Kalpakam Swaminathan Birthday Remembrance

[rbharath]

Kalpakam Swaminathan Birthday Remembrance concerts were organised at Raga Sudha, under the auspices of Nada Inbam, on 14th August 2011.

The following 2 programmes were organised:


L Ramakrishnan - R Ramkumar

Nada Inbam, Kalpakam Swaminathan Birthday remembrance
14 Aug 2011, 5:30 pm

valaci valaci - hindOLa vasantam - rUpakam - Ramaswamy Dikshitar
hastivadanAya - navarOj - misra cApu - MD
srI nIlOtpala nAyikE - nArI rItigauLa - MD (R)
vEnkaTa saila vihArA - hamIr kalyANi - Adi - Subbaraya Sastri (RtNST)
mahAlakshmi - mAdava manOhari - Adi - MD
siddIsvarAya namastE - nIlAmbari - misra cApu - MD


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S R Janakiraman, Nada Inbam
S R Janakiraman - R K Shriram Kumar - K Arun Prakash

Nada Inbam, Kalpakam Swaminathan Remembrance Concert
14th Aug 2011. 6:45 pm

mahAganapatE - naTanArAyaNi - MD
bhArati maddishAsana - dEvamanOhari - MD (sketch S)
srI sarasvati hitE - mAnji - MD
abhayAmbA - kalyANi - Adi - MD (RS)
krishNAnanda - gauLipantu - MD
inkevarunnAru - sahAnA - Adi - Annaswamy Sastri (RST)
purahara nandana - ham vIru - Adi - MD

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It was a nostalgic evening that one remembered mami all thro' the evening.

[rshankar]

Bharath, What a wonderful tribute! Thanks for the brief report. I think all of the compositions were polished by Smt. KS.

L. Ramakrishnan is our vainika, and the mRdangist is our Ram, right?
It has been ages since I heard the mAdhava manOhari kRti - the pallavi (mahAlakshmi karuNArasalahari, mAmava mAdhava manOhari) is one of the most impactful ones I have heard!
Prof. SRJ's list is absolutely delectable! I do not think I have ever heard the mAnji kRti...

[srikant1987]

There's a version of shrI sarasvati available on sangeethamshare, by KS herself. It is an Adi-2kaLai krti. Wonder why rbharath hasn't listed talas consistently this time.

Strangely, while both lists are filled with MD krtis, both "main" non-MD (indeed, SS-descendent) krtis.