2025 Aug 24 RKShriramKumar AmrithaMurali SandeepRamachandra KAP AA ISS Nadopasana

Violin and Vocal : Vid. RKShriramKumar 

Violin and Vocal : Vid. AmrithaMurali 

Violin and Vocal : Vid. SandeepRamachandra 

Mridanga: Vid. K Arun Prakash

Khanjira : Vid. Anirudh Atreyya

ISS Nadopasana

Part 1 : Violin Trio Concert

01 dEva dEva kalayAmi mAyAmALavagouLa rUpaka swAthi thirunAL

02 O jagadamba nanu amba nIvu javamuna Anandabhairavi syAma sAstri

03 shrI mAtrubhUtam trishiragiri kannaDa m.cApu m.dIkshitar

04 kApi AlApane + inta soukhya manInE kApi Adhi tyAgarAja

05 shAradE karuNanidE hAmIr kalyANI chandrasEkarEndra bhArati swAmigaL

06 krishNA nI bEgane BArO yamuna kalyANi Adi vyAsarAya

Part 2 : Vocal Duet

01 janakI ramaNa bhaktha pArijAtha shuddha sImanthini Adhi tyAgarAja

02 nEnendu veTukudurA shrI karnATakabehAg tyAgarAja

03 pUrvikalyANi AlApane + ninnuvinAga mari dikkevarunnAru pUrvikalyANi shyAmA shastri

04 madhurAdhishawari mAmava mAtangi RAGA TALA ACOMPOSER

05 tyAgarAjEna samrakshitOham sALaga bhairavi Adi MuttuswAmi dIkshitar

06 bEgaDe AlApane + nAdOpAsanacE bEgaDA Adi tyAgarAja

07 narasimhana pada bhajaneya mado

08 viruttum followed by angai koDumalar rAgamAlika tAyumAnavar

09 dEvaki nandana nanda mukunda yamunAkalyANi purandara dAsa

10 krishna kamalaksha kamalesha (on Guruvayurappa) Tuned by RKSK

11 Sharada Mangala Slokam Mangalam Vara Rishyashringa Nagara Vasini

2021 Apr 30 RamakrishnanMurthy RKShriramkumar NCBharadwaj ChandrashekaraSharma_SRSM

Vocal: Vid. Ramakrishnan Murthy 

Violin: Vid. RKShriramkumar 

Mridanga: Vid. NC Bharadwaj 

Ghata: Vid. ChandrashekaraSharma

01 vanajAkshi ninnE kOri varNa kalyANi aTa pallavi gOpAla iyer

02 nIlAyatAkSi nIvE jagatsAkSi paras tripuTa ShyamaShastri

03 nI Bhajana gAna nAyaki Adi tyAgarAja (A, S)

04 rAma embO eraDakshara (kEdAra gaULA kEDaragauLa) m.cApu (KASHI) p.dAsa (A)

05 okapAri chUdara kalAvathi Adi tyAgarAja

06 kArubAru sEyuvAru galarE mukhAri Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)

07 mAmava raghuvIra martyavatara mAhuri m.dhIkshitar

08 mannupugaz kosalaidan Durga mAyAmAlavaguLa sAranga hindOLam nIlAmbari rUpaka kulasekara azwar

09 Ongi ulagaLandhu pAsuram Arabhi Adi AndAL

10 rAmanai taruvAi sindubhairavi aruNAcala kavi

11 tArAdipAnana daSharatha tanaya kApi lakshmIsha pUchi ShrinivAsa iyengAr

12 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja

2020 Jan 25 NVijaySiva RKShriramKumar NManojSiva SKrishna SRLKM @ BGS

Vocal: Vid N Vijay Siva 
Vocal Support: Arun Shankar, SR Vikneswaran
Violin: Vid. R K ShriramKumar 
Mridanga: Vid. N Manoj Siva 
Ghata : Vid. S Krishna 

Occasion: SRLKM 31st Annual Music Festival, Bangalore Gayana Samaja

01 shlOka followed by nIlAyatAkSi nIvE jagatsAkSi paras tripuTa ShyamaShastri

02 dinamaNi vamsha harikAmbhOji Adi tyAgarAja (N, S)
Nereval at sarva vinOttAnannu
Swaras at dinamani vamsha

