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

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 !!

2015 Feb 05 Bangalore Brothers Nalina Mohan Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma Giridhar Udupa @ SRLKM Spring Fest

Vocal: Vid. Bangalore Brothers
Violin: Vid. Nalina Mohan
Mridanga: Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma
Ghata: Vid. Giridhar Udupa


01 karuNimpa varNa shahAnA Adhi thiruvottiyUr thyAgayya (O, S)

02 swAminAtha paripAlayA shumAm nATa Adhi m.dhIkshithar (S)

03 summane nAmavu dorakuvude pUrvikalyANi rUpaka p.dAsa (A, shlOka, S)

04 brihaspathe aTANA m.dIkshitar

05 nenaruncinAnu anniTiki nidhAnuDani nEnu nIdu mALavi Adi tyAgarAja

06 tanayuni brOva bhairavi Adi 2kaLai tyAgarAja (A, N, S , T)

07 RTP kalyANi khaNDa tripuTa 2 kalai 1 beat edupu
Pallavi Line: chEta sri rAMam chintaye jImuta shyAmam
rAgamAlike: yadukula kAmbOdhi, rEvati, hindOLa, bEhAg, balahamsa, valaji, kalyANi

08 bhajaba vinA jIvana pashu samAna dEsh Adi p.dAsa 

09 AnjanEyam sadA bhAvayAmi shaNkarAbharaNa noTTuswara rUpaka m.dIkshitar

10 HaridADuvantha manava Nillisuvudu balu kaShTa nATTakuranji p.dAsa

11 kAdi mOdi shankarAbharaNam arunagirinAdar tiruppugazh

12 indina dinave and srIrAma jayamangaLam surUTi Bhadrachala Ramadas

Another evening of pristine music. Optimal crowd in the audience ensured it was only serious audience who turned up and  stayed till the end. New patterns of swaras in pUrvikalyAni, rAgamalika swaras of RTP and their love for dAsa sAhitya was the highlight of the evening.

Overall it was a good team work of vocal and instrumentalists.

2015 Feb 03 SanjaySubrahmanyan MysoreMNagaraj KUJayachandraRao BRajashekar @ RLKM SpringFest

Vocal: Vid. Sanjay Subrahmanyan 
Violin: Vid.MysoreMNagaraj 
Mridanga: Vid. KUJayachandraRao 
Morsing: Vid. B. Rajashekar 

Occasion: RLKM SpringFest

01  satura kAmini dEva tamyati sakala (tv) kalyANi Adi swAti thirunAL

02 gIti chakra ratha stithayai guruguhAnuta shyAmalAya kannaDa Chapu m.dIkshitar (O, S)

03 vana durge vanaspati vanaspati rUpaka muttiah bhagavatar (A, N, S)

04 kAlai tUkki ninrADum daivamE yadukulakAmbOdhi marimuttu pillai

05  koluvamaregadA kOdaNDapANi tOdi Adi thyAgarAja (A, N, S , T)

06 maneyoLagAdO gOvindha abhOgi Adhi puranDharadhAsa

07 rAga tAna pallavi kEdAragauLa. khaNDa Eka
Pallavi Line: tANDavam Adum tillai naTarAjam ... tajham takhajam... takiTajham
Ragamalika - Anandabhairavi, pantuvarALi,  kadanakutUhala

08 nirupamAna sAmi nI nA nilayamunaku bEhAg RUpaka pUchi shrInivAsa IyengAr (O)

09 ennAmo vaghaiyai varugude mane khamAs Adi Ghanam Krishna Iyer

10 palukute nela talli AbhEri k.cApu aNNammAchAryA

11 rAmanai bhajittAl mAND Adi pApanAsam sivan

12 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2015 Feb 02 ChitravINA N Ravikiran Ranjani Ramakrishnan Patri Satish Kumar B.S.Arunkumar @ SRLKM SpringFestival 2015

ChitravINA : ChitravINA N Ravikiran

Violin: Vid. Ranjani Ramakrishnan

Mridanga: Vid. Patri Satish Kumar 

Rhythm Pad: Vid. B.S.Arunkumar

01 ninnu kOriunnara vasantha Adi thachur singracharyalu

02 jaya jaya jaya jAnaki kAntha nATa khaNDa chApu puranDhara dhAsa (O, N, S)

03 rAma bhakthi sAmrAjya sudhabangAlA Adhi thyAgarAja (O, N, S)

04 rAma rAma guNa sIma simhEndhramadhyama Adhi swAthi thirunAL (A, N, S)

05 amba nIlAmbari nIlAmbari Adhi ponnayya piLLai (A)

06 kanulutakani kalyANavasantha Adhi thyAgarAja (O)

07 rAga bhairavi 

 tAna in gaula shuddasAvEri vijayashrI

 pallavi bhairavi khaNDa tripuTa + 0.4 beat eDupu

 Pallavi Line :  bhairavi shrI bhArgavi vidyA bhArati swarUpiNi mAm pAhi

08 mArubAri thALalEnurA jAvaLi kAmAch Adhi Dharmapuri subbarAya iyer

09 tArakka bindige sOurAshtra Chapu purandaradAsa

10 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja 

2015 Feb 01 Dr.BombayJayashri HNBhaskar DelhiPSairam UNGiridharUdupa @ SRLKM SpringFestival 2015

Vocal: Vid. Dr Bombay Jayashree Ramanath

Violin: Vid. HN Bhaskar

Mridanga: Vid. Delhi P Sairam

Ghata: Vid. UN Giridhar Udupa

Occasion: SRLKM SPRING Festival, 2015

01 vAtApi gaNapatim bhajEham hamsadhvani Adi m.dIkshitar (O)

