JUGAL BANDHI by Malladi Bros & Gundecha Bros

[sivakami]

Jugal Bandhi by Malladi Bros (MB) & Gundecha Bros (GB)
Accompanists:
HN Bhaskar - Violin
Neyveli Narayanan - percussion (Mridangam)
Akilesh Gundecha - percussion (Pakwaj)

The foll. 2 song lists were sent by others (from abroad), for me post to post in our forum..It is not complete. Perhaps other fellow-rasikas who have attended these concerts can fill-in more details..

Sanfransisco Concert
1. Invocation
GB: Chaitanyam Sarvabhutanam; MB: slokam
2. GB & MB: Durga Alap
GB: aadi shiv shakti anadi adi bhawani dayani.. in raga durga...
MB: lakshanamulu- shudha saveri
3. GB & MB ragam tanam- amritvarshini
GB: Naad Vikat veda vikat – amritvarshini
MB: Anandaamrita varshini
4. GB: naad par brahma aparampaar in raga Patdeep; MB: ??
5. GB & MB: Shankarabaranam - Ragam Taanam
Pallavi “ bharatiya sangeet me swar raag laya”
6. Raga Malkauns –
GB: shankar girijapati parwati patishwar


Calgary- Ragamala Music Society
1. Invocation slokam by both GB & MB
2. MB: sriranjani -maarubalka kunnavemi; GB: ??
3. MB: chakravakam- etula brothuvo; GB: ahir bhairav -??
4. ragam thanam pallavi-
MB: sarasangi ....GB: natabhairav
RTP composed (then and there)
Pallavi: "Raja Rajeswari NatabhairavI Sarasangi Mamava"
5. Conclusion: sankaragirija pathi in hindola

The fusion of carnatic and dhrupad styles must have been a different experience..
Eagerly awaiting for the season to start here at Hyd soon...

[hari2810]

San Francisco concert - a few more details. I am not musically qualified to review/detail any nuances. But the seamless transition between the two types of music was very nice. You could really appreciate the similarities between these two types of indian music.

1. Invocation was in Sudhh Kalyan (GB) and Nattai (MB)
2. Durga / Sudhha Saveri
3. Amrithavarshini / Amrithavarshini (sort of an RTP style)
4. Patdeep / Andolika
5. Bilwal / Shankarabharanam
6. Malkauns / Hindolam

The alaapana would commence with one of the vocalists (one of the GB or MB brothers) and move onto other 3 vocalists and violin player. Similarly for neraval and swarams. It was wonderful. Unlike a few other jugalbandhis where each type of music just takes turns to sing a song. All the artists seemed to have great chemistry on the stage, even though there were a very few minor confusions here and there.

They got a standing ovation at the end that lasted at least 2-3 minutes.

[rshankar]

Do the organizations that hosted these concerts record the concerts and make them commercially available? I would love to get one of these tapes (preferably all, but at the very least, one!)

[hari2810]

Sankritilaya might make CDs available. Thats what they announced -- that they will talk to the artists and accordingly might make the audio (and if feasible, video) available. They have made it available on some of their past concerts and I have purchased an MP3 CD once as well. You might want to check with them. http://www.sankritilaya.org/ (Contact Us link on the left will take you to the email ids of the organizers).

[rshankar]

Thanks you!

[kartik]

Patdeep/Andolika ?

[varsha]

Perhaps a poetic licence taken, in order to convey that the two systems can never meet?

[Ayogyananda]

How do I get the links for downloading this wonderful concert.

[hari2810]

From Sankritilaya web site: "Vidwans Gundecha Brothers and Malladi Brothers concert in Bay area - Limited number of MP3 and Audio CDs are available for purchase. Please email [email protected] for more details."

[sivakami]

Given below is a link to online version of an article in Sruti magazine's October 2011 issue, which also has their interview.

http://sruti.com/download/news%20and%20 ... lbandi.pdf