A Carnatic Vocal concert by Vidwan Pattabhirama Pandit

Organised by Suswaralaya College of Music, Bangaluru  at  Srividya Auditorium, Our School, Near BNM College of Engineering, Banashankari 2nd stage Bangalore, as a part of week long Annual Music festival of the Music School on 30th October 2009. Vidwan R S Ramakanth was felicitated with the award swaralayashringa on this occasion. Several Music-related books and CDs were also released as a part of inauguration.

Vocal: Vid. Pattabhirama Pandit
Violin : Vid. Nalina Mohan
Mridangam : Vid. V Krishna
Ghatam : Vid. Sukanya Ramagopal


List (not complete) :
01. varnam - viriboni - bhairavi - aTa tAla
02. vAtApi - hamsadhwani - Adi - dIkshitar
03. evaranI - devamruthavarshini - Adi -  tyAgarAja.
04. pantuvarALi AlApa - ninnE nera nammi nAnu - Adi - tyAgarAja
05. sAma Alapa - annapirne - dIkshitar
06. simhEndramadhyama  AlApa (elaborate) -  ninnE nammitinayya - Mishra chApu - mysUru vAsudevAchAr
07. olidEnu jE - ? - Adi (Quick piece; could not identify the rAga. It seemed like harikamboji janya)
08. swararAgasudha - shankarAbharaNam - Adi - tyAgarAja
09. taNi - Adi


Review:
The concert started with viriboNi in bhairavi which ended with a few Avartha's of swarakalpana. Then  vAtApi in  hamsadhwani also was presented neatly with a short  swarakalpana. evarAni in devAmruthavarshini was impressive. devAmruthavarshini is a rare rAga with evarAni by tyAgarAja  being the only krithi in this rAga. This was followed by a short AlApa in pantuvarALi and ninne nera nammi with a fast  swaraprastara at the end. The artist then took up a well knit AlApa in sAma and annapUrNE - a typical dIkshitAr krithi rendered in slow pace; the sarvalaghu pattern at slow-pace on Mridangam by Vidwan  V Krishna added beauty to the rendering of this krithi. simhEndramadhyama was one of the main items. The artist rendered the AlApa with full bhAva bringing out different colours of this rAga  in tri-sThAyi. There was a small bunch of briga's in the AlApa. ninne nammitinayya of Mysore Vasudevachar was rendered well with an impressive neraval and swarakalpana at pannagEndrashayanA-pannagAri-vAhana. Another main piece was swararAgasudhA in shankarAbharaNa. There was no AlApa for this krithi, but the the krithi was eleborated at paramAnanda with nereval and swarakalpana. This was followed by a good taNi in Adi-tAla. Vidwan V krishna and Vidushi Sukanya Ramgopal inspired the vocalist with good follow-up especially at nereval and  swarakalpana. Vidushi Nalina Mohan supported the vocalist on violin. Special highlight of the concert is the nereval and swarakalpana typical of KVN, the vocalist being a disciple of KVN.

Hindustani Vocal Concert by Sri Koushik Aithal at Praharshini, IISc

Organised by Praharshini on 28th Oct. 2009 at Choksi Hall, IISc.
Vocal : Sri Koushik Aithal accompanied 
Harmonium : Sri Madhusoodan Bhat 
Tabla : Sri Gurumurthy Vaidya 
Tanpura: Sri Avinash Acharya


List :
01. Raag Puriya (for 40 min.)
02. Raag Bhpali (for 40 min.)
03. Raag Kedar (for 25 min.)
04. Kabir Bhajan in Pahadi
05. Basavanna's vachana in Bilaskhani Todi

Review: 

This concert was organized by Praharshini - a students' group of IISc. The hall was a small  hall with  a capacity of 100. It was a  very good concert by Kaushik, a disciple of Pt. Parameshwara Hegde. He has a rich voice with a  good flexibility. His rendering was flawless. The accompaniment on Harmonium and Tabla was also very good. The accompanying artists followed up the main artist very well and inspired him throughout the concert. The acoustics  of the hall was ordinary. At some points when vocalist turned his face away from the mike, the volume of  Tabla exceeded the vocalist's volume. Except this, it was an excellent concert.