02 O jagadambA Anandabhairavi Adi shyAmA sAstri (O)

03 smaraNe ondhe sAladhE malayamArutha rUpaka puranDhara dhAsa (A, N, S)

04 sakala graha bala nIne aTANa khanda chApu puranDhara dhAsa

05 shankarAchAryam shankarAbharaNa Adhi subbarAma dhIkshithar (A, N, S, T)

06 marugElarA O rAghavA jayanthashrI Adi thyAgarAja

07 rAga tAna shaNmukhapriya sAma Anandabhairavi

08 pallavi shaNmukhapriya sAma Anandabhairavi miSra tripuTa + 1beat eDupu

09 ondu bAri smaraNe sAlade sindhubhairavi composer

10 tillAna bEhAg Adi LGJ

11 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2015 Jan 02 RudrapatnamBrothers Mattur R Srinidhi ArjunKumar @ Sri Rama Lalita Kala Mandira (Spring Festival)

Vocal: Vid. Rudrapatnam Brothers
Violin: Vid. Mattur R Srinidhi
Mridanga: Vid. Arjun Kumar

Venue: SRLKM Open Air Auditorium
Occasion: 27th year Sankranti Festival
Duration: 2:45 hrs

01 Sarasija nAbha ninnu varNa kAmbOdhi khaNDa aTa swAthi thirunAL (O)

02 vidulaku mrokkEda sangItakO mAyAmALavagauLa Adi tyAgarAja 
(N  @ kamala gauri..)

03 bAla sarasa muraLI kIravANi AdiUttukadu Venkatasubbier (A)

04 nIke dayarAka ne jEyu panulella neraveruna rAma nIlambari Chapu tyAgarAja 
(A, S @ nIke daya..)

05 bhOgIndra shAyinam kuntalavarALi jhampa swAthiThirunAL

06 rAga tAna pallavi nItimati  chaturaSra tripuTa 2 kaLai, Tani
 pallavi  :  kamalAsane sundari chandravadane...kamalAyata vilOchani
rAgamAlika swara: nItimati, Anandabhairavi, sahAna kuntalavarALi shrIranjani

07 kAyabEkenna gOpAla brundhAvana sAranga puranDhara dhAsa (O)

08 thillAna Junjuti Adhi VINe ShEshaNNa

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

The inaugural concert of the festival started after a short lamp lighting ceremony and speech by the ddignitarieswhich lasted for 15 mins. RLKM is known for short speeches and this was no exception.

The stage was already set and the artists took off to a flying start with a 2 speed presentation of kAMbOdhi varNa which did soak in the necessary nectar of kAmbOdhi.  The very first note to take off the rAga sketch indicated the richness of knowledge to present the rAga even in small span of notes.

The organisers had announced that it would be a thematic concert on rare compositions / rare rAgas. I was expecting a treat of new songs and rAgas and the concert lived upto its hype.

vridulakku was presented without much ado. A quick start off and a detailed nereval was the highlight of the presentation.

Im hearing bAla sarasa murali only second time in the last 6 years of my concert attendance.. which is a clear indication that its a rare krithi. Even though I get confused between simhEndramadhyama and kIravANi many times... this presentation was an exception. Could recognise it as kIravANi and there was no aspect of confusion throughout the presentation... did not even get a cross thought that it could be simhEndramadhyama !!

Sedate nIAmbari AlApane set the right foundation for the nIke dayarAda. Even this composition a rare one on the concert circuit, brought out the best of the artists and the rAga.

nIlAmbari took off the sheen from bhOgindra shAyinam, which is usually presented briskly. The artists who had presented a 30 min long nIlAmbari were not out of it.. as they presented this. It was rather slower than any other presentation that I have heard. It sounded nice and soothing though. 

The best of the day was saved for the RTP that flowed in. It was for the first time I'm hearing nItimati on the concert platform and it was pretty intriguing as there was large traces of simhEndramadhyama and rasikapriya in first and second half of the scale. Had to dig through the scale notes to zero in on nItimati. Picking up a rare rAga for RTP itself indicates the depth and richness of knowledge among the artists. A simple pallavi line was followed by a series of rAgamAlika swaras where the violinist played after each vocalist. 

A brief tani (indeed tani as there was no upa pakkavAdya) brought out the nuances of various patterns for chaturaSra triputa tALa.

2 more compositions filled the post VOT slots. 

The organizers have to be commended for an impeccable perfection in arrangements. The micAsura did not turn up even for an inaugural concert which is a deviation from the normal experience. The pendal around the boundary ensured that there is no great deal of disturbance from the traffic on the road and a kind of insulation from mosquitoes too !

Overall it was an evening well spent and a great beginning to 2015.