AIR CONCERTS

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 08 Feb 2015, 10:11

Chennai A broadcast a concert of V V Sadagopan today in the Sunday morning 'Isaipettagam' programme to mark the birth Centenary year of the great Vidwan. The kritis were Goudamalhar(Saraasamukhi), Anandabhairavi(Maanasaguruguha), Saveri(Durusuga) and an own composition in Kaanada.
Viiolin: lalgudi & Mridangam Vellore Ramahadran.

a memorable tribute to the Vidwan (whose end is shrouded in mystery).

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 09 Feb 2015, 12:41

Today Morning, there was the good concert of Unnikrishnan. He started with Gajananayutham, Siva siva enarada, then Brindavanalola-Thodi of Thyagaraja and the main was Kaakka unakkirakkam illaya in KHP. The concert was very good except that the beginning phrases of Thodi suggested Hindolam.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 14 Feb 2015, 12:59

Today morning, the concert of Gayathri Venkatraghavan was very enjoyable- all tamil kritis- a prelude to the Sivarathri Music festival. Started with Ganapathi thalai- Natai of Subramania Bharathi, Andavane in Shanmugapriya, Orarumugane- Reethigowla of Neelakanta Sivan and Kana kannkoti vendum Main.

Last Sivarathri, there were many webcasts. This year, Parivadini being not very active in Chennai, webcasts seems to be very remote possibility.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 19 Feb 2015, 11:15

Yesterday 9.30 p.m madras-A,the mandolin concert of U.rAjEsh accompanied by VVSrao and KAP was satisfactory.abhOgi varnam,vinAyakA ninuvinA,sub main chandrajyOti - bAgAyanayya and main kkpriya-pakkalaneelapadi were satisfactorily rendered.the svaram section of the sub main was very engaging.the accompanists did a good job esp.KAP.

Today 8.45 a.m the vocal concert of bhArati rAmasubban accompanied by MAK and pApanAsam kumAr was good.there was a kriti in Anandabhairavi and bilahari the sub min -sribAlashbhramanyAya and main tOdi - dAsukOvalEna were rendered nicely.there were occasional slips though.mak's replies were good so as PK's playing .

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 19 Feb 2015, 11:47

ganeshkant wrote:Yesterday 9.30 p.m madras-A,the mandolin concert of U.rAjEsh accompanied by VVSrao and KAP was satisfactory.

Was it Rajesh or UP Raju. TVG has uploaded the concert in SP and mentioned as UPRaju.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 20 Feb 2015, 06:43

Sorry for the error.It was U.P.rAju only.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 20 Feb 2015, 18:25

Today madras- A the nAgaswaram concert of seshampatti sivalingam was good.vallabhanAyakasya,aadikkondAr and the main was a song in keeravANI a composition of muthuthAndaavr I believe which had a rAgamAlika in the svaram section of sAvEri,mOhanam and Anandabhairavi.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 01 Mar 2015, 10:28

Just heard the concert of Chidambaram S Jayaraman (CSJayaraman) in the Isaipettagam of AIR Madras A. A play back singer of 40s-50s. Remember his song in Sampoorna Ramayanam- Kaalayil paadum ragam. EXcellent FULL BENCH concert- All tamil songs- in the ragams Karaharapiya, Valaji and Kalyani. All unfamiliar songs. In the Kalyani song, there was a line Rangangal Maari maari- He sang this line in more than ten ragams- a mini neraval in each ragam.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 01 Mar 2015, 12:14

Can i get the recording from any fellow forumites of the CSJ isapettagam that crama has mentioned. I wanted to listen to ragangal maari maari

