra cApu - paTTabhirAmayya [jAvaLi]
kUrvEl pazhitta vizhiyAlE - madhyamavati - khaNDa gati - tiruppugazh
nI nAmarUpamulaku

Suguna Varadachari, Nada Inbam

2012-01-22T12:13:00.003+05:30

Suguna Varadachari - Avaneeswaram Vinu - B Ganapathyraman - H Sivaramakrishnan

Nada Inbam
31st Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

vanajAkshi – kalyANi varNam – khaNDa aTa
rAmA nine namminAnu – husEni – Adi – Thyagaraja (S)
nAmorAlakinchi – dhanyAsi – rUpakam – VK (RNS)
vazhi maraittirukkude – nATTakurinji – mishra chApu – GKB (RS)
shrIdhara pAhi – jayantashri – rUpakam – MV
nI pAdamulE gatiyani – bhairavi – Adi – PSI – RNST
naDamADi tirnda - kAmbhOji - kaNDa cApu
Ehi mudam dEhi – Anandabhairavi – Adi – NT
Bhaja rE gOpAlam – yamunAkalyANi – Adi
mananilai ariyEnaDi - bhAgEsrI - Adi - Neela Ramamurthy
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
shriyat kAntAya – shlOka – madhyamAvati

Seetha Rajan, Nada Inbam

2011-12-31T07:29:00.002+05:30

Seetha Rajan - M R Gopinath - J Vaidhyanathan - B S Purushottaman

Nada Inbam
30 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

AbhOgi varNam
danyuDevvaDO - malayamArutam (NS)
pAhimAm ratnAcala nAyaka - mukhAri (RS)
kaikUDa vENumE kandA - latAngi - Kavi Kunjara Bharathi (R)
marugelarA
bhajana parula - suruTTi (RS)
jambhUpatE
sItamma mAyammA
sadA nIpAda - tODi - Adi - Spencer Venugopal (RNST)
nI mATalE mAyanurA - pUrikalyANi
peRRa thAi - viruttam in sahana, sindhubhairavi
visvEsvara darisan

S Sushruthi, Nada Inbam

2011-12-31T07:20:00.006+05:30

S Sushruthi - Padma Shankar - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Trivandrum Rajagopal

Nada Inbam
30 Dec 2011, 4 pm

entho prEma - suruTTi
gaNanAyakam - rUdrapriyA
bhuvinidAsuDanE - srI ranjani (RS)
srI kALahasatIsha
tulasi jagatjanani - sAvEri (RNS)
varugirAnO vArAnO - kannaDa
EkAmrEsa nAyakI - cAmaram (shanmukhapriya) - Adi (2 kaLai) - MD (RNST)

B Balasubramanian, Nada Inbam

2011-12-28T23:08:00.003+05:30

B Balasubramanian - Amrita Murali - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Udupi Sridhar

Nada Inbam
28 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

nEranammiti - kAnaDA varNam
daya jUchuTakiti - gAnavAridi
avatAram entuku - harikAmbhOji (S)
kAntimati - kalyANi (R)
endukiti chapalamu - mandAri - rUpakam - PSI (S)
oru kAl siva chidambaram - dEvagAndhAri - Adi
tanayuni brOva (RNST)
aDiyokka - kAmbhOji
adhuvum solluvAL - saurAshTram
viruttam and followed by mukti aLikkum - senjuruTTi
sAramaina - bEhAg
kAdi mOdi tiruppugazh

Rama Ravi, Nada Inbam

2011-12-27T22:33:00.003+05:30

Rama Ravi - R Hemalatha - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
27th Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

sAmi ninnE - srI rAgam
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvari
guruguhAya - sAmA - Adi - MD (sketch S)
mInalOchana brOva (RNS)
hastivadanAya
bhajana sEya rAdA - dharmavati (NS)
siddarinam uNDO - suddha danyAsi - rUpakam
saraguNa pAlimpA (RST)
mEragAdu - aTANA - Adi
OsOsi - mukhAri
bAyarAni - kApi - rUpakam
hari smaranE mADO - yamunakalyANi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Parassala Ponnammal, Nada Inbam

2011-12-26T22:13:00.001+05:30

Parassala Ponnammal, K Bhama - Padma Shankar - Nanjil Arul - Udupi Balakrishnan

Nada Inbam
26 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

sarasijanAbhA - kAmbhOji varNam
vAtApi gaNapatim (S)
rAma nannu brOvarA (RNS)
janani ninnuvinA
mantriNi mAtangatanayE - hEmavati - rUpakam - HMB (RS)
dEva dEva mAm pAlaya - tODi - misra cApu - ST (RNST)

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Nada Inbam

2011-12-26T08:22:00.001+05:30

Jayalakshmi Santanam - Balu Raghuram - Thanjavur Ramadas - E M Subramanian

Nada Inbam
25 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

gnAnAnanda mayam dEvam - slOkam in mukhAri
Era nApai inta kOpa mElarA - mukhAri varNam - Adi
dasarata nandana - asAvEri
evarani - dEvAmrutavarshiNi
vaNDADum sOlai - harikAmbhOji (RNS)
thUmaNi mADattu - hamIrkalyANi (R)
ninne nODi dhanyanAnEnO - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - PD (RNS)
dakshiNAmUrtE - shankarAbaNam (RST)

Amrita Murali, Music Academy

2011-12-26T08:14:00.000+05:30

Amrita Murali - Ranjani Ramakrishnan Arun - R Shankaranarayanan - Chandrasekara Sarma

Music Academy
25 Dec 2011. 1:45 pm

vidukalu mrokkEdA - mAyAmALavagauLa (sketch, S)
entaninnE - mukhAri (RNS)
parimaLa ranganAtam - hamIrkalyANi
trilOka mAtA - paras
akshayalinga vibhO (RNST)
RTP - suruTTi - khaNDa jhampai (khaNDa naDai) 4 akshara eDuppu, 6 akshara aridi
sAranga varada mAmava sarvadA - charaNamiti suraTitha
rAgamAlikA svarams in sArangA and brindavana sArangA
saravaNa jAtha - sindhubhairavi - sankIrNa jhampa - Thiruppugazh

T N Krishnan, Music Academy

2011-12-26T08:01:00.000+05:30

T N Krishnan, Viji Krishnan, Sriram Krishnan - Thiruvarur Baktavatsalam - Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Music Academy
25 Dec 2011. 9:15 am

maguva ninnE - nArAyaNagauLa
evarani - dEvAmrutavarshiNi
dEva dEva - mAyAmALavagauLa (RNS)
sukhi evvarO (R)
gaNanAyakam - rudrapriyA
RTP - tODi - Adi (2kaLai)
rAgamAlikA tAnam in sahAna, kApi, bEhAg
tani
eppo varuvArO
vanga kaDal kaDaindha - suruTTi
nI nAma rupamulaku

R Vedavalli, Nada Inbam

2011-12-24T07:03:00.003+05:30

R Vedavalli - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arunprakash - N Guruprasad

Nada Inbam
23 Dec 2011. 6:!5 pm

sukhi evvarO - kAnaDA - Adi - T (sketch, S)
pavanAtmaja - nATTai - MD
sari evvarE - sriranjani - Adi - T (RS)
srIvidya rAjagOpAlam - jaganmOhanam - MD
srI venkaTesA - phalaranjani
akshayalinga vibhO - sankarAbharaNam - misra cApu - MD (RNST)
RTP - kIravANi - catusra jhampa (2 kaLai) (1/4 eDuppu, 5 akshara aridi)
aruna prakasha sri rama - jaya gurupriya (pallavi with the names of her accompanists of the evening and the organiser) - Ragamalika in aTANA, sAmA, bEhAg
yArukkAgilum bayamA - bEgaDa - misra cApu
adi nIpai marulu - yamunakalyANi - DS
nAdapriya sivanenmbaru - hamsAnandi - kanDA cApu
nI nAma rUpamulaku
svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

Malladi Suribabu, Nada Inbam

2011-12-20T22:50:00.004+05:30

Malladi Suribabu - B U Ganesh Prasad - Srimushnam V Raja Rao - Vaikom R Gopalakrishnan

Nada Inbam
20 Dec 2011. 6:15 pm

sakala shanthi karamu - bahudari - adi (R)
rama ninne nammi - huseni (S)
angarakam - surutti - rupakam (2 kalai)
siva siva siva - pantuvarali - adi (RNS)
prArabdhamiTLu - svarAvaLi - kaNDa cApu - T
lOkAvanachatura - begada - adi - T (RST)

Rama Ravi, Music Academy

2011-12-20T22:42:00.001+05:30

Rama Ravi - Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Prapancham Ravindran - G Ravichandran

Music Academy
20 Dec 2011. 9:15 am

intha mODi - sArangA - Adi
grahabalamEmi - rEvagupti - Adi - T (S)
anantha padmanAbham - Arabhi - Adi - HMB
nIvEra kuladanamu - bEgaDa - misra cApu - T(RS)
kAppaduvE - Anandabhairavi - rUpakam - Ponniaah Pillai
EkAmranAtam - pUrikalyANi - Adi - MD (RNS)
nEkkurugi - AbhOgi - Adi
karuNAnidhi ilalO - tODi - Adi (tisra naDai) - SS (RNST)
kuvalayAkshirO - gauLipantu - misra cApu - K
mOdi jEsEvElarA - khamAs
tillai ambalatAnai - suruTTi - rUpakam - GKB

V Sumithra, Nada Inbam

2011-12-19T22:05:00.000+05:30

V Sumithra - Trivandrum Sampath - B Sivaraman - D V Venkatasubramanian

Nada Inbam
19 Dec 2011, 6:15 pm

rA rA sAmi - Anandabhairavi - Adi - RSI(?) [varnam]
entarA nItanaku - harikAmbhOji - Adi - T (NS)
chalamElarA - mArga hindOLam - Adi - T
sambhO mahAdEva - kAmavardini - tisra Ekam - T (RNS)
srI jAlantaram - gambIra nATTai - Adi - JCW
srI kamalAmbhikE avAva - ghaNTA - Adi - MD
varugirAnO vArAnO
mitrI bhAgyamE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNST)

Prasanna Venkataraman, Music Academy

2011-12-18T22:44:00.002+05:30

Prasanna Venkataraman - Edapally Ajith Kumar - AV Manikandan - Alathur Rajaganesh

Music Academy, 1:45 pm

bhavanuta (sketch, S)
marubalka (RNS)
arunachala natham
ninne nammi naanu (RNST)
karuthil ennalum - pantuvarali - adi - Periyasaami thooran
RTP - Arabhi - kanda triputa (2)
charukesa jatadara sambhO chandrasekara hE tvambhO
ragamalika svarams in kaanada, hindolam
tillana - dvijavanti - adi

Kotapalli Vandana, Music Academy

2011-12-18T22:41:00.001+05:30

Kotapalli Vandana - Bombay V Anand - M Sridhar

Music Academy, 12 Noon

ninnu joochi
santana gopala krishnam - khamas (NS)
dwaitamu sukhama (RS)
saravana bhava - pasupatipriya
pankaja lochana (RNST)
ragamalika tarangam

T N Seshagopalan, Music Academy

2011-12-18T22:31:00.002+05:30

T N Seshagopalan - VV Ravi - TK Murthy - Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Music Academy
18 Dec 2011. 9:15 pm

slOkam - tODi
Era nApai
ninnuvinA - poorikalyani - viloma chapu (RNS)
maanamu kaavalenu talli - sahana - rupakam - HMB (RNS)
manasuloni - hindolam (sketch, S)
kamalambam bhajare (RNST)
mohanavalli - manji - misra chapu - Kavi kunjara bharathi
hariguna gaavatha - maru behag - meera bhajan
vande mataram - slokam in keeravani, hameer kalyani, ranjani, sri

B Balasubramanian, Ramana Kendram

2011-12-16T22:55:00.001+05:30

B Balasubramanian - R K Shriram Kumar - K Ashok

Ramana Kendram - 16 dec 2011 6:30pm

sami ninne - sri raga varnam
vidulaku mrokkedaa (S)
neevada ne gana - saranga (R)
tyagaraja yoga vaibhavam
sankari neeve (RS)
ninnu cheppa kaaranamemi (NS)
bala vinave - kambhoji padam
smara sundaranguni
ninne nammi nanu - todi (RNST)
maate avar seidha - bhairavi padam
jaanaro - khamas
uruvaai uruvaai then eru mayil eri - madhyamavati
nee nama rupamulaku

Neela Ramgopal, Nada Inbam

2011-12-16T08:09:00.000+05:30

Neela Ramgopal - Vittal Rangan - Mannarkoil Balaji - K V Gopalakrishnan

14 dec 2011, 6:15pm. Nada Inbam

maal maruga - hindolam varnam - thanjavur sankara iyer
ninne bhajana - nattai (S)
muripemu galige (R)
emaanadichevo - sahana (RS)
kalyanollaasa - slokam in brindavana saranga
rangapuravihara
dayarani dayarani
mamava karunaya - shanmukhapriya - misra capu - ST (RNST)
tuppudaiyaanai -virttam/pasuram in kedaragaula, kalyani, kapi, sindhubhairavi
tillana - sindhubhairavi - adi
nI nama rupamulaku

Kalyani Ganesan, Nada Inbam

2011-12-14T07:09:00.001+05:30

Kalyani Ganesan - TK Ramakrishnan - H Sivaramakrishnan

13 Dec 2011, 6:15 pm
Nada Inbam

sarasija nabha - nayaki varnam
nada tanumanisam (S)
ramachandram bhavayami - vasanta (R)
sri raghukula - hamsadwani (RS)
ninne neranamminanuraa - pantuvarali (RNS)
amba neelayadakshi
nee padamule - bhairavi (RtST)
enna tavam seidanai (sketch)
karpagame - madhyamavathi
nee nama rupamulaku

Iyer Brothers, Nada Inbam

2011-12-13T07:01:00.003+05:30

Iyer Brother - Mannargudi Eswaran - Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

12 Dec 2011, Nada Inbam

praNamAmyaham - gauLa (S)
sankari nIvE - bEgaDa (R)
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANI (RNS)
rAma rAma pAhi - dEvagAndhAri - ST
banturIti kOlu - hamsanAdam
bAlagOpala - bhairavi (RST)
vinara mAnasa - kApi - ST (R)
Adi nI pai - yamunAkalyANi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Hyderabad Brothers, Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan

2011-12-11T23:13:00.000+05:30

Hyderabad Brothers - R K Shriram Kumar - Trivandrum V Balaji

BVB, 10th Dec 2011. 6:30 pm

REached late. entered just as the poorvikalyani alapanai by Sri Ragavachari began

valapulu - pUrikalyANi - misra cApu - Annamacharya (RNST)
rAkA sasivadanA
valapudAsa nEranE - varALi - misra cApu (a long alapanai in stages.)
tAru mAru - nATTaikuranji
entaTi kulukE - kalyANi
Emi mayamu - kAmbhOji
tillAnA - kuntala varALi
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Mangalam Shankar, Nada Inbam

