Gayatri Mahila Sangeetha Sanmandali - Guntur, 24/4/10

This Sabha is an all-ladies association. The concert was held at Balaji Temple, Guntur.

Accompanists:

Sri.Peravali Nandakumar - Violin
Sri.K.Sathgurucharan - Mridangam
Sri.Bhusurapalli Venkateswarulu - Ghatam


















Excellent ambience, open-air concert.



































Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.varNam-kAnadA-ata tALam
2.nAdasudhA-Arabhi-rUpakam-tyAgarAjA (S)
3.kshEmam kuru gOpAlA-mOhanam-misracApu-nArAyaNa tIrtha
4.teliyalEru rAmA-dEnukA-Adi-tyAgarAjA
5.sri vEnkata girIsham-surutti-Adi-muttuswAmi dIkshitar (R,S)
6.mAyamma-Ahiri-Adi-syAma sAstri
7.sarasa sAma dAna-kApinArayaNi-Adi-tyAgarAjA
8.kaligiyuntE-keeravANi-Adi-tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
9.akhilAndEshwari-dwijAvanti-Adi-muttuswAmi dIkshitar
10.nAnAti bratuku-rEvati-Adi-annamAcAryA
11.muddugArE yashOdA-kurinji-Adi-annamAcAryA
12.mangaLam

Award Function - April 23rd, 2010

Sri Sayee Vivekananda Vidyalaya,Kodungaiyur (near Vyasarpadi) has been conducting "Vadachennayil Isai Vizha" (வடசென்னையில் இசை விழா) in North Madras from 20th of April,2010, for a duration of five days. Yesterday I was conferred upon with the title of "Arul Isai Selvi" (அருளிசைச் செல்வி) and also given the coveted "Smt.D.K.P Memorial Award".


This is the first ever Music Festival that is being conducted in that area and it was a grand affair.

I thank the school authorities for having chosen me to have been the recipient of this prestigious award, in memory of one of the greatest musicians of this era, Smt.D.K.Pattammal.

















The chief guest was Sri.Vaidyanathan, EDITOR, Dinamani Publications.

















After the award function was my concert, accompanied by Sri.Mysore Srikanth on violin and Sri.Delhi Sairam on the Mridangam.


















(Its 12.30 a.m now, I have to take a train at 6.30 a.m today to Vijayawada, I have a concert at Guntur this evening.Couldn't resist posting about the award immediately, hence did it now :-))

Naada Neerajanam - Tirupati - 15/4/10

The Tamizh New Year Vikruti has dawned.

Lets all pray to the Almighty for global peace and prosperity.

I consider it to be the Almighty's blessings that I have got an opportunity to begin this New Year by participating in the "Naada Neerajanam' program at Tirumala, Tirupati tomorrow.

This concert will be telecast live on SVBC (Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel) channel from 6 to 7.30 p.m tomorrow.

I will write in detail about the concert, on Friday, after I get back from Tirupati.

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1.10 a.m - 16/4/10


Got back home about half an hour back..
We reached Tirupati around 10.30 a.m yesterday morning and immediately went for Darshan.
Naada Neerajanam officials had arranged for a quick and good Darshan.

Concert began around 6.10 p.m and ended at 7.30 p.m.

Accompanists:

Sri.V.Sanjeev - Violin
Sri.Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam


































To sing in the quadrangle just outside the main Gopuram was a great experience.


















Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.shankha chakra-pUrNachandrikA-rUpakam-muttuswAmi dIkshitar (S)
2.slOkam-verses from dayA shatakam followed by
neenE dayAlO-Anandabhairavi-misra cApu-purandara dAsA
3.anudinamunu-bEgadA-rUpakam-rAmanAthapuram srinivAsa iyengar
4.indirA mandiram-surutti-Adi-tulaseevanam (R,S)
5.nAmorAlagimpavE-yadukulakAmbhOji-kanta cApu-tALapAkkam chinnayya
6.sarvOpAyamula-kalyANi-Adi-annamAchAryA (R,N,S,T)
7.indirA nAmamu-kalyANavasantam-Adi-annamAchAryA
8.verses from kulasEkhara AzhwAr pAsuram followed by
tirupati vEnkataramaNa-hamsAnandi-Adi-purandara dAsA


















Great vibrations and ambience..

Nadopasana - 10/4/10

Concert was held at Dakshinamurthy Auditorium, P.S.High School.