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 01 Mar 2015, 20:36

Rajesh. The above concert is available in Sangeethapriya. I copied that concert and am giving below the link for the song in Kalyani- Singara chuvai tarum. Enjoy

https://www.sendspace.com/file/54gp6b

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 02 Mar 2015, 08:44

Crama,
Thank you , the earliest i heard of CS jayaraman was that song ka ka ka in parashakthi. Voice throw is great . The act of singing a neraval in quick succession in ragamaliga is very very rare- heard once or twice in live concerts . Requires extraordinary mastery and CSJ did that in ragangal maari maari, though not every raga that he sang was clean.Curiously the raga IN AIR was announced with the full name not short name kalyani, the announcer called with full name as mecha kalyani.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 02 Mar 2015, 10:22

Yesterday in NP, there was the concert of Dr.RNSrilatha who belongs to the Rudrapatnam lineage. She sang Brihannayaki-Andhali, Emani ne mahima-Mukhari, Anandamaya maname-Jothiswaroopini (Main), a devarnama in Brindavanasaranga and Javali in Behag. A very good concert.

Today morning, V.Bharatkumar sang very well. We have already discussed about this upcoming musician- Son and disciple of Suguna Varadachary. Has also learnt from Sanjay. This week the concert starts at 9 AM only. I could hear only Jayajaya Padmanabha in Sarasangi and Paramakripasagari in Yadukulakambodi of GNB. He sang very well. I should hear more of his concert.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 14 Mar 2015, 10:13

Yesterday night Madras A featured the concert of Bhairavi and Malavi. Started with Padmavathy Ramanam, RTP in Mukhari (Main piece), Bhooloka Kumari He Amritanari of Bharatiyar in Brindavani (TNS has tuned this in Amritavarshini), Thirupugazh, Slokam and Jagadeesa Pancha (Nadanamakriya). It was an excellent concert. Very rarely somebody chooses Mukhari for RTP and it was done full justice. The entire concert had an old world charm- pure carnatic music. I do not know who is their Guru. I have heard them in many radio programmes, but they are not seen in the front row of female musicians of today.

Today morning 9 AM in Podhigai TV, there was the flute of Anantaram from Andhra. Excellent concert with Brovabharama, Seshachalanayakam and Chetulara. Violin by Dwarm Satyanarayana lifted the concert considerably.

SabashBale · Post by **SabashBale** » 14 Mar 2015, 19:31

I happenned to talk to them briefly after their BVB mini hall concert during the december season (that was a great concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umm80DMn1ZU). Apparently they learn from Ms. Suguna Varadachary.

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 14 Mar 2015, 21:33

It would be nice if SOMEONE records these wonderful concerts. VVS used to do this but I suspect with all that is going on with Cleveland Festival ALL HIS EQUIPMENT & TIME I KNOW is occupied with thaat. Its nice to REVIEW what was presented BUT I fgeel its more Valuable to RECORD them for posterity. Unfortunately I am half a world away. VKV

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 15 Mar 2015, 11:25

cacm wrote:It would be nice if SOMEONE records these wonderful concerts. VKV

Sri T V Gopalarishnan not only records them but uploads them to http://www.sangeethapriya.org.

This particular concert has already been uploaded by him on that website.

He also records and uploads videos of broadcasts by Podhigai-TV as well as other TV stations.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 15 Mar 2015, 19:23

AIR TAMIL (TV Audio) broadcasts some CM concerts like Sanjay 2 days back. Any idea of the timings?

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 16 Mar 2015, 17:16

AIR Madras A broadcasts carnatic music regularly at 8.45 AM. Details given in one of the earlier posts. inthis thread. A couple of days back, there was the concert of Sanjay Subramaniam. I missed it.

Today morning there was the concert of Kunnakudi BMK. Of late, I have been observing problems in his voice and I felt sad at his voice problems at such an early age. But today, his voice was in good form and the concert was good. He sang Eera na pai varnam, Mamava Karunaya in Shanmugapriya Majanaki as Main.

Yesterday in Isaipettagam, there was the concert of Dr.SRamanathan with Lalgudi GJRK and Thanjore Ramadas. It has been repeated umpteen number of times. Why AIR do not have any other concert of this great master. Neverthless the concert is a classy one -Devagandhari (Samikisari of Walajapet), Kamalamba samrakshatumam, Sree Kumaranagaralaye and Evvarre Ramayya.