03 prEma swarUpa Anandhabhairavi Adi*2 UthukAdu venkatakavi (A, S)
Swaras at premaswarUpa

04 srI chamunDEshwari dEvi tava pAda bhaktim kannaDa Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar

05 kOrina varamosagu rAmapriyA rUpaka patnam subhramanya iyer (A, N)
Nereval at sarivAri lOna nannu

06 cinnanADe nA ceyi baTTitivi kalAnidhi tyAgarAja

07 akshaya linga vibhO svayambhO shankarAbharaNa mCApu m.dhIkshitar (A, N, S, T)
Nereval at badarIvana mUla nAyikA sahita

08 rAga tAna pallavi jayantasEna

09 ugAbhOga (bEhAg dhanyAsi yadukula kAMbOdhi)

10 swAmi mukhya prANA yadukula kAmbodhi rUpaka p.dAsa

11 nArAyaNiyam (rAgamAlika)
tridasa vardhaki vardhita kausalam
REvati...??..??... kApi.. sri..

12 mAle maNivaNNa mArgazhi niraduvan (ti) pasuram kuntalavarALi  cApu ANDAL

13 kUrvEl tiruppugazh madhyamAvati aruNagirinAthar

14 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja

Observations:
* An interesting experiment to share the list of songs to be rendered in the concert was shared. (IMHO, for the first time here in Bangalore. Was quite exciting

* An out of the wold Tani

* An outstanding follow mode delivery by Violinist.

Overall 10 / 10 !!

2016 Feb 09 TMKrishna RKShriramkumar ArunPrakash @ RLKM Spring Festival

Vocal: Vid. TMKrishna 
Violin: Vid. RKShriramkumar 
Mridanga: Vid. ArunPrakash

01. RTP - shaNkarAbharaNa(A, T, S, T)
Pallavi Line: chakkagAni bhajana jEsevAriki tappuga galadA srI rAmA dinadinamu
Ragamalika Pallavi - tODi, Kharaharapriya, Kurinji, YamanKalyani, nArAyaNi, Kunthalavarali, kAMbODhi, tODi, varALi, dEsh surUTi
Swaras only in shaNkarAbharaNa

02. mOkSamu galadA bhuvilO sAramati Adhi thyAgarAja (A, t, N, S) 
Neraval and swara at vINA vAdana 
Alapane by TMK
tAna by both
Kriti by SRK
Neraval and Swaras by both

03 kApAli nin karunai mOhana Adhi pApanAsham shivan (O, S) 
Sang swaram once at Kapali at the end, and while about to conclude, again started another short round of Swaras at "pa" in Ka"pa"li! 

04 Slokam Chethodarpana Anandabhairavi Sindhubhairavi

05 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa (O, S)

06 bhajarE rE citta bAlAmbikAm kalyANi m.cAPu m.dhIkshitar(A, N, S)
Neraval at "shrI vAgbhava kUTa jata"
Swaras at "Sringara" 

07 vaishNava janatO Mishra rAgamAlika Adhi Narsi Mehta

08 Mangala Slokam (Mangalam Kosalendraya) fwd by 
shyAma sundarAnga dhanyAsi Adhi tyAgarAja

2015 Sept 04 TMKrishna RKSriramkumar ManojSiva AnirudhAthreya @ Odukattur

Vocal: Vid. TMKrishna 
Violin: Vid. RKSriramkumar 
Mridanga: Vid. ManojSiva 
Khanjira : Vid. AnirudhAthreya 

Venue: Odukattur / Unnati
Occasion: Gokulashtami Celebrations


01 kanakashaila vihAriNi kamakOTi bAle punnAgavarAli shyAma shAstri (O, N, S)
nereval @ shyAmalAmbike

02 krishNA nI bEgane bArO yamunakalyANi chApu vyAsarAya (Completely on Violin)

03 tAna yamuna kalyANi followed by adi nIpai marulu konnadirA javaLi yamuna kalyANi dharmapuri subbaraya Iyer (S, T)
swara @ dharmapurIsha

04 tuLasI bilva mallikAdi kEdAragauLa Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S)
Nerval @ suramuna
swara @ paramAnanda
swara @ tuLasi bilva

