Sahana RTP!!!

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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.

Gayathri Girish’s & Carnatica Brothers’ Concerts

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Gayathri Girish’s Concert
At Margazhi Mahotsavam on 4th December

Accompanists:
V.V.S.Murari – Violin
R.Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam

Concert Duration: 1.5 hrs? (I missed the first 40 minutes of the concert)

List of Songs: (Incomplete)
1. mInAkshI mEmudam – pUrvi kalyANi – AlApana; neraval & swarams at madurApuri nilayE
2. irakkam varAmal – bEhAg – rAgA outline
3. ya gOpi? (viruttam); praviSa rAdhE (Jayadeva ashTapadi) – misra sivaranjani
4. tillAnA – sindhu bhairavi

I didn’t find anything impressive in this concert.
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T.M.Krishna’s Concert

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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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