Tuesday, 31 March 2015

2015 Mar 30 VinaySharva BKRaghu KUJayachandraRao AnoorDSunad @ vANi_School


Vocal: Vid.VinaySharva 
Violin: Vid. BKRaghu 
Mridanga: Vid. KUJayachandraRao 
Khanjira: Vid. AnoorDSunad

01 karuNimpa varNa shahAnA Adhi thiruvottiyUr thyAgayya (O)

02 yOchanA kamalA lOchanA dharbAr Adhi thyAgarAja

03 tuLasIdaLa mAyAmAlavagouLa rUpaka thyAgarAja (A, N, S)

04 akhilAndEshwari rakshamAm dhwijAvanthi Adhi m.dhIkshithar

05 karpagamE kadaikaN pArAi madhyamAvathi Adhi pApanAsham shivan

06 kaddnu vAriki kaddukaddani tODi Adi thyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)

07 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa (O)

08 shankara sriginAtha prabhOke hamsanandi Adi swAti tirunAL (O)

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2015 Mar 29 TMKrishna HKVenkatram HSSudheendra OmkarGRao @ Seshadripuram



Vocal: Vid. TMKrishna 
Violin: Vid. HKVenkatram 
Mridanga: Vid. HSSudheendra 
Ghata: Vid. OmkarGRao

01 inta soukhya manInE kApi Adhi thyAgarAja (O, N, S)

02 rAgamAlika rAga tAna
followed bby valachi navarAgamAlika Adi paTNam subramaNya Iyer

03 upachAramu jEsE bhairavi rUpaka thyAgarAja (O, N)

04 junjhUTi AlApane and shlOka
followed by pranatArthiharam aham bhaje junjhUTi, Tani

05 irakkam varAmal bEhAg rUpaka gOpAlakriShNa bhArathi

06  vanitaro I vanne lElane i vela nAku tanuvela (j) Anandabhairavi rUpka dAsu Shriramulu (O)

07 shlOka - Shantakaram Bhujagasayanam 
followed by dEva dEva kalayAmi mAyAmALavagouLa rUpaka swAthi thirunAL (N)

08 chintayEham chitsada shankarAbharaNa noTTuswara m.dIkshitar

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2015 Mar 28 BombayJayashree KJDileep DelhiPSairam Anirudh Atreya @ SRSM



Vocal: Vid. BombayJayashree 
Violin: Vid KJDileep 
Mridanga: Vid. DelhiPSairam 
Khanjira: Vid. Anirudh Atreya


01 vAtApi gaNapatim bhajEham hamsadhvani Adi m.dIkshitar

02 telialEru rAma Bhakthi mArgamunu dhEnuka Adhi thyAgarAja

03 vandanamu raghu nandanA shahAna Adi tyAgarAja (A, )

04 mOkshamu galadhA sAramathi Adhi thyAgarAja (O)

05 EtA vuanrA nilakaDa nIku kalyANi Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)

06 rAga tAna pallavi brindAvana sAranga tiSra tripuTa khanDa naDai
Edupu : 1 beat before samam

Pallavi line :  sItA ramaNa raghurAma vAraNa bhaya nivAraNa
rAgamAlika: nIlAmbari varAli naLinakAnti hamsAnandi

07 rAma rAma rAma sItA rAma ennirO  tillAng purandhara dhAsa

08 tillAna sindhubhairavi LGJ (O)

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

2015 Feb 15 RanjaniGyathri Vittal Rangan SaiGiridhar Sukanya Ramgopal @ Odukattur shivarAtri kalOtsav



Vocal: Vid. Ranjani Gayathri
Violin: Vid. Vittal Rangan
Mridanga: Vid. Sai Giridhar
Ghata: Vid. Sukanya Ramgopal

Venue: Odukattur Mutt / Kalotsav

01 sarasUDa ninnE kOri sAvEri Adhi kotthavAsal venkatarAma iyer (O)

02 vandisuvudadiyali gaNanAtha nATa  khaNDa chApu Purandara Dasa

03 navasiDDhi petrAlum kharaharapriya chApu nIlakanTa shivan (O)

04 kanden kali thIrnthen kalyANi rUpaka gOpAlakrishna bhArati (A, N)

05 marakata lingam cintayEham vasantA)m.dIkshitar

06 dvaitamu sukhamA advaitamu sukhamA rItigauLa Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S, T)

07 rAga tAna pallavi chArukEshi , chatuSra jhampa khaNDa naDai

08 Chidambaram pOgAmal iruppEno nAn janma Chenjuruti Adi Gopalakrishna Bharati

09 KrishNA nI bEgane bArO YamunakalyANi chApu VyASarAya

10 sharaNa sharaNa Eka nAtha pIlu tukAram abhAng

11 rUp pahata lOchani maNata jnAnEshwar Abhang

12 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

Monday, 9 February 2015

2015 Feb 08 RanjaniGayathri HNBhaskar DelhiSSairam GSRamanujan @ SRLKM Spring Festival


Vocal: Vid. Ranjani Gayathri 
Violin: Vid. H N Bhaskar 
Mridanga: Vid. Delhi S Sairam 
Ghata: Vid. G S Ramanujan