05 mAye tvam yAhi mAm bAdhitum tarangiNi Adi m.dIkshitar (A, N, S)
nereval and swara @ sudhAtaraNgiNi

06 started with tani followed by nidhI cAla sukhamA kalyANi m.cApu tyAgarAja (T, N)
nereval @ sumati tyAgarAjunutuni k sukhamA

07 kApi bhairavi sAma vasantha bilahari rAgamAlika AlApane 

08 suttum vizhi chUDatAn kaNNamma rAgamAlika Adi subramaNya bhArati

09 lEkanA ninnu juTTuukonnAru asAvEri Adhi thyAgarAja

10 mangala sriyah kAntAya (asAvEri mOhana sindhubhairavi nAyaki bEgaDe varALi kharaharapriya)

2015 Jun 21 VijayShiva RKSriramKumar ManojShiva AnirudhAthreya @ Bangalore Gayana Samaja

Vocal: Vid. VijayShiva 
Violin: Vid. RKSriramKumar 
Mridanga: Vid. ManojShiva 
Khanjira: Vid. AnirudhAthreya 

Venue: Bangalore Gayana Samaja
Occassion : Vid. Neela Ramgopal 80th Birthday Celebrations


01 jAnaki ramaNa bhaktha shuddha sImanthini Adhi thyAgarAja

02 dhanyuDevvaDO dAsharathe malayamArutha Adi patnam subramania iyer

03 tyAgarAjAya namaste bEgaDa rUpaka m.dikshitar (A, N, S)

04 rAvE himagiri kumAri kanci kAmAkSi varada tODi Adi syAma sAstri

05 niDhi chAla sukhamA kalyANi chApu thyAgarAja (A, N, S)

06 pArka pArka tighattumo un pAda darishanam Harikambhoji rUpaka Gopalakrishna Bharati

07 rAga tAna pallavi jayantasEna (R, T, N, S, T)
pallavi Line " sEnApate " chaturaSra jhampe, 2 kaLai
Ragamalika in jayantasEna, bilahari, husEni

08 dAsarendare purandara dAsa kalyANi? Jhampa Vyasaraya

09 nEra mOra jAra chOra hamsadhwani jAvaLi

10 mIra bhajan khamAs

11 aruNAchala shiva nAdanAmakriya TALA COMPOSER

12 Eru mayil Eri thiuppugazh rAgamAlike aruNagiri nAThar

13 shAnta ahimsA mUrte samudita samarasa kIrte bhajan on Gandhiji

14 shlOka "kAyEna vAcha..."

2014 Apr 27 TMKrishna RKShriramKumar KArunPrakash Guruprassad @ SRSM

Vocal: Vid. TM Krishna
Violin : Vid. RK Shriram Kumar
Mridanga: Vid. K Arun Prakash
Ghata: Vid. Guruprassad


01 nAma kusumamulacE pUjincE shrI Adi tyAgarAja (O, S)
Nereval @ Sri rAmuni

02 nija marmamulanu umAbharaNa Adhi thyAgarAja (A, S, T)
S @ kshEmate. ...

03 nATa tAna followed by jagadAnandakArakA jayajAnakI nATa Adi tyAgarAja 
Violin swaras of charaNa and together with vocalist for th sAhitya part
Nereval @ OmkAra panjarakIra in tAna style. Traversing all 3 octaves seamlessly
Chinna tani .. Song continued into further charaNas

04 sOundara rAjam AshrayE brundhAvana sAranga rUpaka m.dhIkshithar (A)
Violin Alapane only

05 kalyani AlApane followed by pallavi kalyANi 
Pallavi Line: Brahmai vAham kilA sadguru kripaya 
ChaturaSra jhampa  2 kalai  edupu after 5 akshara
RAgamAlika sAvEri ... kApi .. nIlAmbari .. bEhAg (/hamIr kalyANi ?) ..  dEsh .. junjhUTi .. 