2011-12-09T22:51:00.004+05:30

Mangalam Shankar - G Bharathi - Thanjavur Ramadas - Madipakkam Murali

9 Dec 2011, 6:15pm
Raga Sudha, Nada Inbam

viribhOni ninnEkOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA
namAmi vignavinAyakam - hamsadvani (S)
santAnagOpAlakrishnam - khamAs - rUpakam - MD (sketch)
ennagAnu rAmabhajana - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - BR (RNS)
nAgagAndhAri rAganutE - nAga gAndhAri - MD
sudhA mAdUrya bhAshaNa
kAdambari priyAyai - mOhanam - misra cApu - MD (RNST)
tAndava darisanam - rItigauLa - GKB
muruganin maru peyar - bEhAg
nI nAma rUpamulaku

Nanditha Ravi, Nada Inbam

2011-12-09T22:40:00.004+05:30

Nandita Ravi - Amrita Murali - Mannarkoil J Balaji

8 Dec 2011, 6:15pm
Nada Inbam, Raga sudha hall

varNam
tuLasitalamu - mAyAmaLavagauLa - rUpakam - T (NS)
sivakAmipatim - nATTaikuranji - MD (RS)
mundu vEnugA - darbAr - Adi - T
sivai ninaindu - hamIrkalyANi - Neelakanta Sivan
rAmA nIyaDa - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNST)
apaduru - khamAs
mAnamE bhUshaNamu - shankarAbaraNam - misra cApu (padam)
vANipondu - kanaDA
nI nAma rUpamulaku

S R Janakiraman, Nada Inbam

2011-08-24T20:10:00.002+05:30

S R Janakiraman - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam, Kalpakam Swaminathan Remembrance Concert
14th Aug 2011. 6:45 pm

mahAganapatE - naTanArAyaNi - MD
bhArati maddishAsana - dEvamanOhari - MD (sketch S)
srI sarasvati hitE - mAnji - MD
abhayAmbA - kalyANi - Adi - MD (RS)
krishNAnanda - gauLipantu - MD
inkevarunnAru - sahAnA - Adi - Annaswamy Sastri (RST)
purahara nandana - ham vIru - Adi - MD

L Ramakrishnan, Nada Inbam

2011-08-24T20:00:00.002+05:30

L Ramakrishnan - R Ramkumar

Nada Inbam, Kalpakam Swaminathan Birthday remembrance
14 Aug 2011, 5:30 pm

valaci valaci - hindOLa vasantam - rUpakam - Ramaswamy Dikshitar
hastivadanAya - navarOj - misra cApu - MD
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nArI rItigauLa - MD (R)
vEnkaTa saila vihArA - hamIr kalyANi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RtNST)
mahAlakshmi - mAdava manOhari - Adi - MD
siddIsvarAya namastE - nIlAmbari - misra cApu - MD

Suguna Varadachari, V S Sundari Memorial Concert

2011-07-14T22:46:00.005+05:30

Suguna Varadachari - R Hemalatha - Mannarkoil J Balaji - Nerkunam Sankar

V S Sundari Sankaran Memorial Concert
Raga sudha hall.
10 july 2011. 6:30 pm

kanakAngi - tODi - aTa - Pallavi Gopala Iyer (short sketch)
nADADinamATa - janaranjani - misra cApu - T (short sketch, S)
nanmaiyum selvamum - viruttam in kIravANi
uruga vENDAmO - kIravANi - rUpakam - Ambujam Krishna (NS)
abhayAmbikAyA - kEdAragauLa - kaNDa cApu - MD
srIkAnta nIyaDa - bhavapriyA - Adi - T (R)
pAlincu kAmAkshi - madhyamAvati - Adi - SS (RNST)
pacchai mA malai pOl - pAsuram in sahAnA, varALi
UrilEn kANi illai - pAsuram in bEhAg, sindhubhairavi
kalyANa gOpAlam - sindhu bhairavi - kaNDa cApu - NT
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - suruTTi

It was a great concert that filled my heart and soul. A wonderful concert.

R Vedavalli, Samajam

2011-05-12T17:03:00.005+05:30

R Vedavalli - Usha Rajagopalan - B Ganapathiraman - N Guruprasad

Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidwat Samajam
Thyagaraja Jayanthi Festival

mOkshamu galadA
suguNamulE (NS)
vAcAmagOcaramE - kaikavasi
ceDE buddhi (RN)
tanamI tanE - bhUshAvaLi
rAma kathA suthA (RNS)
tani
srI rAma rAma rAmA
ghaNTA mangaLam

The concert was so moving and touching to the heart. The neraval and svarams in chakravAkam were so absorbing. The submain aTANA was absolutely educative and filled with routine classical music of the old guard. The main madhyamAvati was awesome, to put it in a word.

Sowmya, IIT Madras

2011-04-22T21:49:00.005+05:30

Sowmya - MS Ananthakrishnan - Poongulam Subramanian - Anirudh Athreya

concert on the occasion of receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award
CLT IIT Madras

panchamAtanga - malahari - rUpakam - MD
gurulEkha - gauri manOhari - kANDa cApu - T (S)
Anandamaya manavE - jyOtisvarUpiNi - Adi - WVB (R)
annapUrNE visAlAkshi - sAmA - Adi - MD
ODi bArayyA - bhairavi - misra cApu - PD (RNST)
tiruvai paNindu - mAND - Adi - PS
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

A good concert. The submain jyOtisvarUpiNi with a very rare kriti was very nice. The main bhairavi was enjoyable as well.

V Sumithra, Nada Inbam

2011-04-07T21:44:00.003+05:30

V Sumithra at Nada Inbam

Dikshitar Jayanthi concert

slokam
vathapi ganapathim
sri nathadi guruguho
arunachala natham
hastivadanaya
pranathathiharaya
sri vidya rajagopalam
sri kamalambhikayah param nahi re

It was the day after Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan had left us. One was totally engrossed in sorrow and with each MD kriti rolling one after another, it was just not possible to keep oneself composed.

The concert was filled with gems of MD. The elaborations of mAyAmALavagauLa were good. The AlApanai of navarOj was very interesting to listen to. The main bhairavi was absolutely esoteric.

Lakshmi Sreeram, Music Club IIT Madras

2011-04-07T21:41:00.004+05:30

Lakshmi Sreeram, Music Club IIT Madras

Sri Rama Navami spl concert

slokam
jaya jaya jaya janakikantha
rama bhakti samrajyam
emayya rama
ra ra rajeevalochana rama
kanamum maravathe
dasaratham - nattakuranji
rama rama guna seema

The concert was well rendered. The alapanai of mOhanam was very heavy and classical. The main simmendra madhyamam was very enjoyable also.

Dr R Hemaltha, Music Club IIT Madras

2011-04-07T21:39:00.004+05:30

Dr Hemalatha fiddle concert at CLT

sahana varnam
gam ganapathe
sadhinchane
suajana jeevana
saundara rajam
niravathi sukhada
enthuku peddala

The alapanai of Arabhi and khamAs were very educative and showed the essential phrases. The shankarabaranam was majestic. The highlight of the program was the commentary by Dr Hemalatha, where she mentioned the differences in handling of ragas by each of the trinity and contemperory usages. She highlighted the special old-school phrases which are not all that oft heard in concerts these days.

Rudrapatnam Brothers, Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust

2011-03-24T22:30:00.004+05:30

Rudrapatnam Brothers - Charulatha Ramanujam - R Ramesh - KV Gopalakrishnan

Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust, Trinity Jayanthi Festival
NGS mini
24 March 2011. 6:30 pm

paramAtmuDu - vAgadIswari - Adi - T (short sketch)
enta bhAgyamu - sArangA - Adi - T (S)
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
eTi yOcanAlu - kiraNAvaLi - Adi - T (S)
ninnE nammi nAnu - tODi - misra cApu - SS (RNS)
tani
srI kamalAmbikE - shrI - kANDa Ekam - MD

It was a very offbeat and impressive start with vAgadIsvari. The short sketch by Sri Thyagarajan was perfect for the opening piece which was very well rendered. A energetic rendition of the sArangA piece was appropriately followed by an elaborate round of svarams.

Sri Taranathan's bEgaDa AlApanai was very elaborate and filled with all the essential and classical and much enjoyable phrases. It was a very heartening affair. The kriti was rendered with all its grandeur with a quick round of neraval and svarams at 'vAgIsAdyakila dEva vandita pada pankajAya'

The rendition of the kiraNAvaLi song was racy and the elaborate round of svarams that followed were very educative about the rare ragam.

The main tODi was absolutely fantastice. The AlApanai by Sri Thyagarajan was totally enjoyable and elaborate. The phrases were all totally classical and was indicative of the kriti that was coming up. The song was rendered very well with an elaborate round of neraval and svarams at 'kAmAkshi kanchadaLAyadAkshi'.

The vocalists gave a absolutely mind-filling concert with absolutely classical music. The violinst was very supportive and gave very classical replies to the main artist. Her versions of the rAgams and the neraval and svarams were all great too.

The percussion department was very well handled by Sri Ramesh who played for the song and for each sangati. He was ably supported by Sri Gopalakrishnan. The tani they shared was very interesting and enjoyable.

Ashwin Anand, Nada Inbam

2011-02-17T18:10:00.009+05:30

Ashwin Anand - B Ganapathiraman

Nada Inbam
Veenai Festival
13 Feb 2011

chalamEla - darbAr - Adi - TT (varNam)
sarasIruhAsana priyE - nATTai - Adi - PDI
brOvavammA - mAnji - SS
sankari samkuru - sAvEri - tisra Adi - SS
sanAtanA paramapAvanA - palamanjari - Adi - T
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - misra cApu - MD
vararAgalaya - chenchu kAmbhOji - Adi - T
RTP - kIravANi - khaNDa jhampai (khaNDa naDai)
jagadOdhdhAraNa - kApi - Adi - PD
dEva banda namma swAmi banda - bEhAg - Adi - Pd
tillAnA - danAsrI - Adi - ST

The concert was wonderful. The AlApanais of sAvEri, kalyANi and kIravANi were all absolutely classical and impressing. The handling of each of the rAgams and the kritis were all absolutely wonderful. The concert was stunning.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Music Club IIT Madras

2011-02-11T20:54:00.002+05:30

Sangeetha Sivakumar - VVS Murari - Manoj Siva

Music Club IIT Madras
Dilip memory concert
6 Feb 2010. 7 pm

chalamEla - nATTAikuranji - Adi - Rangaswamy Nattuvanar
vallabha nAyakasya - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (S)
nijamarmamula - umAbaraNam - Adi - T
dalachina vAru - danyAsi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
rAmA ika nannu - sahAnA - rUpakam - PSI (RS)
ninnuvinA - pUrikalyANi - cApu - SS (RNST)
aDiyokka - kAmbhOji - tisra tripuTa - K (short sketch)
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
vanga kaDal - suruTTi - ANDAL
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

An awesome concert. The grand rendition of the varnam in 2 kAlams with the svara sAhityams set-up the mood for a wonderful concert. The bEgaDa kriti was rendered soulfully and with a fitting round of svarams, with a quick umAbaraNam to follow.

The AlApanai of danyAsi was scintillating. The rAga bhAvam was fully intact and shown in great detail. The kriti was rendered wonderfully in a very emotive and meditative fashion. With a soulful and bhAvA laden sahAnA to follow, it was a wonderful to hear the kriti and a round of svarams.

The main course, pUrvikalyANi was so elating and grand. The phrases flowed all over the rasikas and created a certain kind of aura that is rare and few and far apart. The kriti was rendered in a fitting fashion, with a gripping round of neraval and svarams. It was very different and nice to listen to kIzhkAla svarams after the kIzhkAla neraval and the mEl kAlam to come later.

As if all this wasnt enough came the kAmbhOji. As the artists started to humm, one was in mood for a pallavi. The night was still young. However, the grand padam came as a surprise and was rendered in a soulstirring fashion. The paras jAvaLi and suruTTi thiruppAvai eventually led to the inevitable, end of a concert.

The vocalist was in great form and presented everything with a lot of grip and leisure, that added a lot to the overall listening pleasure of the concert. The choices were very classical and so was the presentation. The accompanists were wonderful.

The violinst was great in accompanying and in giving fitting responses. His solo versions of the rAgam and the svarams were all wonderful. The mrudangist played with great anticipation and with a lot of embellishments that made the concert totally much more enjoyable. His tani was nice as well.

A great concert indeed.

S Sushruthi, Nada Inbam

2011-02-11T19:32:00.006+05:30

S Sushruthi - Padma Shankar - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar

Nada Inbam
Dilip Memory concert
5 Feb 2011. 6 pm

entO prEma - suruTTi - Adi
danyuDevvaDO - malayamArutam - Adi - PSI
lAliguNasAli - kEdAragauLa - Adi - T (RNS)
aruLa vENDum tAyE - sAramati - MM Dandapani Desikar
Emani mATalADitivO - tODi - Adi - T
uLLavaru sivAlaya - sAmA - Adi - basavanna
EkAmaranAtam - pUrikalyANi - Adi - MD (RNST)
konjum silamboliyum - bhAgEsrI - Adi
sogasugA nAtO - sahAnA - misra cApu - Sarangapani
jaya mangaLam - ghaNTA - kaNDa cApu - T

It was a wonderful concert. Each piece was rendered with a lot of traditional classical sangatis and with a lot of bhavam. The submain kEdAragauLa was started in a racy fashion. The AlApanai was developed very elegantly and with a lot of mesmerising sangatis. The kriti that was chosen came as a surprise. The song was rendered well followed by elaborate neraval and svarams at 'bhAgavata sEvalO baDaliyunnAvu'. The rendition of the tODi kriti was sedate and invoked a lot of bhavam and was very emotive. The main pUrikalyANi was majestic and rendered very well. The AlApanai was very elaborate and fitting the grand kriti that came up. The kriti was rendred with elaboratae neraval and svarams at 'panchAkshara linga rUpam prasanna rUpam'. The padam was rendred very well. The accompaniment provided by the violinist was very fitting and gelled well. The violinst showcased some very classical sangatis and gave fitting replies to the main artist. The mrudangist played with utmost anticipation and presented a nice tani.

Chingleput Ranganathan, Nada Inbam

2010-12-13T19:01:00.006+05:30

Chingleput Ranganathan - M A Krishnaswamy - K Arun Prakash - V Anirudh Athreya

Nada Inbam
13 Dec 2010, 6 pm

endarO - srI - Adi - T
paluku kanTa - navarasa kannaDa - Adi - T (RS)
E pApamu - aTANA - misra cApu - T (RS)
kshINamail tirugA - mUkhari - Adi - T (RNST)
tillAnA - Ananda bhairavi - tisra Eka
nI nAma - saurAshTram - Adi - T

absolutely mesmerising concert. One enjoyed every moment of it. Brilliant performance and stunning concert. The navarasa KannaDa was too good. The mukhAri was out of the world. one is out of words to express the feeling. The accompanists were perfectly blending and made it totally and thoroughly enjoyable. Sri Karthik Subramanian, disciple of Sri Ranganathan, sang the aTANA AlApanai and shared all the neraval and svara parts. He was very good and gave good support to his guru.

