Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
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Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram
Violin : Vittal Rangan
Mrudangam: NC Bharadwaj
Kanjira : Sumukh Karanth
Tambura : Krithi Vittal
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Day : Wednesday
Duration - 2 hours and 20 mins
Sabha/Hall : Sri Parthasarathy Sabha & Carnatica / NGS Main Hall
Occasion : 2026 Bharat Sangeet Utsav
1A.brief viruththam line - Jyothi utkalanda -???
1B.calamEla jEsEvurA (Varnam) - shankarAbharaNam - ST
2. manam irangAdhA - mAyamAlavagowlai - SVD
3. vinata suta vAhanA (R,NS,S) - jayantasena - T
14 mins alapana and 6 mins violin return
neraval sketch was there for few mins
swaras for 5 mins
4. vara nArada(R,S) - vijayashri - T
4 mins alapana and no violin retun
swaras for 4 mins
5A.sAmiyai Azhaithu (padavarnam)(R,S) - kamAs - Tanjore quartet
15 mins alapana without violin return
9 mins swaras
5B. tani for 15 mins
6.nee MAtale mayanurA (Javali) -poorvikalyani - Pattabhiramayya
7.Lalitha Lavanga(R) - Haricharan(Sooryashri) or subhapantuvarali - Jayadeva (ashtapadi)
3 minutes of alapana and then swara phrases
Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
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Re: Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
It was advertised in the flyer that Abhishek evening 1 had some instrumental ensemble followed by Strings attached concert of Kumaresh and Jayanthi. But on the day in The HIndu i saw that Abhhishek Raghuram is also singing evening 2 concert . Bharat sangeet utsav is indeed a great series conducted by Sashikiran (carnatica) and Parthasarathi sabha . One has to give lot of credit to Sashi . But when the series started the so called BSU series had one or two fusion or diluted concerts , but now it just says tukkada kadhai , jurassic carnatic, music between us ... all ensembles with dilution. All said this one of Abhishek did suit me - in first place it did have only the right carnatic pakkavadhyam.
As i entered 10 mins late at 06 55 PM, the super prodigy was just hearing some instructions behind the curtain . And then some movement of a key electronic or mobile shruthi with a special microphone at the front . All this makes me wonder the tambura indeed is only a upa pakkavadhyam to the core gadget which is the main pakkavadhyam
Abhishek voice is masculine and has lot of microtones that have strength . He started brilliantly with a small sketch that had a phrase jyothi utkalanda (fleeting words ) and then calamela jEsEvurA in shankarabharanam by Swathi Tirunal. Abhishek and team got it rolling , the second half of the varnam was extremely enjoyable.
Abhishek is an extraordinary vasatha bhairavi singer is what i would give first priz for the ragam that i adore the most with Abhishek .Second may be todi or mAyamAlavagowlai . HE sang a nice mAyamAlavagowlai , i get goose bumps with this song Manam irangadha or adi Paadi as it is thamizh and maaymalavagowlai . My mind races at that time to so many Shri illayaraja tunes just like and there was indeed a brilliant pureplay Carnatic maayamalavagowlai number presented with manamirangAdhA. I wish he had continued with a neraval in paadi thirindha bhakthan and also swaras but he just wrapped as a standalone krithi.
It was a bit of a bonker was when alapana was started with next number . Romba romba kashta patten to figure out ,i could zone a bit of Kharaharapriya , but that has 100 plus where 30 plus janyas are popular . May be i was thinking could that be jayanthasena , then abhishek sings some part of the krithi and then loops back to vinata suta and then reveals the krithi. Jayanthasena could have had a nerval but it was neraval sketch , swaras were well presented in madhyamakalam than suddenly excess konnakkol like quick kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 1) came in . I did not enjoy that last few mins of swaras in jayanthasena
After jayanthasena i recognized by possibly luck that it was only vijayashri and not varali . His vijayashri alapana was distilled . This sung is a fast filler but towards the end again lot of konakkol quick turns kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 2). Then the main in kamas was extremely abhishek centric. His energy to sing such a high octane alapana and without commas he immediately takes on kamas varnam with some line and then goes to SAmiyai azhaitodi was a high energy stuff. This is the second time i am hearing him detailing pada varnam as main .Few years abck i heard it . Towards the end again there was again call as konnakkol like quick kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 3).
