Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar @ Nadasurabhi on 21st July 2013

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Nadasurabhi Cultural Association, (Regd.)
662, 6th Cross, 17th Main , 3rd Block, Koramangala, Bangalore.560 034.
Phone: 25539368. Email:[email protected] Web: http://nadasurabhi.org

Cordially invites you for the Monthly Programme on
Sunday, 21st July 2013 at 4.15 PM

Venue: The Indian Heritage Academy Hall,
Near Police Station, 6th Block,
Koramangala, Bangalore. 560 095.

Grand Flute Recital by
Kalaimamani
Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar - Flute
Vidushi Nalina Mohan - Violin
Vidwan R.Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam
Vidushi Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

ALL ARE WELCOME

Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is a noted South Indian flautist. She learnt music from her mother Smt.Sikkil Neela and aunt Smt.Sikkil Kunjumani - who are famous as Sangita kalanidhis Sikkil Sisters. Mala Chandrasekhar also had the unique opportunity to learn from her mother-in-law Smt. Radha Viswanathan, who is a disciple and daughter of Bharat Ratna Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi. Also, Mala was closely associated with the family of legendary violinist Sri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman. Besides several solo flute concerts, Mala has performed many Venu-Veena-Violin concerts with Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi and Veenai Jayanthi. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar is today the torch bearer of the "Sikkil baani". She has won several awards including, Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani, Naadakkanal, The Music Academy's MD Ramanathan Award for a senior flautist, Isai Peroli, Kalki Centenary Award, Yuva Kala Bharati and The Flute Mali award of the Music Academy, Madras.

Karnataka Vaibhava: For the second successive year Nadasurabhi will be conducting a three day "Karnataka Vaibhava" Festival featuring eminent artists from Karnataka, in the month of August. The Vaibhava will be on 16th, 17th and 18th August 2013. Kindly participate in this event and make it a grand success.


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[kssr]

You can find more information on Sikkil Mala in her website www.flutemala.com

[kssr]

Smt.Mala's concert is tomorrow, Sunday the 21st July with good accompanying artists. Looking forward to it as it is becoming rare to listen to the top rung instrumentalists in Bangalore.

The earlier occasion , I remember Mala played in Bangalore was during the humorous episode when Braindrain described the way in which he ran from place to place and finally landed in her concert which he had mentioned was an excellent one. That must have been several months back.

[Nick H]

I've seen her since, but my enduring memory is of her sincere and humble apology for being late, and promise that she would try to make it up to us. She did so with four hours of exquisite music.

[ranjanimalavi]

Missed first few songs

1. Shankari Shamkuru - Saaveri - SS (RNS)
2. Chinna Nadena - Kalanidhi - T
3. Sri Subramanyaya Namasthe - Kambhoji - MD (RNS)
4. Thani
5. Enna Thavam - Kapi - P
6. RTP - Kalyani, Vasantha, Bhairavi
Pallavi: Devi pahimam nithya kalyani, vasantha bhairavi
Ragamalika: Kalyana vasantham, vansantha, vasantha bhairavi, bhairavi, kalyani
7. Katrinile Varum Geetham - SindhuBhairavi - KK
8. Naneke Badavano - Behag - PD
9. Thillana - Khamas - LGJ (?)
10. Bhagyada Lakshmi - Madhyamavathi - PD
11. Maitrim bhajata - Ragamalika - CS
12. Mangalam

Good concert.
Violin returns were pretty good.
Mridangam and Ghatam were too loud.

Raman

[rajeshnat]

5. Katrinile Varum Geetham - SindhuBhairavi - KK

Ragam of the song is savithri not sindhubhairavi

[ranjanimalavi]

Thanks Rajesh
I never knew the raga though heard it many times.

Raman

[kssr]

Another good review by braindrain

http://kpjayan.wordpress.com/

[kssr]

The first song was indeed Kalyani varnam, Vanajakshi, which braindrain had missed.

[kssr]

A few concert photos

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Another review by Dr.Shyam Krishnan:

An excellent flute recital at Nadasurabhi by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar.

On Sunday, the 21st of July, Nadasurabhi held a brilliant carnatic concert at the Heritage academy Hall. The main artist Smt. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar began with the melodious "vanjakshi" - kalyani varnam followed by Maha Ganapathim -dikshithar's Nattaa invocation.Thyagaraja's Padhavini in salakabhairavi that followed was brisk. With brief but nuances-packed saveri alapana was followed by Shyama Sastri's masterpiece Sankari Sankuru Chandramukhi with a good set of kalpanaswaras. This was was received well by the packed audience . Fast paced filler Thyagaraja's Natimatta in devakriya was good.

The main song of the evening started with an elaborate alapana of Kambodhi followed by Dikshithar' grand composition "Sri Subramanyaya Namaste". It was beautifully rendered with good kalpana swarms. A popular " Enna thavam" in Kapi was followed by Ragam, Tanam and Pallavi in three ragas- kalyani, vasantha and bhairavi. The alapna and tanam showed the intellectual capacity of the artist to bringout the three ragas one after the other in a seamless way. Intricate Pallavi was rendered well with swaras played changing ragas in breathtaking speed ending with ragas with names linking the primary ragas, kalyanavasantham and vasanthabharavi.

Thukkadaas, Katrinile, Ninyako, and Maithrim took us back to MS era.

Vidhusi Nalina Mohan gave a good violin support showing her vidwat in the raga alapana and swarams.


Vidwan Sankaranarayanan on Mridangam and Vidhushi Sukanya Ramgopal on the ghatam gave good support and a brilliant tani avartanam.