Sathur Sisters, Nada Inbam

2010-12-10T16:22:00.003+05:30

Sathur Sisters - V V Srinivasa Rao - Thanjavur Ramadass - Madipakkam Murali

Nada Inbam
9 Dec 2010. 6:15 pm

chalamEla - shankarAbaraNam - aTa
neranammiti - chakravAkam - MV (S)
sakala graha - aTANA - PD
mAmava mInAkshI - varALi - misra cApu - MD (RS)
sarasvatI namOstutE - sarasvati - GNB
srI kAmAkshI - vasantA - Adi - TRP
chakkani rAjamArgamu - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
kumaran tAL - yadukula kAmbhOji - PS
pancha bhANuDu - tODi, AbhOgi, shankarAbaraNam, kAmbhOji, sahAnA - Adi - MSR
kanavinilE vandu - sAramati - Adi - Visalakshi Natarajan
nI nAma - saurAshTram

I attended this concert from the end of the varALi. This was a concert I wanted to attend from the beginning, but things kept delaying me.

I thoroughly enjoyed the music. The khpriyA was just too good. The presentation by the vidhushis and the perfect accompaniment were really touching and i was totally moved with the concert. All the songs were rendered beautifully and the manodarma parts were fitting.

The alapanai by Smt. Bhuvana and the kriti with the sisters exchanging neraval were all wonderfully developed culminating in the kalpana svaram korappu and kOrvai that Smt. Lalitha finished. Sri Ramadass played so well for each line of the song adding so much effect to the music. Even the tukkadas were so classical and punchy. I did enjoy the rAgamAlikA piece.

Great concert. It was wonderful.

Lakshmi Sriram, BVB

2010-12-10T16:11:00.000+05:30

Lakshmi Sriram - Akkarai Sornalatha - Tanjore Balakrishnan

BVB Mini Hall
8 Dec 2011

charaNu janakana - bilahari - PD (S)
srI jalantara - gambIra nATTai (S)
mAra kOTi - ArabhI - MD (R)
murugA muzhumadi - sAvEri (sketch)
niravathi sukhadA - ravichandrikA (S)
sundari nI divya - kalyANi (RNST)
smarajanaka - bEhAg

It was a good concert. The elaborations of both Arabhi and kalyANi were done very classically and yet in a very refreshing fashion. The choice of kritis and their renditions were both totally appealing. The main artist gave a very nice concert well supported on the violin. The mridangist was good in parts.

Prasanna Venkataraman, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-11-04T18:05:00.003+05:30

Prasanna Venkataraman - Mysore V Srikanth - K Arun Prakash - B S Purushottaman

Music Club IIT Madras
3 Nov 10. 6:45 pm

marachiTlunDE - bEgaDa - aTa - PSI (short sketch)
cintayamAkandamUlakandam - bhairavi - rUpakam - MD (S)
ikaparam iru - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - PS (RNS)
mInalOchana brOva - danyAsi - cApu - SS (RNS)
viDajAladurA - janaranjani - Adi - T (R)
jAnakI patE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - PS
rAsa vilAsa - kAmbhOji - Adi - ST (RS)
tani
nirupamAna - bEhAg - Adi
sOdanai sumaikku - kApi - Adi - PS
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. It was a very good effort by the upcoming star of carnatic music that was presented with a lot of care. The choice of kritis and ragams was pretty impressive.

Beginning with the bEgaDa varNam was very impressive and it was aptly followed up with a brisk rendition of the bhairavi number with a good round of svarams.

The AlApanai of simmendra madhyamam was good and somewhat indicative of a fast kriti. The song which came was rounded off with a round of neraval and svarams. The danyAsi AlApanai was very classical and rendered with a good weight. The kriti was rendered beautifully with an elaborate round of neraval and svarams. The janaranjani AlApanai was very well handled and the kriti was beautifully rendered. The kharaharapriyA kriti was rendered with some superb sangatis.

The main kAmbhOji was grand and rendered in all its colours. The kriti was rendered well with an elaborate round of svarams. The post tani pieces were all good also.

The violinst was good in all parts and gave good and measured responses. The mridangist was wonderful and accompanied with a lot of anticipation. His accompanying was very inspiring. He was ably supported by the kanjira vidwan. The tani they shared was very nice also.

Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani & Khalishabi Mehaboob, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-10-30T09:51:00.004+05:30

Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani & Khalishabi Mehaboob - Nadasvaram
Feroz babu - Nadasvaram support
Srirangam V G Murugan & Ongole K Venkateswarulu - Thavil

Music Club IIT Madras
27 October 2010. 6:45 pm

evvari bOdana - AbhOgi - Adi (R)
vAtApi gaNapatim - hamsadvani - Adi - MD (S)
entarO mahAnubhAvulu - srI - Adi - T
rAga sudhA rasa - AndhOLikA - Adi - T (R)
Ananda naTamADuvAr tillai - pUrvikalyANi - rUpakam - NS (RS)
inta saukya - kApi - Adi - T (RST)
kaNDEn kaNDEn - bhAgEsrI - Adi (R)
eppaDi pADinarO - karnATaka dEvagAndhAri - Adi - Suddananda Bharati
nijagAdasA yadunandanE - sindhubhairavi - Adi - J (R)
kuraiyondrum illai - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Rajaji (R)
tillAnA - danAsrI - Adi - ST
nI nAma rupamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a wonderful concert. All the pieces were rendered well. The AlApanais of AndhOLikA and bhAgEsrI by Smt. Khalishabi Mehaboob were mesmerising and very inspiring, while those of pUrvikalyani and kApi by Sri Sheikh Mehaboob Subhani were very good. They shared the other AlApanais and were rendered very well. The kritis were all rendered very well and the svarams were a good mix of sarvalaghu and vyavahAram. Their son provided very commendable support on the nAdasvaram during the kritis. The percussion artists were very good and played very supportively.

Suguna Purushottaman & Suguna Varadachari, SAFE

2010-10-14T13:22:00.002+05:30

Suguna Purushottaman & Suguna Varadachari - Mysore Srikanth - Thanjavur Kumar

SAFE. Sastri Hall
12 October 2010. 6:30 pm

sarasIruhAsana priyE - nATTai - Adi - PDI (S)
suguNamule - chakravAkam - rUpakam - T (NS)
srI kumAra - aTANA - Adi - ST (short sketch S)
ninnuvinA - balahamsa - Adi - MSR (short sketch)
janani ninnuvinA - rItigauLa - misra cApu - Subbaraya Sastri (RNS)
dEvi jagajjanani - shankarAbaraNam - Adi - ST (RS)
tani
navamaNigaLilE - yamunA kalyANi - Adi
mahAdEva manOhari - rAgamAlikA - misra cApu
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. Two musicians of himalayan stature coming together meant it was a jackpot and had nothing short of a great concert. The kritis were all rendered very movingly. The AlApanai of rItigaula by Smt. Varadachari was very elaborate and fitting to the kriti. The AlApanai of shankarAbaraNam by Smt. Purushottaman was majestic. The neraval and svarams were all shared by both the vocalists and rendered in a very classical fashion. The accompanists were good and played well for the occasion.

For such a combo, one expected a longer concert and was thoroughly dissappointed with a quick less-than-two-hours affair. One was left wanting more of the great music from the two stalwarts.

R K Shriram Kumar, Fiddle Solo, Nada Inbam

2010-10-14T12:57:00.006+05:30

R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash - B S Purushottaman

Nada Inbam. Dilip Remembrance
7 Oct 2010. 6 pm

jaya jaya jaya jAnaki kAnta - nATTai - kANDa cApu - PD (short sketch S)
nijamarmamulanu - umAbaraNam - Adi - T (short sketch)
ninnE nEra nammi - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - T (RNS)
vazhi maraittirukudE - nATTaikuranji - misra cApu - GKB
parAkEla nannu - kEdAragauLa - Adi - SS
kamalAmbikE - tODi - tisra Ekam - MD (RNS)
tani
hastivadanAya - navarOj - misra cApu - MD
veTTAveLi tannil - kuDumbai siddar
jAnarO - khamAs - rUpakam - DS (R)
anRivvulagam - sindhubhairavi - Adi - ANDAL (R)
mangaLam vara rshiyasringa nagara vAsini - suruTTi - Sringeri Chandrasekhara Bharathi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

A great evening with soul filling music and fond memories flooded me at this concert. The concert began with a traditional nATTai kriti and the umAbaraNam that followed was nice. The ubiquitous Dravid of carnatic music, pantuvarALi was there too with all its grandeur. (or should I call Dravid as cricket's pantuvarALi? :P )

A meditative nATTaikuranji and a quick racy kEdAragauLa led to the tODi within just about 45 minutes of the concert's beginning. The AlApanai was very elaborate and being the amAvasya preceding navarAthri, one was pretty sure it was kamalAmbhikE, the dhyAna kriti of the navAvarNam that was coming. The AlApanai had all the essential phrases present in the right time and place and made it totally moving. The kriti was rendered very beautifully with elaborate neraval and svarams.

The navarOj kriti, hastivadanAya made a great start for the post-tani section. It was filled with most classical and elegant tukkaDas with the khamAs jAvaLi leading from the front.

The accompanists were perfectly matching to the main artist and played with utmost sensitivity.

It was a concert to remember for a very long time.

V Sumithra, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-10-14T12:49:00.003+05:30

V Sumithra - Bombay V Anand - R Sankaranarayanan

Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
5 Oct 2010.
Dilip Rememberance

srI mUlAdhAra - srI - Adi - MD
koluvai - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T
srI nAtAdi - mAyAmALavagauLa - Adi - MD (RN)
nIvAda nEgAna - sArangA - kANDa cApu - T
nijamukha rAmA - kIravANi - Adi - RSI (RNS)
kulabirudulu - dEvamanOhari - rUpakam - T
RTP - nATTAikuranji - misra tripuTa (2 kaLai) 3/4 eDuppu, 7 aridi
mahima teliya taramA rAmA nI
rAgamAlikA svarams in nAgasvarAvaLi, gauLa, sAmA
tani
UrilEn kANi illai - pAsuram in sAveri, sahAnA, varALi, madhyamAvati
aDAikkalam - madhyamAvati - Adi - AK
tillAnA - vasantA - Adi - AKP
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. A very classical affair from the beginning and each piece rendered with a lot of punch of weight. Each piece was carefully chosen and rendered appropriately. The perfect beginning invoking Lord Vinayaka in srI rAgam was just the way it should have begun. With a quick dEvagAndhAri, the elaborate mAyAmALavagauLa was having the right measure of quick and leisurely phrases in an apt mix to fit the kriti that came.

srI nAtAdi guruguhO was rendered with elaborate round of neraval at 'mAdUrya gAnAmruta pAnO'. The quick fast paced sAranga with a few really catchy sangatis lead to the next elaborate piece.

kIravANi was given ample time and elaborate treatment. The AlApanai was very classical and soaked with rAga bhAvam. The kriti was rendered with elaborate neraval and svarams at 'vasudalO nIdu vara bhaktalaku'.

The nATTaikuranji was just tooo good. The AlApanai was stunning and rendered with the required punch albeit with the nuances of the rAgam kept intact all the way. The tanam was very nice as well. The pallavi was rendered well with elaborate neraval and svarams. The rAgamAlikA pAsuram had very classical rAgam chosen and rendered with a certain completeness that one feels only with such rAgams.

The accompanists were very good and played very appropriately for the concert. They kept themselves in the right proportion and also portrayed their responses in a equally enjoyable fashion as the main artist.

It was a very enjoyable and classical concert fitting to the rememberance of dilip.

T T Narendran, Veenai Navarathri

2010-09-27T17:02:00.001+05:30

T T Narendran - Thirucherai Koushik - G Sainath

Veenai Navarathri. NGS mini
26 Sept 2010. 12:30 pm

nAma kusuma - srI - Adi - T (RtS)
kaNamum maravAdE - sAmA - Adi - AK

It was a wonderful exploration of srI rAgam and the AlApanai and the tAnam were much enjoyable. The kriti was rendered beautifully with a grand round of swarams. The sAmA kriti was nicely rendered as well.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Veenai Navarathri

2010-09-27T16:47:00.004+05:30

Kalpakam Swaminathan & S R Padmavathi - Trivandrum Vaidhyanathan - Pudukkottai Ramachandran

Veenai Navarathri. NGS mini
24 Sept 2010. 7:30 pm

viribhONi - bhairavi - aTa - PA
gaNarAjENa - Arabhi - rUpakam - MD (R)
varashikhi vAhana - supradIpam - Adi - T (S)
purahara nandana - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - MD (R)
ikane tALa - guha ranjani - Adi - HMB
sankari ninnE - pantuvarALi - misra cApu - MV (RNST)
sogasugAda - sahAnA - misra cApu - Sarangapani (R)
simmAsanastitE - rAgamAlikA - Adi - MD

It was a very enjoyable concert. The pieces were all rendered with the traditional gait and vigour by the veteran. All the rAga AlApanais had a lavish dose of classical phrases. The concert, barely more than an hour was still much enjoyable and very educative too.

The accomapanists were very good and played with good anticipation.

T M Krishna, Vedic Sangeeta Foundation

2010-09-22T23:11:00.006+05:30

T M Krishna - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Vedic Sangeeta Foundation
Infosys Hall
22 Sept 2010. 6:30 pm

nAda tanumanisam - cittaranjani - Adi - T (NS)
dEvi brOva - cintAmaNi - Adi - SS
dakshiNAmUrtE - shankarAbaraNam - misra jhampa - MD (R)
sabhApatikku - AbhOgi - rUpakam - GKB
mOkshamu galadA - sAramati - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
bhaja gOvindam - rAgamAlikA - Adi
mAtrariyAda sezhum ponnE - suruTTi - misra cApu
nejukku nIdiyum - sindhu bhairavi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The orthodox beginning with nAda tanumanisam was very nice. The neraval and svarams in cittaranjani were interesting to listen. The Alapanai of shankarAbaraNam was kept short and the kriti was very effectively rendered. The main sAramati was very elaborate and the kriti was rendered well with neraval at 'praNavanAda' and svarams.

The renditions of all the other kritis was very good and enjoyable. The accompanists were very good and added much to the enjoyment of the concert, by playing very appropriately.

Sriram Parasuram, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-09-21T22:42:00.004+05:30

Sriram Parasuram - Violin
Palghat A M Hari Narayanan - Mrudangam
B Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

Music Club IIT Madras
21 Sept 2010. 6:45 pm

mahA gaNapatim - nATTai - Ekam - MD (RS)
rAmA ninnu namminA - mOhanam - Adi - T (RS)
vA vElavA - tAnarUpi - kaNDa cApu - KI (R)
viribhONi ninnukOri - bhairavi - aTa - PA (R)
jayati sivE bhavAni - bhavAni - catusra rUpakam - MD (R)
ADamODi galadE - chArukEsi - Adi - T (RS)
tani
rAma mantra - jaunpuri - Adi - PD (R)
mODi jesevElarA - khamAs - Adi
vaishNava janatO - khamAj - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a great concert. The AlApanais of mOhanam, bhairavi and chArukEsi were very elaborate while all the others were short and sketchy and crisp. The compositions were rendered very well. The beginning of the concert with a crisp nATTai, set stage for a grand evening. The mOhanam AlApanai was very good and classical. The kriti was rendered well. The AlApanai of bhairavi was very indicative of a very grand piece. The varNam being nothing short of that. The AlApanai of the asampUrNa mELA bhavAni was pretty interesting and nice on the ear. The kriti was rendered very well. The main charukEsi was very good and displayed all the colours of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered well too.

