Vina-Violin-Venu Trio SRLKM Gayana Samaja 12/02/2016

[Rsachi]

Ashwin Anand- HM Smitha -Rajkamal - BC Manjunath- Sukanya Ramagopal
Concert in progress... Goodish crowd.

[Rsachi]

Song list so far:
1. Natakurinji varnam
2. Pranamamyaham
3. Janani Ninnuvina - alapana by Smitha
4. Manavinalakim
5. Meenakshi memudam dehi - alapana by Rajkamal
6. Tani
7. Sarasamukhi sakalabhagyade
8. KIRAVANI RTP
Ashwin is taking the concert to a higher plane with an outstanding Kiravani alapana. Smitha is playing with a contact mike. But in all her turns, she's living up to her reputation. Wish she had used an external mike to obtain her usual timbre. Her Kiravani tana was good. Rajkamal was good in Purvikalyani raga. He has to work on sruti alignment when it comes to following other instruments (not an easy task for any flautist).

[Rsachi]

Pallavi swaras and raga changes done well:Ananda bhairavi, Behag and Jog.
9. Dhanashri tillana.
10.Pavamana

[hnbhagavan]

Thank you Rsachi for the detailed postings.Most of the items were familiar and also Raj Kamal was announcing it was easy to follow.All in all a good concert and surprisingly good crowd.
HM Smitha's violin as u pointed out did not sound natural due to contact mike.Perhaps it was used to match the other two instruments.
B C Manjunath and Sukanya Rajagopal excelled in their turns.
Nice Bajji Samaja picture posted by you added the required spice!

[arasi]

All the youngsters are good--and of course, Sukanya Ramgopal the elder (compared to the rest on stage) excels. Manjunath's playing gave the performance a boost. Yes, loved the tani.

Ashwin Anand is so good (first time I hear him). Cool delivery, calming sounds...

Heard Smitha last year accompanying Neela Ramgopal, liked her playing, heard her again recently accompanying Amrutha Venkatesh. How much she has grown in her vidvat in a year!

The flautist is very talented, but yes, the Sruti thing was noticeable. An easy thing to mend, with more sessions playing in an ensemble.

I thought the rItigowoLa was paripAlayamAm, though I could see it here and there sounding otherwise.

Sachi,
We met at last You are no more a name on the donors banners, the notable member on Rasikas.org

Met Badari, couldn't see Bhagwan and others...

[Rsachi]

Arasi,
Likewise, great meeting you and getting that Eclair from you!

The song in Ritigowla was:

janani ninnuvinA - rItigauLa - miSra cApu - subbarAya SAStri

[rshankar]

Sri Ashwin is a student of Smt. Vedavalli. What is the lineage of the violin and vENu artists?

[hnbhagavan]

Flute Raj kamal had advanced training from Sri N Ramani.
H M Smitha has accompanied several top Vidwans Sri S Shankar,Abhishek raghuram etc.Plays Violin duet with sister Sindu Suchetan
She is a student of Sri H K Narasimha Murthy and H N Bhaskar.

[gardabha_gana]

Attended a concert after a long time. Ashwin stood out. Rajkamal needs to play at a lower sruthi and also personally would have enjoyed more sowkhyam. I wish smitha whom I have seen earlier couple of times and like her music not have used the contact mike. Too much of base and missed the treble. Enjoyed the keeravani and of course the bajjis during PK.

Met badari, tried to look for u arasi m'am. Tried to finally meet you sachi sir but don't know how u look! Saw an elderly person picking up more bajjis after the concert, thought of asking him are u sachi?

[Rsachi]

Yes, that was me Thought i saw you too. Badari was sitting in front of Arasi who was in my row

[arasi]

G_B,
Missed you again...

'Elderly gentleman', Sachi??

[Rsachi]

Arasi,
Yes, as Oscar Wilde said, youth is wasted on the young.

Ashwin was my son's classmate at Bishop Cotton's

[dipukaruthedam]

Wasn't there a Bagayaneya (Chadrajyothi) before Janani Ninnuvina?

[hnbhagavan]

yes Bagayneya was played.

[Rsachi]

Yes. Sorry i didnt make notes. In fact the song was rendered rather well.

[dipukaruthedam]

I don't think there is anything to be sorry about creating the final list through collaboration thanks for the initial post which prompted others to pitch in...

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Ravi,
I want to answer your question from post # 7: Sri Ashwin is a student of Smt. Vedavalli. What is the lineage of the violin and vENu artists?

Vid H M Smitha is a disciple of Sri H K Narasimamurthy of Mysore ( Son H N Bhaskar and Mysore Srikanth are other noteworthy disciples)

Vid Rajkamal had his early carnatic music training from Vidwan S.A. Shashidhar and now getting advanced training from senior Vidushi Neela Ramgopal and Sangitha Kalanidhi Padmashri Dr.N.Ramani (copying this info from Nadasurabhi website)

[rshankar]

Sreeni - thank you! All of them belong to great lineages!!

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Ravi, Yes!
Just to complete the list....

Vid Sukanya Ramgopal is a veteran as we all know ( Guru: Vikku Vinayakaram)

Vid B C Manjunath is a very talented "young veteran" (son of mRdanga Vid B K Chandramouli, disciple of Vid K N Krishna Murthy and Dr T K Murthy)