Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2009

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:01

Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2009

Presented by Carnatica in association with Shri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
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Friday, Oct. 30th, 2009

Hotel Residency Towers, T. Nagar, Chennai - 17 (Special Invited Audience)

* 6.00 pm - 6.25 pm: Inauguration
* 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm: Curtain raiser: Shri. N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Shri. Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Patri
Shri. Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottam (Khanjira)
* 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm: Banquet

Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 4.45 pm - 5.00 pm: Lighting of kuttuvilakku
* 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Smt. Viji Krishnan Natarajan (Violin Duet), Guruvayur Shri. Dorai (Mridangam),
Vaikom Shri. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam), Srirangam Shri. Kannan (Morsing)
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Pt. Dharwad Venkatesh Kumar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmonium), Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)

Sunday, Nov. 1st, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 9.45 am - 10.45 am: C. Saraswathi Bai, First Lady Bhagavatar - Talk by Shri. Sriram V.
* 11.00 am - 12.30 pm: Concert - cum - Lecture on rakti ragas in Hindustani & Carnatic Music - Dr. Sriram Parasuram & Party
* 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Savita Narasimhan (Carnatic Vocal), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Shri.
Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
* 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Smt. Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian
(Mridangam), Shri. R. Raman (Morsing)
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Kariyavanai Mayavanai: Thematic dance presentation - Concept, Design & Narration: Gowri Ramnarayan; Dance:
Sheejith Krishna & Anjana Anand; Vocals: Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Monday, Nov. 2nd, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Shri. Pattabhiram Pandit (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. M. Nagaraj (Violin), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm - 6.45 pm: Smt. Gayathri Girish (Carnatic Vocal), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Shri. B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Shri. Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
* 7.00 pm - 9.15 pm: Shri. N. Vijay Siva (Carnatic Vocal), Lalgudi Smt. J. Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Shri. N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Amrutha Venkatesh (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Sikkil Shri. C. Gurucharan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. A. Sundaresan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Shri. K.
Sivaraman (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmoniuim), Shri. Viswanath Nakod (Tabla)

Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Shri. S. Saketaraman (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. M. R. Gopinath (Violin), Shri. K. V. Prasad (Mridangam)
* 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Smt. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar (Hindustani Vocal), Shri. Vyasmurtti Katti (Harmoniuim), Shri. Viswanath Nakod (Tabla)
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Sangita Upanyasam: Gajendra Moksham - Smt. Vishaka Hari, Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun
Ganesh (Mridangam)

Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 4.45 pm: Kum. Subhiksha Rangarajan (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Shri. S. J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Shri. Chandrajit (Tabla)
* 5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayatri (Carnatic Vocal), Kum. Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian
(Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
* 7.00 pm - 7.10 pm: Honouring Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod), Shri. Mithilesh Kumar Jha (Tabla)

Friday, Nov. 6th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 4.40 pm: Kum. K. Gayatri (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. S. P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Shri. B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
* 4.45 pm - 6.30 pm: Shri. S. Shashank (Flute), Mysore Shri. V. Srikanth (Violin), Parupalli Shri. Phalgun (Mridangam)
* 7.00 pm - 9.15 pm: Shri. T. M. Krishna & Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Carnatic Jugalbandi), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Poongulam
Shri. S. Subramanian (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottam (Khanjira)

Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.00 pm - 5.00 pm: Papanasam Shri. Ashok Ramani (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. B. U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Tiruvarur Shri. Bhaktavatsalam
(Mridangam), Shri. E. M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
* 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm: The Madras String Quartet
* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. D. K. Pattammal Memorial Concert: Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan & Kum. S. Lavanya (Carnatic
Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian (Mridangam), Trichy Shri. K. Murali (Ghatam)

Sunday, Nov. 8th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 10.30 am - 1.00 pm: Ragamalika: Vintage film melodies in classical ragas; Presented by Smt. Subhasree Tanikachalam
* 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm: Vainika-Gayaka: Neyveli Shri. R. Santhanagopalan & Smt. S. Sowmya (Vina Duet), Neyveli Shri. R. Narayanan
(Mridangam), Shri. N. Govindarajan (Ghatam)
* 7.15 pm - 9.30 pm: Malladi Brothers (Carnatic Vocal), Nagai Shri. R. Muralidharan (Violin), Mannargudi Shri. A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Shri.
T. V. Vasan (Ghatam)

Monday, Nov. 9th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 3.30 pm - 5.15 pm: Smt. Manasi Prasad (Carnatic Vocal), Shri. V. V. S. Murari (Violin), Trivandrum Shri. V. Balaji (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shri. Sankar (Khanjira)
* 5.30 pm - 6.15 pm: Valedictory Session
* 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm: Smt. Aruna Sairam (Carnatic Vocal), Smt. Padma Sankar (Violin), Shri. N. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), Shri. S.
V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Note:
1) This schedule is subject to changes.
2) Limited free seats available for all programmes, strictly on 'first-come-first-served' basis.
3) Those who require a confirmed seat for a particular programme or for the entire festival may avail donor passes or memberships, avbl at Narada Gana Sabha lobby or Samskriti Culture Shoppe (Jammi Bldng, 60, Royapettah High Rd, Mylapore, Chennai - 4) from Monday, Oct. 26th 2009. A limited number of invites for the curtain raiser concert will also be avbl.
4) Donor passes avbl for online purchase here: Carnatica Online Shopping
5) Donations are welcome and will help us sustain our activities and bring you more such events in the future! Thanks for your support!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:19

Wow - interesting lineup! The NSG-Sowmya veena duet sounds fascinating.