The accompanists were good and did a very nice job in accompanying appropriately for the concert. The tani was good too.

Neela Ramgopal, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-09-16T22:27:00.007+05:30

Neela Ramgopal - Dr Hemalatha - Thanjavur Ramadass - E M Subramanian

Music Club IIT Madras
16 Sept 2010. 6:45 pm

chalamEla - nATTaikuranji - Adi - Rangaswami Nattuvanar (short sketch) [varNam]
mahAgaNapatim - amruta vAhini - Adi - JCW (S)
kAru bAru - mukhAri - Adi - T (R)
shankari nIvE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri (RNS)
mAmava raghurAmA - sArangA - rUpakam - T
azhagA azhagA - suddha danyAsi - kaNDa cApu - AK
kAmAkshI gauri - sAvEri - Adi - PS (RNS)
tani
nIrada sama - jayanta srI - Adi (tisra naDai)
kunitta puruvamum - sung a viruttam in nIlambari, kharaharapriyA, mOhanam, sindhu bhairavi
manadirkkugandadu - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - TSI
Eru mayil - hamsAnandi - Adi (kaNDa naDai) - Arunagirinathar [Thiruppugazh]
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. Each piece was rendered the traditional fervour and gait. The rAgams chosen were all classical and elaborated in a very heavy classical fashion. The manOdarma parts were great as well.

The grand opening with nATTaikuranji varNam was great. The rare amrutavAhini number that followed had a crisp round of svarams. The mukhAri AlApanai and the kriti that followed was a totally classical affair with many rare prayOgams handled. The mukhAri response of the violinst was a shade better than the main artist.

The bEgaDa was very absorbing and classically rendered. The main sAvEri AlApanai was absolutely out of the world. The kriti was backed up with a round of neraval and svarmas which were great as well. The viruttam that came later was also very touching.

From a veteran musician, it was all great music from end to end. A totally classical affair with a good measure of vyavahArams and saukyam and vishrAnti. The violinst was very good and matching, if not better replies to the main artist all thro' the concert. Her following for the kritis was great as well.

The mrudangist played with much anticipation and perfectly matched each line and sangati well. His structuring of the tani was also very interesting to listen, even to novices like me. He was well supported by the Ghatam artist.

Ritha Rajan, Nada Inbam

2010-08-31T23:14:00.004+05:30

Ritha Rajan - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
30 Aug 2010. 6 pm

sAmi nI pai - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK (short sketch) [varNam]
rAmA nI pai - kEdAram - Adi - T (short sketch S)
kAntimati - kalyANi - rUpakam - Subbarama Dikshitar (R)
idhE bhAgyamu - kannaDa - misra cApu - T (RS)
sArasAlanu ipuDu - kApi - rUpakam - TQ (short sketch) [svarajati]
nI pAdamulE gatiyani - bhairavi - Adi - PSI (RNS)
tani
koNTE gADu - suruTTi - tisra tripuTa - K
marubAri - senjuruTTi - rUpakam - DS
rAkA chandra samAna kAnti vadanAm - slOkam from mUka panchasati - aTANA, nAyaki, sahAnA, yadukula kAmbhOji
kAraNamadAga vandu - sindhu bhairavi - kaNDa tripuTa - A [tiruppugazh]
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. From the beginning it was very enjoyable and each piece was rendered with a lot of passion and feeling. There was a prevailing sense of leisure through the concert. The vishrAnti and saukyam that went hand-in-hand with each phrase made it a very memorable concert.

The opening with a grand varNam set stage for the evening. The kEdAram piece was rendered in a gripping fashion with a fantastic round of karpanai svarams.

The first elaboration of the evening kalyANi, on request from this writer, came as a very enjoyable and educative number. The ideas and phrases presented very classical and heavy and the kriti that followed was also rendered with a bhavam and one liked it a lot.

The submain of the evening was an elaborate kannaDa, with a rare number. The AlApanai was fantastic exposing otherwise unknown facets of the rAgam and gave a very detailed and classical painting of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and the svarams that followed were much enjoyable.

The (karnATaka)kApi svarajati that came next, was rendered in a very captivating fashion in a slow tempo and it was a very moving rendition.

With such a buildup came the majestic grand main course of bhairavi. The AlApanai was absorbing and elaborate with all the classical phrases. The kriti was rendered wonderfully with very fitting neraval and svarams that were extraordinarily gripping the rasikas.

However, the grand finale came with the suruTTi padam. Gosh, what a rendition it was. Just too good and brought tears tooo. The jAvaLi that followed was very good. The slOkam was also very grippping and classically rendered in heavy rAgams with a lot of bhavam and vigour.

Smt. Ritha provided a very deeply classical and gripping recital.

The accompanists were both excellent. The violinst was perfect in playing along for each of the songs. All the replies during manOdarma parts were perfectly matching. The mrudangist played with utmost anticipation and in tandem with the music. The way both the accompanists could see what was coming next and playing just the right thing was pretty astounding and it all gelled perfectly together.

A very classical and wonderful concert to remember for a long time.

Veenotsav 2010

2010-08-31T22:54:00.004+05:30

BGS & Mudhra
Veenotsav 28 Aug 2010

While the concept of many veenai concerts is indeed wonderful, half an hour is too short.

5 pm
R S Jayalakshmi - PBV Krishnamachari - N Rajaraman

vAtApi gaNapatim - hamsadvani - Adi - MD (S)
nidhi chAla sukhamA - kalyANi - misra cApu - T (RtNST)
venkaTa giri nAtA - rEvati - Adi - Suddananda Bharati

quick svarams in hamsdavani. very moving and crisp kalyANI

5:30 pm
B Kannan - Chidambaram S Balashankar - Chandrasekhara Sarma

mAmayil mIdErivA - latAngi - Adi - Meenakshi Subramanian
RTP - hEmavati - Adi(2 kaLai) sama eDuppu, 6 aridi
srutilaya svarUpiNi vINAvAdini sangIta sAmrAjya

The pallavi was very nice and hEmavati was enjoyable.

6 pm Meeting

Sri A Natarajan spoke and formally inaugurated.

6:30pm
E Gayathri - Mudhra Bhaskar - E M Subramaniyan

muddumOmu - sUryakAntam - Adi - T (short sketch S)
srI pArthasArathinA - suddha danyAsi - Adi - MD (RS)
srInivAsa tiruvEngaDa - hamsAnandi - Adi - PS (R with graha bedam to hindOLam)
muruganin maru peyar - bEhAg - Adi

neat rendition of songs. enjoyable AlApanais. nice svarams.

7 pm
Kalpakam Swaminathan - Chidambaram Balashankar - E M Subramaniyan

srI mahAgaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JCW (short sketch S)
dEvi mInAkshi - kalyANi - rUpakam - Tacchur Singachar (Rt)
sogasugA nAtO - sahAnA - misra cApu - Sarangapani (R)
charaNu charaNu - senjuruTTi -rUpakam - Anai Ayya (short sketch)

very moving kalyANi and an emotive sahAnA.

7:30 pm
Kalyani Ganesan - V M Ganesan - N Rajaraman

kanukoNTini - bilahari - Adi - T (short sketch)
padavini sadbaktiyu - sALaga bhairavi - Adi - T
durusukha krupajUchi - sAvEri - Adi - SS (R)
srI kamalAmbikE - srI - kaNDa Ekam - MD (short sketc)

this sAvEri was my pick for the day. very neat presentation again.

8 pm
T N Seshagopalan - Madirimangalam Swaminathan - E M Subramaniyan

mEru samAna - mAyAmALavagauLA - Adi - T (RNS)
abhayAmbA - sahAnA - misra cApu - MD
mAyammA - Ahiri - Adi - SS
bAgAyanayya - chandra jyOti - Adi - T
divAkara tanujam - yadukula kAmbhOji - MD
rAgamAlikA tAnam in varALi, dvijAvanti, kIravANi, bEgaDa, latAngi, Anandabhairavi, bEhAg, suruTTi
savEri padam
hariguNa - marua bEhAg
mangaLam

I had to leave as he began the yadukulakAmbhOji. nice beginning for the concert. the MMG and sahAnA were both very nice.

Rahul Narayan, Nada Inbam

2010-08-25T17:26:00.005+05:30

Rahul Narayan - Akkarai Sornalatha - Arjun Ganesh

Nada Inbam
17 Aug 2010. 6 pm

chalamEla nATTaikuranji - Adi - Rangaswami Nattuvanar (short sketch)
nannu brOva - AbhOgi - Adi - T
vINA pustaka dhAriNIm - vEgavAhini - kaNDa Ekam - MD
nin aruL iyambalAgumA - pantuvarALi - rUpakam - PS (NS)
brOvasamayamidE - gauri manOhari - Adi - GPV (RS)
dalacina vAru - danyAsi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
manasulOni - hindOLam - Adi - T
durusuga - sAvEri - Adi - SS (RNS)
kamalAmbAm bhajarE - kalyANi - Adi - MD (RS)
tani
saravaNA bhava - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - PS
tillAnA - khamAs - Adi - PSI
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The AlApanais of gaurimanOhari and danyAsi were both classical and good. The sAvEri and kalyANi were both very elaborate and sung with a lot of classical phrases rightly presented. The kritis were all rendered very well and the neraval svarams were all very good as well. The accompanists were very good and played very supportively. A very spirited and enjoyable concert by the youngster.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Nada Inbam

2010-08-16T15:33:00.005+05:30

Kalpakam Swaminathan, L Ramakrishnan - Umayalpuram Mali - N Guruprasad

Nada Inbam
14 Aug 2010. 6 pm

neranammiti - kANaDA - aTa - RSI
pancha mAtanga - malahari - rUpakam - MD (S)
srI bAlasubramaNyA - bilahari - misra cApu - MD (RS)
stavarAja - stavarAjam - Adi - MD
parvata rAja kumAri - srI ranjani - Adi - MD (RtNS)
AnandAmrutakarshiNi - amrutavarshiNi - Adi - MD (R)
gItArtamu sangItAnandamu - suruTTi - Adi - T (R)
gaNEsha kumAra - senjuruTTi - Adi - MD (R)
sogasugA - sahAnA - misra cApu - sArangapANi (R)
siddEsvarAya - nIlAmbari - misra cApu - MD
tani
simmAsanastitE - rAgamAlikA - MD

It was a very good concert. The pieces were all rendered with a lot of bhavam and vigour. The choice of some rare kritis was very refreshing. The AlApanais of bilahari, srIranjani and suruTTi were both done elaborately with a lot of classical phrases.

With Kalpakam mami, there is nothing called a short AlApanai or long AlApanai, she always plays AlApanais which arent ultra short and extra long. They would be to right size and shape with the exact colour of the ragam being presented in full and throughout. This concert was no exception. Be it amrutavarshiNi or sahAnA or bilahari or senjuruTTi or whatever else she chose that day, it was all very classical and moving and touching. The manOdarmam too, is usually measured and given in the right proportions only. The svarams in malahari or bilahari or sriranjani were all very nice and enjoyable.

Sri Ramakrishnan gave a very helpful and commendable support to his guru, and played very well. He shared parts of the AlApanais and gave very matching responses to mami with the neraval and svarams.

The percussionist of the evening did a wonderful job in accompanying in a very accommodating fashion and playing in perfect tandem to the main artist.

Madurai T N Seshagopalan, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-08-16T15:20:00.006+05:30

Madurai T N Seshagopalan - V V Ravi - Trichur C Narendran - B S Purushottaman

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
13 August 2010. 6:45 pm

mAtE malayadvaja - khamAs - Adi - HMB (R) [daru]
siddhi vinAyakam - shanmukhapriyA - rUpakam - MD (S)
rAmAbhi rAmA - darbAr - misra cApu - T
ekkAlattilum - pUrikalyANi - Adi - TRP (R)
ADamODi galadE - chArukEsi - Adi - T (RS)
mariyAda kAdhayyA - bhairavam - Adi - T
brOvavammA - mAnji - misra cApu - SS
nijamunnai nambinEn - bilahari - kANDa cApu - PS (S)
antaranga bhakti - shaDvidamArgiNi - Adi - KI
giripai nelakona - sahAnA - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
vandE mAtaram ambikAm - slOkam in kIravANI, yamunA kalyANi, manO ranjani, srI
srI kamalAmbhikE - srI - kaNDa Ekam - MD
sarva mangaLa mAngalyE - slOkam in srI

The grand finale of the IITM Music Club's 40th anniversary. It was just out of the world with the veteran musician in great form.

The main sahAnA was a solid one hour with a very gripping and classical AlApanai that had the right measure of gamakkam laden phrases and minimal brigas to fit the mood of the rAgam. The kriti was rendered with a lot of bhavam and grandeur. The neraval at 'gAchedananu tyAgarAja vinutuni' was arousing the musical mind to otherwise unexplored realms and the svarams were so fitting too.

The main piece was so engrossing and occupied the mind to that extent that one has to go back to the list of songs to recollect what else was there in the concert. The khamAs AlApanai was very grippy and right then, i got a feeling this was going to be a concert of a life time. The sahAnA which came following was only to prove me right.

The AlApanais of pUrvikalyANi and charukEsi were both very good. The svarams in chArukEsi were good with the usual vyavahAram that one enjoys with somebody like TNS.

All the kritis that were rendered seemed to be carefully chosen and many of them are rare numbers in concert circuit these days.

When the great master is in peak form, the accompanists are better off to let him enjoy and present all that he wants to. The violinst of the day, chose to enjoy the music and keep a low key and gave very short and sweet responses to let the main artist continue to mesmerise the audience with his engulfing sahAnA.

The percussion department was also very elegantly handled. The mrudangist chose to accompany in a rather accomodative fashion and played in perfect tandem with whatever was being performed. The kanjira vidwan chose to follow suit with the mrudangist and they shared a very good tani.

In all, from the 3+ hours concert i will remember the sahAnA for a long long long time.

