Year: 2007

  • On consultants

    This one is for all those who are involved in any kind of consulting work …… got this in mail today and just couldn’t avoid posting .. may be because it is linked to my work (consultant, not a vet, certainly not a cat of the kind described). This is…

  • Some changes

    Took a decision not to post any more about live concerts I hear. Even if there are any such posts, they will be very very rare. Majority of posts should again be about Carnatic music; guess its impossible to live without it. Schedules of concerts in Chennai will continue to…

  • July Concert Schedule for Chennai

    Concert schedule (Carnatic) for Chennai for the month of July 2007 is available at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ Will keep updating it as more details come in.

  • Gayathri Venkataraghavan @ TTD, Chennai

    (Photos courtesy Sri Pyarilal of carnaticsangeetham.com) Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T.Nagar, Chennai Date: 23 June 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid Gayathri Venkataraghavan Violin: Vid Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid Erode Nagaraj Ghatam: Vid H. Prasanna Tambura: Vid Vijayalakshmi List of songs: 1) valaci (varnam) – rAgamAlikA –…

  • Gokulashtami Concerts 2007 @ Odukkathur Mutt, Bangalore

    This one is for rasikas in Bangalore. The schedule for SGBS Trust’s Gokulashtami Concerts is available at http://www.sgbstrust.org/ASP/Art.htm#mconcert Reminds me of the same time last year when I attended most concerts in that series, traveling all the way from the opposite end of the city. Schedule is pasted below for…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 20 June 2007 Occasion: Narada Gana Sabha & Papanasam Sivan Rasigar Manram Vocal: Vid Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Vid Nagai Sriram Mrudangam: Vid Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) tuNai purindaruL – suddha hindOLam – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (S)…

  • T.Rukmini & Amritha Murali @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 19 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Violin Duet: Vid. T.Rukmini & Vid. Amritha Murali Mrudangam: Vid. Pathri Satish Kumar Ghatam: Vid. S.Karthick Tambura: Vid. Vaidyanathan List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varNam) – vasantA – Adi – tAchUr…

  • Sanjay Subrahmanyan @ STSVS, Chennai

    Venue: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Thiagarajapuram, Mylapore Date: 18 June 2007 Organizer: Sri Thiagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam Vocal: Vid. Sanjay Subrahmanyan Violin: Vid. Nagai Muralidharan Mrudangam: Vid. Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Vid. Neyveli B. Venkatesh List of songs: 1) yOcanA – darbAr – Adi – tyAgarAja (OS) 2) rAmA ninnu…

  • S.Saketaraman @ Ramana Kendram, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendram, Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 17 June 2007 Organizer: Ramana Kendram Vocal: Vid. S. Saketaraman Violin: Vid. Charumathi Raghuraman Mrudangam: Vid. Trivandrum Balaji List of songs: 1) mAl marugan (varNam) – hindOLam – Adi – tanjAvUr shankara iyer (O) 2) karuNAnidhiyE – bauLi – misra chApu – pApanAsam…

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Lalitha Kala Vedika, Chennai

    Venue: R.K. Swamy Auditorium, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 15 June 2007 Organizer: Lalitha Kala Vedika Vocal: Vid. Sikkil Gurucharan Violin: Vid. Nagai Sriram Mrudangam: Vid. Trivandrum Balaji Ghatam: Vid. E.M. Subramaniam List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (O) 2) sarasa sAma dAna –…

  • “Sivaji – The BOSS”: Review

      The atmosphere outside the theater was electric. Fans were shouting “Thalaivar”, “Superstar”. Some had even bought milk from their homes and were doing “abhishekam” for the scores of cut-outs and posters of Rajinikanth that were within their reach. The movie was just starting as I entered and Rajini fans…

  • Amritha Murali @ Naada Inbam, Chennai

    Venue: Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 12 June 2007 Organizer: Naada Inbam Vocal: Vid. Amritha Murali Violin: Vid. R. Hemalatha Mrudangam: Vid. Erode Nagaraj Ghatam: Vid. N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) ninnE kOri (varnam) – kAnaDA – Adi – tiruvOTriyUr tyAgayyA (O) 2) shankaram abhirAmi…

  • T.V. Gopalakrishnan @ TTD Information Center, Chennai

    Venue: TTD Information Center, Venkatanarayana Road, T. Nagar, Chennai Date: 11 June 2007 Organizer: TTD Information Center Vocal: Vid T.V. Gopalakrishnan (TVG) Violin: Vid S. Varadarajan Mrudangam: Vid T.V. Vasan Ghatam: Vid V. Suresh List of songs: 1) Om sahana vavatu (shLokam) – sAvEri 2) sarasUDa (varnam) – sAvEri –…

  • Baarish ki pehli boonden

    Saying it rained in Chennai is like saying Federer beat Nadal on clay. It is so rare that it gives a lot of happiness whenever it happens. It must have been about half past four in the morning (don’t ask me what I was doing at that unearthly hour). There…

  • N. Ravikiran @ Nadabrahmam, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 09 June 2007 Organizer: Nadabrahmam Music Journal Chitravina: Vid N. Ravikiran Violin: Vid M.A. Sundaresan Mrudangam: Vid Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Vid B. Sreesundarkumar List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – pantuvarALi – Adi – shaTkala narasayyA…