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:28

What a line-up of atists-concerts! Must be treat indeed for the chennai rasikas.

s_hari · Post by **s_hari** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:34

I was wondering why there is no announcement for this series yet! Nice to see few interesting combos like NSG-Sowmya veenai. It would be better if this thread is under music and festivals

-hari

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:35

Ramanathan,
What a rich fare it promises to be! Wish I were there.
Ravikiran and Anil, TMK and Sangeetha singing together, Sowmya and NSG on the vINA. Many younger artistes being accompanied by seniors!
Hope that many rasikAs hasten to hear the best, innovative and some interesting combination of musicians, savor it all and support the events.
All the best, organizer(s)

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 21 Oct 2009, 08:37

ramanathan
As usual the line up is impressive . I have been coming for the last few years for this utsav, holding it in narada ghana sabha is fine and best . But however the sound settings in this sabha is always not consistent , you may have to specifically work on this. Incidentally I am also happy to see madras string quartet there.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 21 Oct 2009, 17:51

Ramanathan - Impressive!! Wish I was able to do a 'beam me up Scotty'....

ramanathan wrote: * 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Kariyavanai Mayavanai: Thematic dance presentation - Concept, Design & Narration: Gowri Ramnarayan; Dance:
Sheejith Krishna & Anjana Anand; Vocals: Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Sounds very interesting...

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 21 Oct 2009, 18:32

M.S.Amma's 'vaDavaraiyai mattAkki' is ringing in my ears.

suma · Post by **suma** » 22 Oct 2009, 04:39

Excellent line up. All the best

kamavardhani · Post by **kamavardhani** » 24 Oct 2009, 09:43

Splendid lineup... will surely make it to a few programmes. All the best to the organizers!

GP296 · Post by **GP296** » 24 Oct 2009, 10:45

Agree with rajeshnat. There were issues with the sound system last time, in terms of inconsistent output etc.
Looking forward to the show!

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 27 Oct 2009, 13:24

Schedule updated with a few minor changes. Thanks folks, for the positive response to the lineup... hope to see many of you at the event

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 27 Oct 2009, 13:49

ramanathan wrote:
Saturday, Nov. 7th, 2009

Satguru Gnanananda Hall, Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

* 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm: The Madras String Quartet

ramanathan,
The members of the Madras String Quartet is given below(I hope they are the same).
1.V.S.Narasimhan - First Violinist of the string quartet.

2.Hemanthraj Muniyil - Second Violinist of the string quartet

3. B.J.Chandran.ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Â

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 27 Oct 2009, 13:51

ramanathan wrote: * 7.00 pm - 9.15 pm: Shri. T. M. Krishna & Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Carnatic Jugalbandi), Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Poongulam
Shri. S. Subramanian (Mridangam), Shri. B. S. Purushottam (Khanjira)

* 7.15 pm - 9.15 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. D. K. Pattammal Memorial Concert: Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan & Kum. S. Lavanya (Carnatic
Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Shri. Skandasubramanian (Mridangam), Trichy Shri. K. Murali (Ghatam)

* 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm: Vainika-Gayaka: Neyveli Shri. R. Santhanagopalan & Smt. S. Sowmya (Vina Duet), Neyveli Shri. R. Narayanan
(Mridangam), Shri. N. Govindarajan (Ghatam)

Tmk and sangeetha sivakumar + sowmya santhanagopalan veena will be interesting.

Who is S.Lavanya performing with nithyashree?

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 27 Oct 2009, 16:38

Great-granddaughter of Smt. DKP and Nithyasree's niece.

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 27 Oct 2009, 17:31

nivedita wrote:Great-granddaughter of Smt. DKP and Nithyasree's niece.

Is it a duet concert...or is she giving vocal support. How old would she be?

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 29 Oct 2009, 11:41

It will be a duet concert. I think Lavanya is about 20 years old.

Today's Hindu carries this report on BSU 2009: http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/29/stories ... 870200.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 29 Oct 2009, 21:01

Nice to see this, but one of the interesting programs did not get mentioned in this report: NSG and Sowmya's vInai recital.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 30 Oct 2009, 11:05

the Times of India has given a complete round-up too..

arasi, the neyveli-sowmya concert in the next weekend. so, it might be mentioned in the next week's friday paper.

