Carnatica brothers at Bhavans London on 14th July

[Love music]

Carnatica Brothers at Bhavans London

A great concert by the vocal duo Carnatic brothers K.N.Shashikiran &P.Ganesh at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan London organised by Healing Ragas.This is the fund raising concert for shooting star chase hospice for children and Teenagers.


Vocal: Carnatica brothers - K.N.Shashikiran and P.Ganesh
Violin: Balu Raguram
Mridangam: Balachander
Morsing: Prasanna

Venue: Bhavans London

Song List:

1) Andal Kauthuvam- Malayamarutham
2) Teliyalethu Rama - Dhenuka - Thyagaraja
3) Enna Punniyam - Huseni - Shivananda Yogi
4) Pavanaguru - Hamsanandi -
5) Vazhi Maraithu - Thodi - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
6) Ramachandra Ithadu -Dwijavanj - Annamacharya
7) Dandamu Pettenura - Balahamsa -Thyagaraja
8) RTP in Vellai Thamarai -Bhimplas
9) Pavadi Supramatmane -Ragamalika -Purandaradasa
10) Govinda Enbom - Ahir Bhairav - Sai bhajan
11) Pullai piravi -Senchurutti - Oothukadu Venkatakavi
12) Tillana - Misra Sivaranjani - Maharajapuram Santhanam
13) Guruvara bandama on Guru Ragavendra
14) Harivarasanam
15) Maithreem Bhajatha
16) Mangalam


The concert started with Andal Kauthuvam in Malayamarutham which is rarely sung in concerts.This was followed by theliyalethu Rama in Adi thalam and Shashikiran performed a sketch on ragam Denuka and beautiful few rounds of kalpana swarams by both.For the next song Enna Punniyam Seidhayo in Misra Chapu thalam,Ganesh did a quick sketch on the ragam Huseni.
Pavanaguru in Hamsanandi started with the slokam "Guru Brahma guru Vishnu" rendered by Shashikiran and an excellent Kalpana swarams.The next song was Vazhi Maraithu in Thodi in adi thalam,2kalai .This was followed by Annamacharya Kriti Ramachandra Ithadu in ragam Dhvijavanj in Tisra Adi talam.

After a short break of 15 min, the concert started with a simple and beautiful Balahamsa piece Dandamu Pettenura. The next was the RTP - For the pallavi,it was Vellai Thamarai poovil irupal,Veenai seiyum oliyil irupal..Ragam -Bhimplas 2 kalai after 3 counts in first beat, the tanam was done by Ganesh and were in ragamalika and they sang based on audience choice,which was well received and Ganesh did reverse sequence in Tanams-and also Ragamalika swarams.Balu did a good alapana and tanam too,tani was short and crisp.The next was Ragamalika on Pavadi Suparamatmane by Purandaradasa in Adi talam.

This was followed by Sai bhajan Govinda enbom in Ahir Bhairav ragam And OOthukadu's Pullai piravi Tara venum in Senchurutti and followed by Maharajapuram santhanam's Tillana in Misra Sivaranjani ragam in Adi thalam.

The concert wrapped up with Guruvara bathamma on ragavendra swami, harivarasanam and Maitreem Bhajatha followed by Mangalam.

Overall it was a fabulous concert by Carnatica brothers and thanks to healing ragas for organising this for a noble cause.

[sreebeecane]

May I suggest a few corrections?

#1 - Teliyaleru rama

#6 - Dwijavanti

#9 - pavaDisu paramaatmane

#13 - Guruvaara bantamma

[rajeshnat]

4) Pavanaguru - Hamsanandi -
...
14) Harivarasanam
15) Maithreem Bhajatha

Googled to find out the composer of harivarsanam is Kambakudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer
Pavanaguru -hamaanandi- lalitha dasar
Maithreem bhajatha - ragamaliga- Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati

[rshankar]

maitrIm bhajata - composer is Sri Raghavan, sanskRt scholar, and father of Smt. Nandini Ramani, disciple of Smt. Balsa saraswati.
Sri Raghavan has also composed some suprabhAtams, like the mInAkshi suprabhAtam, and a translation of the venkaTESa suprabhAtam in tamizh, called tiruvEMkaTamuDaiyAn tirupaLLi azhaicci. His typical mudra is 'kavi kOkila'.

[RaviSri]

maitrIm bhajata - composer is Sri Raghavan, sanskRt scholar, and father of Smt. Nandini Ramani, disciple of Smt. Balsa saraswati.

This is what Nandini Ramani claims. But there are many people who personally know that it was the Kanchi Paramacharya who composed this song specifically for MS to sing at the UN in 1966. Ra.Ganapati has spoken to the Paramacharya about this and he has a detailed article in one of his books explaining the meaning. One does not expect the Paramcharya to lie, about anything at all. Years ago when Nandini Ramani claimed this I had written to 'Sruti' that had Dr.Raghavan or anyone else composed it, the Paramacharya would have been the first person to acknowledge it. That utterly self effacing Mahatma was always reticent to talk about his own actions or achievements. He would certainly not have kept quiet had Dr.Raghavan composed the song and he, the Paramacharya, had been wrongly credited with it. He would have been the first to protest and clear matters. There was no reaction or rebuttal from Nandini Ramani or anyone else to my letter.

[uday_shankar]

Must be mentioned that Vasanth Desai set the tune for Maitreem Bhajate.

[rshankar]

This is what Nandini Ramani claims. But there are many people who personally know that it was the Kanchi Paramacharya who composed this song specifically for MS to sing at the UN in 1966. Ra.Ganapati has spoken to the Paramacharya about this and he has a detailed article in one of his books explaining the meaning. One does not expect the Paramcharya to lie, about anything at all. Years ago when Nandini Ramani claimed this I had written to 'Sruti' that had Dr.Raghavan or anyone else composed it, the Paramacharya would have been the first person to acknowledge it. That utterly self effacing Mahatma was always reticent to talk about his own actions or achievements. He would certainly not have kept quiet had Dr.Raghavan composed the song and he, the Paramacharya, had been wrongly credited with it. He would have been the first to protest and clear matters. There was no reaction or rebuttal from Nandini Ramani or anyone else to my letter.

This question about authorship had come up again recently (within the past year) - and in the discussions on this topic in this forum, someone (may have been Mahakavi) mentioned that in the jacket of the cassette of the UN Concert, the composer was printed as Sri Raghavan, but in later releases (of the CD), the composer's name had been changed to the paramAcArya.