Prema Ramamurthy, Deepa Ramachandran, Ram Sriram @ Atlanta S

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 26 Sep 2007, 01:15

Sep, 22, 2007, Hindu Temple of Atlanta

Mrs. Prema Ramamurthy - Vocal
Deepa Ramachandran - Violin
Ram Sriram - Mridangam

The following is taken from Camaga mailer

"Mrs. Prema Ramamurthy is a disciple of two Great Masters of Carnatic music: Sri M. Balamurali Krishna and Sri T. V. Gopalkrishnan. She is an 'A' grade artist of the All India Radio, Hyderabad and regulalry performs in major leading sabhas in India and abroad including the prestigious Madras Music Academy and Akshvani Sangeetha Sammelan. Her music has been critically acclaimed by critics such as Late Sri Subbudu, and BRC Iyengar of Secunderabad. She is also the recipient of the 'Gana Kokila' award given by Sri. Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana."

ninnu kOri - mOhanam -Adi - Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
vAtApi gaNapatim - hamsadhwani - Adi - Muthuswami Dikshithar
sObhillu saptasvara - jaganmohini - rUpakam - thyAgarAjA
gAnasudhA rasa pAna niratam - nAttai -- Balamuralikrishna
bAgAyanayya - chandrajyOthi -Adi - tyAgarAjA
entha muddho - bindumAlinI - Adi - tyAgarAjA
shrI subrahmaNyAya namastE - kAmbodhi - rUpakam - Muthuswami Dikshithar
sara sara samare - kuntalavarAli - Adi - tyAgarAjA
RTP - karnaranjani - Adi
(murugA shanmugA guhA vadivelA nin thazh saranam)
(lalitha, mahati, dEsh,)
virutham - gamanasrama
gAna lOla nI leela lenna jAla rA- gamanasrama, chakravAkam, Abhogi, mAyAmAlavaGowla and madhyamAvati
thillanA - dwijAwanti -- Balamuralikrishna
oru nAl pOdumA - rAgamAlika
mangalam

Smt. Prema Ramamurthy sang at a quite a high kattai and with full gusto. Her sitting posture on the stage belied her age (I hope I am not mistaken about her age). She included Balamuralikrishna's compositions as can be seen from the list and Balamuralikrishna style was noticeable at several places in her singing. There was elaborage alapanai for kAmbodhi and I liked the kalpanaswaram for hamsadhwani. Taking up hamsadhwani right after mOhanam seemed a bit too close to me. Sri. Ram Sriram and Ms. Deepa Ramachandran provided good accompaniment.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 26 Sep 2007, 01:52

gAnasudhArasa is indeed in nAta and is a composition of BMK.

rasika16 · Post by **rasika16** » 26 Sep 2007, 02:24

I think the "gAna lOla nAda- hamsAnandi, bagEshree, abhOgi, madhymavathi" you are referring to is " gAna lOla nI leela lenna jAla rA". If so, it is a BMK's composition in gamanasrama, chakravAkam, Abhogi, mAyAmAlavaGowla and madhyamAvati

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 26 Sep 2007, 02:36

Lakshman wrote:gAnasudhArasa is indeed in nAta and is a composition of BMK.

There is a gAnasudhArasamE in rAgavardhani (32nd mELa) too.

-Ramakriya

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 26 Sep 2007, 17:47

She sang gAnasudhA rasa pAna niratam in nATa. Also sang dEsh during ragamalika swarams in the pallavi.
The tillana was in the rAga dwijAwanti by Bala Murali Krishna

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 26 Sep 2007, 17:49

She started off the varnam with trisram (both 1st and second speeds) and then went on to sing in the chaturasra nadai in both 1st and second speeds.

sramaswamy · Post by **sramaswamy** » 26 Sep 2007, 22:25

Shishya

Thanks for the correction. I have the edited the songlist

shishya · Post by **shishya** » 26 Sep 2007, 23:06

Also, she sang ganalOla nI lIlalenna jAlarA in the rAgas pointed out by rasika16.

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 26 Sep 2007, 23:50

Deepa Ramachandran is a student of Sri M. Chandramouli and also has a sister named Divya whose a talented young violinist as well.