A Carnatic Vocal concert at Ananya, Malleswaram by Vid. Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri

on 22nd Oct. 2009
Vocal: Vid. Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri
Vocal support: Sri. Ganesh
Violin : Vid. C N Chandrashekhar
Mridangam : Vid. Cheluvaraju
Morsing : Vid. Satavalli Bharadwaj

List:
01. varnam - vanajAkshi - kalyaNi - Adi -
02. nAta (short AlApa) - kamalAmbike mAmava - Adi - jayachAmarAj voDeyar
03. mArgahindoLam (Alapa) - mArgahindoLa rAga priye - Adi - dIkshitAr
04. bilahari (Alapa) - paramAtma sAdhakara kula kELvanE (A ranga gIte) - khandachApu
05. pUrvikalyANi (Alapa) - jnAnamosagarAda - rUpaka - tyAgarAja
06. shudhdhasAvEri (Elaborate Alapa) - dAriNi telusukonTi - Adi
07. taNi (Adi tALa)
08. vaddanTE kopamA - suruTi - Adi - jAvaLi
09. mangalam





Review: 

The concert started with a shlokam - shuklAmbaradharam in kalyANi followed by  vanajAkshi, a Adi-tALa varnam in kalyANi; after singing the  chiTTeswara-s, the vocalist added many kalpanAswara-s to the charaNam. This was followed by a short AlApa in nAta and kamalAmbikE mAmava. Then came a not so short AlApa in mArgahindolam and a dIkshitAr krithi mArgahindolarAgapriyE in slow pace, elaborated with kalpanAswara. A rangagIte in bilahari was the surprise of the concert. Another elaborated item was jnAnamosagarAda in pUrvikalyANi. The main item was dArini telusukonTi in shudhdhasAvEri, decorated with kalpanAswaram in two speeds and  trishra. The violin accompaniment by Vidwan C N Chandrashekhar was excellent. His support to the main artist was notable and his AlApa in mArgahindoLam, bilahari, pUrvikalyANi and shudhdhasAvEri supplimented the AlApa by the vocalist. Vidwan Cheluvaraju and Vidwan Satavalli Bharadwaj supplemented on Mridangam and Morsing very well. taNi by Vidwan Cheluvaraju and Vidwan Satavalli Bharadwaj was very good. Vidwan Shrikantham Nagendra Shastri has a very good manodharma with a  good diction.

Link to the Audio Recording :  http://ifile.it/pgzt3hu/ShrikantamNagen … t_2009.WAV

Vijay Venkatesh - Flute Concert @ IISc

At Choksi hall, IISc organised, by Samskrta Sangha of IISc on 9th October 2009.
Flute: Vijay Venkatesh
Violin: Satyaprakash K R
Mridangam: Raghu Bhagavath
Morsing: Amruth Kumar

01. Karunimpa-Sahana-Adi- Tiruvettiyur Tyagayyar
02. amruthavarshini - AnandAmrutakarshini - Adi - muttuswami dIkshitAr
03. varanArada - vijayashrI-Adi-tyAgarAja
04. Kharaharapriya - rAmaNee - Adi-Tyagaraja
05. JananiNinnuVina - ReethiGowlai - Misra Chapu - Subbaraya Sastry
manavyALa - NaLinakanti - Adi
06. manavyALa - NaLinakanti - Adi
07. Kiravani-Devi Neeye tuNai - pApanAsam sivam
08. sindhubhairavi - venkaTAchala - Adi
09. mangalam - pavamana

Attended 2 concerts recently

Will write more abt these two concerts soon when I get some time.

1. Vijay Venkatesh - Flute with Satyaprakash on Violin , Raghu Bhagavath on Mridangam and Amruth Kumar on Morsing, at IISc organised, by Samskrta Sangha of IISc on 9th October 2009.

2. Vid. Balasubramanya Sharma - Vocal concert organised by Tyagaraja Gana Sabha at Vani School, Rajaji Nagar on 11th October 2009. TT Srinivasan on Violin, Dhruvaraj on Mridangam and Ravikumar on Ghatam.
Comment: Vid. Balasubramanya Sharma has a very good voice with a powerful lower register.