Ranjani Gayathri, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-08-13T10:04:00.004+05:30

Ranjani & Gayathri - Mysore Srikanth - Manoj Siva - N Guruprasad

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
12 August 2010, 6:45 pm

intacalamu - bEgaDa - Adi - VK
maragata lingam - vasantA - Adi - MD (S)
ElA nI daya rAdu - aTANA - Adi - T
sentil ANDavan - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - PS (RS)
Eti janmamidi - varALi - misra cApu - T (N)
paTTi viDuvarAdu - manjari - Adi - T
RTP - naLinakAnti - Adi
nI pAdamE gati naLinakAnti natajanapAlini
rAgamAlikA svarams in sAvEri, rItigauLa, hamIr kalyANi, chandrakauns
tani
srI ranga - slOkam in bhAgEsrI
sAgara sayana vibhO - bhAgEsrI - Adi - MDR
sankara srI - hamsAnandi - Adi - ST
tillAnA - senjuruTTi - Adi - Veenai Seshanna
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

E Gayathri, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-08-11T11:36:00.004+05:30

E Gayathri - Shertalai Anantakrishnan - B S Purushottaman

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT.
10 Aug 2010. 6:45 pm

ninnE bhajana - nATTai - Adi - T (S)
neranammiti nIvEgati - chakravAkam - Adi - MV (RS)
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (R)
kAmAkshI - varALi - misra cApu - SS (RNS)
kamalAptakula - brindAvana sArangA - Adi - T
varuvArO varam taruvArO - sAmA - Adi - GKB (R)
nI daya rAdA - vasanta bhairavi - rUpakam - T (R)
srI kAntimatim - hEmavati - Adi - MD (RtS)
rAgamAlikA tanam in bEgaDa, danyAsi, mukhAri, kAnaDA
tani
nAnATi baduku - rEvati - Adi - A (sketch)
jagatjanani - ratipatipriyA - Adi - MMD
bhaja bhaja mAnasa - sindhubhairavi - Adi - ST
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

The second concert of the series was wonderful. The choice of kritis was pretty refreshing with some of the pieces being pretty rare in concert stage these days. All the raga AlApanais were done with a lot of classical phrases inter-weaved into them. The main AlApanai of hEmavati was very good and it had a short grahabEdam to rEvagupti as well. The neraval svarams were all measured and in good matching to the piece being presented. The accompanists were wonderful and played in perfect match with the main artist.

There was feeling of leisure and saukyam all thro' the concert and the artist played well a good team.

Sanjay, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-08-11T11:28:00.007+05:30

Sanjay Subrahmanyan - S Varadarajan - Neyveli Venkatesh - Trichy Murali

Clasfest 2010
Music Club IIT Madras, CLT
9 Aug 2010. 6:45 pm

undan pAdam - shankarAbaraNam - aTa - Madurai Subramania Iyer [varNam]
dayapayOnidE - jaganmOhini - Adi - Meesu Krishna Iyer (S)
kanukonu saukyamu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T (R)
bhajarE rE citta - kalyANi - misra cApu - MD (RNS)
kalangAdE manamE - rAgavardhani - Adi - KI (sketch)
niravati sukadA - ravi candrikA - Adi - T
RTP - kEdAragauLa - Adi (2 kaLai) 3/4 eDuppu, 7 aridi
parimaLa rangapatE mAm pAhi
tani
pAyum oLi nI enakku - khamAs - tisra naDai - Bharathiyar (first line also sung as viruttam)
kandugamadakkariyai - viruttam in sAvEri, bEgaDa, hamsAnandi, bEhAg, senjuruTTi
angaikodu malar - senjuruTTi, nAdanAmakriyA - misra jhampai-alt-tisra triupTa [Thiruppugazh]
tillAnA - sindhubhairavi - Adi - MDR
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

A wonderful concert it was to begin the 40th anniversary series of the music club.

The beginning with a rare varNam in shankarAbaraNam was very appropriate and rendered well. The jaganmOhini quickie was a perfect prelude to the leisurely nAyaki that followed. The kalyANi was very well developed and portrayed very classically. rAgavardhani was sublime and quick ravicandrikA kriti, with 3 different cittai svarams led to the main piece of the evening.

kEdAragauLa was elaborated with a lot of vigour and presented very well. The AlApanai and tAnam were both beautifully done. The pallavi simple and sweet and sang wonderfully.

The viruttams and thiruppugazh were all very nice too.

The accompanists were very good and gave fitting replies.

It was a wonderful concert to begin the series at iitm

Neela Ramgopal, Nada Inbam

2010-08-06T15:13:00.008+05:30

Neela Ramgopal - M R Gopinath - Thanjavur Ramadass - N Guruprasad

NMN rememberance day
Nada Inbam, Raga Sudha
5 Aug 10. 6 pm

mana mOhana - mOhanam - aTa - HMB [varNam]
AraNa poruLE - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri (RNS)
rAvE himagiri kumAri - tODi - Adi - SS
srI svAminAtAya - khamAs - kaNDa cApu - MD (R)
sATilEni guruguha - pUrikalyANi - misra cApu - Ponnaiah Pillai (RS)
ninnADa nEla - kannaDa - Adi - T (S)
ninnuvinA marigaladA - AbhEri - rUpakam - SS
mari mari vacchunA - kAmbhOji - Adi - MV (RNS)
tani
niraimadi mugamenum - hamsAnandi - Adi [thiruppugazh]
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a fantastic concert right from the start. The kritis were all exceptionally rendered with a lot of feel. The choice of rAgams and kritis was particularly refreshing. The AlApanais of kharaharapriya, khamAs, pUrikalyANi and the main kAmbhOnji where all wonderful and done to the right measure with a lot of classical phrases. The neraval svarams were all done with quite a bit of vyavaharam, without breaching to the raga bhavam. The accompanists did a wonderful job in accompanying and giving appropriate replies during their turns.

It was a very good concert to remember for a long time.

Prasanna Venkataraman, SSI Golden Jubilee Trust

2010-07-29T14:55:00.005+05:30

Prasanna Venkataraman - S Varadarajan - Thanjavur Ramadass

SSI Golden Jubilee Trust
Raga Sudha Hall
28 July 2010

sAmi nI - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK [varNam]
nEnendu vEtukudurA - karnATaka bEhAg - Adi - T
tulasi jagatjanani - sAvEri - rUpakam - T (RNS)
bAlakrishNam bhAvayAmi - gOpikA vasantam - Adi - MD
nAma kusumAmula - srI - Adi - T (RS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varaLi - kaNDa cApu - ST
kaddana vAriki - tODi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
smarasundarAnguni - paras - Adi - DS
vizhikku tuNai - viruttam in kEdAragauLa, shanmukhapriyA
saravaNa bhava - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - PS
nADi tEDi - bhAgEsrI [Thiruppugazh]
tillAnA - shankarAbaraNam - dEsAdi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of sAvEri and srI were both handled elegantly. The tODi was very good. The kritis were all rendered very well, with the right measure of bhavam and the necessary punches. The neraval and swarams were all done aptly. The choice of songs, as seen from the list above, did seem very different and nicely chosen.

The violinst was great and gave very fitting replies which in some places were more beautiful than the main artist himself. The mrudangist played in perfect tandem and embellished the whole concert with his timely and appropriate strokes.

Overall a very good and enjoyable concert by the spirited young man.

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Vidwan A Sundaresan Memorial Concert

2010-07-08T12:25:00.006+05:30

Jayalakshmi Santanam, Ahalya - R K Shriram Kumar - Thanjavur Ramadass - N Guruprasad

Vidwan A Sundaresan Memorial Concert
Raga Sudha Hall.
7 July 2010. 6:15 pm

gnAnanda myam dEvam - slOkam in kEdAragauLa
sAmi daya juDa - kEdAragauLa - Adi - TT
manasA eTulOrtunE - malayamArutam - rUpakam - T (S)
budamAshrayAmi - nATTaikuranji - misra jhampa - MD
Azhi mazhai kaNNA - varALi - Adi - ANDAL (NS)
brahma kaDigina - mukhAri - Adi - A
mAmava karuNayA - shanmukhapriyA - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
srI vENugOpAla dEvA - darbAr - kaNDa cApu - KI (R)
amba vANi nannu - kIravANi - Adi - HMB (RNS)
tani
valapu tALa vasamA - aTANA - misra cApu - ST
entaDi kulugE - kalyANi - rUpakam - DS
jagattinai kAttiDum janArdhana - yamunA kalyANi - Adi - Ambujam Krishna
jagadOddhArNA - kApi - Adi - PD
shAnti nilava - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a very good concert. As usual with Smt. Santanam, the choice of rAgams and kritis were pretty different and interesting. All of them were rendered very well. The AlApanais of shanmukhapriyA and kIravANi were both very elaborate and grand. However, one would have prefered a heavier kriti for main. The darbAr was crisp and punchy. The neraval and svarams were all measured and absolutely classical. The post main pieces were all wonderfully rendered too. The violinist was playing like a shadow and gave very good replies. The mridangist played with very good anticipation and in tandem with the music. He was ably assisted by the Ghatam vidwan. The tani they shared was pretty different and soothing on the ear with the soft and hard strokes and the gumukkis that came in a good measure. A very well spent evening at a very classical concert.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Saraswathi Vaggeyyakkara Trust

2010-06-30T16:04:00.003+05:30

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veenai
Smt. Janaki Srinivasan - Veenai Support
Sri M R Gopinath - Fiddle
Thanjavur Sri R Kumar - Mrudangam

Saraswathi Vaggeyakkara Trust
Vadhya Lahari Series
NGS Mini Hall. 24 June 10. 6:30 pm

sAmi daya jUDa - kEdAragauLa - Adi
srI mahA gaNapati - gauLa - misra cApu - MD
kAmAkshI - bhairavi - misra cApu - SS (sketch)
sankari nIvE - begaDa - rUpakam - Subbaraya Sastri (RNS)
paripAlaya mAm kOdaNDapANE - darbAr - misra cApu - T (RS)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
brOcEvArevarurA - khamAs - Adi - MV (short sketch)
marivEre dikkevarayya rAmA - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - PSI (RNS)
tani
charaNu charaNu - senjuruTTi - rUpakam - Anai Ayya
rAmacandra prabhU - sindhubhairavi - Adi - ST
tillAnA - paras - Adi - RSI
vAzhiya senthamizh - madhyamAvati

It was a wonderful concert. The pieces chosen were interesting and it was an interesting combination of rAgams, composers, tALams. Each piece was rendered with a lot of bhavam and traditional ferver. The manOdarmam was wonderfully displayed as well. All the AlApanais were shared by the two vainikas, to be followed by the violinst. All the neraval and svarams were exchanged by the three of them.

Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan's presentations were a class above and had many traditional phrases that were rendered with the appropriate stresses, that they demand. The kritis were all rendered with beautiful sangatis and fitting manOdarmam parts.

Smt. Janaki Srinivasan did a good job in accompanying her guru and supported her ably. Her presentations were neat. She also played a rAgamAlikA tAnam in sahAnA, aTANA and srI during the main tAnam.

Sri Gopinath followed the main artist like a shadow and did very good in his replies. Sri Kumar played with very good anticipation and in accordance to the krits. His short tani was nice as well.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, YACM

2010-06-14T19:02:00.007+05:30

Sangeetha Sivakumar - Dr. R Hemalatha - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - KV Gopalakrishnan

YACM Chamber Concert
12 June 2010. 6:30 pm

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
srI mAtrubhUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD
gOpanandana - bhUshAvaLi - Adi - ST (RS)
mAyammA - nATTaikuranji - Adi - SS (R)
sEvikka vENDum ayyA - AndhOLikA - Adi - MT
dAcukOvalEnA - tODi - misra jhampa - T (RNST)
vAni pondu - kAnaDA - rUpakam
bArO krishnayyA - rAgamAlikA
jAnarO - khamAs - rUpakam
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert. Set in the comfortable drawing room of a home, it was absolutely divine music touching the soul all the way. The renditions of each of the kritis were precisely crisp and sharp with the right measure of feel and emotions thus tickling the senses. The AlApanai of bhUshAvaLi was very good. The classic nATTaikuranji was dealt with leisurely, fitting the mood of the composition. The main tODi was majestic. The choice of compositions was also very good. The neraval and svara parts of the concert were all done well in the right measure. The vocalist made good use of her style with the right measure of gamakkams and brigas to give music that was fulfilling the mind and soul.

The violinst was very good in her responses and matched the main artist at all occasions. Her versions of the rAgA elaborations were very good as well. The mridangist played very well with good anticipation and gelling well with the music. The kanjira vidwan was very sensitive and played very well. The thani was very nice to listen.

I was happy to be part of this concert.

B Balasubramanian, Nada Inbam

2010-06-11T23:42:00.004+05:30

B Balasubramanian - Amrita Murali - Umayalpuram Mali - K V Gopalakrishnan

Nada Inbam
11 June 2010. 6 pm

chalamEla - darbAr - Adi - TT (short sketch)
ninnu jUchi - saurAshTram - rUpakam - PSI
dalacina vAru - danyAsi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
garuDagamana - nAgasvarAvaLi - Adi - PSI (S)
Eti janmamidi - varALi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tillai talamenRu - sAmA - Adi - GKB
nI muddu mOmu - kamalA manOhari - Adi - T
koniyADina nApai - kAmbhOji - Adi - VK (RST)
maharAjukarammanE - bEhAg - rUpakam - DS
kalaiyAda kalviyum - viruttam from abhirAmi andAdi - mOhanam, shanmukhapriyA, Ahiri, srI
srI kamalAmbikE - srI - kaNDA Ekam - MD

It was a very good concert. The AlApanais of danyAsi and varALi were both excellent. The main kAmbhOji was rendered very well too. The violinst gave wonderful replies to all the three. All the kritis were rendered well. The neraval and svarams were all measured and fitting to the kriti presented. The violinst was good here as well. The viruttam was brilliant. The mridangist played well, though a little louder at times. The kanjira vidwan was very supportive and played very well. Their longish tani was good too.

Vasumathi Desikan, Sravanam

2010-06-05T13:18:00.003+05:30

Vasumathi Desikan - B Anantakrishnan - S J Arjun Ganesh

Sravanam, TTD Centre
4 June 10. 6 pm

jaya jaya ramA nAta - gambIra nATTai - NT
nI irangA - aTANA - Adi - PS
nAradamuni veDalina - pantuvarALi - tisra Adi - T (RNS)
vandE vAsudEvam - srI - kaNDa cApu - A
srIpatE nIpada - nAgasvarAvaLi - Adi - T
srInivAsa tava caraNam - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - PS (RNST)
srI vEnkaTa girIsham - suruTTi - Adi - MD
bhAvayAmi gOpAlabAlam - yamunA kalyANi - kaNDa cApu - A
ceDiyAya valvinaigaL - pAsuram in mOhanam, sindhu bhairavi, hamsAnandi
srInivAsa tiruvEngaDamuDaiyAn - hamsAnandi - Adi - PS
venkaTAcala nilayam - sindhu bhairavi - Adi - PD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. I reached a little late and entered as pantuvarALi was being elaborated. It was a good essay of the rAgam by the vocalist and the violinst. The kriti was rendered well with a good round of neraval and svarams. The main kharaharapiryA AlApanai of the vocalist was excellent. It was a very classical affair and rendered very well. The violinst gave a good reply too. The kriti was rendered well with neraval and svarams. All the other pieces were well rendered. The mrudangist played well with good anticipation.

