Tag: Carnatic

Abhishek Raghuram at Balavinayakar Temple, Chennai

Organizer and venue: Balavinayakar temple, D’Silva road, Mylapore

Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram
Violin: H.N. Bhaskar
Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

List of songs:
1) calamEla (varNam) – darbAr (S)
2) vinAyakA – hamsadhvani (S)
3) Ananda naTana – kEdAram
4) raghuvIra – husEni (A)
5) jagadIshvarI – mOhanam (AN)
6) Ananda naTEsA – tODi (OS)
7) rAgam tAnam pallavi – gauLa – tisra aTa (2 kaLai) (T)
eDuppu – 2 counts before samam, arudi 10 counts
pallavi wordings: “shrI mahAgaNapatiravatumAm, sidhi vinAyakO, pancamAtanga mukha”
pallavi sung in rAgAs gauLa, aTANA, AbhOgi, nATTai
8) sharaNu sidhi vinAyakA – hamIrkalyANi (A)
9) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpanaswaram, T=taniavartanam)

Laya chatura – Kanjira Quartet in Chennai

Kanjira quartet magic today at the Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.

First B.S. Purushotham and Anirudh Athreya played a 88 count talam (kanDa triputa with the each beat of lagu substituted by tisra, catusra, kanDa, misra and sankIrNa and dhrutam in 2 kalais). They played all 5 nadais.

Then Shree Sundarkumar and K.V. Gopalakrishnan played kuraippu and mOrA kOrvai in the same 88 counts but in a tala where they put kanDa aTa with the 4 sashabda kriyA (sounding beats) replaced by tisra, kanDa, misra and sankIrNa. 

Then they together played a talam which had in one Avartanam kanDa ekam in 2 kaLai followed by catusra Ekam in 1 kaLai followed by tisra Ekam in 0.5 kaLai

All in all a rhythm ragaLai!

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Palakkad Sreeram, Shertalai Sivakumar and Anantha R. Krishnan for Musiri Chamber Concerts

Venue: Musiri House, Mylapore, Chennai
Organizer: Musiri Chamber Concerts

Vocal: Palakkad Sreeram
Violin: Shertalai Sivakumar
Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

The multi-talented Palakkad Sreeram switched effortlessly between vocal, keyboard  and flute. He sang and played so well! Shertalai Sivakumar was very good on the violin. Anantha R. Krishnan was a class apart!

List of songs:

I missed the first two songs
* entani vina vinturA – UrmikA (OS)
* bhuvinidAsuDanE – shrIranjani (AS)
* talli ninnu nera – kalyANi (ANST)
* rAma kathA sudhA – madhuvanti (A)
* entamuddO – bindumAlini  (O)
* bhaja bhaja mAnasa – sindhubhairavi  (A)
* bhajarE yadunAtham – pIlu (O)
* tum bin mOrE – varamu
* bhAgyada lakSmi – madhyamAvati (O)

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

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Concert with Mambalam Sisters for Dikshitar Akhandam

I played mrudangam for the concert of Mambalam Sisters at the Dikshitar Akhandam. Song list and other details are given below.

Venue: Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, PS High School, RK Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai
Organizer: Bharatiya Sangeetha Vaibhavam
Theme: Dikshitar Akhandam

Vocal: Mambalam Sisters (Vijayalakshmi and Chithra)
Violin: Dr. R. Hemalatha
Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar
Khanjira: K.S. Rangachari

List of songs:
1) shrI dakSiNAmUrtimIsham – phEnadyuti (S)
2) hariyuvatIm haimavatIm – dEshisimhAravam
3) parvatavardhanI pAhimAm – sAmA (AS)
4) shrI nIlOtpala nAyikE – nArIrItigauLa (AS)
5) cEta shrI bAlakrishnam – jujAvanti
6) pavanAtmajAm bhajarE – shankarAbharaNam (AST)
7) shrI bhArgavI bhadram – maNgaLakaishiki

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

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Abhishek – A day with Thyagaraja

Brilliant concert by Abhishek and team! Anantha’s mridangam simply sang along. It was such great accompaniment!

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai
Organizer: Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
Theme: A day with Thyagaraja

Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram
Violin: B.U. Ganesh Prasad
Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

List of songs:
1) girirAja sutA – bangALA
2) entamuddO – bindumAlini (A)
3) raghuvara nannu – pantuvarALi (ANS)
4) koluvaiyunnADE – dEvagAndhAri
5) rAkA shashivadanA – TakkA
6) enduku nirdaya – harikAmbOji (ANS)
7) Emi jEsitE – tODi (AN)
8) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

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Abhishek Raghuram at Mylapore

Abhishek Raghuram sang today for the akhandam being held at Sundara Panduranga Mukunda Raghavendralaya Trust. T.K. Padmanabhan and M.A. Sundareswaran played the violin. B. Shreesundarkumar, Guru Raghavendra, Hanumanthapuram Bhuvarahan and Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna took turns to play the mrudangam. A.S. Krishnan played the morsing.