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 31 Oct 2009, 09:57

BSU 2009 got off to a wonderful start yesterday with a great concert by Chitravina Ravikiran and Anil Srinivasan.

Report in The Hindu: http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories ... 230400.htm

Looking forward to seeing y'all at Narada Gana Sabha over the next ten days!

nivedita · Post by **nivedita** » 01 Nov 2009, 15:04

Great response so far at NGS. Thanks everyone

Carnatica has launched Mini Music Kiosks, through which you can download music directly onto your mobile memory cards or pen drives. You can buy Musikards priced at Rs. 50, Rs. 125 and Rs. 200, scratch them and use the serial number to download albums from our vast collection.

Rs. 50 = 1 album
Rs. 125 = 3 albums
Rs. 200 = 5 albums

The Mini Music Kiosks have been placed in the lobby of Narada Gana Sabha, just near the entrance.

Looking forward to your feedback!

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 01 Nov 2009, 19:06

The organisers are quite innovative; really appreciate their efforts in taking CM to the masses. The place to be in now,is CHENNAI.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 01 Nov 2009, 20:06

Excellent to hear about the good response. How was TNK's concert?

priyaram78 · Post by **priyaram78** » 01 Nov 2009, 20:31

"The place to be in now,is CHENNAI".

This is the first time in my life when I would be able to attend the concerts during the december music season in Chennai this year. I hope to attend atleast a few concerts and enjoy the divine music.

uday_shankar · Post by **uday_shankar** » 02 Nov 2009, 05:41

I attended a concert yesterday and I was surprised by the excellent quality of the audio - definitely very professional and none of the proverbial Madras sabha ear shatterting decibel levels.

One amazing concert that I already missed is that of Venkatesh Kumar. One must thank Coolkarni for being an evangelist for this superb artist.

Now it sucks that I have to leave town tomorrow missing all other concerts.

Added bonus: Ram or Shashikiran's introductions and speeches before and after concerts are short and sweet.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 02 Nov 2009, 08:36

Thanks for the compliments, Uday!

I must echo your word of appreciation to Coolji... Venkatesh Kumar's was a mind-blowing concert. I was bowled by his vocal power and range.

Re: audio system, we must thank our friends Subhasree, Manimaran & Sivakumar at Maximum Media (of Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam fame) as well as my sound engineer friend Mr. Venkatesan (of Madhuranadam Trust).

@bilahari, re: TNK Mama's concert - that priceless opening moment when the bow touched the strings and produced the first notes of Bhairavi was worth all the hassles and headaches of putting together this event. Of course Mama went on to give us a sumptuous feast comprising Ravichandrika, Kharaharapriya, Sankarabharanam and his trademark Surutti, but I'll always cherish that magical opening moment

appu · Post by **appu** » 03 Nov 2009, 10:11

Ramanathan, Please give a detailed review of TNK's concert. Looking forward to it.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 15 Nov 2009, 10:31

Pictures from BSU 09: Click Here

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 15 Nov 2009, 11:03

Thank you for those excellent photos, ramanathan! I don't see any photos of the NSG-Sowmya concert, unfortunately.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 15 Nov 2009, 11:12

I have put up whatever has been received so far from the photographer... waiting for the rest and will upload, soon as I get them

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Nov 2009, 22:35

ramanathan wrote:Pictures from BSU 09

In the second album marked bsu09, I see there are so many photos almost every artist is taken so many photographs ,reminds me of the antha kAlathu marriage photos where you see in every page so many overlapping photographs. In any case photos look nice .

I was also searching the 7th row audience of your residency hotel inaugural concert , could not find any snake charmers or cow boys there

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 15 Nov 2009, 22:56

Rajesh,
Did you find anyone in a lion's mask or in the old chinese leader's mask?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Nov 2009, 23:33

Nice pictures!
Is harimau there

cacm · Post by **cacm** » 16 Nov 2009, 00:49

Dear Ramanathan,
EXCELLENT pics! thanks. You have literally brought the UTSAV to us. VKV

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 16 Nov 2009, 02:38

Dear shri Ramanathan avl,
very nice photographs. Many thanks.
Thanjavooran

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 16 Nov 2009, 03:34

Nice pictures; thank you Shri Ramanathan.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Nov 2009, 06:34

Sri Ramanathan - Great pics and even greater patience up-loading all of them! Thank you! Can I be greedy and ask for captions?? I was able to recognize some, but not all the artists.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 16 Nov 2009, 11:48

Your pictures are always a treat.

ramanathan · Post by **ramanathan** » 16 Nov 2009, 19:08

Well, thanks folks! However, in this case the credit should go to the photographer Chella Vaidyanathan and his team...

@bilahari: I have uploaded more pics today, incl from the NSG-Sowmya concert.