Kalotsav 2011 Music Festival in Bangalore

[hkrish]

Dear Rasikas,

Sree Ramakrishna Bhajana Sabha Trust is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee this year and an extended music festival KALOTSAV 2011 has been organised starting today. All rasikas are welcome.

Venue: Odukattur Mutt, (Opp. Ulsoor Lake), Gangadhara Chetty Road, Bangalore - 42.
Main concerts will start at 6:00 p.m.

Feb 12: T. N. Seshagopalan with M. Chandrasekaran, Mannargudi Easwaran and Giridhar Udupa

Feb 13: Violin duet by Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath with Yella Venkateshwara Rao, Guru Prasanna and Giridhar Udupa
4:30 p.m: Vocal duet by Vidya and Vijaya (Disciples of Smt. Neela Ramgopal)

Feb 14: Gayatri Venkataraghavan with Charumathi Raghuraman, Cheluvaraju and Sukanya Ramgopal

Feb 15: Saketharaman with Mysore Manjunath, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam and Shivaramakrishnan

Feb 16: P. Unnikrishnan with Embar Kannan, Anantha Krishnan and N. Amrith

Feb 17: S. Sowmya with Charulatha Ramanujam, H. S. Sudhindra and Narayanamurthy

Feb 18: Malladi Bros (Sriram and Ravi) with Nagai Sriram, Arjun Kumar and G. Omkar

Feb 19: T. V. Sankaranarayanan with V. V. Ravi, K. V. Prasad and Shivaramakrishnan
4:30 p.m: Vocal by Amruta Sankaranarayanan (Disciple and daughter of TVS)

Feb 20: Abhishek Raghuram with Akkarai Subhalakshmi, Anantha Krishnan and Guru Prasanna
4:30 p.m Vocal by Preethi Sivakumar

Feb 21: Sangeetha Shivakumar with Akkarai Subhalakshmi, Melakaveri Balaji and N. Guruprasad

Feb 22: Sikkil Gurucharan with H. K. Venkatram, Bangalore V. Praveen and Vyasa Vittala

Feb 23: Violin, Veena & Flute recital by H.K. Venkatram, Ashwin Anand & G. Ravikiran with Srimushnam Raja Rao, Narayanamurthy and Pramath Kiran

Feb 24: Discourse on "Timeless Wisdom for the Modern Age' by M. K. Ramanujam (Disciple of Sri. Muralidhara Swamigal)

Feb 25: Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna with M. A. Sundareswaran, Umayalapuram K Sivaraman and Sree Sundarakumar

Feb 26: 'Dhuryodhanavadham' Kathakali by P S V Natyasangham Group, Kottakkal
4:30 p.m: Bharathanatyam by Kum. Shruthi Lakshmi (Disciple of Guru Supriya Komandur)

Feb 27: T. M. Krishna with R. K. Shriramkumar, Arun Prakash and N. Guruprasad
4:30 p.m: Vocal by Priyanka C. Prakash (Disciple of Smt. Neela Ramgopal)

Note: Parking permission has been obtained to park vehicles along side the lake of Gangadhara Chetty Road.

[mahavishnu]

Nice list! Wish the festival all success.

[sappri]

Yesterday Saketaraman's concert was good, Kambodi main, also sang Kumudakriya, Bahudari, Brief Hindolam etc.
Heard people heaping plaudits re:Gayathri Venkatraghavan's concert ....
I think today's Vid Unnikrishnan

[sappri]

Vid Sowmya's concert was absolutely AWESOME; great khamas, lovely mukhari; an unbelievable Poorvikalyani - it's ages since I've heard such a *stunning* Poorvikalyani; We were lucky to have heard a nice RTP; She sang for 3 hours 10 mins.
Charulatha Ramanujam on the violin; H S Sudhindra on the mrudangam.

[squims]

Her concert was worth listening to if only for the Mukhari alone. That is the first time I fully appreciated the utter bhaavam of Mukhari. Really transported me to another plane altogether. The Purvikalyani was excellent too. But Sowmya and Charulatha ma'am both missing the taalam and eduppu in the pallavi was surprising. But since it was composed on the spot, I can kind of understand it. Overall, had an extremely enjoyable evening.

[srikant1987]

squims,

You would like mukhAri since you like shuhbapantuvarALi SO much. They are somewhat similar in bhAvam, but shubhapantuvarALi is in a way "rawer" than mukhAri.

[gardabha_gana]

squims/sappri: can we have the songlist and a detailed review please ?

[squims]

You would like mukhAri since you like shuhbapantuvarALi SO much. They are somewhat similar in bhAvam, but shubhapantuvarALi is in a way "rawer" than mukhAri.

Hehe that is true indeed! I just have something for these gloomy raagams! I enjoy them way more than the happy ones.

squims/sappri: can we have the songlist and a detailed review please ?

Been very busy the past couple of days. Will post it up tonight.