Accompanists:

Kum.Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin
Sri.Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Sri.Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira

















Song List:

1.sAmi ninnE-varNam-Adi
2.narasimha mAmava-Arabhi (S)
3.tanavAri tanamu-bEgadA-Adi-tyAgarAjA
4.chintaya mA-Bhairavi-rUpakam-muttuswAmi dIkshitar (R,N,S)
5.Edayya gati-calanAttA-Adi-kOteeswara iyer
6.ninnu cheppa-mandAri-Adi-patnam subramania iyer (S)
7.saraguNa pAlimpa-kEdAragaulai-Adi-Poochi srinivAsa IyengAr (R,N,S,T)
8.muddu krishNA-chenjurutti-Adi-UthukkAdu vEnkatasubbier
9.rAma krishNaru-tilang-purandara dAsa
10.villinai-kAvadi chindu-subramani bhAratiyAr
11.slOkam-Ragamalika followed by Om namO nArAyaNA-karNaranjani-kanta cApu
12.mangaLam

Studio Recordings

Yesterday was one of those hectic days for me at a studio, finishing a CD recording of mine.

There are two reasons for writing this short note now:

Yesterday I actually wanted to write about the studio experiences as soon as I got home from studio,but then it was 7.30 p.m when I got home and after dinner, kids were ready with their Scrabble and Monopoly games and I had to settle down with them for a few games of Monopoly :-). Hence I decided to pen it down now.

And then, it was such a coincidence when I saw Haritha's comment last evening regarding a recording of mine. (You can see this comment at the end of my previous post). This prompted me even more,to write it now.

Wearing headphones and singing in a studio, with the air conditioners and fans switched off is no fun !

And that's not all..On some days, we would go all the way to the studio and the engineer would say that the voice is not up to the mark, or sometimes the dynamics in the voice would be slightly different and hence the recording would actually not take place.

Enunciation of lyrics again has to be tactfully done over the studio mikes which are really powerful. Particularly for a person like me who is always cautious about the "Pha"'s, "Bha"'s, "Tha"'s, to sing these syllables with just the right amount of accent and emphasis is indeed a challenge :-)

An entire day at the studio, trying to get all the audio levels right and aiming for 100% musical perfection can really be physically tiring.

But...

After all the hard work and the long days of work at studio as mentioned above, when the artist listens to the final product, the satisfaction that the artist gets is something overwhelming.

More importantly, when listeners enjoy the music, when our music brings happiness and makes others forget their worries, the feeling of contentment to the artist is something very special.

This is the greatest reward that an artist could get, for all the hard work, for the heart and soul put into music !

Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Fort High School, Bangalore - 1/4/10

This concert was part of their grand Ramanavami Festival.


















Accompanists:

Sri.B.V.Raghavendra Rao - Violin
Poongulam Sri.Subramanian - Mridangam
Sri.Ravikumar - Ghatam

Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.varNam-AbhOgi-Adi (S)
2.nArAyaNA ninna-sudhdhadhanyAsi-kanta cApu
3.manavichE konavayyA-sarasAngi-rUpakam-patnam Subramania Iyer (R,N,S)
4.vinarAda nA manavi-dEvagAndhAri-Adi-tyAgarAjA
5.ennAlu oorakE-subhapantuvarALi-misra cApu-tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
6.kOlam kANa vAreer-nAtakurinji-Adi-ambujam krishNA
7.RTP-brindAvana sAranga-misra triputa (R,N,S)
8.sadA enna-behAg-rUpakam-vijayavittala dAsA
9.rAma jOgi-kamAs-Adi-bhadrAcala rAmdas
10.mangaLam

Sri Tyaga Brahma Gana Sabha - Tamizh Isai vizha - 29/3/10

THEME : "சங்கம் முதல் இன்று வரை":

According to this theme, the history of Tamizh literature was traced back to the Sangam age and I took songs and poetry from each century and progressed chronologically till the present age.


















Accompanists:

