2016 O S Thyagarajan - what a concert!

Photos here:


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Excellent concert by Sri O S Thyagarajan with able violin support by Vittal Rangan and excellent mridangam support by B C Manjunath. Thiagu had made impeccable arrangements. A record crowd of over 70 people enjoyed a full 3 hour feast of Thyagaraja vaibhavam from Harikambhoji (Enduku Ni daya) to KHP (Rama nee samanamevaru), Mukhari (Kshinamai) and Kalyani (E tavunnara). Vittal accompanied with his typical sweet bowing and played a great Kalyani alapana and Manjunath accompanied with great manodharma and his tani was impactful. OST did justice to every song and sang a lovely Mukhari and Kalyani. Only two non-Thyagaraja songs were Sriranjani (Kanavendamo) and Sada enna hrudayadalli (Behag). I request Jayan to post the full song list. 

A great start to Rasaanveshanam 2016!

M R Subramanyan vocal concert at Sri Arunachala

An excellent vocal concert by MRS,  disciple of Sri K V Narayanaswamy and Sri P S Narayanaswami. He was accompanied by senior vidwans B U Ganesh Prasad and Arjun Kumar.

The main items were
1. Sarasaksha - Kamavardhini
2. Pahimam Brihannayike - Huseni
3. Punniyam Oru Koti - Keeravani
4. Meipporul - Senjurutti

Bagyalakshmi Chandrasekharan Veena Recital- An auspicious start to 2015

Rasaanveshanam started off 2015 with a splendid, sedate and sonorous veena recital by the highly acclaimed Vid. Bagyalakshmi Chandrasekhran (Profile http://bit.ly/BhagyaLChVeena ). Schooled in the Mudikondan style and performing for over 50 years, she exudes a quiet confidence as she coaxes very melodious gamakas and song enunciations in a pristine gayaki style. She has no hesitation in taking up difficult ragas or in elaborating famously "vocal" krithis and doing full justice to the song with alapana, niraval and swaras. Her tanam is grand and does full justice to the possibilities of the instrument. Tuned at a not-too-low, not-too-high pitch, the instrument sounds very sweet across octaves. She enjoys playing in mandara sthayi also! At the same time she explored the top Sa in Taara sthayi during Keeravani raga and swaras.


She was ably accompanied by Vid M Gururaj, an artiste in remand for both mridangam and morsing accompaniments. He works at AIR, Bangalore.


At Thiagarajan's elegant residence, in the presence of the Trinity (a lovely painting as a backdrop), we were treated to over 3 hours of great music. The 50-odd rasikas, all evidently keen listeners, had a memorable experience.


Song List

1. Sami daya Judu - Kedaragowla varna - Tiruvottriyur Thyagayya
2. Sri Mahaganapati - Gowla - Muthuswami Dikshitar
3. Kumaran Thazl- Yadukula Kambhoji- Papanasam Sivan
4. Saraswathi-Saraswathi-NS Ramachandran
5. Manasu Karagade- Kaanada- Pranesha Dasa
6. Sadananda- Raghupriya- Koteeshwara Iyer
7. Keeravani Ragam Tanam Pallavi in Khanda Triputa (Tanam in Panchaghana ragas, swaras in Kalavati, Hindustani Todi, Brindavani, Revati)
8. Chinnanchiru Kiliye- Ragamalika-Subrahmanya Bharathi
9. Karunai Deivame-Sindhu Bhairavi- Madurai T Srinivasan
10. Uyyala Dukavayya-Neelambari-Thyagaraja
11. Veda ghosha 

We welcome new members to this devoted musical alliance of keen rasikas to seek out memorable classical musical experiences. We also intend to feature very talented vocalists as well as a top notch Nagaswaram concert in a temple this year!!!!


Happy listening here of two excerpts:


Chinnanchiru Kiliye.. kannamma.: http://youtu.be/AfI-Xc4FcGk


Karunai Dheivamey Karpagame...: http://youtu.be/e5fUsgXN9vM

Shailesh Flute Recital song list

1. Saraguna (Varnam) - Madhyamavati, Tiruvottriyur Tyagayyar, Adi (Brief-A, brief S)
2. Guruleka - Gaurimanohari, Tyagaraja, Khanda Chapu (A, S)
3. Sri Guruna Palitosmi - Padi, Muttusvami Dikshitar, Rupakam (Brief-S)
4. Sarasa Sama Dana - Kapinarayani, Tyagaraja, Adi
5. Sri Visvananatham - Chaturdasharagamalika, Muttusvami Dikshitar, Adi
6. Bhuvaneshvariya - Mohanakalyani, Muthiah Bhagavatar, Adi (A, S)
7. Urake Galguna - Sahana, Tyagaraja, Misra Chapu (A, S)
8. Dachukovalena - Todi, Tyagaraja, Misra Jhampa (A, brief-N, S, Tani)
9. Enna tavam - Kapi, Papanasam Sivan, Adi (A)
10. Dharma Shravana - Durga, Purandara Dasa, Adi
11. Tava Dasoham - Punnagavarali, Tyagaraja, Adi
12. Nee nama Rupamulaku (Mangalam) - Saurashtram, Tyagaraja, Adi