POst tani both the songs in tukkada were sung well . I am not sure if it was subhapantuvarali or S Kalyanaraman scale (Haricharan or Soorya shri). The preceding javali was also nice. The violinist did not have much role as many alapanas had no violin return. The percussion team were over exuberant , at times the excess parallel play of all 3 were bit high on my ears. Particularly Ghatam krishna was very impressive . The mrudangam artist NC Bharadwaj was really flowing with strokeful patterns , i know he has learnt from disciple of Karaikudi mani - Nanganallur ??? (I think he used to post here) and then in recent years NVB guru is UKS, we have to watch out for NCB , best wishes for NCB to be the next Karaikudi mani. The kanjira artist played well and i think this is the first time i am seeing him
Overall an excellent concert for 2 hours and 20 mins
As i entered 10 mins late at 06 55 PM, the super prodigy was just hearing some instructions behind the curtain . And then some movement of a key electronic or mobile shruthi with a special microphone at the front . All this makes me wonder the tambura indeed is only a upa pakkavadhyam to the core gadget which is the main pakkavadhyam
Abhishek voice is masculine and has lot of microtones that have strength . He started brilliantly with a small sketch that had a phrase jyothi utkalanda (fleeting words ) and then calamela jEsEvurA in shankarabharanam by Swathi Tirunal. Abhishek and team got it rolling , the second half of the varnam was extremely enjoyable.
Abhishek is an extraordinary vasatha bhairavi singer is what i would give first priz for the ragam that i adore the most with Abhishek .Second may be todi or mAyamAlavagowlai . HE sang a nice mAyamAlavagowlai , i get goose bumps with this song Manam irangadha or adi Paadi as it is thamizh and maaymalavagowlai . My mind races at that time to so many Shri illayaraja tunes just like and there was indeed a brilliant pureplay Carnatic maayamalavagowlai number presented with manamirangAdhA. I wish he had continued with a neraval in paadi thirindha bhakthan and also swaras but he just wrapped as a standalone krithi.
It was a bit of a bonker was when alapana was started with next number . Romba romba kashta patten to figure out ,i could zone a bit of Kharaharapriya , but that has 100 plus where 30 plus janyas are popular . May be i was thinking could that be jayanthasena , then abhishek sings some part of the krithi and then loops back to vinata suta and then reveals the krithi. Jayanthasena could have had a nerval but it was neraval sketch , swaras were well presented in madhyamakalam than suddenly excess konnakkol like quick kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 1) came in . I did not enjoy that last few mins of swaras in jayanthasena
After jayanthasena i recognized by possibly luck that it was only vijayashri and not varali . His vijayashri alapana was distilled . This sung is a fast filler but towards the end again lot of konakkol quick turns kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 2). Then the main in kamas was extremely abhishek centric. His energy to sing such a high octane alapana and without commas he immediately takes on kamas varnam with some line and then goes to SAmiyai azhaitodi was a high energy stuff. This is the second time i am hearing him detailing pada varnam as main .Few years abck i heard it . Towards the end again there was again call as konnakkol like quick kanakku (should i call as mouthwash swara patterns 3).
POst tani both the songs in tukkada were sung well . I am not sure if it was subhapantuvarali or S Kalyanaraman scale (Haricharan or Soorya shri). The preceding javali was also nice. The violinist did not have much role as many alapanas had no violin return. The percussion team were over exuberant , at times the excess parallel play of all 3 were bit high on my ears. Particularly Ghatam krishna was very impressive . The mrudangam artist NC Bharadwaj was really flowing with strokeful patterns , i know he has learnt from disciple of Karaikudi mani - Nanganallur ??? (I think he used to post here) and then in recent years NVB guru is UKS, we have to watch out for NCB , best wishes for NCB to be the next Karaikudi mani. The kanjira artist played well and i think this is the first time i am seeing him
Overall an excellent concert for 2 hours and 20 mins
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Re: Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
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Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
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Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram
Violin : Vittal Rangan
Mrudangam: NC Bharadwaj
Kanjira : Sumukh Karanth
Tambura : Krithi Vittal
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Occasion : 2026 Bharat Sangeet Utsav
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #R of Z(hopefully Z(26) is goal) . R stands for Reetigowlai ragam
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386276#p386276
Abhishek Raghuram@Bharat Sangeet Utsav (NGS Main hall ) On Nov 04th,2026
-------------------------------------------
Vocal: Abhishek Raghuram
Violin : Vittal Rangan
Mrudangam: NC Bharadwaj
Kanjira : Sumukh Karanth
Tambura : Krithi Vittal
Concert Type : Nirvana - Non Ticketed concert
Occasion : 2026 Bharat Sangeet Utsav
GLICSPAWES 2026 "Goto LIve Concert Show PAtronage Without Excuses Series" concert #R of Z(hopefully Z(26) is goal) . R stands for Reetigowlai ragam
www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=386276#p386276