Songs list:

1) mEru samAna – mAyAmALavagauLa

2) candracUDa – darbArikAnaDA

3) viTTalA salahO svAmI – dEsh

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Sanjay Subrahmanyan at Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple, Chennai

Vocal: Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Violin: Nagai Muralidharan
Mrudangam: Mannargudi Easwaran

List of songs:
1) pallAnDu pallAnDu – nATTai
2) shrI vENugOpAla – darbAr
3) dEva dEva jagadIshvara – pUrvikalyANi
4) paNipati shAyi – jhankAradhvani
5) ninnu sEvinchina – yadukula kAmbOji
6) shrI venkaTEsam – tODi

Unfortunately, I had to leave after this and couldn’t stay till the end of the concert.

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T.N.S. Krishna for Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam

Venue: Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram, MRC Nagar, Chennai

Vocal: T.N.S. Krishna

Violin: Shertalai Sivakumar 

Mrudangam: B. Ganapathyraman
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List of songs:

1) manamohana (varnam) – mohanam (os)

2) shakti ganapatim – nattai (ons)

3) mandasmita (viruttam) – hamsanadam
krupanidhe – hamsanadam

4) saravanabhava – pashupatipriya

5) uruvai (viruttam) – shankarabharanam
manadirkisaindha – shankarabharanam (anst)

6) mavur valam – sindhubhairavi

7) tillana – hamsanandi

8) madhyamavati (o)

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Abhishek Raghuram for Maximum Media’s Margazhi Maha Utsavam

abhi-mmu(Photo courtesy: Facebook post of Subhasree Thanikachalam, Maximum Media)

Venue: Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai

Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram

Violin: Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan

Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

Kanjira: K.V. Gopalakrishnan

List of songs:

1) evarani – devAmrutavarshini

2) rAkA shashivadana – Takka (a)

3) manasA mana – vardhani (ans)

4) aparAdhamulanOrva – rasALi (as)

5) varanArada – vijayashri (ons)

6) mOkSamu galadA – sAramati (ast)

7) patiki hArati – suruTTi

8) ni nama rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Abhishek Raghuram for Laya Madhuraa

Venue: Arkay Convention Center, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai

Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram

Violin: Mysore Srikanth

Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

Kanjira: B. Shreesundarkumar

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List of songs:

1) mudumOmu – sUryakAntam (OS)

2) rAmAbhirAmA – darbAr (AS)

3) sAma gAna lolE – hindOLam (ANST)

4) bhavanutE – mOhanam (O)

5) murugA murugA – sAvEri (O)

6) rAgam tAnam pallavi – aTANA, pUrvikalyANi and mAND – Adi (tisra gati) (T)

   pallavi words: ra ra rajeeva lochana, ati vegame
eduppu: samam arudi: 5 aksharam

7) nI nAma rUpamulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Abhishek Raghuram for Rasanveshanam, Bangalore

Venue: Utopia, Near Olde Bangalore Resort, Tarabanahalli, Bangalore

 

Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram

Violin: H.M. Smitha

Mrudangam: Anantha R. Krishnan

 

List of songs:

1) viribONi (varNam) – bhairavi – kanDa aTa – pachimiriyam adiyappA (O)

2) vAtApi gaNapatim – hamsadhwani – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (AS)

3) vinatA suta vAhana – jayantasEnA – Adi – tyAgarAja (AS)

4) ADamODi galadE – cArukEsi – Adi – tyAgarAja

5) mInAkSI mEmudam dEhi – gamakakriyA – Adi – muthusvAmi dIkSitar (ANST)

6) mAyammA – Ahiri – Adi – syAma sAstri

7) rama deivama – suruTTi – rUpakam – tyAgarAja

8) nI nAma rUpamulaku (mangaLam) – saurAshTram – Adi – tyAgarAja

 

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, t=tAnam, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Concert for Kartik Fine Arts

Played my first concert of this year’s December music season for Kartik Fine Arts today at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall.  Listing the artist details and songs rendered below:

Vocal: R. Shridhar

Violin: M.S.G. Suresh Kumar

Mrudangam: R. Ramkumar

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall

Sabha: Kartik Fine Arts

List of songs:

1) viribONi (varnam) – bhairavi – kanDa aTa – pachimiriyam adiyappA (O)

2) tatvamariya taramA – rItigowLa – Adi – pApanAsam sivan (O)

3) vADErA deivamu – pantuvarALi – Adi – thyAgarAja (ANS)

4) anupama guNAmbudhi – aTANA – kanDa cApu – thyAgarAja

5) shrI rAjagOpAla – sAvEri – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkSitar (ANST)

6) harihara sutanE – AbhOgi – Adi – periasAmi thUran

7) karpagamE – madyamAvati – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram T=taniavartanam)