2022 Oct 09 SikkilGurucharan HKVenkataram HSSudhindra OmkarGRao @52nd BGS Conference

Vocal: Vid. SikkilGurucharan  

Violin: Vid. HKVenkataram  

Mridanga: Vid. HSSudhindra 

Ghata: Vid. OmkarGRao 

Occasion: 52nd BGS Conference

ConcertDuration: 2hr 55Mins

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

02 girija ramaNa gambhIranATa c.tripuTa mysUru vAsudEvAcAr (O, S)

Swaras at charana. Mahaganapathi..

03 abhayAmbikAyaha anyam kEdAragOwLa jhampa m.dIkshitar (A)

Swaras at pallavi

04 Emani pogaDudurA shrI rAma nI vIravasantam Adi tyAgarAja

05 pAhi jagajanani vAchaspathi Adi S.thirunAl (A, N, S, T)

Nereval and swaras at mOhana dhara gAtri

06 ellAru mADOdu hoTTegAgi shankarAbharaNa rUpaka kanakadAsa

07 rAga tAna pallavi shudda dhanyAsi m.cApu 

Pallavi Line: muruga kumara umayAL mayinda sharavana bhava guha vaDivazhaga

rAgamAlika in  shudda sAvEri, xx, shudda dhanyAsi

08 vagalAdi bOdhana bEhAg rUpaka thirupathi nArAyaNaswAmi

09 tillana sindhubhairavi Ootukadu Venkata Kavi

10 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi tyAgarAja

2022 Apr 07 SikkilGurucharan CharulataRamanujam SumeshNarayan GGuruprasanna @ SRSM

Vocal: Vid. SikkilGurucharan 

Violin: Vid. CharulataRamanujam 

Mridanga: Vid. SumeshNarayan 

Khanjira: Vid. GGuruprasanna 

Participation: Webcast Audience

Occasion: 84th Annual Sree Ramanavami Sangeethotsava

Venue: Sree Ramaseva Mandali, Fort High School Grounds, Bangalore

01 evari bOdhana VarNa abhOgi Adi PatNam SubramaNya Iyer

02 rAma nIvAdukonduvO kalyANi TALA tyAgarAja

03 sulabha pUjaya mAdi gAngeyabhUshani purandaradAsa (A)

04 nIkEla nAyeDa dEvamanOhari Adi pUchi srinivAsa iyengAr (A)

05 phaNimathi mukhi Ahiri ChApu swAthi thirunAL

06 bhajare rE mAnasA abhEri c thripuTa MysUru VAsudhEvAchAr (A, N, S, T)

07 srInivAsa thiruvENkaTa hamsAnandi pApanAsam shivan

08 vaishNava janatO Mishra khamAj Adi Narsi Mehta

09 mangaLa

2021 Apr 23 SikkilGurucharan SaiRakshit BSivaraman_SRSM

Vocal: Vid. SikkilGurucharan 

Violin: Vid. SaiRakshit 

Mridanga: Vid. BSivaraman

01 aparAmabakthi panthuvarAli rUpakA tyAgarAja (O,S)

02 Shri ramam ravikulabdhi somam shrtakalpa bhuruham Narayanagaula Adi m.dIkshitar

03 ni mAyeyoLago ninnoLu mAyeyO kIravANi k.cApu kanakadAsa (A )

04 mohanakalyANa rAmam mOhanakalyANi TALA VRamaswamy (A, S)

05 rAga tAna pallavi kharaharapriyA (R, T, P, T, K)

rAma ni samanamevaru

06 sarvam brahma mayam madHuvanti Adi sadAshiva brahmEndra

07 jayati jayati bhArata mAtA khamAs Mayuram Viswanatha Shasthri

08 tillana

09 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja

2017 Apr 13 Sikkil Gurucharan CharulataRamanujam KVPrasad NAmrith @ SRSM

Vocal: Vid. Sikkil C Gurucharan 
Violin: Vid. CharulataRamanujam 
Mridanga: Vid. KVPrasad 
Khanjari: Vid. NAmrith

Occasion: 79th Ramanavami Sangeethotsava / Sree Rama Seva Mandali
Venue: Fort High School, Bangalore

01 sAmi ninnE kOri VarNa shri Adi garbhapurivAsa

02 aparAmabakthi panthuvarAli rUpakA tyAgarAja (N)
nereval @ lakSmI dEvI valacunA

03 Shri rama pAdama amritavAhini Adi tyAgarAja (A, S)
swaras @ shrI rAma pAdamA (ending as swarAkshara)

04 kamala charaNE amruthabEhAg Adi GNB

05 shrI raghuvara apramEya kAmbOdhi Adi tyAgarAja (A, S,T)
swaras @ shrI raghuvara 

06 RTP kOsala khaNDa tripuTa 2 kaLai 1 beat eDupu
pallavi line: bAlam mAlOlan karuNAlavAlam ... dhIran dhIran kOsala
rAgamAlika: KEdAra sHivaranjani vasantha

07 ANDavan darishanamE jOnpuri Adi muthaiah bAgavatar

08 tulsidAs bhajan bEhAg (O)

09 mangaLam kOsalEndrAya surUTi

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.....

2017 Jan 02 SikkilGurucharan BaluRaghuram RajeshSrinivasan CPVyasaVittala @ RLKM Sankranti Festival

Vocal: Vid. Sikkil Gurucharan 
Violin: Vid. Balu Raghuram 
Mridanga: Vid. Rajesh Srinivasan 
Khanjari: Vid. CP VyasaVittala 

01 calamEla jEsEvayya nATakurinji mUlevIdu rangaswamy nattuvanAr

02 BhAramA i baluni hamsanAdha Adi GNB

03 ETi yOchanalu kiraNAvaLi Adi tyAgarAja

04 kA guruguha shaNmkha kOsala m.cApu kOTIswara Iyer (A)

05 mAmava paTTAbhi rAma maNirangu M.Eka m.dIkshitar

06 marugElarA O rAghavA jayanthashrI Adi tyAgarAja

07 rAga tAna pallavi shaNkarAbharaNa Adi (R T T)
Ananda pUrNa bOdOham shivOham sachid
rAgamAlika in vasantha, naLinakAnti, varALi, Anandabhairavi, AbhOgi...in short cycles

08 Ananda pUrNa bOdOham shaNkarAbharaNa Adi sadAshiva brahmEndra (S)

09 manadai orumai vasantha TALA COMPOSER?

10 tillAna sindhubhairavi srImushaNam rAja Rao

11 nI nAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adi tyAgarAja