On Saturday night in the NP, there was the Veena concert of Bonala Sankara Prakash. I have heard him in Veena festivals and he had always impressed me. IN this concert it was Brovabharama, Dunmargachara Kalikiyunte,and BMK's gatibhedapriya thillana starting in Kalyani. It was an excellent concert.

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 16 Mar 2015, 17:45

Thanks.

jodha · Post by **jodha** » 16 Mar 2015, 18:46

Sanjay sang very well accompanied by Dr.Narmadha and maadhirimangalam Swaminathan.in fact his sahaana aalapanai was broadcast twice.last month raganatha sarma's concert was broadcast twice (a particular item)thanks to sleeping AIR.he sang an invocation song in gowlai,a kriti in sahana as submain,mohanam main narayana of PS and theerthakarayinile in bageshri ?.narmadha & madhirimangalam excelled.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 17 Mar 2015, 10:13

Today morning P.Ganesh rendered a vey good Chitraveena. Started with A kriti on Ganapathi of Ravikiran in Varali, Parvati ninnu (Kalgada), Rama daya joodave and Anudinamu as Main.

Meera · Post by **Meera** » 17 Mar 2015, 10:42

P.G's chiraveenai concert today was v.g.dhanyaasi was melting.the last item was in praacheena hamsanaadham with shatshruthidhaivatham as per my friend is bit a rare now a days.MAS & NBV accompanied very well.

varsha · Post by **varsha** » 18 Mar 2015, 19:19

I was organising my recordings of 2014 sangeeth sammelan and this one made me stop and think.CM is in safe hands

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vx6dx52 ... -Flute.MP3

A skilful, tasteful concert,

pbk · Post by **pbk** » 21 Mar 2015, 12:42

Tomorrow's National Programme of Music rasikas can listen to Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Alamelu Mani at 9.30 pm

jodha · Post by **jodha** » 23 Mar 2015, 15:50

Sunday - 22/03 madras - A isaipettagam ,Musiri's concert was excellent to tell the least.LGJ & Dr.TS made the concert memorable.todi,janaranjani and bhairavi,each a gem.

Smt.Alamelu Mani sang well accompanied by S.V.Ramachandran & Rajesh Srinivasan who did their jobs commendably.the sub main varali (maamava meenakshi) and main shankarabharanam (shankaracharyam) were rendered with a lot of bhavam and old world charm existed throughout.

Shreyas Narayanan's concert today morning was good accompanied by VVR/ASRanganathan he sang sowmithribhagyame in kharaharapriya as main.the sub main was jalandhara in valaji and mamava meenakshi in varali also can be told as sub main.he has a very manly voice.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 28 Mar 2015, 12:22

Yesterday 27/03 madras - A 9.30 p.m the concert of chinmaya sisters was very good beautifully supported by kumbakonam.MRG & n.rAmakrishnan ( nephew and son in law of THV).they sang gamgaNapatE with svarams,gnanamOsagaradA (sub main) and krupayApAlaya (main) and dEsamuthumAri of bhArati in sindhubhairavi.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 29 Mar 2015, 16:26

Today morning in the Isaipettagam, there was a very good concert of DKP with Lalitha Svakumar, Usha Rajagopalan, I.Sivakumar and THSubashchandran. Songs- Mamava satatam (Jaganmohini, Tyagaraja), Talli ninnu nera, Ika nannu brova(Bhairavi, Pallavi Seshayya) and Kaanaamal veene (Neelambari, Muthuthandavar). Ika nannu brova- Hyd Bros also have sung this in the exact patantharam.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 30 Mar 2015, 18:50

S.P.rAmh sang very well in madras- A today supported ably by UR/R.vittal/H.sivarAmakrishnan.vENugAnaloluni with svarams,sub mail latAngi - piravAvaram tArum ,main tOdi - ninnenamminAnu and kAkkaisirahinilE in rAgamAlikai.he sang "theekkuL viral...." instead of viralai.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 31 Mar 2015, 10:05

