10 whole days of doing nothing other than attending concerts and lec-dems has come to an end! And there couldn’t have been a better ending to it than a T.M.Krishna’s concert and a Sanjay’s concert back to back! All the 15 concerts of Sanjay this December Season, 6 full concerts and an hour and a half of 2 concerts of T.M.Krishna – what a month this has been!
My long term dream of listening to Sanjay’s Sahana RTP live finally got fulfilled today, that too at Kalarasana!!! Am so happy! 🙂
P.S.: I’ll post the songs list later.
T.M.Krishna’s Concert
At Narada Gana Sabha on 18th December
Accompanists:
T.K.V.Ramanujacharyulu – Violin
Karaikkudi Mani – Mridangam
V.Suresh – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
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At Narada Gana Sabha (Kartik Fine Arts) on 8th December
Accompanists:
Mysore Srikanth – Violin
Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam
Ghatam S.Karthick – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs
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At Raga Sudha Hall (Naada Inbam) on 13th December
Accompanists:
V.Sanjeev – Violin
Tanjavur Ramdas – Mridangam
Concert Duration: 2 hrs 40 min
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At Kamarajar Arangam (Kartik Fine Arts) on 13th December
Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam
T.V.Vasan – Ghatam
Concert Duration: 3 hrs 20 min
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At Ramarao Kala Mantap (Nungambakkam Cultural Academy) on 12th December
Accompanists:
Mysore Srikanth – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam
Udupi Sridhar – Ghatam
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At Kalakshetra on 2nd December
This concert was on the occasion of the launch of the DVD of his guru Bhagavatulu Seetharama Sharma. The DVD was on naTTuvAngams. Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna was the chief guest. While speaking on the occasion, he said that TMK is the seventh descendant of the guru-sishya parampara of Tyagaraja. While the programme itself started at 6:30 pm, by the time the concert started after all the speeches, it was already 8:05 pm! But the concert that followed made it worth the wait! It was a classic TMK’s concert every moment of which was absolute bliss!
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I am now at the Koothambalam auditorium in Kalakshetra all set to attend the first December Season concert of T.M.Krishna! The concert will start after some DVD launch programme (I really don’t remember the details of the DVD now!) at 6:30 pm. I hope the speeches get over soon.
Coming straight from office, it took me a good 20-min walk to reach here from the signal near Marundeeshwarar temple. Thanks to the intermittent heavy rain all through the day, the roads were bad and it was difficult walking on the slushy road. But the moment I entered Kalakshetra, I loved the peaceful atmosphere that welcomed me. 🙂 The road which the security directed me to take wasn’t the one used by vehicles. So there was absolute silence except for the sounds of the insects and the sounds of vehicles which was so low that it seemed to come from a far-away place. The pleasant weather, the water droplets falling from the trees, the serene atmosphere, everything in complete contrast to the bad roads, the maddening traffic and the noise in ECR, made me forget everything and set the mood to enjoy the music that is soon going to follow. The programme is about to begin! Cya later!
This is the first concert that TMK & Sangeetha are performing together. It seems yesterday was their wedding anniversary. Here’s wishing them a long musical life together! 🙂
Concert at Narada Gana Sabha (Bharat Sangeet Utsav) on 6th November, 2009
Accompanists:
Akkarai Subbulakshmi – Violin
Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam
B.S.Purushotham – Khanjira
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