06 krishNam kalaya sakhi sundharam mukhAri Adhi nArAyaNa thIrTha (S)

07 tungA tIra virAjam rAgamAlika Adhi kamalEsha viTTala dAsa

08 bArO KrishNayyA mAND Adhi KanakadhAsa

09 sarvam brahma mayam madHuvanti Adi sadAshiva brahmEndra (O)

10 karuNisO rangA karuNisO sahAna Adi p.dAsa (O)

11 Vaishnava Janato Mishra khamAj Adhi Narsi Mehta

12 raghupathi rAghava rAjArAm bhajan mishra pIlu

2013 Mar 08 TMKrishna RKShriramKumar PraveenKumar NGuruPrasad @ kalOtsav, oDukattur muTT, Bangalore

I want to narrate the story of 3s ..... credits to Vid TMK for the creative concert that he presented at Odukattur mutt.

Vid. T. M. Krishna - Vocal
Vid. R. K. Shriram Kumar - Violin
Vid. Praveen Kumar - Mridanga
Vid. N Guru Prassad - Ghatam ( left handed player - if you have not observed it till now  !)

A quick review can be summarised as a tale of trinity and 3s as it contained

3 AlApana, 3 composers, 3 krithis , 3 neravals , 2 swaras , 3 tanis.

A brief list is here.. A detailed review follows later

01 dEvi Sri tuLasamma - mAyAmALavaGauLa - Adi - thyAgarAja
02 AnandEswarENa - AnandaBhairavi - m.cApu - m.dhIkshitar
03 dEvi nI Pada Sarasamule - kAmbhOji - shyAmA shAstri

2.5 hrs already spent on the 3 tracks above...

04 dayamADo ranga - KalyANi  purandara dAsa
05 Viruttam (thandhai tAyum nI) - Ragamalika (mOhana, varAli, kIravANi) 
06 tatva jIva - kIravANi - sadAshiva brahmEndra
07 mangaLam kOsalEndrAya - kIravANi


Was there pretty much ontime to get a good seat to listen / watch / witness the "krishnOvashion". Also with a friend of mine dared to walk into the green room to place a request.

As the evening unfolded I was pretty optimistic that he could fit our requests anywhere in the concert considering the recent trends.

Did not expect the initial alapana to extend to 21 minutes. The audience were patient to wait for the song. None of our group guess worked as he started off with dEvi Sri tuLasamma...with a detailed vilamba kala presentation that extended to neraval that in total lasted 28 minutes and handed over to the percussionists to take over. The first surprise for the evening was unveiled.

The brief tani that lasted 13 minutes was interspersed with intricate beat techniques ( that is what a layman to percussion can explain) that upheld the traditions of Palani School. It also hinted a possible pallavi that may come in.

Statistically speaking, this may be the first tani in the history of carnatic music where the count of audience before the start and after the end of tani was same !!

Then came the presentation of my favourite Anandabhairavi in dIkshitar samradAya. It was distinctly different and Vid. RKSK response was equally edurite.

panchalinga krithi on the thiruvArUr diety  AnandEshvarENa samrakSitOham by m.dhIkshitar was well presented in viLamba kAala with nereval and swaras. The swara patterns were distinct too. Once again the song ended with a brief tani that lasted for 6 minutes.

As he had tried Adi, chapu and both were not pratimadhyama, we started our permutations to predict the manOdharma of the artist, but failed once again.

RKSK took over the rAga AlApana of kAmbOdhi and was reciporocated by TMK with a very sedate ( read as : non aggressive) vocal tAna ! It was indeed a grand affair that lasted 31 minutes.

Then came in another grand presentation of dEvi ni pAda sarasamule in kAmbOdhi a composition of shyAmA sAstri. 


My friend also commented that

"Time for some hyperbole!

Matthew Hayden said "I have seen God; he bats at number 4 in tests for India!"

Well... I just heard God... singing a sublime Tanam in Kambhoji!"


He followed the violinist in presenting the swaras and the exchange and comradrie on stage was extremely evident. He had by then treated the audience with one of his greatest performance with some of the rare krithis of trinity.

Already a vilamba kAla concert... further drifted into daya mADO ranga, and a rAgamAlika viruttum.

The tatva jIvatwam in kIravani brought a sublime, edurite concert to an end. 

One cannot ask for more and we returned happier (than what we would have been had he honoured our requests) considering that our requests were not the right catalysts for his experimental plans for the evening.