2015 Jun 28 AbhishekRaghuram Vittal RamaMurthy Ananth R Krishnan Guruprasanna @ UttaradiMutt

Vocal: Vid. AbhishekRaghuram 
Violin: Vid. Vittal RamaMurthy 
Mridanga: Vid. Ananth R Krishnan 
Khanjira: Vid. Guruprasanna 

Venue: UttaradiMutt
Ocassion: Chaturmasa celebrations

01 taruNi ninnu (varNa) kAmbOdhi Adi Fiddle Ponnuswami Pillai

02 pAlintuvO pAlimpava kAntAmaNi Adhi tyAgarAja (O, S)

03 nagumOmu ganalEni abhEri Adhi ThyAgarAja (A)

04 narasimhA nannu brOvavE bilahari m.cApu tyAgarAja (S, T)

05 Chandra chUDa Shiva Shankara pArvati darbArikAnaDa Adi PurandaraDasa (O)

06 rAma rAma rAma sItA rAma ennirO  tillAng purandhara dhAsa

07 enna pAliso

08 kandu kandu nI enna shahana k ChApu purandhara dhAsa

09 ViTTalA SalahO SwAmi dEsh p.dAsa

10 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

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..."

2015 April 27 AbhishekRaghuram HMSmitha ArjunKumar SundarKumar @ vANi School

Vocal: Vid. Abhishek Raghuram
Violin: Vid. HM Smitha
Mridanga: Vid. Arjun Kumar
Khanjira: Vid Sundar Kumar

01 sAmi ninnE kOri varNa shankarAbharaNa Adhi vINa kuppier

02 telialEru rAma Bhakthi mArgamunu dhEnuka Adhi thyAgarAja (O, S)
swaras @ teliya lEru

03 srI rAmachandrO rakShatu mAm srIranjani rUpaka m.dIkshitar (O, N, S)
nereval @ bharatAgraja

04 pAlintuvO pAlimpavO kAntAmaNi Adhi tyAgarAja (A, S, T)
nereval @ pAlimpavO

05 rAmachandru niipuDu raghuvIruDu dwijAvanti aNNamAchArya

06 Sindhubhairavi AlApane followed by mangaLam kOsalEndrAya sindhubhairavi mandhyamAvati surUTi 

07 nI nAma rUpamulaku nitya saurAshtra


It was an easy choice as I had to decide on the grand finale for the long season. Decided to attend Abhishek, and there could not have been a better ending.

A pristine srIranjani and kANtAmaNi with brisk swaras for both compositions were the highlight. Violinist rose to the situation. Arjun Kumar and Sundar Kumar provided apt support. While we are used to standard violin and mridanga accompaniment, it was nice to see a new combination and how the gelled well with the singer.

2015 April 25 GaneshKumaresh BangaloreVPraveen Guruprasanna @ SRSM

Violin Duet: Vid. Ganesh, Vid. Kumaresh
Mridanga: Vid. Bangalore V Praveen
Khanjira: Vid. Guruprasanna

01 sarasija nAbha ninnu varNa kAmbOdhi khanda aTa swAthi thirunAL

02 chAla kallAdu konna Arabhi Adhi thyAgarAja

03 mArute namOstute mahAmate Adi bhadrAcala rAmadAs (A, N, S)
nereval @ rAmachandra dAsa varada

04 OrajUpu juchEdhi nyAyama kannada gouLa Adhi tyAgarAja

05 paramAtmuDu velagu muccaTa vAgadIshvari Adi tyAgarAja (A, S, T)
swaras @ jagannA

06 ranjani janaranjani srIranjani karNaranjani AlApane

07 rAmabhadra rAra srI rAmachandra rA rA (RAGA ??) bhadrAchala rAmadAs
certainly not the popular version in Anandabhairavi

08 chinnancirukiliyE rAgamAlika mahAkavi subhramanya bharati

09 bhAgyAda lakshmi bAramma madhyamAvati Adhi purandaradhAsa

10 harivarAsanam hariharasuthAshtakam madhyamAvati kambamgudi kulathur iyer

11 nagumOmu galavAni madhyamAvati Adi tyAgarAja

Concert resembled a brisk T20 kind of match for 2.5 hrs right after a heavy downpour  in Bangalore. It almost resembled that Varuna did not want any disturbance on the road around the hall. Pin drop silence all through ensured a pristine ambience for the rAga and tALa pravAha that followed and inundated the audience minds.

Kudos to the team. A well deserved standing ovation to the whole team at the end of the concert indicated the quality of the concert.