Today Usha Padmanabhan sang in the 8.45 AM slot. She sang the typical TRS patam. the swaras, neravals all belong to unique TRS style. The songs Shadanane, Sambho Mahadeva (Panthuvarali, a tamil song in Dhanyasi and Giripai. For Sambho Mahadeva she did elaborate neraval at Sambho Mahadeva Saranagata jana rakshaka and sang swaras at Saranagata jana rakshaka. Very good concert.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 01 Apr 2015, 11:54

ushA padmanAbhan sang very well and the tamizh song was bharati's ethanaikOtiinbam vaithAi engal iraivA...

Today's broadcast had KVN/VVR/UKS.main was nine nammi in tOdi -rupakam of T.annapoorne ,sAma and there were 2 more kritis one of which was ST's in yadukula kAmbOdi.a classic one.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 01 Apr 2015, 20:15

Today is KVN Remembrance day. The Yadukulakambodi of ST must be Mohanamayitava.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 02 Apr 2015, 11:28

yesterday 01/04 9.30 p.m SumitrA nitin gave a satisfying concert supported by meerA on violin.the sub main was a MV kriti in ranjani and main was manasusvAdheenamaina.she too sang a bhArati song - kANinilam vEndum in rAgamAlikai.

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 04 Apr 2015, 11:04

Today (4 April morning slot) Chennai A broadcast TV Sankaranarayanan's concert featuring Pavanaatmaja(Naata), Raamaabhiraama(Durbar), Aandavaney (Shanmukhapriya),Maa Janaki (kamboji) and a Viruttam(hamsanandi). Good. Sanjeev on violin and KV Prasad-Mridangam.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 04 Apr 2015, 12:24

What a superb concert it was (TVS) !the grandeur of shanmukhapriyA and kAmbOdi brought forth with elan.Hearing sanjeev for the first time with TVS.played very nicely.Another stupendous TVS concert.He also sang pArukkuLLe nalla nAdu in jOnpuri.

Yesterday night broadcast had G.S.Mani/VVR/RsankaranArayaNan.I heard only the main keeravANi and a bhArati song in bAgEsri.It was good.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 04 Apr 2015, 14:34

ganeshkant wrote:yesterday 01/04 9.30 p.m SumitrA nitin gave a satisfying concert supported by meerA on violin.the sub main was a MV kriti in ranjani and main was manasusvAdheenamaina.she too sang a bhArati song - kANinilam vEndum in rAgamAlikai.

It was not Sumithra Nitin- It was Sumithra Vasudev.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 04 Apr 2015, 14:49

Yes,it was sumitrA vAsudEv .Thanks CRama for pointing out.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 06 Apr 2015, 09:48

Saturday night in the NP, there was the violin duet of Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath. They have been criticised in this forum for their high decibel in live concerts. But this being the radio concert, it has been well balanced. Raramainti daka, Mariveredik evvaro (A very long Lathangi) and RTP in Kambodi . Excellent concert.

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 09 Apr 2015, 10:59

CRama wrote:Today Usha Padmanabhan sang in the 8.45 AM slot. She sang the typical TRS patam. the swaras, neravals all belong to unique TRS style. The songs Shadanane, Sambho Mahadeva (Panthuvarali, a tamil song in Dhanyasi and Giripai. For Sambho Mahadeva she did elaborate neraval at Sambho Mahadeva Saranagata jana rakshaka and sang swaras at Saranagata jana rakshaka. Very good concert.

