July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaamrta)

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gravikiran
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July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaamrta)

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Guruguhaamrta cordialy invites you to an evening of Muthuswami Dikshitar Kritis by Vidushi Neela Ramgopal.
She would be accompanied by Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) and Vidwan Trivandrum R Vaidyanathan (Mridangam).

When: 15th July (Sunday), 6 pm to 8 pm

Where: 'Our School' http://www.kutcheris.com/venues.php?vid=250
17th Main, 27th Cross, Next to Banashankari Police Station, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore 560 070

Contact Phone: 97398 67746

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squims
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Going to attend this! Looking forward to it immensely. Been a long time since I've listened to either maami or Charulatha ma'am. Should be fun! :D

gravikiran
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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Thanks to everyone for making this program a success.
The audience was very receptive to a niche program such as this and it was very encouraging and motivating.

Neela Maami chose some exquisite compositions from her Dikshitar repertoire for this program.
Charulatha Ramanujam on the Violin and Trivandrum Vaidyanathan on the Mridangam were very sensitive to Maami's approach and supported her very aesthetically.
Maami's disciple Priyanka Prakash provided able vocal support.

The song list is as follows:
1) hastivadanaya - navaroj - misra chapu (outline)
2) renuka devi - kannada bangala - khanda chapu (S)
3) hatakeshwara - bilahari - misra chapu (R,S)
4) neelotpalambikayah - kannada gowla - adi
5) amba neelayatakshi - neelambari - adi (R,S) + thani avarthanam
6) veenaberi - abheri - adi (R,S)
7) sri venugopala - kuranji - khanda eka
8) sri kamalambike - sri - khanda eka

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squims
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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Loved the concert. Got to listen to so many rare compositions. Had listened to only 3 pieces before.
The highlight was the Kannada Bangala piece for me. Having never heard the raagam itself before, it was lovely to see artistes of high stature elaborate it.
Loved the old sampradaya Abheri as well.
The venue was very aesthetically pleasing too. Lovely ambience.

arasi
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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Squims,
My miss :(

Gravikiran,
Hope you will share at least the kannDa bangALa with us!
Please continue the good work and I hope I can catch one of your concerts when I visit your part of the world.

annamalai
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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Here is a classic rendition of DKJ singing Renuka Devi - Kannadabangala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Q9dqFSVyA

maduraimini
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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An impressive list of Dikshitar kritis. Lucky listeners! Has some not often heard songs like the Bilahari ' Hatakeshwara' and Navroj " Hasthivadanaya'.

arasi
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Annamalai,
Thanks for the DKJ version.

Priyanka,
Good to see you singing with your guru! I bet your parents were proud! (Sappri is Priyanka's mother).

sappri
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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Thanks Arasi.

It's a big blessing to be Neela Mami's disciple and Priyanka is indeed fortunate to be under the tutelage of a such a truly great Guru.

MV
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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annamalai wrote:Here is a classic rendition of DKJ singing Renuka Devi - Kannadabangala

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Q9dqFSVyA
Thanks for that clip. That had quite a few 'names' in it-Balaji Shankar, J. Vaidhyanathan. And how beautifully RKSK accompanied the vocalist even as a youngster. :grin:

arasi
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I loved watching the father watch the son whenever it seemed as if it was JV's turn to play skilfully and add more to the singing--lovingly guiding him as it were.

arvind.brahmakal
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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What a miss ! such a rare set of songs. Ravikiran : thanks to you for providing a stage to promote Muttuswami Deekshitar's compositions. Kudos !

gravikiran
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Re: July 15: Dikshitar Concert by Neela Ramgopal (Guruguhaam

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A brief write-up about this concert is also available at the following link:
http://kutcheribuzz.com/news/20120719/D ... oncert.asp

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