2018 Jan 02 SampagoduVighnaraja HMSmitha TumkurRavishankar SharatKaushik @ SRLKM Sankranti Festival 2018

Vocal : Vid. SampagoduVighnaraja 
Violin: Vid. HMSmitha 
Mridanga: Vid. TumkurRavishankar 
Ghata : Vid. SharatKaushik

Venue / Occasion: SRLKM Sankranti Festival 2018

01 ShlOka followed by sAmi ninnE kOri VarNa shri Adi garbhapurivAsa

02 gaNapatiyE ninna bhajisuvenayya kalyANi Adi sampagODu sUryanArAyaNa bhat (O, N)
nereval @ dina dina 

03 gOvardhana girIsham hindOLa rUpaka m.dIkshitar (A, S)
swaras @ gOvardhana girIsham

04 rAvE himagiri kumAri kanci kAmAkSi varada tODi Adi syAma sAstri

05 nenaruncinAnu anniTiki nidhAnuDani nEnu nIdu mALavi Adi tyAgarAja

06 ETi janmam idihA O rAma varALi tripuTa tyAgarAja (A , N, S, T)

07 rAga tAna pallavi dEsh

Learning how to squander

Given the rather crowded phalanx of artists (particularly young ones yet to fully establish themselves) that is at the vanguard of Carnatic music today, squandering an opportunity to perform in front of a discerning audience is sacrilege; yet that is exactly what a bunch of youngsters did at the recent YUVA festival organised by Sri Rama Lalita Kala Mandira. 

The line up was quite star-studded. A master in his own right: Sikkil Gurucharan; Old gun on the circuit, but new to Bangalore - AS Murali; Debutant Mahadevan ShankarNarayanan; The 3 generation Trio on Violin; and another artist on Debut season at Bangalore - Dr. Padma Sugavanam.

All the artists had full 3 hours each to show their potential and make a mark on the rasikas of Bangalore. Except for Junior Shankarnarayanan, the other 3 vocalists squandered the opportunity through a trimmed performance.

The full 3 hours slot was used by none, non-co-operative voice adding to the issue with one of them, missing pre-concert discussion to sing an RTP with the other and at last but not the least, peeping into lyrics even for a tried and tested kriti, dropped my thrill of following up my Chennai season attendance.

But while whatever that was presented was aesthetically crystal clear, I left each of the concerts wanting more and in a disappointed mood.

It's a coincidence, writing this review on the birthday of one of Bangalore's most famous and favoured sons was born. The most popular meme on THE WALL which I have come across goes "when your name is Rahul, make it Dravid and not Gandhi!"

Sad to see a bunch of Rahul's move the Gandhian way.....

2016 Jan 04 KunnakudiBalamuralikrishna TrivandrumSampath NanjilArul CPVyasaVittala @ RLKM Sankranti Music Festival

Vocal: Vid. Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna  
Violin: Vid: Trivandrum Sampath  
Mridanga: Vid. Nanjil Arul  
Khanjari: Vid. Vyasa Vittala 

Ocassion: RLKM Sankranti Festival

01 chalamEla varNa darbAr Adhi tiruvoTTiUr thyAgayya (O.. CS)
Swara @ paluku 

02 gaNarAjEna rakSitOham Arabhi cApu m.dIkshitar (O, S) 
Swara @ dinakara kOTi prakAshENa 

03 lAvaNya rAma kannulAra pUrNashaDjam tyAgarAja

04 evarurA ninnu vina mOhana chApu thyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)
Nereval @ savana rakshaka nityOtsava

05 RTP shubhapantuvarALi chaturaSra jhampe khaNDa naDai, Edupu 1 beat after samam 
Pallavi line ..  sri rAjagOpAla bAlam bhaje...  shritajana pAlam 
RAgamAlika in hamIr kalyANi. .. chandrakauns

06 karpUram nArumO khmAas aNDAL nAciyAr tirumozhi (O)

07 vadana dyuti jita sOma kAmavardhini rUpaka tyAgarAja

08 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2016 Jan 03 VijayalakshmySubramanian HMSmitha RSRSrikanth AnoorDSunad @ RLKM Sankranti Music Festival

Vocal: Vid. Vijayalakshmy Subramanian  
Violin: Vid: H M Smitha   
Mridanga: Vid. RSR Srikanth   
Khanjari: Vid. Anoor Sunad  

Ocassion: RLKM Sankranti Festival

01 inta mODi sAranga varNa Adi SRamanathan

02 gajamukahane siddhi dAyakane nATa jhampe vyAsarAja swAmi (S)
Swara @ gajamukhane

03 undu mada kaLiTRin tiruppavai sAvEri m.cApu ANDAL

04 rAgaratna mAlikacE ranjillunaTa rItigauLa rUpaka tyAgarAja (A, N, S)
Nereval @ bhAgavatO tamulu gUDi bADe kIrtanamulaTa 

05 shringArAdi navarasAngi dhavalAngi k.Eka m.dIkshitar (A)
(roughly corresponds to dhavaLAmbari)
Kshetra sangitam on 
TiruviDai marudhur.  KshEtra near kumbhakONam 

06 mantrAlaya nilayE navarasakannaDa Adi venkaTEsha viTTala dAsa

07 eduTa nilacitE nIdu shankarAbharaNam Adhi tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)
Nereval @ nutuTi vradagAni. .
Seamless shift between first and second speed swaras..

08 RTP shanmukhanapriyA chaturaSra triputa 2 kalai , 2 beats afer samam
2 stage elaboration during rAga alApane
Pallavi. . SA ri ga ma pa da nI sa pADuvOm ..... sAmagAna  amritha sAramAm 
Khanjari  played swaras for violin response.. which was too good.
RAgamAlika in mAyAmALavagauLa ... Bilahari. ..bEhAg
Seamless transition from last raga to shanmukapriyA 

09 niddiraiyil vandu nenjiliDam koNDa jOanpuri

10 ugAbhOga. .aNurENu truNadalli paripUrNanAgiruva. .in  KApi
Followed by jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa

11 tillAna hamsAnandi Adi HMB

12 shAnti mantra in rEvati 

shubham karOti kalyANam
ArOgyam dhana sampadah
shatru budhi viAshAya
dIpa jyOthi namOstute

dIpa jyOthi parabrahmaha
dIpa jyOthi janArdhana
dIpO haratu me pApam
dIpa jyOthi namOstute

Om asatOmA sadgamaya ...
tamasOma jyOthirgamaya
mrityOrmA amrithangamaya..
Om shAnti shAnti shAntihi