Smt Usha Padmanabhan is not a disciple of TRS and she doesn't belong to TRS school. She learnt from Nanganallur Shri Ramanathan and later came under Sangita Kalanidhi Dr R Vedavalli. Just for Info.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 18 Apr 2015, 16:45

Yesterday night 9.30 p.m in madras-A broadcast , an excellent concert by OST supported by nAgai srirAm,tvr bhaktA and h.sivaramakrishnan.the opening no.vinatAsutavA in jayantasEna was lively with sarvalaghu svarams typical of SSI,anurAgamulEni,sankarisankuru with n&S and main mOhanam nannupAlimpa (a grand presentation with srirAm also giving his best) and kAkkaisirahinilE in brindAvani.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 20 Apr 2015, 18:01

Just listened to j.a.jayant's flute concert in fm-gold.sub main sunAdavinOdini was superb and the kriti dEvAdi dEvA was rendered soulfully conveying the meaning of the song.the main tOdi-kArtikEya was also good.he is concluding with a jAvaLi in behAg.he was ably supported by VVSrinivasa rao,UmAli and adam.sankar.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 23 Apr 2015, 12:57

Dr.Salem gAyatri VenkatEsan gave a satisfactory performance in her today's madras-A concert supported by poorNA vaidhy,nellai kaNNan and venkatramaNaN.started with a hameer kalyANi varnam she sang a good bhairavi followed by OdibArayyA with svarams,kalAvati of MD and main kalyANi -nidhichAlasukhamA.last item was in dEsh.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Apr 2015, 20:15

Ganeshkant,CRama,
Coming to this thread after a while. You get many mini concerts the old fashioned way (the only means by which we heard most of our music in our growing up days!).

You seem to have more than one AIR station and so have many performers featured. That Mysuru Bros concert, I would love to hear--in the way they used to play in their concerts.

I think many concerts are pre-recorded? For instance, Nagai Sriram is still touring NA. Are only a few concerts live broadcasts?

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 25 Apr 2015, 19:12

Today morning madras-A featured the concert of mangaLam sankar supported by VLK/RVITTAL/HSRK.a very nice straight concert without any frills.ErAnApai,sub main sriranjani-sogasukhA mridanga tALamu,dEvibrOva-chintAmani and main kalyANi -bhajarEchitha were all presented well.v.g.support by accompanists.

arasi,almost all concerts of AIR are pre-recorded.But sometimes the concerts in FM-gold are broadcast live.Also during dec.season there are live broadcasts of sabha concerts.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 25 Apr 2015, 20:31

Ganeshkant, Thanks for your brief review. The thodi varnam was not Eranapai. It was Sami ninne kori.

Today, in the 9AM slot in Podhigai TV, there was the excellent Veena concert of Prof. Visweswaran of Mysore. Himself being a composer he played two of his compositions elaborately- Hemavathi and Charukesi. A vidwan of great accomplishments, his concert is very rare to come across. His Veena itsef is unique. It is slightly bigger -with a big kudam and the yali turned upwards.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 25 Apr 2015, 22:45

Hearing a very good Nagaswaram concert in the NP- Turavur Narayana Panicker from Kerala. The name is familiar to me. But I might have heard him thirty years back. Vallabha nayagasya, Bagayanayya, a very elaborate Enduku peddala with ragamalika swarams and Visweswar . Thanks to AIR for featuring him in the NP so that people outside Kerala will also know about him and get a chance to hear his wonderful music. Nagaswaram and Veena thrive mainly because of the patronage of AIR. Long live the Prasar Bharathi.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 26 Apr 2015, 19:41

Today Fm-gold 5 p.m featured an excellent concert of bharat sundar accompanied by MSAK/POONGULAM.sub main varALi-ss kriti,intanuchu varnimpataramA,a rare composition of T in very rarely heard gundakriyA with svarams and main an exquisite kAmbOdi-tiruvadicharanam.concluded with bharati's song in rAgamAlikai.the accompanists gave v.g.support.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 27 Apr 2015, 13:32

CRama wrote:
Today, in the 9AM slot in Podhigai TV, there was the excellent Veena concert of Prof. Visweswaran of Mysore. Himself being a composer he played two of his compositions elaborately- Hemavathi and Charukesi. A vidwan of great accomplishments, his concert is very rare to come across. His Veena itsef is unique. It is slightly bigger -with a big kudam and the yali turned upwards.