Vocal: Vid. RanjaniGayathri 
Violin: Vid. HNBhaskar 
Mridanga: Vid. DelhiSSairam 
Ghata: Vid. GSRamanujan

01 nera nammithinayya VarNa kAnada k aTa pUchi shrInivAsa iyengAr

02 karuNA nidhiyE tAye bauLi m.cApu pApanasam sivan (S)

03 venkaTEsha daya mADo SahanA Adi p.dAsa

04 rAju veDale jUtAmu rArE kastUri ranga tODi rUpaka tyAgarAja( A, N, S )

05 sOundara rAjam AshrayE brundhAvana sAranga rUpaka m.dhIkshithar

06 marachitive O nannu pUrvikalyANi Adi mysUru vAsudEvAchArya (A, N, S, T)

07 marugElarA O rAghavA jayanthashrI Adi thyAgarAja

08 rAga tAna pallavi - vAgadIshwari  presented in  trimukhi khaNDa tripuTa
Pallavi line: Iswari vAgIshwari vAgadIshwari Ni samAnamevaru kalAdhari...
rAgamAlika in sAvEri, karNaranjani, Madhuvanti , Parallel grahabedha presentation of Jog / Brindavani

09 ugAbhOga ragamAlika ( ??, kApi)

10 jagadOddhArana kApi Adhi Purandara dhAsa

11 rAma nAma maNata junjhUTi tukArAm Abhang (O)

12 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

Sisters presented an ultimate 3.5 hrs of edurite concert filled with both bhakti and vidvat. The trimukhi pallavi was the highlight of the evening, with an attempt to present the rAgamAlika swaras of jog/BrindAvani in a grahabedha format !

The main piece in pUrvikalyANi was dedicated to mysUru vAsudEvAchArya as this is his 150th birth year.

Sunday, 8 February 2015

2015 Feb 07 Dr.MysoreMManjunath Dr.JayanthiKumaresh ArjunKumar AnanthaRKrishnan @ SRLKM SpringFestival



Violin: Vid. Dr.MysoreMManjunath 
Veena: Vid. Dr.JayanthiKumaresh 
Mridanga: Vid ArjunKumar
Tabala: Vid. AnanthaRKrishnan


01 vanajAkSirO I viraha kalyANi varNa Adi rAmanathapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O)

02 praNamAmyaham shri gaurisutam gauLa mysore vAsudEvacarya (O)

03 rAma nI samAnamevaru Kharaharapriya rUpaka thyAgarAja (A, N, S)

04 manavi nAlakicha rAdhaTE naLinakAnthi Adhi thyAgarAja (O)

05 rAga tAna pallavi nAsikAbhUshaNi Adi 2 kaLai (R, T, N, S, T)

06 venkatAchala nilayam sinDhubhairavi Adhi puranDhara dhAsa (A)

07 bhAgyAda lakshmi bAramma madhyamAvati Adhi purandaradhAsa

Saturday, 7 February 2015

2015 Feb 06 AbhishekRaghuram CharulathaRamanujam AnanthaRKrishnan GGuruprasanna @ SRLKM SpringFestival



Vocal: Vid. AbhishekRaghuram
Violin: Vid. CharulathaRamanujam
Mridanga: Vid. AnanthaRKrishnan 
Khanjira: Vid. G.Guruprasanna


01 karuNimpa varNa shahAnA Adhi thiruvottiyUr thyAgayya (O)

02 duDukugala ninne dora gauLa Adi tyAgarAja (O)

03 entarAni tanakenta pOni nI centa viDuvajAla harikAmbOdhi Adi tyAgarAja (A, N, S)

04 aparAdhamula nOrva rasALi dEsAdi thyAgarAja (A, S)

05 sogasu jUDa taramA kannaDa gauLa Adi tyAgarAja

06  talli ninnu nera nammi kalyANi m.cApu shyAma shAstry (A, N, S, T)

07 jAnaki ramaNa dasharatha nandana kApi Adhi jIr swAmi (A)

08 sakhi prANA jAvaLi jhunjhuti Adhi Dharmapuri subbarAya iyer

09 vishwEshwara dharushanu kar sinDhubhairavi rUpaka swAthi thirunAL


Seems like it was a tyAgarAja Aradhana on a shyAma shAstri puNya tithi, but the crown was reserved for ShyAmA shAstri. Prestine music with a whole lot of fireworks marked a memorable 3:30 hr concert of Abhishek @ Gayana Samaja

Of late it seems like Kalyani was made / invented for Abhishek. Every time we listen to his kalyANi, a new facet of the rAga is explored !!

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