Shailesh Ramamurthy Flute Recital- October 19, 2014

Yesterday we featured a flute recital by Vid. Shailesh Ramamurthy accompanied by Vid. Anand Vishwanathan on the violin, and Chi. Akshay Anand on the mridangam. The concert was held in the beautiful residence of Sri Arunachala, next to Olde Bangalore. Thanks to Meenakshi and Arun for their hospitality!

We had a wonderful audience of great rasikas who travelled a big distance in rainy weather to listen to a vidwan who very rarely gives public performances.

Shailesh gave us all the experience of pure flute music dipped in classicism and melody and totally shorn of speed gimmicks. He took us on a journey through profound ragas like Shahana and Todi. He gave us a colourful Mohana Kalyani. He essayed the difficult Sri Vishvanatham in Chaturdasha-ragamalika of Muthuswami Dikshitar. He played a lilting Sarasa Sama Dana and a moving Enna Thavam Shaidanai Yashoda. He played Durga on the long flute and gave us the GNB-popularised Dharma Shravana.

Anand on the violin provided solid accompaniment and came into his own in Mohana Kalyani and Todi.

Akshay played a brilliant tani in Mishra Jhampa Tala after Dachukovalena, and gave impeccable sonorous mridangam accompaniment throughout. The natural acoustics of a mikeless(almost) concert were very enjoyable!

The song list will be appended separately.

Shailesh Ramamurthy is an MTech from IIT Kharagpur, winning the prestigious Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal. He is an acknowledged expert in signal processing.

Rasaanveshanam #3 Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath

If you weren't there, this will help you imagine it. Imagine Bangalore in July, with the freshness of rain-soaked trees and cool breeze. Imagine cuckoos and mosquitoes having a ball. Imagine a lovely Sunday before FIFA 2014 final. Head to defence colony in Indiranagar. Enter a flowerbedecked doorway. Immerse yourself in lovely Carnatic music. With the intimacy of a chamber concert and the vibrancy of a rivetting Shahana, Suruti and Todi.

Aishwarya sang very very well, and for over three hours. What an array of delectable compositions delivered with panache.

Thanks Mangala and Karthik!

Viva Rasaanveshanam!

Vid. Ashwin Anand Veena Recital - May 18, 2014

We had a 3:30 hour concert yesterday by Vid Ashwin Anand accompanied by Vid H S Sudheendra- mridangam and Vid Phanindra Bhaskar- Ghatam.

The memorable fare included Nayaki- kanugonu soukhyamu, Ramapriya - korina varamosagumayya, Kambhoji-Sri Subramanyaya and an RTP in Kharaharapriya. On request, Ashwin also played Ritigowla - Janani ninnuvina. His delicate artistry and fabulous raga delineations on the veena were matched by a highly sensitive and modulated mridangam accompaniment by Vid Sudheendra and appropriate ghatam accompaniment by Phanindra.

The entire concert has been video and audio recorded by me (an amateur effort) thanks to the recorders kindly provided by Lalitharam. Parivadini will upload the concert on You Tube
soon.

We had a sizeable audience of nearly forty and the ambience in Sharada Murali Moran's residence was simply wonderful. Not to forget the coffee, Kashi halwa and alu bondas!

1. Chalamela Varnam – Darbar – Tiruvotriyur Thyagayya
2. Pavanatmaja Agaccha – Nata – Muthuswami Dikshitar
3. Kanugonu soukhyamu – Nayaki – Thyagaraja
4. Annapurne- Sama – Muthuswami Dikshitar
5. Janani ninuvina – Ritigowla – Subbraya Shastri
6. Korina Varavasagumayya – Ramapriya – Patnam Subramania Iyer
7. Chalamelara- Margahindola – Thyagaraja
8. Sri Subrahmanyaya Namaste – Kambhoji – Muthuswami Dikshitar
9. Devadideva Sadashiva - Sinduramakriya – Thyagaraja
10. Ragam Tanam Pallavi – Kharaharapriya  ( ragamalika swaras in Kanada, Varali, Behag)
11. Sitakalyana vaibhogame – Kurinji – Thyagaraja
12. Venkatachalanilayam – Sindhubhairavi-Purandaradasa
13. Behag Tillana - Veene Sheshanna
14. Mangalam 

Take care and be happy!