B Balasubramanian, Sravanam

2010-06-05T13:08:00.007+05:30

B Balasubramanian - Vittal Ramamurthy - Umayalpuram Mali - Sri Sundar Kumar

Sravanam, TTD Information centre
3 June 10. 6:45 pm

yagnAdulu - jayamanOhari - Adi - T (S)
avatAramentuku - harikAmbhOji - kaNDa capu - T (S)
vEnkaTa saila vihArA - hamIrkalyANi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (R)
tappi bratiki pOva taramA - tODi - rUpakam - T (RS)
nI muddu mOmu - kamalA manOhari - Adi - T
parama pAvana rAmA - pUri kalyANi - Adi - RSI (RNST)
ulagam uNDa peru vAyA - Ahiri - Adi
kulam tarum selvam thandiDum - pAsuram in sindhubhairavi, sindhu bhairavi, kApi
jagaddhOdhArana - kApi - Adi - PD
vasanamigavERRi - bEhAg tiruppugazh

It was a very good concert. The AlApanai of hamIrkalyANi and rendition of the kriti were both absolutely soulful and touching. The tODi kriti, a rare number was presented well with a matching AlApanai and svarams. The main pUrvikalyANi was rendered very well with a lot bhavam. The kriti was rendered very well with very nice neraval and svarams. All the other kritis were all well rendered as well.

The violinst was good all the way and made fitting replies to the main artist. His essay of hamIrkalyANi was wonderful too. His tODi and pUrvikalyANi were nice as well.

The mridangist played well with good anticipation and presented a nice tani. He was ably supported by the kanjirA vidwan.

T T Narendran, Neelakanta Siva Cultural Academy

2010-05-25T12:41:00.006+05:30

T T Narendran - vINai
K Arun Prakash - mrudangam

NSCA, Ganapathi Sachidananda Ashram Hall
23 May 2010. 6 pm

sarasIruhAsana priyE - nATTai - Adi - PDI (RS)
sambhO mahAdEvA - bauLi - rUpakam - NS (R)
rA rA mA inTi - asAvEri - Adi - T (R)
nAda sudhArasam - Arabhi - rUpakam - T (RS)
mOkshamugaladA - sAramati - Adi - T (R)
varadarAjam upAsmahE - sArangA - rUpakam - MD (R)
mA jAnakI - kAmbhOji - Adi - T (RtNS)
tani
aravinda padamalar - kApi - Adi - Ambujam Krishna (R)
tillAnA - sumanEsa ranjani - Adi - Chingleput Ranganathan (short sketch)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a very good concert. The choice of the songs and the rAgams were all very good and refreshing. Choice of Arabhi for sub main and kAmbhOji was indeed very interesting. All the rAgA sketches were all wonderful and filled with absolutely classical phrases. The kritis were all rendered with absolute precision. The neraval and svarams were all measured and very nice. The mridangist was perfect and played absolutely in tandem with the main artist. The tani was nice as well.

G Ravikiran, Rasayana

2010-05-25T12:40:00.003+05:30

G Ravikiran - B.Ananthakrishnan - Mannarkoil J Balaji

Rasayana, Shyam Kalyan's Residence
22 May 2010. 5:30 pm

vanajAkshi niNNE kOri - mandAri - Adi - MV
cEDE buddhi maanuraa - aTANA - Adi - T (short sketch S)
peddadEunDani ninnu nammitirA - mOhanam - Adi - MSR (RNS)
cinna nAtenA - kalAnidhi - Adi - T
Eti janmamidi hA - varALi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
bhOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varALi - kaNDa cApu - ST (S)
vAchama gOcharamE - kaikavasi - Adi - T
RTP - rItigauLa - kaNDa tripuTa (11/72 eDuppu)
dasarata bAla rAmachandrayyA dayAnidhE mAm pAhi
ragamAlikA swaras gauLa, kEdAragauLa, mEgaranjani in kIzh kAlam and sAvEri, kAmbhOdhi in mEl kAlam
tani
celi nenETlu - parAs - Adi - Pattabhiramaiah
jagadIsha - nAdanAmakriyA - ST
bhujagasAyinO - yadukula kAmbOdhi - Adi - ST
mangalam kOsalendrAya - yadukula kAmbOdhi

It was a good concert.

I was hearing to mandAri varNam after a long time. It also been quite sometime since i heard mOhanam. With Eti janma midi hA being a personal favourite, it was a good concert all the way.

Sri Ravikiran sang well with a lot of bhavam and conviction towards traditional ideas. It was good to hear. With the guidance from his expert gurus, i m sure he will make it much bigger in future. Sri Ananthakrishnan gave very fitting replies and provided good support. Sri Balaji, the veteran on stage, was wonderful. He played in perfect tandem with the main artist.

I wish to place on record my appreciations for the sound setup as well.

Mantra and his family played perfect hosts. The venue, as we have experienced many times before, is just too good for a chamber concert and it was a lovely evening, to end with tasty home-made dinner.

Day of favourites for me: mantra's house as venue, Eti janma midi hA, rItigauLa, paras javaLi, arisi upma, thenga chutney :)

Kalyani Ganesan, Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidwat Samajam

2010-05-18T14:42:00.004+05:30

Kalyani Ganesan - Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - N Guruprasad

Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Vidwat Samajam
15 May 2010. 6:30 pm

vanajAkShi - kalyANi - aTa - Pallavi Gopala Iyer (sketch) [varNam]
gaNanAthAya - gauLa - Adi - Ambi Dikshitar (RS)
sarasIruhAsanapriyE - nATTai - Adi - Puliyur Doraiswamy Iyer (sketch)
dArini telusukoNTi - suddha sAvEri - Adi - T
rAmAbhirAmA - danyAsi - Adi - T (R)
paripUrNa kAmA - pUrIkalyANi - rUpaka - T (RS)
O jagadambA - Anandabhairavi - Adi - SS
akshaya linga vibhO - shankarAbharaNam - cApu - MD (RTNST)
kaRpagamE kaNpArAi - madhyamAvati - Adi - PS (sketch)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAShTra - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert.

The AlApanais of danyAsi and shankarAbaraNam were both exceptional and touching. The kritis were all rendered with utmost ease and a lot of bhavam. The swarams were all measured and played in tune with the kriti that was being played. The tAnam in shankarAbaraNam was much enjoyable too.

The accompanists were good.

Right in the middle of hot summer, the lean season for the music world, this concert was a welcome change.

Usha Padmanabhan, Smurthi

2010-05-12T16:32:00.004+05:30

Usha Padmanabhan - V V Srinivasa Rao - B Ganapathi Raman

Smurthi, Raga Sudha Hall.
concert in memory of SVK.
8 May 10. 6:15 pm

varNam - shanmukhapriyA - tisra jAti dhruva tALam - Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer
koluvaiyunnADE - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - T
entanErchinA - sAvEri - Adi - PSI (RNS)
aruNAcala nAtam - sArangA - rUpakam - MD (R)
nIkElanAyaDa - dEvamanOhari - - RSI
kAmAkshI - yadukula kAmbhOji - misra cApu - SS (R)
mApAla velasi - asAvEri - Adi - T (S)
mitri bhAgyamE - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNST)

It was a good concert. This disciple of Smt. R Vedavalli, presented a good and enjoyable concert. All kritis were presented in a crisp fashion with bhavam. The renditions were apt. The manodarmam parts were all measured and in tune with the kriti that was being presented. The accompanists were good as well.

R Ganesh, Astika Samajam Thiruvanmiyur

2010-04-27T22:25:00.005+05:30

R Gamesh - V V Srinivasa Rao - A S Ranganathan - Papanasam Sethuraman

Amarabharati
Astika Samajam Thiruvanmiyur
27 April 2010. 6:30 pm

ALAvadennALO - paras - Adi - UVS (short sketch)
srI vAtApi gaNapatiyE - sahAnA - Adi - PS (short sketch, S)
mOhanakara muttukumarA - nItimati - rUpakam - KI
angArakam - suruTTi - rUpakam - MD (R)
dinamaNi vamsa - hari kAmbhOji - Adi - T (short sketch, S)
centanE sadA - kuntaLa varALi - Adi - T (R)
kANAmal vINilE - nIlAmbari - Adi - MT (short sketch)
rAma rAma - simmEndra madhyamam - Adi - ST (R

It was a good concert. I am hearing Dr. Ganesh for the first time and found his concert pretty interesting. All that he sang had a distinct stamp of his guru, Sri Santanam. He began with a punchy short sketch of paras. The sahAna was good. He presented a racy suruTTi which was heavily endowed with fast phrases. The kuntaLavarALi AlApanai was pretty elaborate and little more leisurely. The simmEndra madhyamam was very elaborate. The kriti renditions were all good.

Sri Srinivasa Rao gave good and fitting replies all the way. I liked his suruTTi more than his kuntaLAvarALi. The percussionist did a good job in accompanying appropriately.

I had to leave as he started singing the simmEndra madhyamam kriti.

Neeraja Chandrashekar, Music Club

2010-04-16T16:49:00.004+05:30

Neeraja Chandrashekar - T Hemamalini - Thanjavur R Kumar

Music Club IIT Madras
12 April 2010. 7 pm

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
srI mahA gaNapatE surapatE - nATTai - Adi - Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri
marivErE gati - Anandabhairavi - misra cApu - SS (R)
sarasIruha nayanE - amrutavarshiNi - Adi - T (RNS)
akhilANDEsvari - dvijAvanti - Adi - MD
sadAmatim - gambIravANI - Adi - T
rAma nI samAnamevaru - kharaharapriyA - rUpakam - T (RNS)
tani
hariyE gati - rAgamAlikA - Adi - BMK
rAmA embhO eraDu - samA - kANDa cApu - PD
tillAnA - bEhAg - Adi - BMK
mangaLam giri tanayE - madhyamAvati - misra cApu - BMK

It was a very good concert. I liked the AlApanais of Anandabhairavi and amrutavarshiNi. The kritis were all presented well and the manodarmam parts were very enjoyable. The accompanists were brilliant and did a wonderful job.

Usha Ramamoorthy, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-04-07T00:01:00.007+05:30

Usha Ramamurthy - Gottuvadhyam
Padma Shankar - Fiddle
Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mrudangam
Madipakkam A Murali - Ghatam

Music Club IIT Madras. CLT
6 Apr 10. 7 pm

chalamEla - khamAs - Adi - ST [varNam] (short sketch)
gajavadanA karuNA sadanA - srI ranjani - Adi - PS (short sketch)
paramAtmuDu - vAgadIsvari - Adi - T (R)
gangAdhara tripurahara - pUri kalyANi - rUpakam - Mysore Sadasiva Rao (RNS)
smara janaka - bEhAg - misra cApu - ST (sketch)
sarOja daLa nEtri - shankarAbaraNam - Adi - SS (RNS)
tani
venkaTAcala nilayam - sindhubhairavi - Adi - PD (short sketch)
tillAnA - senjuruTTi - Adi - Veenai Seshanna
vEga nIvu - suruTTi - Adi
nI nama rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was a good concert. Her Gottuvadhyam did not have resonating strings on the fret board, which i am told is the distinct stamp of the Budalur school of gottuvadyam, and hence, it was a little prone to sruti lapses. One locally known exponent of this style is, i am told, Sri D Kittappa, who served AIR, Madras for many years until his retirement.

Smt Usha's concert was gripping with a neat presentation of kritis and adequate justice done to the manodarmam parts. The accompanists provided excellent support to the main artist.

From an artist who is probably not very popular in the madras music circuits, to be listening to a concert of good quality music and with a lot of vyavahAram and saukyam was indeed great. Notwithstanding an occasional lapse here and there, it was indeed one of the really satisfying concerts we have had at IIT Music Club in recent times.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Nadopasana

2010-04-06T12:07:00.003+05:30

Kalpakam Swaminathan, L Ramakrishnan - Mannarkoil J Balaji - Pudukkottai Ramachandran

Umayalpuram Swamy Bhagavathar Memorial Concert Series.
Nadopasana. PS High School Dakshinamurthy Hall
5 April 2010. 6:30 pm

Era nApai - tODi - Adi
srI mahA gaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JCW (RS)
srI guruguha - dEvakriyA - rUpakam - MD
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nAri rItigauLa - rUpakam - MD (RS)
srI pArvati paramEsvarau - bauLi - Adi - MD
kAmAkshI anudinamunu - bhairavi - misra cApu - SS (R)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
naDaci naDaci - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (Rt)
tani
EkAmbaranAtEsvarENa - caturaNgiNi - Adi - MD (R)
siddIsvarAya namastE - nIlambari - misra cApu - MD (R)
srI abhayAmbA - srI - Adi - MD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. All the pieces were rendered with the traditional fervor and deep classicism. As is usual with mami, the piece was totally mesmerising. The manodarmam parts were absolutely absorbing. Sri Ramakrishnan on veenai support and Sri Balaji gelled well and played very well in provinding the right kind of accompaniment for the main artist. Sri Ramachandran was pretty loud.

Suguna Varadachari, Nadopasana

2010-04-02T23:41:00.004+05:30

Suguna Varadachari - Padma Shankar - T K Ramakrishnan

Umayalpuram Swamy Bhagavathar Memorial Concert Series.
Nadopasana. PS High School Dakshinamurthy Hall
2 April 2010. 6:30 pm

rA rA mA inTi - asAvEri - Adi - T (S)
kanukoNTini - bilahari - dEsAdi - T (sketch)
appa rAma bhakti - kAmavardhani - rUpakam - T (N at pallavi line, S)
nAdupai balikEru - madhyamAvati - kaNDa cApu - T (R, N at 'AjAnubAhu...', S)
mahima dakkincukOvayyA - rishabapriyA - Adi - T (R)
dEhi tava pada bhaktim - sahanA - Adi - T
srI raghuvara - kAmbhOji - Adi - T (R, N at 'sArasa...', S)
tani
tsallarE rAmachandruni - Ahiri - misra cApu - T
lAli lAlayya lAli - kEdAragauLa - kaNDa cApu - T
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
sriyatkAntAya - suruTTi

It was a fantastic concert. All the pieces were carefully selected and presented amazingly well with a lot of bhavam and weight. The AlApanais were all very elaborate and included lots of classical phrases. The neraval & svarams were measured and rendered fitting for the pieces taken up. The accompanists were wonderful and played excellently for the occasion.

With an absolutley un-co-operative throat, Smt. Suguna still pulled off a concert of classical music of the highest order. Vintage music that I enjoyed thoroughly.

R Vedavalli, Nada Inbam

2010-03-25T23:34:00.003+05:30

R Vedavalli, V Sumitra - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
Concert of Compositions on Lord Rama
25 March 2010. 6 pm

mAtA rAma: matpitA rAmacandrO - slOkam in hamsadvani
raghunAyakA - hamsdavani - Adi - T (S)
sItamma mAyamma - lalitA - rUpakam - T
kshitijA ramaNam - dEvagAndhAri - Adi - MD
abhimAnamennaDu - bEgaDa - Adi - PSI
daritApulEka - sAvEri - Adi - T (RNS)
srI rAmam - nArAyaNagauLa - Adi - MD
varugirAnO vArAnO - kannaDa - Adi - AK
nijamukha rAmA - kIravANi - Adi - RSI (RNS)
tanamItanE - bhushAvaLi - Adi - T
nAma kusumAmulacE - srI - Adi - T (RS)
tani
jAnAti rAma tava nAma ruchim - slOkam in kAmbhOji, shanmukhapriyA, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
gata mOhAsruta - shankarAbaraNam - tisra Ekam - T
srI rAma jaya rAma - yadukula kAmbhOji - kaNDa cApu - T
mangaLam - nAdanAmakriyA - Adi - T

It was a great concert. I personally loved the whole concert. The sAvEri was awesome. The kIravANi was elaborate and absolutely bhava laden. The main srI rAgam was fantastic. All the songs seem to have been carefully chosen for the occasion. There was a good mix of ragams and composers and all the songs were rendered with a lot of bhavam and classicism. The accompanists were wonderful and made it a concert to remember for a long time.

