https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M309Z9zjwKs
Behag vaRNam - TRS
mahAgaNapatE - naTa nArAyaNi
dEva dEva kalayAmi - mAyA mALava gauLa
sita patE - kamAs
sArasamukhi - gauDa malhAr - Dr HMB
kaddanu vAriki - tODI
Still listening!
The promising boy that accompanied Sri Nedunuri @ Cleveland - and redeemed himself well is how I remember Sri Balu Raghuraman!
A Delectable concert. Loved Sri Easvaran and Suresh's accompaniment.
Madhuradhwani- Balu Raguraman & Aditya Venugopal Violin Duet - Aug 23 - rec.
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shankarank
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Govindaswamy
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Re: Madhuradhwani- Balu Raguraman & Aditya Venugopal Violin Duet - Aug 23 - rec.
The concert was enjoyable but for the very high level of NOISE from such a senior ghatam vidwan. Nowadays mridangam and ghatam vidwans produce so much noise that melody is lost.
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shankarank
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Re: Madhuradhwani- Balu Raguraman & Aditya Venugopal Violin Duet - Aug 23 - rec.
There was an out of balance situation there! They did not balance the streaming channel may be correctly - unless you were in the auditorium and falt the same!
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Nick H
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Re: Madhuradhwani- Balu Raguraman & Aditya Venugopal Violin Duet - Aug 23 - rec.
I was in the auditorium 
Whilst I can say that if I had been in charge, I might have turned the ghatam down a little (I would reduce most auditorium sound levels overall substantially, to the proper concept of sound re-enforcement, not amplification), there was no feeling of excessive volume from any of the microphones. I don't think I needed any cotton wool in my ears, which, sadly, I do for very many concerts.
Suresh's ghatam, in "real life" had much more high-frequency content: it rang like a bell at times. It was never intrusive. In fact, I wish we saw a lot more of him on Chennai stages. It is sad that our sabhas do not seem to favour him.
Govindaswamy, please realise that, in most cases, what you hear has more to do with the guy on the sound board than any of the musicians. Even in those cases where they are asking for more volume, it is either lack of equipment or the sound man's deficiency that the music is too loud for us but they cannot hear each other. I admit that there are a minority of ego should-be-accompanists that do like to be loud. Mostly they just want to be able to hear each other. We've done this one to death on the forum. It has as much impact as our opinions on who should get SK!
It was a very nice concert. I like Balu's tone: it is very sweet without sounding as if he has just walked from a Western string quartet. The Western-classical tone is much sweeter and richer, but I do not like it as much. Aditya is yet a youngster, but one very much more grown-up in both stage presence and music since the first time I saw him a couple of years ago. I've known Balu personally for 20 years, and have been enjoying his music all that time. Perhaps I'm not the most objective person to speak!
There are so few music students in UK who do not have to let music be forgotten in the face of careers and finance. Kudos to those who do keep it up, and to their teachers. Long time back, I heard it said that there are more arangetrams in London than anywhere outside India. Sadly, they are almost always an end rather than a beginning.
Whilst I can say that if I had been in charge, I might have turned the ghatam down a little (I would reduce most auditorium sound levels overall substantially, to the proper concept of sound re-enforcement, not amplification), there was no feeling of excessive volume from any of the microphones. I don't think I needed any cotton wool in my ears, which, sadly, I do for very many concerts.
Suresh's ghatam, in "real life" had much more high-frequency content: it rang like a bell at times. It was never intrusive. In fact, I wish we saw a lot more of him on Chennai stages. It is sad that our sabhas do not seem to favour him.
Govindaswamy, please realise that, in most cases, what you hear has more to do with the guy on the sound board than any of the musicians. Even in those cases where they are asking for more volume, it is either lack of equipment or the sound man's deficiency that the music is too loud for us but they cannot hear each other. I admit that there are a minority of ego should-be-accompanists that do like to be loud. Mostly they just want to be able to hear each other. We've done this one to death on the forum. It has as much impact as our opinions on who should get SK!
It was a very nice concert. I like Balu's tone: it is very sweet without sounding as if he has just walked from a Western string quartet. The Western-classical tone is much sweeter and richer, but I do not like it as much. Aditya is yet a youngster, but one very much more grown-up in both stage presence and music since the first time I saw him a couple of years ago. I've known Balu personally for 20 years, and have been enjoying his music all that time. Perhaps I'm not the most objective person to speak!
There are so few music students in UK who do not have to let music be forgotten in the face of careers and finance. Kudos to those who do keep it up, and to their teachers. Long time back, I heard it said that there are more arangetrams in London than anywhere outside India. Sadly, they are almost always an end rather than a beginning.