Category: Carnatic Music

  • Sattur Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore Date: 05 Nov 2006 Organizer: SAFE Vocal: Sattur Sisters – Smt. Bhuvana Rajagopal & Smt. Lalita Santanam Violin: Smt. Neela Jayakumar Mridangam: Sri Jayakumar List of songs: 1) annamE (varnam) – Arabhi – Adi – tiger varadAchAriAr 2) thudi sei manamE – kIravANi –…

  • TM Krishna @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 04 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Khanjira: Sri B. Sree Sundar Kumar   List of songs: 1) sAmi nI pai (varnam) – Anandabhairavi…

  • Sanjay Subramanian @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 03 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subramanian Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sarasuda (varnam) – sAvEri – Adi – kothavAsal venkatrAma…

  • December Season 2006 Schedule

    Sabhas have started announcing schedules for the Chennai December Music Season 2006. You can find them on the “Concerts in Chennai” page of this blog at https://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/ . Will try to keep the page updated as and when further schedules are announced.

  • Sikkil Gurucharan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 02 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Vocal: Sri Sikkil C. Gurucharan Violin: Sri V.L. Kumar Mridangam: Sri Vellore Ramabhadran List of songs (partial): dakshiNAmUrthE – shankarAbharaNam – misra jampa – muthuswAmi dIkshitar (A?S) mAta innum –…

  • TN Seshagopalan @ Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006, Chennai

    Venue: Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 01 Nov 2006 Organizer: Carnatica (Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2006) Theme: Uthukkadu Venkata Subbaiyer Compositions Vocal: Sri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan Vocal Support: Sri T.N.S. Krishna Violin: Sri M. Chandrasekaran Mridangam: Sri Guruvayur Dorai Khanjira: Sri B.S. Purushottam List of songs:…

  • OS Thyagarajan @ Ramana Kendra, Chennai

    Venue: Ramana Kendra, 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Chennai Date: 31st Oct 2006 Vocal: Sri O.S. Thyagarajan (OST) Violin: Sri Nagai Sriram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam Ghatam: Sri Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan List of songs: 1) sAmi ninnE (varnam) – srI – Adi – karUr dEvuDu iyer 2) shambO mahAdEva – pantuvarALi – rUpakam –…

  • R. Vedavalli @ Lakshmipuram, Chennai

    Venue: Lakshmi Hall, Srinivasa Perumal Koil, Lakshmipuram, Chennai Date: 30th Oct 2006 Organizer: Srinivasa Music & Fine Arts Vocal: Smt. R. Vedavalli Violin: Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam Mridangam: Sri N. Manoj Siva Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad List of songs: 1) gnAnAnanda mayam (slOkam) – nAttai – vEdAnta dEsikan 2) pavanAtmajA –…

  • Charumathi Ramachandran on Srividhya, the actress/musician

    There is an article by famous singer Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran in Newindpress on Srividhya (the actress-cum-musician daughter of one of the legends of Carnatic music MLV) who passed away recently. The article can be accessed by clicking here. The line that struck me from the article is “It leads one…

  • Sugandha Kalamegam @ Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

    Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 24th Oct 2006 Theme: Dikshitar Day – Muthuswami Dikshitar Compositions Vocal: Smt. Sugandha Kalamegam Violin: Sri V. Srikanth Mridangam: Sri K. Arun Prakash Khanjira: Sri B. Purushottam List of songs: 1) rakta gaNapatim – mOhanam – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar…

  • Gayathri Venkatesan @ Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

    Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall, East Mada St., Mylapore, Chennai Date: 23rd Oct 2006 Organizer: Ganamukundapriya Vocal: Smt Gayathri Venkatesan Violin: Sri H.V. Raghuram Mridangam: Sri Tiruvidaimarudur A.  Shankaran  Ghatam: Sri J. Ramdas List of songs: 1) vanajAkshi (varnam) – kalyANi – Adi – rAmanAthapuram srInivAsa iyengAr (S) 2)…

  • Shankari Krishnan @ Sri Parvati, Chennai

    Venue: ‘Sri Parvati’, 28, Eldams Road, Chennai Date: 22nd Oct 2006 Organizer: Music Education Trust, Chennai Chapter Vocal: Shankari Krishnan Violin: Amritha Murali Mridangam: J. Balaji List of songs: 1) dEvar munivar (varnam) – shanmukhapriyA – Adi – lAlgudi jayarAman 2) aingaran illAmal – kEdAram – Adi – periasAmi thUran…

  • Akkarai Sisters @ Sastri Hall, Chennai

    Venue: Shastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai Date: 19th Oct 2006 Organizer: Youth Association for Carnatic Music (YACM) Violin Duet: Akkarai Sisters – Subhalakshmi & Swarnalatha Mridangam: R. Sankaranarayanan Khanjira: B. Sree Sundar Kumar List of songs: 1) sarasijanAbhA (varnam) – kAmbOji – kanda ata – swAti tiruNAL 2) atukArAdani –…

  • TM Krishna @ The Music Academy, Chennai

    Venue: The Music Academy, TTK Road, Chennai Date: 18th Oct 2006 Organizer: Kala Mandir Trust Theme: “Sri Sharada Vandanam” – a collection of songs on Goddess Sharada Vocal: Sri T.M. Krishna Violin: Sri Sriram Parasuram Mridangam: Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Ghatam: Sri T.V. Vasan List of songs: 1) bhArati maddishaNA…

  • Madhirakshi – An album of a different kind

    I bought “Madhirakshi“, an album by Sikkil C. Gurucharan and Anil Srinivasan which happens to be Charsur’s latest release, last week. The album is of a different kind in that Gurucharan is accompanied only by Anil on the piano. No violin, no percussion instruments. The songs chosen are also ones…