Category Archives: Carnatic Music

Sandeep Narayan’s Concert

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On 27th November at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall

Accompanists:
Ananthakrishnan – Violin
B.Ganapathyraman – Mrudangam
Venkitaramanan – Khanjira

Concert Duration: 2 hrs

List of Songs:
1. varnam – sAvEri – swarams at dani
2. brOcEvA – khamAs – AlApana; neraval and swarams at Aturamukha
3. eppaDi manam – husEni
4. Sankari – bEgaDA – AlApana; swarams at ciTTa swarams
5. pArvati nAyakanE – SaNmukhapriyA – AlApana; neraval & swarams ay nI maravAdenaiyAL jagadIsA
tani Avartanam
6. rInA madanuta – behAg – rAgA outline
7. tillAnA – nirOSTA – 1 min AlApana
8. nI nAma rUpamulaku – sowrASTram

A good concert overall. I liked the entire bEgaDA piece and khamAs AlApanai the most.

Ratipatipriya

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Isn’t there something mesmerizing about this raagam? I just now finished listening to a very beautiful AlApanai of ratipatipriya by Embar Kannan in the concert of Ghatam Karthick’s ‘Heart Beat’ team which is being live webcast here.

Sanjay’s Concerts!!!

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On 23rd June at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Organized by Shri Maharajapuram Rasikas Trust)

Just like last year, this year too I missed 3 consecutive concerts of Sanjay and the last concert of Sanjay that I went for was in January! And what made attending this concert all the more exciting was that I came to know about this concert just a couple of hours before the concert was to start!!

Accompanists:
Nagai Muralidharan – Violin
Srimushnam Raja Rao – Mridangam

Concert Duration: 2 hrs 15 min
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Music Matters

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Music Matters – That was the name given to the chat between Nirmala Lakshman, joint editor of ‘The Hindu’ & T.M.Krishna was held on April 29th at Full Circle, Chamiers. This was organized by ‘The Hindu’. Here are some of the topics that were covered in the programme.
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MSG on Nada Neerajanam

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On 20th April live telecast on TTD’s TV channel (SVBC)

M.S.Gopalakrishnan, Dr. Narmadha & Suresh – Violin
B.Ganapathyraman – Mridangam

Concert Duration: 1.5 hrs

1. Maha Ganapatim – Nattai – Swarams at Maha Ganapatim
2. Terateeyagara ra – Gowlipantu
3. Sakalagraha – Atana – Alapana by Narmadha
4. Sitamma – Vasanta – Alapana by Suresh
5. Venkatashaila – Hamir Kalyani – Alapana by MSG – tani Avartanam
6. Sriman Narayana – Bowli
7. Yare rangana – Hindolam – Alapana by Narmadha

Finally there is a TV channel which shows a Carnatic music concert everyday. 🙂 And that too live concerts.

It has been quite a long time since I went to MSG’s concerts and I was happy to see this concert being telecast. Though just for 1.5 hrs, this concert was an absolutely satisfying one! I liked the selection of ragas. The short Atana alapana that Narmadha played was one of the loveliest Atanas I have ever listened to! That and the Hamir Kalyani alapana by MSG, though only for a few minutes, were the best parts of the concert to me.

It can’t get better than this!

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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!