[eppramod]

Her concert was worth listening to if only for the Mukhari alone. That is the first time I fully appreciated the utter bhaavam of Mukhari. Really transported me to another plane altogether. The Purvikalyani was excellent too. But Sowmya and Charulatha ma'am both missing the taalam and eduppu in the pallavi was surprising. But since it was composed on the spot, I can kind of understand it. Overall, had an extremely enjoyable evening.

I agree with Squims, "some punch" was missing during the whole concert barring the alapanas of Mukhari/Sahana and to some extent Purvikalyani .

Also would have liked to hear at-least one "Lord Shiva" song, this concert being part of Shivarathri series and after hearing
to TNS's awesome concert which was based fully on "Lord Shiva" theme.

Don't know if she had sung before,because when i entered she was just finishing khamas krithi.


Pramod

[squims]

Anyone attended TMK's concert today?

[srikant1987]

Regret not attending, given his accompanists. Forgot about it, and felt tired too.

[gardabha_gana]

Regret not attending

I don't regret it - I was at the stadium

[srikant1987]

Oh well ...

[KSJaishankar]

Looks like TMK was at the stadium too . Well ... was at neither place due to geographic compulsions... know the result of one thing... curious to know the result of the other!

[srikant1987]

Going by the attendence from among rasikas, seems like it didn't have a very good draw after all.

Pity, since the accompanists are my favourites.

[braindrain]

I did not attend. However, what we all have missed was a unique combination of Sahana alapana followed by a Mayamalavagowla kriti . I didn't dare ask whether this had kalpanaswara in dhanyasi... I wonder how this will be presented in our songlist..

[squims]

What? How did he do that? Why?

[Sabaash]

@ braindrain

Me too just received the news from one of my friends who attended the concert that TMK gave an alapana of Sahana and followed up with the kriti in mayamalavagaula - Sree nathadhi guruguho jayathi. Bizarre..

Would love to know the audience reaction then, if someone who had attended the concert live, pls post

[Sabaash]

It seems that he also announced that there is no connection between the sahana alap and the mayamalavagaula kriti ( for those who wondered whether dikshitar originally composed the kriti in sahana.. lol ) and continued the concert as if it was quite normal to render a raga and deliver a kriti in some other.

I had attended the concert where TMK sang viriboni varnam as main ( the MA concert) and also another concert where he elaborated begada and sang Inthachala varnam ( as the 4th piece in a concert).

I might agree with Viriboni just because it is a fascinating composition which has that much of bhairavi in it to be explored.

But just cannot digest this one haha . Some may call it the height of innovation. Wonder what to expect next!!

[gardabha_gana]

Songlist please for TMK concert !

[vakulabaran]

Hi i've been a sincere follower of all your reviews, but now, i could'nt control my urge to become a member, to post a reply on this RAGE ON STAGE by TMK in past few concerts.

On a positive note, it is quite releiving to note that efforts are being taken by TMK to break the cliche , and when we talk about innovation , is it possible to draw lines?? although it was a releif that TMK did'nt pitch any athitharasthayi notes in the concert

[vakulabaran]

faintly remembered song list;

kamakshi-bhairavi - swarajathi- Sri Syama sastri
?? - Harikamboji- Sri Tyagaraja
sahana - alapana
srinathathi guruguho-mayamalavagowla- Sri Dikshitar
Nenarunchinanu-Maalavi-Sri Tyagaraja
Kaana Kan Ayiram vendum- Kamboji- ?? main song of the concert minus the kalpana swara's
Sabapathiku- Abhogi-Sri Gopalakrishna Bharati
Virutham- ragamalika
Irakkam Varaamal - Behag
Jagadhodharana - Kaapi
Nadavindu kaaadi- Chenchurutti- Tirupughaz

[squims]

Hi i've been a sincere follower of all your reviews, but now, i could'nt control my urge to become a member, to post a reply on this RAGE ON STAGE by TMK in past few concerts.

Was that addressed to me by any chance?

The songlist itself looks a bit weird to me. But I'd have loved to listen to the opening swarajathi. Did he sing it with neraval and kalpana swarams? I've listened to Semmangudi sing the same swarajathi like that.

[eppramod]

To give benefit of doubt,may be his mind also was in the stadium when he finished Sahana Alapana and started MMG krithi

TMK sang nerval and swaras for the bhiaravi swarajathi at usual "Shyamakrishna Sodari"

Harikamboji Kriti was Thyagaraja swami's Enduku nirdaya with super-fast swaras


I think Kamboji krithi didn't have "Ayiram" it had "Koti"

Kana Kan Koti Vendum -Papanasam Sivan, with a descent Alapana and Nerval @ Pallavi line and no swaras
This was followed by Thani avarthanam which was also OK

Virutham (sorry don't remember the lines) had Anandabhairavi,Desh,Bhageshree(? not sure),Sindhubhairavi and Behag I suppose

R.K Shriramkumar i thought was very good that day.

Pramod

[weird.world]

ROFL@ SAHANA ragam and Sree Nathadi song.... I cud not do more than that