OLI CHAMBER CONCERTS -Tamizh Oli by Gayathri Venkataraghavan

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Dear Friends,

The second concert for this month is 'TAMIZH OLI, a double celebration. We fondly remember Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi on her birthday (Sept 16th). We also take a stroll down memory lane and revisit the songs popularised by her during the Tamizh Isai Movement of the 1940s.

We are glad to announce that this concert will be presented by

Gayathri Venkataraghavan VOCAL
R K Shriramkumar VIOLIN
N Manoj Siva MRDANGAM
Gowri Ramnarayan NARRATION

16 September 2012 (6:10 - 8:45 pm)
RASVIHAR- SARANGI
17A Sterling Avenue
Nungambakkam, Chennai (Near Loyola College)

Looking forward to meeting you all there,

The OLI Team

NEXT OLI CONCERT: Sri R Suryaprakash on 6th Oct, 6:10 pm

The Tamizh Isai Movement

This was a strange civil war waged between two factions within the Carnatic music world. It began with a call for Tamizh to be recognised as a music language and for a substantial number of Tamizh compositions to be sung in Carnatic kucheries in Tamilnadu. The forerunners of this movement accused musical heavyweights of overt partiality for Telugu, Sanskrit and Kannada and of meting out step-motherly treatment to 'our very own Tamizh' . Battle lines were drawn, loyalties picked, sparks flew and a war of words began in the columns of the Hindu and other Tamil magazines.

The pro-Tamils realised that they had in M S Subbulakshmi, a strong votary for their cause. She built afresh a repertoire of Tamizh compositions by Suddhananda Bharati, Gopalakrishna Bharati, Arunachala Kavirayar and Papanasam Sivan et al, to name a few, and brought onto the concert platform several gems which would have otherwise faded into oblivion.

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AM I CORRECT in understanding that Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan's concert is at 6: 10 P.M. on 16th at 17A Sterling Ave? Thanks, VKV