Sri.B.V.Raghavendra Rao - Violin
Sri.A.S.Ranganathan - Mridangam
Sri.Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.Introduction
2.பத்துப்பாட்டு-திருமுருகாற்றுப்படை-(ஸ்வாமிமலை மட்டும்)-விருத்தம்-பௌளி
3.எட்டுத்தொகை:
பரிப்பாடல்-சங்கராபரணம்- ஆதி
கலித்தொகை- ஆரபி - கண்ட சாபு
4.பதினென்கீழ் கணக்கு:
நாலடியார் - சண்முகப்ரியா-விருத்தம்
திருக்குறள் - சண்முகப்ரியா - ஆதி (S)
5.சிலப்பதிகாரம் - கானடா - ஆதி (R)
மணிமேகலை - காம்போஜி - ஆதி
6.திருநாவுக்கரசர் தேவாரம்-வானனை - கீரவாணி (R)
7.திவ்ய ப்ரபந்தம்(பெரியாழ்வார் பாசுரம்) - அஞ்சன வண்ணனை - காபி
8.திருவாசகம் - சீரார் - குறிஞ்சி-திரு ஊசல் பாடல்
9.கம்ப ராமாயணம்-நாமம் அன்னது-கர்ணரஞ்சனி
10.திருப்புகழ் - காதி மோதி - சந்த்ரகௌன்ஸ்
11.குமரகுருப்பரர்-சங்கு கிடந்த-கல்யாணி - ஆதி
12.மாரிமுத்தையா பிள்ளை - என்னேரமும்- தோடி - ஆதி (R)
13.அருணாசல கவி-யாரோ இவர் யாரோ - ஸாவேரி - ஆதி (R,S,T)
14.பெற்றத் தாய் (விருத்தம்-வள்ளலார்), இரக்கம் வராமல்(கோபாலக்ருஷ்ண பாரதி)
15.காக்கை சிறகினிலே-சுப்ரமண்ய பாரதியார் - ப்ருந்தாவன ஸாரங்கா
16.வில்லினை ஒத்த - காவடிச் சிந்து- சுப்ரமண்ய பாரதியார்
17.கல்கி க்ருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி - காற்றினிலே வரும் கீதம்
18.பாபநாசம் சிவன் - கற்பகமே- மத்யமாவதி
19.அம்புஜம் க்ருஷ்ணா - தசாவதார மங்களம் - சௌராஷ்ட்ரம்

Sri Ramanavami Festival , Ramanathapura - 27/3/10

This is a quaint village situated on the banks of river Cauvery, and about two hrs drive from Mysore.

There is a beautiful Rama Temple where the concerts were held and the atmosphere was very festive.

Accompanists:

Sri.M.R.Srinidhi - Violin
Sri.B.C.Manjunath - Mridangam
Sri.M.A.Krishnamurthy - Ghatam

Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.varNam-AbhOgi-Adi (S)
2.teliyalEru rAma-dEnukA-Adi-tyAgarAjA
3.kshEmam kuru gOpAla-mOhanam-misracApu-nArAyaNa theerthar (R)
4.seethamma mAyamma-vasantA-rUpakam-tyAgarAja (R,S)
5.chalamElara-mArgahindOlam-Adi-tyAgarAjA
6.enduku peddala-shankarAbharaNam-Adi-tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
7.rAmachandrEna-mAnji-rUpakam-muttusAmi dIkshitar
8.RTP-amruthavarshini-kanta triputa(chatusra nadai) (R,N,S)
Tukkadas

Rama Mandiram, Mysore - 26/3/10

Accompanists:

Dr.Jyotsna Srikanth - Violin
Sri.Tumkur Ravishankar - Mridangam
Sri.Tumkur Shashishankar - Ghatam

Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.mErusamAna-mAyAmAlavagowLa-Adi-tyAgarAjA (S)
2.palukavadEmirA-devamanOhari-Adi-mysore vAsudEvAchAr (R)
3.telisirAma-pUrnachandrikA-Adi-tyAgarAjA
4.kaligiyuntE-keeravANi-Adi-tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
5.phaNipati sAyI-jhankAradhwani-Adi-tyAgarAjA
6.RTP-nAtaikurinji-kanta triputa (chatusra nadai)(R,N,S)
Tukkadas

Sri varasidhdhi vinAyakar temple,Besant Nagar - 25/3/10

Accompanists:

Smt. Usha Rajagopalan - Violin
Sri.Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Sri.Guruprasad - Ghatam

















Song List:(R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)

1.shakti gaNapatim-nAtai-rUpakam-harikEsanallur muthiah bhAgavatar (S)
2.rAma nAma amruta-kamAs-Adi-pApanAsam sivan
3.palukavadEmirA-dEvamanOhari-Adi-mysore vAsudEvAchAr (R)
4.needu mahima pogada-hamsAnandi-Adi-harikEsanallur muthiah bhAgavatar (R,S)
5.shObhillu-jaganmOhini-rUpakam-tyAgarAjA
6.dAsarathi-tOdi-Adi-tyAgarAjA (R,N,S,T)
7.eppadithAn-neelAmbari-Adi-uthukADU VEnkatasubbier
8.veLLai tAmarai-bhimplAs-Adi-subramanya bhAratiyAr
9.virutham,rAma nAmamE-dEsh-Adi-tanjavUr shankara iyer
10.mangaLam