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The month of music!

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Ok I didn’t write the customary ‘Season is here’ post this year and I know I have been doing grave injustice to the blissful music in which I have been drowning in all through this best month of the year for any Carnatic music lover, by not writing about it here. So at least before this month (and the year itself!) ends, I thought I will do short write-ups on all the December Season concerts of Sanjay (and others too, if possible) so far. Posts coming up right away!

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.