Nadajyothi Sri Tyagaraja Swamy Bhajana Sabha - 17/2/13

This concert was held at Sri Vasavi Temple Premises, 8th Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore.

Co-Artists:

B.K.Raghu - Violin
B.C.Manjunath - Mridangam
Bharadwaj R.Sathavalli - Morsing







Song List: (R-Raga Alapana,N-Neraval,S-Kalpanaswaram,T-Tani Avarthanam)
1. varNam - pantuvarALi - Adi (S)
2. shakti gaNapatim - nAta - rUpakam - harikEsanallur muthiah bhAgavatar
3. chintayE mahAlinga - paras - Adi - muttusvAmi dIkshitar
4. neenEdayALO - Anandabhairavi - misra cApu - purandara dAsa (R,S)
5. sarasa sAmadAna - kApinArAyaNi - Adi - tyAgarAja
6. sEshAcala nAyakam - varALi - rUpakam - muttusvAmi dIkshitar (R,N,S)
7. manavyAla - nalinakAnti - Adi - tyAgarAja
8. cakkani rAja - kharaharapriyA - Adi - tyAgarAja (R,S,T)
9. rAma rama - chenjurutti - rUpakam - tyAgarAja
10.kanakasaila - punnAgavarALi - Adi - syAmA sAstri
11.sadA enna - bEhAg -  rUpakam - vijaya vittala dAsa
12.tambUri meetidava - sindubhairavi - Adi - purandaradAsar
13.rAmakrishnaru - tilang - Adi(misranadai) - purandaradAsar
14.nAgendra hArAya - sivapanchAkshara stOtram
Mangalam  

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha - 16/2/13

Tyagaraja Aradhana Celebrations.
Venue - Vani Mahal, T.Nagar

Co-Artists:

Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin
B.Sivaraman - Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira








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

1. rA rA mAyintiki - asAvEri - Adi (S)
2. dinamaNi vamsa - harikAmbhOji - Adi
3. Dudukugala - gowLa - Adi
4. kAlaharaNa mElarA - sudhdhasAvEri - rUpakam (R,S)
5. karuNa ElAgantE - varALi - Adi (R,N)
6. enduku peddala - sankarAbharaNam - Adi (R,N,S,T)
7. rAma pAhi - kApi - misra cApu
8. rAma rAma - chenjurutti - rUpakam
9. mangaLam

Anandam Isai Vizha - 15/2/13

Anandam is a free home for senior citizens, located at Kallikuppam in Ambattur.
They celebrated their tenth anniversary and had many concerts on this occasion.

Mysore Srikanth and B.Sivaraman performed with me at this concert.









 



The entire complex is a very nice one, with a library, common lounge, physiotherapy room and many such facilities.
   
Anandam provides free accommodation for these seniors with comforts like cots, mattresses, fans, solar water heaters, refrigerators, color television and much more. Regular medical check-ups are done and the elderly people are taken care of in a wonderful manner.


It was an extremely enjoyable experience to sing for the senior citizens, who had assembled in large numbers in the prayer hall. The love and affection shown by each and every inmate of the home was very touching.

Some of the inmates who couldn't even walk up to the prayer hall, were seated in the lounge and library and witnessed the concert through the huge LCD screens installed there.

We were all treated with immense warmth by the senior citizens. A very memorable experience.... And an evening filled with affection from every direction....What more does one need?

  

Myriad Forms Of Lord Siva (Episode 1) - 10/2/2013

"Myriad Forms of Lord Siva" is a thematic presentation and on 10th Feb was the first concert of this series. There will be 11 more presentations on the same topic, one every month.

This thematic production is supported by the Ministry Of Culture, Govt.Of India.

The concert presentation deals with the Forms of Lord Siva based on the compositions of Muttusvami Dikshitar and other well-known composers.

Venue : Ragasudha Hall, Luz.

Co-artistes:
V.Sanjeev - Violin
Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam
P.V.Ramana - Flute






Sangeetha Siromani, Vidwan Prof.S.R.Janakiraman inaugurated this series. Renowned Bharatanatyam Exponent and Expert Member, Ministry Of Culture, Smt. Nandini Ramani felicitated.

The thematic concert also included a multimedia presentation.

After giving an introduction to the theme and a brief outline about my approach for the next 11 episodes,  the following Kritis were rendered along with explanation on the temple iconography, Purana references, references in Sastras etc.

1. hastivadanAya - navroj- misra cApu
2. tEvaram- keeravANi(virutham)-tirunaavukkarasar (kAlasamhAra mUrthy)
3. sankaramabhirAmi manOharam-kamalAmanOhari - tisra Ekam (kAlasamhAra mUrthy)
4. kaala bhairavam - bhairavam - Adi (kAlabhairavar)
5. srI vatukanAtha - dEvakriyA - misra cApu (vatukabhairavar)
6. swarNa kAla bhairavam- kalyANi - sankeerNa triputa  (swarna vEnkatEsa dIkshitar's composition on swarna Akarshana bhairavar)

This program was very well received by Rasikas and the response was heartening.