2015 Apr 23 RamakrishnanMurthy VittalRangan KVPrasad RanganathChakravarthy @ vANi School

Vocal: Vid. RamakrishnanMurthy 
Violin: Vid. VittalRangan 
Mridanga: Vid. KVPrasad 
Ghata: Vid. RanganathChakravarthy 

shlOka (Om namah praNavArthAya...and guru brahma  in mAyAmAlLavagauLa).. and rained out for 45 mins

01 shlOka (shruti smriti purANAnAm.. in nAgaswarAvaLi) followed by
SrI shankara guruvaram nAgaswarAvaLi rUpaka mahAvaidyanAtha iyer

02 mArubalka kuna vEmira mA manOramanNa shrIranjani Adhi tyAgarAja (A, N, S)

03 smarajanaka subhachariitha behAg swAthi thrinAl (A, N, S, T)

04 shloka (cheDiyAya valvinaigaL tIrkkum tirumAlE by KulaSEkarAzhvAr) in tODi kEdAragauLa dhanyAsi kApi

05 brindAvanadonadoLagADuvanyAre kApi Adi p.dAsa

06 divyaprabhandam thirumangai ALWAr in yamuna kalyANi nAdanAmakriya kApi sindhubhairavi

07 dEvaki sukumAra kurinji m.dIkshitar

08 tillAna junhUTi vINA sEshaNNa

09 rAmachandrAya janaka mangaLam navrOj bhadrAcala rAmadas

Went in to listen to a sabha concert inspite of the overcast conditions. The power outage due to hail storm pushed the rasikAs into a huddle and a high spirited chamber concert ensued.

rasikAs were drained in the pristine music under utmost pristine atmosphere

except for a few uncultured ones who wanted to take shelter in the room until they were picked up by their near ones and in course disturbed the ambience, the concert per se was of the highest order. Without any electronic magnification of voices and tones, this stands out as one of the best concerts of this season..

We were destined for intimate musical experience.. sitting almost hand stretch distance from the artists and the purest music was in the air. It seemed that was the blessing in store from the 2 great spiritual gurus for us to hear some great music on the Jayanthi of Sri Adi Sankara as well as Ramanuja today! God bless the artistes

2015 April 22 TNSKrishna DelhiSoundarrajan NeyveliSkandaSubramanyam SukanyaRamgopal @ SRSM

Vocal:  Vid TNS Krishna
Violin: Vid. Delhi Soundarrajan
Mridanga: Vid Neyveli Skanda Subramanyam
Ghata: Vid. Sukanya Ramgopal


01 shlOka (AsAdhya sAdhaka swAmin..) folowed by sarasUDa ninnE kOri sAvEri Adhi kotthavAsal venkatarAma iyer (S)

02 Shakti gaNapatim bhajEham sarva saubhAgya nATa rUpaka Muttiah Bhagavatar (O, N)
nereval @ bAnukOTi sankAsham

03 rAma daivashikhAmaNee tODi Adi bhadracala rAmadasa (A, N, S)
grahabEdha during AlApane into mOhana
nereval @ tAmara sAksha sudhImaNi

04 rAma bhadra rA rA Anandabhairavi bhadracala rAmadasa 

05 shlOka (priyangu kalika shyAmam...) followed by budhamAsrayAmi nATTakuranji miSra jhampa

06 tirupati venkataramaNa hamsanandi purandaradAsa (O)

06 ETi janmam idhi varALi tripuTa thyAgarAja (A)

08 rAga tAna pallavi rAmapriya khaNDa tripuTa 2 kaLai, eDUpu 1.5 / 2 beats (not clear about this)
jAnaki manOhara kalyANa rAma priyA pativaratA shirOmaNi
rAgamALika in kharaharapriya/rAmapriya mixed, kalyANavasantha, hamsanAda, kuntalavarALi

11 ugAbhOga .. baliya manege vAmana bandante (rItigauLa, ??, sAma, kalyAnavasanta)

12 bEga bArO bEga bArO kalyANavasantha Adhi VAdhirAjaswAmi

13 hari guNa gAvathi dhIpAli mIra bhajan

14 nagumOmu galavAni madhyamAvati Adi tyAgarAja

15 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

2015 April 21 MysoreNagaraj MysoreManjunath PatriSatishKumar GiridharUdupa NAmrith @ SRSM

Violin Duet: Vid Mysore Nagaraj, Dr. Mysore Manjunath
Mridanga : Vid Patri Satish Kumar
Ghata : Vid Giridhar Udupa
Khanjira : Vid N Amrith

01 mOkSamu galadA bhuvilO sAramati Adhi thyAgarAja

02 viDajAladurA nA manasu vinarA nA janaranjani tyAgarAja (O)

03 marivEre gati evarammA mahilO nannu brOcuTaku Anandabhairavi CApu syAma sAstri (A, S)

04 rAga sudhA rasa pAnamu jEsi AndhOLika dhEshAdhi thyAgarAja

05 vandanamu raghu nandanA shahAna Adi tyAgarAja (O)

06 rAga tAna pallavi rishabhapriyA, chaturaSra tripuT 2 kaLai (A, S, T)
rAgamAlika : sAma, kAnaDa, bEgaDe, mOhanakalyANi, hindOLa, ??, ??, shrIranjani, ??, nATTakuranji, sAvEri, ??, bEhAg, hamIr kalyANI, . . . . . . . . 
Infinite rAgAs to follow in short cycles

07 uyyAla lUgavayyA shrI rAma nIlAmbari jhampa thyAgarAja

08 tillana sindhubhairavi LGJ

09 nInAma rUpamulaku mangaLa sourAshtra Adhi thyAgarAja

A good high energy concert throughout... A good combination of percussionists made this a memorable concert. 

One can certainly imagine the high class of the concert when the accompanying artists ask for some of their favourite pieces to be performed by the Violinist duo !!