Aparna’s Blog

Accompanists:
R.K.Shriramkumar – Violin
T.V.Vasan – Mridangam
Anirudh Athreya – Khanjira

Where & When? – CLT, IIT Madras on 11th August

Songs list (partial):
1. Varnam – Kalyani – Adi – Swarams
2. Vinata suta – Jayantasena – Swarams at mata badha
3. ninnu sevinchina – Yadukula kambhoji – Alapana, neraval at Kanakangi
4. Brovaradha sri – Varunapriya – Raaga outline
5. Upacharamulanu – Bhairavi – Alapana, neraval & swarams at kapata nataka
6. Veenabheri – Abheri (the supposedly correct Abheri ) – Raaga outline
7. Raagam Taanam Pallavi – Nattai (had to leave just as the tanam started)
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
S.Varadarajan – Violin
Tanjavur Ramdoss – Mridangam
K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Khanjira

Where & When? – Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium (Kalpa Druma Arts & Artists Festival) on 9th August

Concert Duration: 2.5 hrs

Songs List:
1. chalamu seya - Hindolam
2. Yochana - Darbar - Swarams at Yochana
3. Dehi tavapada - Sahana - Alapana
4. Akshayalinga vibho - Sankarabharanam - Alapana, neraval & swarams at Badari vanamula nayikAsahita (Elaborate piece)
5. Sivakama Sundari - Mukhari (Started with the anupallavi, bhavaroga)
6. ardhanAreeswaram - Kumudakriya - Alapana, Swarams
7. Saravanabhava - Madhyamavati - Alapana, Swarams at Saravanabhava - Tani Avartanam
8. oorile kaaNi (viruttam) followed by Karpooram naarumo - Khamas
9. Ghanta maNi - Kanada - Raaga outline
10. aaDum mayilaai (viruttam) followed by Kalpakambikai - Behag
11. Maavalla gadhama - Maand
12. orumai uDan - Kapi
13. Mangalam - Sowrashtram
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Sangeetha swarangaL from the movie ‘Azhagan’- This song sung so beautifully by SPB and Sandhya (came to know her name from Google search only. What other songs has she sung?) is one of my all-time favourites! More than remembering since when I started loving this song as much as I do now, the one thing that I will always remember about this song is watching this song on TV when I was a kid and wondering what on earth will two people have to talk about all night! Besides, I used to like the Doordarshan music and I used to watch this song just for listening to it!
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As I saw cotton candy-like clouds adorning the evening sky, making it a treat for the eyes, I got reminded of one of my favourite songs, megamae megamae from the movie, Vaanam Vasappadum and the entire bus journey (Oh yeah. This is yet another post on what I did while travelling by bus ) had me humming this song to myself. I remembered that it had been really long since I last watched/listened to the song and here I am now, happily listening to it for the past one hour. I love all the songs in Vaanam Vasappadum. This is one of the few non-ARR albums that I have bought. I like the picturization of the songs too. I am now going to listen to other songs from this movie. Meanwhile, you enjoy watching this song here. (Couldn’t find a better quality video)

Hey All! Good Morning!

Having had to read quite a few times about me being bored, I guess it would be a good change for you to read that it has been more than a week since my boredom went away! So how did I beat the boredom? All I did was a little introspection/retrospection/whatever and before I knew it, I was out of boredom! Rather, boredom was out of me.
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Yes! Today was a Monday when I didn’t have the Monday morning blues at all! Thanks to A.R.Rahman & Reetigowlai! Started the day listening to ‘Sakkarakatti’ songs! Liked all the songs the first time itself! More on the songs later. The other song that I have been listening to the whole of today is the song that seems to everyone’s current favourite - ‘kaNgaL iraNDAl’ from ‘Subramaniapuram’. This is one of the most beautiful Reetigowlais ! Can’t stop humming the song!

No this post is not about this month but about the song ‘July Maadham‘, which I am listening to on repeat mode now.
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