Manasa Nayana sings at Shankara Mutt

At Shankar Mutt, Shankarapuram, Bengaluru on 27th September 2009.
Vocal: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin: Vid. Sunita Ramabhadran
Mridangam: Vid. Radhesh

01. varna - mahishasuramardini - Andolika - Adi - muttaiah bhAgavatar
02. vandEnishamaham - hamsadhwani - Adi - mysore vAsudevAchar
03. sArasamukhi - gowdamalhAr - Rupaka - muttaiah bhAgavatar
04. ranjani AlApa - sadA sAranga nayane - Adi - mysore yogAnarasimha
05. bhajarEmAnasa - pUrNachandrika - Adi - jayachAmarAja voDeyar
06. bilahari AlApa - shreechamunDEshwari - Adi - mysore vAsudevAchar
07. brahmAnDavalaye - mAnd-Adi
08. mangalam

Review:
The concert started with a beautiful varnam in Andolika followed by vandEnishamaham in hamsadhwani which was elaborated with a short AlApa and a short kalpanAswara. Then came a small piece sArasamukhi in a rare rAga gowDamalhAr. This was followed by an elaborated AlApa in ranjani and sadA sAranga nayanE - a rare krithi by mysore yogAnarasimha. The main item bilahari mesmerised the audience. The neraval and kalpanAswara showed the proficience of the artist. This was followed by an impressive taNi by Vidwan A Radhesh who inspired the artist throughout the concert with a good follow-up. Violin accompaniment by Vidushi Sunita was very good. Her support to the main artist and the ability to repeat many swara-patterns were notable. Manasa's voice was very good and flexible. Two charecteristics of the concert are - the concert was filled with dEvi krithis, the occassion being navarAtri and the krithis were mostly by mysore vAggEyakaras. The only dearth in the concert was the not-so-good acoustics of the hall.

Sadarame - Part 2 rocks

Directed by a scholarly musician Vid. Deepak Paramasivan, the drama Sadarame - Part 2 was a successful one. This drama was enacted by the members of "L-iddaru Kannadigaru" - a students' group of IISc. This drama was organized by Kannada Sangha, Nityotsava and L-iddaru Kannadigaru - of IISc on 24th September 2009.
The drama had many songs which were set in Classical Carnatic Raagas. The Music troup for this drama consisted of Deepak as director, Deepaika, Shubha, Deepak, Janakirama and Basavaraj Talwar on vocal, Anand TNC on keyboard and Ganesh Garg on Tabla.

Carnatic Veena Concert at IISc

Praharshini - a students' group of IISc, Bangalore organised a Carnatic Veena Concert on 9th Sept. 2009
by
Vidwan D. Balakrishna
accompanied by
Vidwan Arjun Kumar on Mridangam
and
Vidwan Dayananda Mohithe on Ghatam

List:
01.nenarunchara - simhavAhini - Adi - Tyagaraja
02.mAmava sadA janani - kAnada - rUpaka - Maharaja Swathi Tirunal
03.vAchAmagOcharame - kaikavasi - Adi - Tyagaraja
04.evarura - mohana - mishra cHApu - Tyagaraja
05.raghuvamsha sudhA - kadanakuthUhalam - Adi - Pattnam Subramanya Iyyer
06.kharaharapriya - rAga AlApana
07.kharaharapriya - tAnam
08.kharaharapriya - rAma nI samAnamevaru - rUpaka - Tyagaraja
09.taNi - rUpaka
10.krishnA nI bEgane - yamunA kalyANi - mishra cHApu - Vyasaraayaru
11.tambUri mItidava - sindhubhairavi - chaturashra Eka - Purandara dasa
12.Mangalam

Review :
This was a great concert by D Balakrishna which exposed his talent in Mysore style of playing Veena known as Mysore Bani. He brought out the nuances of the instrument, at the same time pleasing the audience with rich Bhava and scholarly sanchara-s. Arjun kumar and Dayananda Mohithe supported the main artist with good follow-up and presented a neat tani towards the end.

Link: Praharshini

A Carnatic Vocal concert at Keshava Samskrithi Sabha

on 13th Sept. 2009
Vocal: Vid. R K Shrikanthan
Vocal support: Vid. Manasa Nayana
Violin : Vid. C N Chandrashekhar
Mridangam : Vid. Jayachandra Rao
Khanjira : Vid. Amruth

List :
01. Saami ninne kori - Shriraaga - Adi
02. Vinayaka ninnu - Hamsadhwani - Adi
03. Reetigowla Alapana - Paripalayamam - Rupaka
04. Nenendu - Harikamboji - Adi
05. Purvikalyani Alapana - Paramapavana - Adi
followed by tani
06. Bhajanaseyave - Sama - Rupaka
07. Enage Ane ranga -Kedara
08. Mohana-short Alapa - Antarangadali Hariya Kanadava Huttu Kurudano - MishraChaapu
09. Kaapi -short Alapa - Narajanma bandaga -Adi
10. Mangala
Review :
It was an impressive concert by RKS. ManasaNayana supported the main artist very well. His alapana and kalpanaswaras were also impressive. As usual, Chandrashekhar gave an excellent accompaniment on Violin. Jayachandra Rao and Amruth followed up the krithis very well, to make the concert a grand one. Tani in Adi-tala impressed the audience.