Crama,

Nice that you reviewed Prof. Visweswaran's concert. I am a big fan, and loved his excellent treatment of Dhenuka, followed by teliyalEru. hariyuvatIM in simhArava [cognate of hemavati] had a nice sedate pace, and was marked by sAhitya mITTu-s. However I couldn't discern the AlApana as being particularly distinct from hemavati. The simhAravam Ihave learnt has a few vakra elements that bring to mind the rAga cintAmaNi.

His veeNa, like you pointed out is unique, and he had it made to order from a certain Rudrappa of Mysore, who in Prof. V's own words can be called 'a cakravarti of vINA craftsmen'. Rudrappa's name is still spoken of with awe amongst vainikas and instrument makers in Karnataka.

I cherish one rainy afternoon, when Ramki (vainika in the forum) and I heard the good Prof play an hour long begada and a 1.5 hour long sahana for an audience of two. And another 3 hour concert in a temple, wherein he played a saurASTra, nAyaki and bEgaDa , and three hours had passed. And once at the Essae foundation, when his ' VaiSNava janato' was as memorable as his moving mukhAri; so much so that Vid Neela Ramgopal wrote in the next issue of Sruti magazine, that he deserved the Sangeeta Kalanidhi.

A rare musician, and a very good vAggEyakAra. His songs in rasAli, sAranga, janaranjani and pADi are all beautiful in sAhitya as well as musical meTTu.

CRama · Post by **CRama** » 27 Apr 2015, 14:19

Keerthi, Glad that you appreciated my brief review of Prof Visweswaran's concert. Thanks.

In fact, I came to know about his vidwath after my leaving Bangalore. Hence I missed his live concerts in Bangalore- which was also not that frequent when I was there. After getting to know about him, I purchased two Sangeetha casettes- in which he played four ragams- each for 30 mts. Nayaki, Devganadhari, Ahiri and Yadukulakamblodi (not sure), That was really mesmerising. I do have them even now. A reference point for these rakthi ragams.

Coming to that TV programme, I coiuld not listen with intense as there were many guests at home. I could not even identify as Hariyuvathim and I missed the opening number of Denuka. TVG has uploaded the entire cocnert in Sangeethapriya. I will download. Another uniqueness of that concert- there was no contact mike. It was pure nadam of the veena which is rarely heard nowadays. Even without contact mike there was enough amplification. But his concerts are very rare in Chennai. I have not seen any info about his concert in the last six years in Chennai. Whenever I get an opportunity in Chennai, I will listen to his concert positively.

harimau · Post by **harimau** » 27 Apr 2015, 15:00

arasi wrote:Ganeshkant,CRama,
I think many concerts are pre-recorded? For instance, Nagai Sriram is still touring NA. Are only a few concerts live broadcasts?

Most concerts are recorded -- each instrument on a separate track, thus the name MTR Auditorium (multi-track auditorium) -- processed for balancing the mics, volume normalised, and then broadcast within a month.

Musicians who are unfamiliar with AIR's work ethics are suckered into playing live concerts. It is not unusual to see the mridangist or violinist arrive two minutes before the concert start and then try to tune his instrument. That could easily cause heartburn if not heart attack for the main artist. After a couple of such incidents, the main artist learns to refuse to perform for a live broadcast.

The Isai Saaral programs on Friday afternoons were digitally recorded before a live audience. One could see the recording technicians signal to the artists on stage. In the video broadcast on Podhigai-TV, all of that would be edited out so the program would be reasonably smooth.

The audio only broadcasts by AIR is based on a single take. Any mistakes in the concert are not corrected. Thus you do get the experience of a live program, warts and all.

ganeshkant · Post by **ganeshkant** » 27 Apr 2015, 18:22

So,for a change it was a 1972 concert of MDR/LGJ/PMI in madras-A today morning.no need to say it was an aural treat.AnandanatanaprakAsam with n,s and a bit fast paced aparAdamulannu,latAngi and main giripai.We all really miss those veterans.hope AIR bothers a little bit to broadcast such concerts in the coming days.