Malladi Suribabu, Nada Inbam

2010-03-20T22:29:00.004+05:30

Malladi Suribabu - V V Ravi - Shertalai Ananatakrishnan

Nada Inbam
20 March 2010

srI kAmakshi - srI - Adi - Spencer Venugopal
rAmAbhirAmA - danyAsi - Adi - T
srI mAtrubhUtam - kannaDa - misra cApu - MD (RS)
pAhi srI girirAja sutE - Ananda bhairavi - rUpakam - SS (RS)
tali taNDrulu gala - balahamsa - Adi - T (R)
nija dAsa varada - kalyANi - Adi - PSI (RNS)
tani
sAyankAlE kusumitasamayE - slOkam in hamsAnandi, mOhanam, bEhAg, sindhu bhairavi
nahirE nahisankA - valaji - Adi - Sadasiva Brahmendra
mAyA mOhamu - jOg - Adi - A
vEganIvuvAni rammannavE - suruTTi - rUpakam (R)
nagavulu nijamani - yamunA kalyANi - Adi - A (R)
bhaja gOvindam - misra mAND/hamsavinOdini/?? - Adi - Adi Shankara (tuned by Voleti)
madhyamAvati short sketch

It was an excellent concert. I walked in late, during the danyAsi. The veteran musician showed a lot of Voleti in his style of singing. The AlApanais of both kannaDa and Anandabhairavi were brilliantly handled. kalyANi was handled in a superb fashion. The kriti renditions were good. The svarams and neraval wherever done were with a lot of bhavam. The choice of kritis to present was very offbeat and refreshing. The accompanists were matching and did an amazing job with providing much needed support to the main artist. Fantastic concert. Should listen to him more.

Suguna Purushottaman, Nada Inbam

2010-03-19T23:17:00.004+05:30

Suguna Purushottaman - Charulatha Ramanujam - Neyveli Narayanan

Nada Inbam.
Concert of Tamil Compositions
19 March 2010. 6 pm

sAmi nI manamirangi - srI ranjani - Adi - PS [pada varNam]
siddhiyaruL siva sakti bAlakanE - nATTai - misra cApu - NS
jhamkara sruti - pUrvikalyANi - Adi - Suddanada Bharati (RNS)
mugattai kATTi - bhairavi - misra cApu - Papavinasa Mudaliar
muttu kumaraiyyanE - shankarAbaraNam - rUpakam (2 kaLai) - Ramaswamy Sivan (sketch)
viritta senjaDai ADa - viruttam in Ananda bhairavi, bilahari, shanmukhapriyA, mOhanam, tODi
Ananda naTEsA - tODi - rUpakam - Ramaswamy Sivan (S)
anda rAma saundaryam - kEdAragauLa - Adi - AK (short sketch)
sivakAma sundari - jagan mOhini - rUpakam - GKB
tiruvaDi caraNam - kAmbhOji - Adi - GKB (RNST)
manju nihar - kAvaDi chindu
eppo varuvArO - jOnpuri - Adi
AlamAmaratin ilai mEl
vAzhiya senthamizh

It was a great concert. All the pieces carefully chosen and presented with a lot of bhavam. Being a thematic concert, there were a few interludes explaining some of the facets and interesting points about the compositions that were presented. Also, there was more emphasis on the compositions and not on the manOdarmam as the occasion demanded. The kritis were all rendered very well. The AlApanai of pUrvikalyANi was short while that of kAmbhOji was very beautiful. The neraval svarams in both were presented crisply. The rAgamAlikA viruTTam was also very beautifully rendered.

K Bhaskaran, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-03-18T22:58:00.004+05:30

K Bhaskaran - M A Sundareswaran - K V Prasad - E M Subramanian

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre.
17 March 2010. 7 pm

vandEham jagatvallabham - hamsadvani - kaNDa cApu - A (short sketch S)
sArasamukhi - gauDa malhAr - rUpakam - HMB (S)
enduku dayarAdurA - tODi - misra cApu - T (RNS)
tani
sakala graha - aTANA - kaNDa cApu - PD
RTP - ranjani - kaNDa tripuTa (tisra naDai) 1 aksharam eDuppu, 4 akshara aridi
mAruti maindanE anumanE sadA unai paNindEm
rAgamAlikA svarams in mOhanam, kApi, Ananda bhairavi, rAgavardhani, nIlAmbari
alaipAyudE - kAnaDA - Adi - UVS
nArAyaNanE namO - bEhAg - Adi - A
shanti nilava vENDum - tilang - Adi - Sethu Madhava Rao (R)
raghupathi rAghava rAjA rAm
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. All the pieces were rendered with emotion and classical gait. Both tODi and ranjani AlApanais were good. The tAnam was very well rendered. The neraval svarams in tODi and the pallavi rendition with trikAlam were very good as well. The accompanists made it all more enjoyable in providing good support as needed.

R Vedavalli, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-03-18T22:53:00.004+05:30

R Vedavalli - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Music Club IIT Madras. Central Lecture Theatre
15 March 2010. 7 pm

gnAnandamayam dEvam - slOkam in gauLa
celimi kOri - gauLa - Adi - VK (S)
nIkEla nAyaDa - dEvamanOhari - Adi - RSI
dhyAnamE varamaina - danyAsi - Adi - T (RNS)
EdhO teriyAmal - hamIr kalyANi - tisra Ekam - GKB
kanukonu saukyamu - nAyaki - rUpakam - T (R)
srI raghuvara suguNAlaya - bhairavi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
nAdalOluDai - kalyANA vasantam - rUpakam - T (R)
svayam pAdam parasvaya sruta durita haram - slOkam in sAvEri, nIlAmbari, varALi, suruTTi
kELanO hari tALanO - suruTTi - Adi - PD
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T
svasti prajApya - madhyamAvati

It was a wonderful concert. The pieces were rendered with a lot of bhavam and utmost precision. The AlApanais were all amazing. The danyAsi was meditative, while the bhairavi was racy. The neraval and svaram parts were all fitting to the songs and presented impeccably. The accompanists were wonderful and perfectly supported the main artist all the way.

Kalpakam Swaminathan, Charubala Mohan Trust

2010-03-18T22:48:00.006+05:30

Kalpakam Swaminathan & S R Padmavati - B Ganapathiraman - H Sivaramakrishnan

Charubala Mohan Trust
Raga Sudha Hall
13 March 2010. 6:30 pm

sAmi ninnE - kannaDa - Adi
vandE nisamaham - hamsadvani - Adi (R)
sogasu jUDa taramA - kannaDa gauLa - rUpakam - T (RS)
vara nArada - vijaya srI - Adi - T
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (RNS)
samajavaragamanA - hindOLam - Adi - T (R)
ikanE tALa jAlanurA - guha ranjani - Adi - HMB
EkAmaranAtam - gamakakriyA - Adi - MD (Rt)
tani
sArasa daLa nayanE - sAramati - Adi - HMB
sogasugA nAtO - sahAnA - misra cApu - Sarangapani (R)
ambara cidambara - suruTTi - kaNDa cApu (R)
praNatAtihara - senjuruTTi - kaNDa tripuTa (R)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a great concert. Being Sivarathri day, many of the pieces were on Lord Shiva. The AlApanais of bEgaDa and gamakakriyA were both presented with a lot of classical phrases. The kriti renditions were all crisp and clear. The accompanists were good.

On the whole it was an evening if grand classical music from the veteran. The bEgaDa made my day.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, Carnatica

2010-03-18T22:36:00.003+05:30

Sangeetha Sivakumar - B U Ganesh Prasad - Shertalai Anantakrishnan

Carnatica
Concert of Ashtapadis and Tarangams
11 March 10. 7:15 pm

caraNam bhava karuNAmayi - saurAshTram - rUpakam - NT
krishNam kalaya - mukhAri - Adi - NT (short sketch S)
lalita lavanga - vasantA - Adi - J (RNS)
AlOkayE rukmini kalyANa - kambhOji - misra cApu - NT (RNS)
tani
sanchara tatara sudhA madura - rAgamAlikA - Adi - J
kalyANa gOpAlam - sindhubhairavi - kaNDa cApu - NT
jaya mangaLam - suruTTi - catusra Ekam (tisra naDai)

It was a very good concert. Though a thematic one, the handling of the pieces and manOdarma were both good. The vasantA and kAmbhOji AlApanais were bhavaladen. The neraval & svarams were nice as well. The accompanists were good in playing a supportive role

K Bharat Sundar, Carnatica

2010-03-18T22:32:00.004+05:30

K Bharat Sundar - M S Anantakrishnan - Trivandrum V Balaji

Carnatica
Concert featuring various forms of musical composition
11 March 10. 5:30 pm

nIyE caraNam - nATTai - Bharatiyar
ambaramE taNNIrE - kalyANi - kaNDa cApu - Andal (NS)
maruLODu mAyai pOl - danyAsi - Adi - Thiruvarutpa tuned by PSN (short sketch)
vANanai madi sUDiya - kIravANi - misra cApu - Tevaram (RNS)
tani
mannu pugaz kOsalai - rAgamAlikA - kaNDa cApu - Kulasekhara Azhvar pAsuram tuned by Smt. Leelavathi Gopalakrishnan
tillAnA - behAg - Adi

It was a good concert. The AlApanai if kIravANi was good. The neraval svarams in both kalyANi and kIravANi were handled with confidence. All pieces were well rendered. Accompanists were good as well

Vidya Kalyanaraman, Nadopasana

2010-03-18T22:12:00.004+05:30

Vidya Kalyanaraman - B Anantakrishnan - Nellai Balaji

Nadopasana
Raga Sudha Hall
3 March 10. 6:30 pm

sadA pAla rUpApi - slOkam in sahAnA
karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK
teliyalEru rAmA - dhEnukA - Adi - T
anudinamunu - bEgaDa - rUpakam - PSI (RNS)
enraikku sivakrupai - mukhAri - misra cApu - NS (R)
kamalAptakula - brindAvana sArangA - Adi - T
mInAkshI mE mudam - gamakakriyA - Adi - MD (RNST)

It was a good concert. The bEgaDa was presented well. The mukhAri AlApanai was nice as well. However, I would prefered a more peppy song between the varNam and dhEnukA to make it a better punchy start for the concert. The accompanists were good as well.

R S Jayalakshmi, Nada Inbam

2010-02-21T10:08:00.003+05:30

R S Jayalakshmi - T K Ramakrishnan

Veenai Fest, Nada Inbam
20 Feb 2010. 6 pm

viribhONi (varNam) - bhairavi - Adi - PA (sketch)
vinAyaka - haMsadhwani - Adi - VK (S)
mAmava sadA (?) - nATTaikurinji - rUpakam (R)
ninnE nammiti - simhEndramadhyamam - misra cApu - MV (RNS)
bOgIndra sAyinam - kuntaLa varALi - kaNDa cApu - ST
kaddanavAriki - tODi - Adi - (R, T in tODi, sahAnA, valaji, haMsAnandi, kAnaDa, kApi, NS)
tani

Very good concert it was. The felicity with which Smt. Jayalakshmi was handling the instrument was exceptional. The presentation of kritis and manOdarman were all very good too. The mridangist was perfect for the occasion. Great concert

T T Narendran, Nada Inbam

2010-02-19T22:00:00.003+05:30

T T Narendran - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam
16 Feb 2010. 6 pm

srI mahA gaNapati - gauLa - misra cApu - MD (sketch, S)
rAma nannu brOvarA - hari kAmbhOji - rUpakam - T (RNS)
padavini sadbhaktiyu - sALaga bhairavi - Adi T (RS)
aDukArAdani - manOranjani - Adi - T
shAntamulEkhA - sAmA - Adi - T (R)
tatvameruga taramA - garuDadvani - rUpakam - T (short sketch)
vaddanE vAru - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - T (RTS)
tani
heccarika gA rA rA - yadukula kAmbhOji - kaNDa cApu - T
EnguvadriyAnO - Ahiri - misra cApu - Ambujam Krishna
vagalADi bOdana - bEhAg - rUpakam - Thirupati Narayanaswami
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

Great concert. Choice of songs and ragams were good. The presentation was very good. The AlApanais of sAmA and shanmukhapriyA were both presented very well. The harikAmbhOji was good as well. The mridangists was exceptionally good and accompanied with a lot of anticipation.

R Ramani, Nada Inbam

2010-02-19T21:55:00.004+05:30

R Ramani - Thanjavur Kumar - Pudukkottai Ramachandran

Nada Inbam. SVK Memorial Day
15 Feb 2010. 6 pm

sarasuDA ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
tatvamariya taramA - rItigauLa - Adi - PS (short sketch, S)
rA rA mA inTi - asAvEri - Adi - T
tyAgarAjAya namastE - bEgaDa - rUpakam - MD (R)
mAmava mInAkshI - varALi - misra cApu - MD (RNS)
jAlantara supIDastE - valaji - rUpakam - HMB
enduku peddalavalE - shankarAbaraNam - Adi - T (RtNS)
rAgamAlikA tAnam in nATTai, gauLa, Arabhi, varALi, srI
tani
vandanamu raghunandanA - sahAnA - Adi - T
marulu konnadirA - khamAs - Adi (R)
patiki hArati rE - suruTTi - Adi (R)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a excellent concert. The varALi and shankarAbaraNam were both majestic. The bEgaDa was serene. The presentation of songs and manOdarmam were both precise and filled with traditionally classical phrases, thus making it a wonderful concert thoroughly enjoyable. The accompanists were great and played with perfect timing.

S R Padmavati, Nada Inbam

2010-02-15T22:20:00.003+05:30

S R Padmavati - R Ramkumar

Veenai Festival, Nada Inbam
13 feb 2010. 4 pm

intakOpamElarA - ghana rAgamAlikA varNam - Adi
teratIyaga rAdA - gauLipantu
nAda sudhA rasam - Arabhi (S)
nItu mUrtini - nATTaikuranji (RS)
valli nAyaka - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - HMB (RNS)
narasimhA Agacca - mOhanam - misra cApu - MD (R)
EkAmranAtEsvarENa - caturangiNi
durusuga krupa jUchi - sAvEri - Adi - T (RtNS)
tani
sARamaina - bEhAg - rUpakam
tillAnA - pUrNa candrikA - Adi - RSI
nADi tEDi - bhAgE srI - tisra Adi - Thiruppugazh

It was a good concert. The vainika, a disciple of Smt. Kalpakam Swaminathan, presented the songs well. The style and handling of the instrument were indicative of her school of training. The kritis were presented well with good manodarmam. The mridangist was wonderful and played with great anticipation.

R K Shriram Kumar, Shanmukhapriya

2010-02-11T14:31:00.004+05:30

R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash - N Guruprasad

Shanmukhapriya, Violin solo festival
10 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

rAmA nI pai - kEdAram - Adi - T (S)
sanAtanA - phalamanjari - Adi - T
ninnuvinA - pUrvikalyANi - vilOma chApu - SS (RNS)
srI visvanAtam - caturdasa rAgamAlikA - Adi - MD (R - srI)
chinnanADenA - kalAnidhi - Adi - T
srI raghuvara - kAmbhOji - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
parulanna mATa - kApi - rUpakam - DS
varugalAmO - mAnji - misra cApu - GKB
madiyAl vittaganAgi - suruTTi
mangaLAm

It was a very good concert. The AlApanais of both pUrvikalyANi and srI rAgam were lovely. The kambhOji was very good as well. The kritis were presented well and made it enjoyable. The accompanists were great. It was a true gayaki style fiddle presentation.

The acoustics and the sound system were very loud and hence made it tough to listen and enjoy

Sendangudi V Jayaraman, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-02-11T14:23:00.003+05:30

Sendangudi V Jayaraman - Kallidaikurichi M Balakrishnan - Therezhundur V Sundara Raghavan - Nanganallur S Swaminathan

Music Club
9 Feb 2010. 7 pm

karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK
srI mahA gaNapatim - aTANA - Adi - JCW (S)
paripAlayamAm - rItigauLa - rUpakam - ST (RS)
tyAgarAjam bhajarE - karpUra bharaNi - Adi - DKJ
rasika mahOttama krishNA - sarasAngi - misra cApu - UVS (RS)
ikanaina nA - pushpalatikA - Adi - TN
EtAvunarA - kalyANi - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
petra tAi - viruTTam in mOhanam, rEvati
innam dayavE varavillaiya - rEvati - Adi - Thiruvatrupa (tuned by Sendangudi Jayaraman)
tillAnA - khamAs - Adi - PSI
marukkulAviya - pUrvikalyANi - vilOma rUpakam (tisra naDai) - AGN
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

The choice of kritis and rAgams was good. They were presented well too. The violinst was good. The percussion dept was very good and was exceptionally handled by mridangist who led in making the concert enjoyable.

Sembanarkoil SRGS Mohandass, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-02-11T14:06:00.005+05:30

Sembanarkoil SRGS Mohandass - Nadasvaram
Thiruvannamalai T K K Gandhi - Nadasvaram
Vadapalani S Vadivelu - Thavil
Nandambakkam H Dakshinamurthy - Thavil

Music Club
8 Feb 2010. 7 pm

mallAri - gambIra nATTai - kaNDA tripuTa (sketch)
raghuvamsa - kadana kudUkalam - Adi - PSI
sogasugA mrudanga tALamu - srI ranjani - rUpakam - T (R)
valli nAyaka nI - shanmukhapriyA - Adi - HMB (RS)
rAgamAlika svarams
tani
karpagavalli nin - rAgamAlikA - Adi
chinnanjiru kiLiyE - rAgamAlikA - Adi
nirai madi - chakravAkam - kaNDa cApu
Eru mayil - madhyamAvati - Adi

Good concert. The traditional mallari was very nicely presented.

Sudarshan Padmanabhan, Dilip Memory Concert

2010-02-11T13:28:00.005+05:30

P Sudarshan - V Giridhari - M Ramanathan

Dilip Memory Concert, CLT
7 Feb 2010. 7:30 pm

sAmI ninnE - srI - Adi - KD (short sketch)
mahA gaNapatE - naTa nArAyaNi - Adi - MD (S)
parama purusha jagadIsvara - vasantA - Adi - ST (RS)
vaNDinam uralum sOlai - tODi - Thondaradipodi Azhwar (NS)
rAma rAma amrutapAnamE - khamAs - Adi - PS
anAduDanu gAnu - jingLA - Adi - T
manavIcE konavayyA - sarasAngi - rUpakam - PSI (RNST)
mAvUr vaLam peruga - sindhubhairavi - Adi - HMB
hari bOlO - dEsh - Adi - Kabhir
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. The tODi and sarasAngi were both rendered very well with a lot of bhavam and energy. All the songs were carefully chosen and presented very well. The accompanists were good as well.

Manda Sudharani, Nadopasana

2010-02-11T13:22:00.003+05:30

Manda Sudharani - R K Shriram Kumar - N Manoj Siva - V Anirudh Athreya

Nadopasana, PS School
6 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

karuNimpa idi - sahAnA - Adi - VK (short sketch, S)
girirAja sudhA tanayA - bangALa - Adi - T
manasA manasAmartyamEmi - vardhani - rUpakam - T (RS)
nI padamulE gatiyani - navarasa kannaDA - Adi
himagiri kumAri - ravikriyA/raghupriyA - Adi - MD (RS)
rAmA nIyaDa - kharaharapriyA - Adi - T (RNS)
tani
RTP - hamsAnadi - tisra tripuTa (sama eDuppu, 4 aridi)
sadA nI smaraNE gati sAma gAna mOdini
(sUcita svarAkshara & graha bEda pallavi with hindOLam)
parulanna mATa - kApi - rUpakam - DS
bhAvayAmi gOpAla bAlam - yamunA kalyANi - kaNDa cApu - A
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of vardhani and ravikriyA were both done well. The kharaharapriyA and hamsAnandi were both presented excellently. There was a good mix of rare and known pieces in the concert. The pallavi was rendered with exceptional control and there were svarAksharams all over. Smt. Sudharani also explained that during the grahabEdam from hamsAnandi to hindOLam omiting the shadjam of hamsAnandi, except for the shift of shadjam to the hamsAnandi rishbam, all the other notes retain their frequency and name as such for the new scale to get the new rAgam.

The accomapanists were wonderful. A good concert

Seetha Rajan, Nadopasana

2010-02-09T16:10:00.004+05:30

Seetha Rajan - Charulatha Ramanujam - Patri Satish Kumar - B S Purushottaman

Nadopasana, P S School
5 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

varNam - hamsadvani
mAra janaIm AshrayE - nATakapriyA - Adi - N Ch Krishnamacharlu (short sketch, S)
sarasijabhava jAyE - kalyaNi - tisra Adi - UVS (RNS)
himAcalatanaya brOcuTa - Ananda bhairavi - Adi - SS (R)
manavini vinumA - naLinakAnti
danyuDevvaDO dAsaratE - malayamArutam - Adi - PSI (RNS)
giripai nelakonna - sahAnA - Adi - T (RNST)
mAtA parAshakti - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Bharatiyar
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi - T

It was a very good concert. The choice of ragams and songs were both good. The kriti renditions were very good and made it a very enjoyable evening with matching manodarmam and the accompanists were perfect for the occasion. A concert to remember for a while.

Seerkazhi Jayaraman, Nadopasana

2010-02-09T16:02:00.003+05:30

Seerkazhi Jayaraman - M A Sundareswaran - B Ganapathi Raman - A S Krishnan

Nadopasana, PS School
4 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

sarasuDa ninnE - sAvEri - Adi - KVI
praNamAmyaham - gauLa - Adi - MV (S)
nI daya rAdhA - vasanta bhairavi - rUpakam - T
undan pAdamE aDaikkalamE - simmendra madhyamam - Adi - Seerkazhi Jayaraman
Ananda naTaNa prakAsam - kEdAram - misra cApu - MD (RS)
rAmA ninnE - husEni - Adi - T (RS)
karunAlayanidhiyE - hindOLam - Adi - Vedanayakam Pillai (R)
nalla saguNam nOkki sellaDi - shanmukhapriyA - Adi
himagiri tanayE - suddha dhanyAsi - Adi - HMB
vAsudEvayani - kalyANi - Adi - T (RNST)
varashikhi vAhana - supradIpam
kaNNanai kANbadeppO
sonnadai seidiDA sAgasamA
rAdhA samEdhA krishNA

The concert was good. The AlApanais of kEdAram and husEni were both very good. The kritis were all rendered well. After the husEni kriti, Sri Jayaraman announced he was going to present a few GNB favourites as a homage to GNB in his centenary year. The accompanists were good.

Vasudha Keshav, Music Club IIT Madras

2010-02-09T15:53:00.004+05:30

Vasudha Keshav - H N Bhaskar - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - N Guruprasad

Purandara Dasa Day
3 Feb 2010. 7 pm

manmanObhIshTa varadam - slOkam in hamsadvani
gajavadanA bEDuvE - hamsadvani - Adi (NS)
mUrtiyanu nillilO - harikAmbhOji - Adi
krishNAya vAsudEvAya - slOkam in madhuvanti
nara janma bandAga - madhuvanti - misra cApu
Enu bandyO jIvavE - varamu - Adi (RS)
enavUvAnE rangA - kuranji - Adi
nambi keTTAvarillavO - kalyANi - misra cApu (RNST)
hADidarE ennOyana - rAgamAlikA slOkam in kAnaDA, dvijAvanti, hamsAnandi
hariyanu nenEyada - hamsAnandi, mOhanam, danyAsi, sahAnA - Adi
mangaLAm jaya mangaLam - suruTTi - Adi

It was a neatly presented concert. The pieces were are all not so popular ones and also set to an interesting set of ragams. The dEvarnAmas were all presented well with traditional gait. The submain varamu was excellently presented. The main kalyANi was very good too. The accompanists did a great job to make the concert much more enjoyable.

Thirukkarugavur G Srinivasa Raghavan, Nadopasana

2010-02-09T15:34:00.003+05:30

Thirukkarugavur G Srinivasa Raghavan - Madurai Balasubramanian - Madirimangalam Swaminathan - KVRS Mani

Nadopasana, PS High School
2 Feb 2010. 6:30 pm

jalajAksha - hamsadvani - Adi (short sketch S)
praNamAmyaham - gauLa - Adi - MV (S)
aTlapalukutO - aTANA - Adi - T (R)
raghuvara nannu - kAmavardhini - Adi - T (RNS)
mOkshamugaladA - sAramati - Adi - T
UragE galguna - sahAnA - misra cApu - T (R)
janani mAmava - bhairavi - misra cApu - ST (RNS)
kAr kuzhaiyADa - suddha dhanyAsi - kaNDa cApu
santAna gOpAlakrishNam - khamAs - rUpakam - MD
rAma kathA sudhA - madhyamAvati - Adi - T (RNST)

It was a very good concert. The AlApanais of aTANA and bhairavi were excellently handled. kAmavardhani and madhyamavAti were great too. The choice of songs and their presentations were all very good and there was a lot of energy that was present in the concert feeling. The accompanists were excellent and made the concert very very enjoyable.

Raji Gopalakrishnan, Nadopasana

2010-02-05T10:56:00.003+05:30

Raji Gopalakrishnan - Dr. Hemalatha - Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Madipakkam Murali

Nadopasana, PS School
1 Feb 10. 6:30 pm

varNam - kalyANa vasantam - Adi - TMT
sarasIruhAsana priyE - nATTai - Adi - PDI (S)
rAju veDala - tODi - rUpakam - T (RNS)
mAnamulEdhA - hamIr kalyANi - Adi - T (R)
srI chakra rAja nilayE - sivashakti - Adi - GNB (RS)
rENukA dEvi - kannaDa bangALa - rUpakam - MD
pAlincu kAmAkshi - madhyamAvati - Adi - SS (RNST)

I happened to hear the concert standing outside the hall. Good concert. The todi was measured. The hamIr kalyANi was really nice to hear. The madhyamavati was well handled. The accompanists were all good as well.

T M Krishna, Nada Inbam

2010-01-29T15:33:00.004+05:30

T M Krishna - R K Shriram Kumar - Manoj Siva - V Anirudh Athreya

Nada Inbam
26 Jan 2010. 6 pm

mAtE mayalatvaja pANdya - khamAs
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nAri rItigauLa - rUpakam - MD (RS)
moratOpu - sahAnA - tisra tripuTa - K (R)
krupajUcuTaku - chAyA taraNgiNi - Adi - T
aparAdamula - latAngi - Adi - PSI (RNS)
sAmi nI - Anandabhairavi - aTa - VK [varNam] (RNS)
tani
suTTum vizhi - bilahari, bhairavi, sAmA, vasantA - tisra naDai - Bharatiyar
vagalADi bodanalaku - bEhAg
varugalAmO - mAnji
vandE mAtaram - dEsh

It was a good concert. The AlApanais of sahAnA and Anandabhairavi were both very elaborate and very enjoyable. The latAngi was crisp and left one longing for more. The accompanists were very good and provided excellent support to the main artist. The concert was overall good.

Sangeetha Sivakumar, MFAC

2010-01-26T11:08:00.005+05:30

Sangeetha Sivakumar - R K Shriram Kumar - Manoj Siva - N Guruprasad

Thyagaraja Aradhanai Series.
Mylapore Fine Arts Club.
25 Jan 10. 6:30 pm

vidulaku mrokkEdA - mAyAmALAvagauLa - Adi (NS)
nijamarmamulanu - umAbaraNam - Adi
nAdOpAsanacE - bEgaDa - Adi (R)
eTi yOcanalu - kiraNAvaLi - Adi (RS)
endu dAgi nADO - tODi - misra cApu (RNST)
ennagA manasuku - nIlAmbari - Adi
tavadAsOham - punnAgavarALi - Adi
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAshTram - Adi

It was a very good concert. I enjoyed all the kriti renditions. The bEgaDa was elaborate and heavy. The main tODi was grand and majestic. The kiraNAvaLi was very good and well presented too. The accompanists were very good and played just the way that is needed to boost the concert.

Much enjoyable concert

S Varadarajan, Fiddle solo, Nada Inbam

2010-01-16T23:07:00.003+05:30

S Varadarajan - N Manoj Siva

Marungapuri Gopalakrishna Iyer Fiddle Festival
Nada Inbam
16 Jan 10. 6 pm

sAmi daya jUDarA - kEdAragowLai - Adi
raghunAyakA - haMsadhwani - Adi - T (S @ pallavi)
sArasAkSha paripAlayamAm - kAmavardhini - Adi - ST (R, NS @ bhAmini samudAya)
santAna gOpAlakrushNam - khamAs - Adi - MD (R, S @ narttana muralIdharam)
nIvADa nE gAna - sAranga - khaNDacApu - T
kArtikEya gAngEya gauri tanayA - tODi - Adi - PS (R, NS @ mAlmaruga, T)
ala sara paritApam - suruTTi - mishracApu - ST
kaNDudhanya - behAg - rUpakam - Kamalesa Vittala Dasa (R)
mAdhava mAmava - nIlAmbari - Adi - NT (R)
karuNai deivame - sindhubhairavi - Adi - Madurai T Srinivasan (R)
nI nAma rUpamulaku - saurAShTra - Adi - T

It was a wonderful concert from the beginning. All pieces seemed to have been carefully chosen and presented neatly. I personally enjoyed the khamAs very well. The Alapanai was totally moving and the kala pramaNam in which the kriti was presented was indeed really really amazing. The swarams were matching too. Earlier the kAmavardhini was very nice. The main tODi was given its due weight and rendered amazingly. Mridangam accompaniment was perfect and totally in tune with the songs that were rendered. The tani was great as well.